"The Trouble with Tribbles" was the first sale of writer David Gerrold (photographed in 2010). The episode was the first professional work of writer David Gerrold, and went through a variety of drafts before it reached the screen. Because his typewriter used a less common, smaller size font, an approved screenplay version needed to be reduced by twenty pages before filming. Gerrold had been a ...
The Trouble with Tribbles: Directed by Joseph Pevney. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, William Schallert. To protect a space station with a vital grain shipment, Kirk and the crew must deal with Federation bureaucrats, a Klingon battle cruiser and a peddler who sells furry, purring, voracious little creatures as pets.
Star Trek History | The Trouble with Tribbles On this day in 1967, the TOS episode premiered. On this day in Star Trek history, the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Trouble with Tribbles" premiered. Stay tuned to StarTrek.com for more details! And be sure to follow @StarTrek on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
In "The Trouble with Tribbles" from the original "Star Trek," Captain Kirk restricts Scotty to quarters for having started a fight with the Klingons. This is what Scotty wanted, as he didn't want shore leave in the first place and it gives him the time to catch up on reading his technical journals.
“The Trouble with Tribbles” gives us humor, political intrigue, Klingons, plenty of banter between the crew members, and a background of deeper issues that remain relevant today.
"The Trouble with Tribbles" is a timeless and beloved episode from the original Star Trek series that first aired on . Some might say it's even more revered than The City on the Edge of Forever.