"Space Seed" is the 22nd episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. It was first broadcast by NBC on February 16, 1967. "Space Seed" was written by Gene L. Coon and Carey Wilber and directed by Marc Daniels.
The Writers Guild of America denied permission for Gene Roddenberry to get a writing credit on the script for "Space Seed".
Michelle Erica Green called Khan a perfect foil for Spock, Kirk, and McCoy (pictured left to right).
Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).
Image: Ricardo Montalban, 1970 (cropped)
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew. It acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began.
The original starship Enterprise
William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in action, from the episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before", 1966
Spock, Kirk and the Enterprise, 1968
"Spock's Brain" was the first episode of the third season.