The STAR TREK CLASSIC LogBook - Part 4 Downloaded from the Net and sent in by Alex van Kaam @~Continued from Issue 55 Season Two: 1967-1968 Season 2 Regular Cast: William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock), DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard McCoy), James Doohan (Mr. Scott), George Takei (Lt. Sulu), Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura), Walter Koenig (Ensign Chekov) 31 AMOK TIME Sep 15, 1967 written by Theodore Sturgeon directed by Joseph Pevney music by Gerald Fried (Crescendo GNP cassette & CD # GNP 8025) Stardate 3372.7: Spock begins acting strange - even violent - as he enters the Vulcan mating phase that strikes adult male Vulcans every seven years. Kirk must divert the Enterprise from a tight schedule to return Spock to Vulcan so his mating ritual may be carried out. But on arriving, it is discovered that Spock must compete with a gladiator of his prospective mate's choice - and that turns out, on the spur of the moment, to be Kirk. Guest Cast: Celia Lovsky (T'Pau), Arlene Martel (T'Pring), Lawrence Montaigne (Stonn), Majel Barrett (Christine Chapel), Byron Morrow (Admiral Komack) 32 WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS? Sep 22, 1967 written by Gilbert Ralston directed Marc Daniels music by Fred Steiner Stardate 3468.1: The Enterprise is trapped in deep space by an enormous hand. Kirk and a landing party beam down to a nearby planet and find that a powerful being claiming to be the Greek god Apollo is the one responsible for holding the Enterprise in its place - and Kirk discovers that Apollo's ability to immobilize a starship is just a small demonstration of the being's power. When Apollo demands that the crew worship him, Kirk decides that the mythical figure must be defeated - but must rely on playing with Apollo's emotions and weaknesses since the being can tamper with the Enterprise's technology. Guest Cast: Michael Forest (Apollo), Leslie Parrish (Carolyn), John Winston (Lt. Kyle) 33 THE CHANGELING Sep 29, 1967 written by John Meredyth Lucas directed by Marc Daniels music by Fred Steiner Stardate 3451.9: The Enterprise is attacked and boarded by the unusual space probe Nomad, which Spock identifies as the combined remains of an alien robot and an Earth exploration probe. Nomad's purpose - a mix of aliens' orders and instructions from Earth - is to seek out and sterilize all impurities, including imperfect beings like humans. The only thing preventing Nomad from obliterating the Enterprise and its crew is the similarity between the name of Nomad's creator and Captain Kirk, who must try to play that role while figuring out how to get rid of Nomad. Guest Cast: Majel Barrett (Christine Chapel), Blaisdell Makee (Singh), Barbara Gates (Crew Woman), Meade Martin (Crewman), Arnold Lessing (Security Guard), Vic Perrin (Nomad's voice) 34 MIRROR, MIRROR Oct 6, 1967 written by Jerome Bixby directed by Marc Daniels music by Fred Steiner Stardate not given: Returning to the Enterprise from an unsuccessful mission to ask the leaders of a planet for a possible mineral trade, Kirk, Uhura, Scotty and McCoy are being beamed up just as a freak accident hurls them into another reality, which still contains a USS Enterprise and a Spock and a Federation, but the other reality's versions are cruel and inhumane - the crew of the alternate Enterprise is readying for a strike against the planet Kirk just left to take their mineral resources by force. Kirk and his landing party must try to cover their inexplicable identities and try to fit in, while stopping the savage alternate Enterprise from carrying its reign of terror any further. Guest Cast: Barbara Luna (Marlena), Victor Perrin (Tharn), John Winston (Lt. Kyle), Garth Pillsbury (Wilson), Pete Kellett (Kirk's Henchman) 35 THE APPLE Oct 13, 1967 written by Max Ehrlich directed by Joseph Pevney music by Gerald Fried Stardate 3715.0: An Enterprise landing party beams down to an edenic planet, where Kirk discovers that the people living there are still primitive, all progress held in check by an enormous ancient computer known as Vaal, which also demands sacrifices of food by the natives. Vaal detects the Enterprise in orbit and begins to drain it of its power, and Kirk realizes that he will have to destroy Vaal to save the Enterprise, but the surface dwellers' lifestyles will be changed forever if Vaal is removed. Guest Cast: Keith Andes (Akuta), Celeste Yarnell (Yeoman Martha Landon), David Soul (Makora), Jay Jones (Ensign Mallory), Jerry Daniels (Marple), John Winston (Lt. Kyle), Mal Friedman (Hendorff), Shari Nims (Sayana) 36 THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE Oct 20, 1967 written by Norman Spinrad directed by Marc Daniels music by Sol Kaplan (Crescendo GNP cassette & CD # GNP 8025) (Varese Sarabande cassette & CD # VS 47235) Stardate 4202.9: The starship Constellation is found in deep space, almost completely destroyed. The only person they find aboard is Commodore Matt Decker, in a state of shock and only able to give minimal details of what happened. A gigantic ship/creature suddenly returns, well over ten times the size of the Federation vessels, capable of literally eating entire planets to replenish is colossal energy needs. Kirk is trapped on the unarmed Constellation, while Decker takes command of the Enterprise and plans to exact revenge on the huge alien vessel, no matter what the risk to Kirk's ship and crew. Guest Cast: William Windom (Commodore Decker), Elizabeth Rogers (Lt. Palmer), John Winston (Lt. Kyle), Richard Compton (Washburn), John Copage (Elliott), Tim Burns (Russ), Jerry Catron (Montgomery) 37 CATSPAW Oct 27, 1967 written by Robert Bloch directed by Joseph Pevney music by Gerald Fried Stardate 3018.2: When a crewman from a landing party investigating the latest planet visited by the Enterprise returns under some form of exterior control and then dies, Kirk decides to beam down and see for himself what caused the death. What Kirk, Spock and McCoy find on the surface is a house of horrors right out of ancient Earth mythology, right down to three hideous witches delivering a prophecy of doom for the crew. Two aliens are found to be at the heart of the evil activities, and they have no intention of letting Kirk or the Enterprise leave their world... Guest Cast: Antoinette Bower (Sylvia), Theo Marcuse (Korob), Michael Barrier (DeSalle), John Winston (Transporter Chief Kyle), Rhodie Cogan (First Witch), Gail Bonney (Second Witch), MaryEsther Denver (Third Witch), Jimmy Jones (Crewman Jackson) 38 I, MUDD Nov 3, 1967 written by Stephen Kandel directed by Marc Daniels music by Samuel Matlovsky Stardate 4513.3: The Enterprise is taken over by Crewman Norman, who turns out to be an android in disguise. He sets the ship on a course back to his home world, a planet populated entirely by androids - and one Harry Mudd, trapped there after a crash-landing. The androids plan to move out beyond their own planet to populate the galaxy with more of their logical, efficient kind, and the Enterprise is their chosen means of transport. Kirk, although understandably suspicious of Harry, must now cooperate with the con-man if the android invasion is to be stopped. And the greatest weapon at the disposal of Kirk, his crew, and Harry is total illogic. Guest Cast: Roger C. Carmel (Harry Mudd), Richard Tatro (Norman), Alice Andrece (Alice #1 through #250), Rhae Andrece (Alice #251 through #500), Kay Elliot (Stella Mudd), Mike Howden (Lt. Rowe), Michael Zanslow (Jordan) 39 METAMORPHOSIS Nov 10, 1967 written by Gene L. Coon directed by Ralph Serensky music by George Duning Stardate 3219.4: Taking Federation Commissioner Hedford back to the Enterprise's sick bay so McCoy can treat her for a potentially dangerous but curable ailment, the shuttlecraft containing Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Hedford is diverted by a strange energy field to a barren planet, inhabited only by Cochrane, who invented the basis for current warp engine technology decades ago and should be dead by now. Cochrane reveals, however, that an energy creature called the Companion has halted his aging process. The Companion is also concerned about Cochrane's psychological well-being, and Kirk and the others have been brought to keep Cochrane company - possibly for the rest of their lives. Guest Cast: Glenn Corbett (Zefram Cochrane), Elinor Donahue (Nancy Hedford) 40 JOURNEY TO BABEL Nov 17, 1967 written by D.C. Fontana directed by Joseph Pevney music by Gerald Fried Stardate 3842.3: Delegates from several worlds are welcomed aboard for a trip to Babel where a Federation summit will take place, among them Vulcan Ambassador Sarek - Spock's father, from whom he has been alienated since childhood. Spock's human mother, Amanda, can't stop trying to bridge the gap between her husband and son, while Spock and Sarek can't seem to do anything but continue their rivalry. When a hidden assassin begins to kill some of the delegates, Spock logically points Sarek out as a potential suspect. But Sarek suffers a heart attack just as an alien ship begins to attack the Enterprise. Kirk is stabbed by the assassin, and Spock must choose between offering some of his blood to save Sarek's life and assuming command of the Enterprise in the emergency. Though Sarek he appears in nearly every "Star Trek" movie after "Star Trek II" and makes two appearances in "The Next Generation." Amanda reappears in "Star Trek IV." Guest Cast: Jane Wyatt (Amanda), Mark Lenard (Sarek), William O'Connell (Thelev), Majel Barrett (Nurse Chapel), John Wheeler (Gav), James K. Mitchell (Josephs), Reggie Nadler (Shras) 41 FRIDAY'S CHILD Dec 1, 1967 written by D.C. Fontana directed by Joseph Pevney music by Gerald Fried Stardate 3497.2: The Enterprise rushes to an underdeveloped planet in an attempt to stop Klingon intervention in the somewhat primitive society. The Klingon Maab is trying to convince the planet's people that an alliance with the Klingon Empire would be beneficial, and when Kirk breaks cultural taboos - not to mention the prime directive - by interfering with a "routine" killing and saving a pregnant woman, it becomes all too easy for Maab to point out that the landing party from the Enterprise have only come to usurp the planet's ways of life. Guest Cast: Julie Newmar (Eleen), Tige Andrews (Krag), Michael Dante (Maab), Cal Bolder (Keel), Ben Gage (Akaar), Kirk Raymone (Duur), Robert Bralver (Grant) 42 THE DEADLY YEARS Dec 8, 1967 written by David P. Harmon directed by Joseph Pevney music by Fred Steiner and Sol Kaplan Stardate 3478.2: Conducting a survey of a planet, a landing party from the Enterprise is contaminated with a form of radiation sickness that accelerates aging. With the ship's entire command crew rapidly aging and losing their ability to perform their routine duties, Commodore Stocker, aboard for a trip to his next command, questions their competency and take the captain's chair as Kirk, Spock and the others face an impending death of old age. Guest Cast: Charles Drake (Commodore Stocker), Sarah Marshall (Janet Wallace), Majel Barrett (Christine Chapel), Felix Locher (Mr. Johnson), Carolyn Nelson (Yeoman Atkins), Laura Wood (Mrs. Johnson), Beverly Washburn (Arlene Galway) 43 OBSESSION Dec 15, 1967 written by Art Wallace directed by Ralph Serensky music by Sol Kaplan Stardate 3619.2: While a landing party is conducting a routine survey of a planet, two crewman are killed and one badly injured by a cloudlike being Kirk suddenly believes he has encountered before. It turns out that the creature attacked a ship that Kirk had been stationed on years before and killed most of the crew, and Kirk feels that he should have been able to do more to save his former crewmates. He transfers that guilt to the surviving landing party member, who not only is considered responsible by Kirk, but is also the son of Kirk's former captain on that previous assignment. Kirk orders the Enterprise to follow the creature through space, determined to kill it - at any cost - before it can take more lives. Guest Cast: Stephen Brooks (Ensign Garrovick), Jerry Ayres (Rizzo), Majel Barrett (Nurse Chapel) @~Season Two concludes next issue - o -