The Survivor ©1973 Filmation Associates-Norway Production. All rights reserved. |
Episode: 5 Airdate: October 13, 1973 |
The Lorelei Signal ©1973 Filmation Associates-Norway Production. All rights reserved. |
Episode: 6 Airdate: September 29, 1973 |
One of Our Planets is Missing ©1973 Filmation Associates-Norway Production. All rights reserved. |
Episode: 7 Airdate: September 22, 1973 |
Mudd's Passion ©1973 Filmation Associates-Norway Production. All rights reserved. |
Episode: 8 Airdate: November 10, 1973 |
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The Survivor | |
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Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
Written by | James Schmerer |
Produced by | Lou Scheimer & Norm Prescott |
Starring | William Shatner Leonard Nimoy DeForest Kelley James Doohan Majel Barrett George Takei Nichelle Nichols |
Stardate 5143.3 Near the Romulan/Federation Neutral Zone, a long-lost philanthropist, Carter Winston, is discovered on board a damaged one-man vessel. He is reunited with his fiancée, Lieutenant Anne Nored, on board the USS Enterprise. Immediately following their reunion, Winston tells her that he has changed and can no longer marry her. The Enterprise computer reveals that Winston is actually a shape-shifting Vendorian. Winston eventually takes the Captain's form and orders Sulu to steer the Enterprise into the Neutral Zone. Kirk discovers the ruse and orders the ship out of the Neutral Zone. Romulan ships, having been advised of the breach of the Neutral Zone, surround the Enterprise. The Vendorian, disguised as an Enterprise crewman, damages the deflector shield, which requires two hours to repair. Later, the creature reveals his identity to Nored, explaining that her former fiancé is dead but since he had absorbed so many emotions from human males, he indeed can love her. The Romulans proceed to attack the Enterprise. Realizing that he has put his love in jeopardy by destroying the ship's shields, the shape-shifter forms himself into a deflector shield around the ship. After the Romulans retreat, the Vendorian reveals that he is a spy for the Romulan Empire, but he could not allow Nored to die in battle. Kirk informs him that he will stand trial but his efforts to save the ship will be considered. Nored tells him that he is much like her former lover and that he will enjoy life on Earth, perhaps even together with her. |
The Lorelei Signal | |
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Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
Written by | Margaret Armen |
Produced by | Lou Scheimer & Norm Prescott |
Starring | William Shatner Leonard Nimoy DeForest Kelley James Doohan Majel Barrett George Takei Nichelle Nichols |
Stardate 5483.7 The USS Enterprise enters an uncharted sector of space where Federation and Klingon vessels have been reported missing every 27 years. While in the Taurean system signals begin to affect the male crew, causing them to hallucinate about beautiful women in peaceful surroundings. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beam down to the source of the signals. After arriving on the planet they are taken prisoner and rendered unconscious by a group of beautiful, golden skinned women. Scotty takes command of Enterprise but begins to act peculiar himself. Upon waking, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy discover that they are aging rapidly as a result of life-draining headbands they are forced to wear. McCoy administers cortropine to counter the aging process while Spock, having obtained a communicator, unsuccessfully tries to contact the ship. On board the Enterprise, Uhura has taken command due to Scotty's irrational behavior, while Nurse Chapel acts as Chief Medical Officer. Uhura orders an all-female landing party to transport down to rescue the men. The siren women explain to them that they had fled from a dying planet only to arrive on Taurus II where they encountered the life-draining force. The women developed a biological resistance to the force, effective only if they can replenish their own life-force every 27 years. Thus they capture men to drain their energy. The landing party eventually beams the male landing party back up to the ship just in time to replenish their life-force. Kirk agrees to transport the women to a safe world where they will again prosper. |
One of Our Planets is Missing | |
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Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
Written by | Marc Daniels |
Produced by | Lou Scheimer & Norm Prescott |
Starring | William Shatner Leonard Nimoy DeForest Kelley James Doohan Majel Barrett George Takei Nichelle Nichols |
Stardate 5371.3 The USS Enterprise crew learns that a massive, planet-destroying extragalactic entity has entered Federation space and threatens every planet in the galaxy. The starship intercepts the gaseous form in an inhabited planetary sector. Almost immediately the cloud envelops the planet Alondra, breaking it into small pieces in seconds. The cloud proceeds on a direct course for planet Mantilles, inhabited by nearly 100 million people. Due to its proximity to the cloud, the Enterprise is pulled inside and is threatened by an antimatter barrage. The ship's shields barely hold together while Spock discovers that the cloud is a living entity with a brain. He also discovers that they can escape through the top of the entity if they act quickly. The Enterprise travels through the creature's body while antimatter continues to drain the ship's power. Scotty, however, is able to create a power regeneration system by using part of the entity's body. Kirk realizes that the only way to save the planet may be to kill the creature by exploding the Enterprise while inside. Instead, Spock mind-melds with the cloud and allows the creature to see glimpses of human life. The creature comes to understand that its food — planets — contains living creatures. The cloud allows the USS Enterprise to leave peacefully and agrees to depart the galaxy. |
Mudd's Passion | |
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Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
Written by | Stephen Kandel |
Produced by | Lou Scheimer & Norm Prescott |
Starring | William Shatner Leonard Nimoy DeForest Kelley James Doohan Majel Barrett George Takei Nichelle Nichols |
Stardate 4978.5 The USS Enterprise receives orders to find Harry Mudd, a Federation outlaw, on the planet Motherlode; Mudd is accused of selling a fake love potion to miners. Upon the USS Enterprise's arrival, Mudd demonstrates the potion on a woman who Spock discovers to actually be a reptilian illusion. Angered by this the miners begin to attack Mudd, but he is rescued by the USS Enterprise. Aboard ship, and after convincing Nurse Chapel to try the potion on Spock, Mudd steals a shuttlecraft. When Chapel discovers that the potion doesn't actually work, she becomes bitter and sets out to confront Mudd. During a fight between Mudd and Chapel, special love crystals are broken near an air vent and permeate throughout the ship. Without warning, the delayed potion begins to affect Spock. Shortly, the potion begins to affect the entire crew. Spock becomes so enamored with Chapel that he will do anything to rescue her. Kirk accompanies him to find Mudd, but are attacked on the planet by large rock creatures. Unable to transport to the vessel because of the potion's affect on the crew, Kirk uses the crystals to make the creatures become docile and loving. Eventually the potion wears off and the crew beam everyone back to the ship, but then the potion's after effects cause hatred and animosity among the crew. Mudd is placed in the brig, where he confesses to other con jobs and is once again sent away for rehabilitation. |