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"Star Trek" Miri (1966)


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"Star Trek" (1966): Season 1: Episode 8 -- A strange group of children are discovered on an Earth-like planet

Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   371 votes
Director:

Vincent McEveety

Writers:

Adrian Spies (written by)
Gene Roddenberry (creator)

Contact:

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TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

27 October 1966 (Season 1, Episode 8)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi more

Plot:

The Enterprise discovers a planet exactly like Earth; but the only inhabitants are children who contract a fatal disease upon entering puberty. full summary | full synopsis

User Comments:

"I never get involved with older women" more (5 total)


Cast

  (Episode Complete credited cast)

William Shatner ... Captain James T. Kirk

Leonard Nimoy ... Mr. Spock

Kim Darby ... Miri

Michael J. Pollard ... Jahn

DeForest Kelley ... Dr. McCoy
Grace Lee Whitney ... Yeoman Rand
Keith Taylor ... Jahn's Friend
Ed McCready ... Boy Creature
Kellie Flanagan ... Blonde Girl
Stephen McEveety ... Redheaded Boy (as Steven McEveety)
David L. Ross ... Security Guard #1 (as David Ross)
Jim Goodwin ... Farrell
John Megna ... Little Boy
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Additional Details

Runtime:

50 min | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Canada:PG (video rating)


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Kellie Flanagan's TV debut. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the opening scene, where the ENTERPRISE orbits Miri's planet, you can see the hole at the top of the globe used for the original version of the scene where it would have been attached to its stand. This has been replaced in the remastered version with a digital shot of that same planet. more

Quotes:

Yeoman Rand: Miri... she really loved you, you know?
Capt. Kirk: Yes.
[pause]
Capt. Kirk: I never get involved with older women, Yeoman.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Bring Back... Star Trek (2009) (TV) more


FAQ

Why is there an exact replica of Earth? This is a pretty big detail that they never even address.
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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
"I never get involved with older women", 9 April 2009
10/10
Author: Max_cinefilo89 from Italy

Miri is one of the strongest and most gripping episodes of the original Star Trek, providing a pretty shocking spin on the age-old post-apocalyptic Earth scenario (except for the fact that none of this takes place on Earth, obviously).

The location is a planet which is an exact replica of Earth: same continents, atmosphere, buildings (albeit a bit old-fashioned) and people. Actually, there's a problem with the people: the planet is inhabited exclusively by children. No Stephen King-like twists (à la Children of the Corn), though: as Miri (Kim Darby) explains to Kirk, all the adults were wiped out several years ago by a virus which doesn't affect children. Dr. McCoy quickly comes to the conclusion that the virus works only on individuals who have already reached puberty, and with every crew member of the Enterprise - apart from Spock, as usual - starting to show symptoms, their exploratory mission becomes a race against the clock to find an antidote before someone gets killed, be it by the virus or Miri's more uncooperative "peers".

A lot of science-fiction thrives on the idea of what our planet would be like without specific groups of people. In this case, however, the story serves as a much more potent reflection on a seemingly trivial theme like puberty: a simple plot gimmick like a virus becomes a powerful metaphor, using the opportunities given by the sci-fi context to explore previously uncharted territory and delivering a compelling portrait of young people yearning to be part of the grown-up world even though they aren't quite ready for that yet (this is most obvious in the case of the titular character and her feelings for Kirk). The fact that it's a tense and scary story helps a lot, too.

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