All Our Yesterdays
Summary While trying to locate the missing population of a planet doomed by a coming nova, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy find a mysterious librarian who sends them back into the planet’s past. While Spock and McCoy fight for survival in…
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The Savage Curtain
Summary The Enterprise surveys the planet Excalbia. As its surface is the temperature of molten rock, no landing party is possible, so when the orbital survey concludes, Kirk orders the ship to leave. And then… Abraham Lincoln appears, and at…
The Cloud Minders
Summary The planet Merek II is gripped by a botanical plague. The only cure is the mineral zeenite, and the only practical source of that is Ardana. But Ardana has a stratified city: the troglytes who labor live in harsh…
The Way to Eden
Summary The Enterprise intercepts a stolen space yacht, whose thieves destroy it rather than face capture. But they are captured, and revealed as “counterculture” individuals looking for a mysterious planet they call Eden. Led by an insane genius, they manage…
Requiem for Methuselah
Summary Rigelian Fever rages about the Enterprise; on a small planet named Holberg 917G, the crew has discovered a source of the only cure, ryetalin. Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down, and discover the planet is the private property of…
The Lights of Zetar
Summary A mysterious storm has inflicted heavy – perhaps irreparable – damage on the library planetoid Memory Alpha. And it seems to have a curious affiliation with new crewmember Myra Romaine. As the Enterprise pursues the hazard, Romaine falls more…
That Which Survives
Summary The Enterprise discovers a planet that defies the conventional theories of planetology, so Kirk, Sulu, McCoy and D’Amato (a geologist) beam down to investigate. As they depart, a mysterious woman appears in the transporter room and attacks the chief…
The Mark of Gideon
Summary Captain Kirk suddenly finds himself on what appears to be the Enterprise, alone except for a beautiful alien woman while on a away mission to the planet Gideon. Our Take Very good, not the series’ peak, but an hour…
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Summary A thousand year feud between sworn enemies threatens to destroy the Enterprise. Our Take A transition episode that sets up more than it delivers. Necessary, not thrilling.
Whom Gods Destroy
Summary Inmates gain control of an insane asylum, taking visiting Kirk and Spock prisoner. Our Take A mixed bag: some good moves, some filler. Star Trek: The Original Series running at cruising speed.