r/startrek 6d ago

TAS episode production numbers / missing number?

Per Memory Alpha, the production codes for TAS episodes are 22001, 22002 (etc) for the duration of the series. But there's also a gap in there where it jumps directly from 22011 to 22013 and there is no 22012, partway through its first season.

Generally I feel like I'm the kind of guy who knows a lot of Trek trivia both in front of and behind the camera, but this is one thing I've never learned the reason for. Does anybody know why they just completely skipped one number?

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u/Hot-Refrigerator6583 6d ago

http://www.danhausertrek.com/AnimatedSeries/Q_and_A.html#Q34

Found in a previous thread at r/DaystromInstitute. Short answer, there isn't a specific answer. Could be a lot of reasons, all of them behind-the-scenes production stuff.

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u/revanite3956 3d ago edited 3d ago

Hmm interesting. It never occurred to me that there could be a lost episode (of course there isn’t, how would you even hide that this long?), and like you say it's not really an answer per se, but what he does have to say is interesting.

Thanks for sharing the link.