Star Trek Original-Season Three-Ritterson's Episode Guides

Star Trek Original Episode Guide

SEASON THREE

#56 "SPECTRE OF THE GUN"

Written by Lee Cronin (AKA Gene Coon)

Directed by Vincent McEveety

Guest Stars: Sylvia-Antoinette Bower, Doc Holliday-Sam Gilman, Morgan Earp-Rex Holman, Wyatt Earp-Ron Soble, Virgil Earp-Charles Maxwell, Johnny Behan-Bill Zuckert, Ed-Charles Seel, voice of Melkot warning buoy-James Doohan

Stardate 4385.3

Airdate 10/25/68

For violating Melkotion space, the crew is made to appear as the Clanton gang in Tombstone, Arizona to be met and killed by-Wyatt Earps and Doc Holiday at the OK Corral.

#57 "ELAAN OF TROYIUS"

Written By John Meredyth Lucas

Directed by John Meredyth Lucas

Guest Stars: Nurse Christine Chapel-Majel Barrett, Elaan-France Nuyen, Lord Petri-Jay Robinson, Kryton, Technician Watson-Victor Brant, Crewman Evans-Lee Duncan

Stardate 4372.5

Airdate 10/04/68

Kirk must tame a shrew when he undertakes a stormy mission of peace-taking the High Priestess of a warrior people to marry an enemy ruler.

#58 "THE PARADISE SYNDROME"

Written by Margaret Armen

Director Jud Taylor

Guest Stars: Nurse Christine Chapel-Majel Barrett, Miramanee-Sabrina Scharf, Salish-Rudy Solari, Goro-Richard Hale, Lumo-Peter Virgo Jr.

Stardate 4842.6

Airdate 10/04/68

On a mission to save a planet the Enterprise wrestles with several enigmas and a cryptically inscribed obelisk towering in their midst.

#59 "THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT"

Writer D.C. Fontana

Directed by John Meredyth Lucas

Guest Stars: Nurse Christine Chapel-Majel Barrett, Romulan Commander-Joanne Linville, Romulan Subcommander Tal-Jack Donner

Stardate 5027.3

Airdate 09/27/68

The Enterprise is captured by a Romulan ship whose beautiful commander sets about wooing Mr. Spock

#60 "AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD"

Written by Edward J. Lasko

Directed by Marvin Chomsky

Guest Stars: Nurse Christine Chapel-Majel Barrett, Gorgan-Melvin Belli, Tommy Starnes-Craig Hundley, Professor Starnes-James Wellman, Mary Janowsky-Pamelyn Ferdin, Ray Tsingtao-Brian Tochi, Steve O'Connel-Caesar Belli, Don Linden-Mark Robert Brown

Stardate 5029.5

Airdate 10/11/68

Attorney Melvin Belli stars as Gorgan the friendly angel, the incarnation of pure evil who uses children to unleash the beast in human souls.

#61 "SPOCK'S BRAIN

Written By Lee Cronin (AKA Gene L. Coon)

Directed by Marc Daniels

Guest Stars: Kara-Marj Dusay, Luma-Sheila Leighton

Stardate 5431.4

Airdate 09/20/68

Spock's brain becomes the object of a bizarre search after a beautiful woman deftly removes the organ and vanishes.

#62 "IS THERE IN TRUTH NO BEAUTY?"

Written by Jean Lisette Aroeste

Directed by Ralph Senensky

Guest Stars: Dr. Miranda Jones-Diana Muldaur, Dr. Lawrence Marvick-David Frankham, Kolos

Stardate 5630.7

Airdate 10/18/68

Jealousy is the catalyst when the Enterprise picks up two passengers: an alien whose ugliness drives humans mad and his stunning woman companion.

#63 "THE EMPATH"

Written by Joyce Muskat

Directed by John Erman

Guest Stars: Gem-Kathryn Hays, Thann-Willard Sage, Lal-Alan Bergman, Dr. Ozaba-David Roberts, Dr. Linke-Jason Wingreen

Stardate 5121.5

Airdate 12/06/68

On a planet doomed to extinction two robed figures subject the Enterprise officers to a series of unexplained tortures.

#64 "THE THOLIAN WEB"

Written by Judy Burns and Chet Richards

Directed by Ralph Senesky

Guest Stars: Lt. O'Neil-Sean Morgan, Nurse Christine Chapel-Majel Barrett

Stardate 5693.2

Airdate 11/15/68

Spock takes command when Kirk vanishes into a hostile segment of space where matter disintegrates and men are seized by madness.

#65 "FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY"

Written by Rick Vollaerts

Directed by Tony Leader

Guest Stars: Natira-Katherine Woodville, Old Man-John Lormer, Admiral Westervliet-Byron Morrow

Stardate 5476.3

Airdate 11/08/68

The Enterprise encounters a spaceship ruled by an oracle that prevents its people from knowing their world is on a collision course with another planet.

#66 "DAY OF THE DOVE"

Written by Jerome Bixby

Directed by Marvin Chomsky

Guest Stars: Kang-Michael Ansara, Mara-Susan Howard, Lt. Johnson-David L. Ross

Stardate 5630.3?

Airdate 11/01/68

The Enterprise is invaded by an alien lifeform that transfers enemy Klingons to the starship and arms the Klingons and the Enterprise crew with swords.

#67 "PLATO'S STEPCHILDREN"

Written by Meyer Dolinsky

Directed by David Alexander

Guest Stars: Nurse Christine Chapel-Majel Barrett, Alexander-Michael Dunn, Parmen-Liam Sullivan, Philana-Barbara Babcock, Eraclitus-Ted Scott, Dionyd-Derek Partridge

Stardate 5784.2

Airdate 11/22/68

A literal battle of wills ensues when the arrogant sadistic inhabitants of Platonious orders Dr. McCoy to remain on their planet-and Kirk refuses.

#68 "WINK OF AN EYE"

Teleplay by Arthur Heinemann

Story by Lee Cronin (AKA Gene L. Coon)

Directed by Jud Taylor

Guest Stars: Deela-Kathie Brown, Compton-Geoffrey Binney, Ekor-Eric Holland, Rael-Jason Evers

Stardate 5710.5

Airdate 11/29/68

Kirk battles invisible beings who are using his crewmen to continue their species, problem-the process renders humans susceptible to cell damage, rapid aging and death.

#69 "THAT WHICH SURVIVES"

Teleplay by John Meredyth Lucas

Story by Michael Richards (AKA D. C. Fontana)

Directed by Herb Wallerstein

Guest Stars: Losira-Lee Meriwether, Lt. Rahda-Naomi Pollack, Lt. D'Amato-Arthur Batanides, Ensign Wyatt-Brad Forrest, John B. Watkins-Kenneth Washington, Dr. M'Benga-Brooker Bradshaw

Stardate 5720.3

Airdate 01/17/69

An Enterprise landing party is stranded on a planet replete with unexplicable physical and biological phenomena, and a sad faced siren whose touch means instant death.

#70 "LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD"

Teleplay by Oliver Crawford

Story by Lee Cronin (AKA Gene L. Coon)

Directed by Jud Taylor

Guest Stars: Lokai-Lou Antonio, Bele-Frank Gorshin

Stardate 5730.2

Airdate 01/24/69

Science fiction blends with psychology in this drama about aliens who bring their millennial long battle aboard the Enterprise.

#71 "WHOM GODS DESTROY"

Teleplay by Lee Erwin

Story by Jerry Sohl and Lee Erwin

Directed by Herb Wallerstein

Guest Stars: Garth of Izar-Steve Ihnat, Marta-Yvonne Craig, Governor Donald Cory-Keye Luke, Andorian-Richard Geary, Tellarite-Gary Downey

Stardate 5718.3

Airdate 01/03/69

Kirk and Spock fall into the hands of Garth, the murderous leader of an inmates revolt at an intergalactic insane asylum.

#72 "THE MARK OF GIDEON"

Written by George F. Slavin and Stanley Adams

Directed by Jud Taylor

Guest Stars: Odona-Sharon Acker, Hodin-David Hurst, Krodak-Gene Dynarski, Admiral Fitzgerald-Richard Derr

Stardate 5423.4

Airdate 01/17/69

Kirk mysteriously vanishes while beamed down to a planet, but from the Captains point of view he's still on the Enterprise and his crew has disappeared.

(2269)

#73 "THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR"

Written by Jeremy Tarcher and Shari Lewis

Directed by Herb Kenwith

Guest Stars: Lt. Mira Romaine-Jan Shutan, Lt. Kyle-John Winston

Stardate 5725.3

Airdate 01/31/69

The Enterprise is besieged by an unfamiliar lifeform, twinkling lights that attack various areas of the human brain.

#74 "THE CLOUD MINDERS"

Teleplay by Margaret Armen

Story by David Gerrold and Oliver Crawford

Directed by Jud Taylor

Guest Stars: Droxine-Diana Ewing, Vanna-Charlene Polite, Anka-Fred Williamson, Midro-Henry Evans, Plasus-Jeff Corey

Stardate 5818.4

Airdate 02/28/69

On the planet Ardana, Kirk and Spock are drawn into a class struggle when they try to obtain zeenite, the only anecdote to a botanical

plague.

#75 "THE WAY TO EDEN"

Teleplay by Arthur Heinemann

Story by Michael Richard (AKA D.C. Fontana) and Arthur Heinemann

Directed by David Alexander

Guest Stars: Dr. Sevrin-Skip Homeier, Irini Galliulin-Mary-Linda Rapelye, Tongo Rad-Victor Brandt, Adam-Charles Napier, Mavig-Deborah Downey , Lt. Palmer-Elizabeth Rogers, Girl #2-Phyllis Douglas

Stardate 5832.3

Airdate 02/21/69

The Enterprise captures six spaceship snatching rebels who are led by a long-robed fanatic determined to reach the mythical planet Eden.

#76 "REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH"

Written by Jerome Bixby

Directed by Murray Golden

Guest Stars: Flint-James Daly, Rayna Kapec-Louise Sorel

Stardate 5843.7

Airdate 02/14/69

The crew intrudes on a private paradise inhabited by two individuals, a man of extraordinary accomplishments and his ward superbly educated-but unacquainted with human emotions.

#77 "THE SAVAGE CURTAIN"

Teleplay by Gene Roddenberry and Arthur Heineamnn

Story by Gene Roddenberry

Directed by Herschel Daugherty

Guest Stars: Yarnek-Janos Prohaska, Colonel Green-Phillip Pine, Zora-Carol Daniels Dement, Abraham Lincoln-Lee Bergere, Surak-Barry Atwater, Genghis Khan-Nathan Jung, Kahless-Robert Herron, Lt. Dickerson-Arell Blanton

Stardate 5906.4

Airdate 03/07/69

On a planet of molten lava, Kirk and Spock battle four of histories most ruthless killers.

#78 "ALL OUR YESTERDAYS"

Written by Jean Lisette Aroeste

Directed by Marvin Chomsky

Guest Stars: Zarabeth-Mariette Hartley, Mr. Atoz ('A' to 'Z')-Ian Wolfe

Stardate 5943.7

Airdate 06/03/69

On a planet doomed to destruction Kirk faces charges of witchcraft in a land resembling 17th-century England.

#79 "TURNABOUT INTRUDER"

Teleplay by Arthur H. Singer

Story by Gene Roddenberry

Directed by Herb Wallerstein

Guest Stars: Dr. Janice Lester-Sandra Smith,Dr. Arthur Coleman-Harry Landers, Angela Martine-Barbara Baldavin, Mr. Lemli-Roger Halloway

Stardate 5928.5

Airdate 06/03/69

William Shatner's talents are showcased as he acts out the personalities of a male and female: Kirk and Dr. Janice Lester, a paranoiac scientist who has transferred her mind into Kirks body-and his mind into hers.

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