Where No Man Has Gone Before (22 Sep. 1966)

The flight recorder of the 200-year-old U.S.S. Valiant relays a tale of terror--a magnetic storm at the edge of the galaxy!

Director:

James Goldstone

Writers:

Samuel A. Peeples, Gene Roddenberry (creator)

Stars:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Gary Lockwood

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
Gary Lockwood	...	Lt. Cmdr. Gary Mitchell
Sally Kellerman	...	Dr. Elizabeth Dehner
George Takei	...	Sulu
James Doohan	...	Scott
Lloyd Haynes	...	Alden
Andrea Dromm	...	Yeoman Smith
Paul Carr	...	Lt. Lee Kelso
Paul Fix	...	Dr. Mark Piper

Storyline

When the Enterprise attempts to penetrate a space barrier, it is damaged and creates a potentially worse problem. Two crew members, including Kirk's best friend, gain psionic powers that are growing at a geometric rate. That leaves Captain Kirk with the difficult choice of either marooning them or killing before they get so powerful that they lose their humanity and become truly dangerous.

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Plot Keywords:

psionic power | 23rd century | sequel | telekinesis | teleportation | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site StarTrekContinuum.com: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 1966 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 11,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Desilu Productions, Norway Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the Starfleet Access commentary on the Blu-Ray, the remastering crew debated over whether or not to change the middle initial on the "James R. Kirk" tombstone to the proper T. While some members of the crew were for it and some against it, they ultimately decided not to, due to the ridiculous amount of rotoscope work it would have required.

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Goofs

The events of this episode obviously occur significantly earlier than the bulk of the rest of the series. As such, both Sulu and Spock have time to change their occupation, and as such get promotions and change their respective uniform colors.

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Quotes

Dr. Dehner: Don't you understand? A mutated, superior man could also be a wonderful thing!

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Connections

Referenced in Futurama: Where No Fan Has Gone Before (2002)

User Reviews

A journey of the mind and its limitless power

I'm agreeing with the reviewer that this episode was what really launched the Star Trek series toward cult status. Gary Lockwood who had done his time in outer space with 2001, A Space Odyssey plays one of two Enterprise crew members who are changed when the ship passes through a magnetic storm in space. The other crew member is Sally Kellerman who is assigned to the Enterprise as a psychologist who is changed and is able to understand the nature of the changes as Lockwood can't.

Both have some latent Extra Sensory Perception powers and both are seeing that increasing exponentially. Lockwood is affected far more than Kellerman.

Lockwood is truly a frightening person, one of the most frightening of Star Trek villains. He's been given absolute powers that are growing day by day. The Krels from Forbidden Planet could have served as a warning to him, his monsters from the ID are taking over completely.

And as captain, William Shatner has to deal with this on the level of a threat to his ship and the whole galaxy and on the level of a friend of Lockwood's saddened to see the changes in him and the humanity that has been driven from his soul.

A truly thought provoking episode, one of the best from Star Trek prime.