"Star Trek" Elaan of Troyius (1968)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

John Meredyth Lucas

Writers:

John Meredyth Lucas (written by)
Gene Roddenberry (creator)

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

20 December 1968 (Season 3, Episode 13)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Enterprise transports Elaan, the female ruler of the warrior Troyians, to the planet of her enemy...

Plot Keywords:

Federation | Space | Starship | Computer | Vulcan

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
France Nuyen	...	Elaan
Jay Robinson	...	Petri
Tony Young	...	Kryton
James Doohan	...	Scott
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
George Takei	...	Sulu
Walter Koenig	...	Chekov
Majel Barrett	...	Nurse Chapel
Lee Duncan	...	Evans
Victor Brandt	...	Watson
Dick Durock	...	Guard #1
Charles Beck	...	Guard #2

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

This episode, "Elaan of Troyius", features the first appearance of the classic "D7 Class Klingon Battle Cruiser", designed and built by Star Trek Art Director Mark Jefferies (prior to this episode, Klingon ships had been represented by blobs of light or blips on a computer screen). "Star Trek: Day of the Dove (#3.7)" (1968), which was filmed later, but aired earlier re-used shots of the Klingon battle cruiser from this episode.

Quotes:

Capt. Kirk: Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the galaxy can make that claim.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Star Trek: The Next Generation: Relics (#6.4)" (1992)

A disaster for intelligent people who love Star trek

I remember watching this back in the early 70's as a young kid and was very upset by it in comparison with the excellence of the first two series. A few years later and this could have been classified as a poor episode of Space 1999.

How any thinking Trek fan who appreciated the intelligence of the earlier episodes can like this is beyond me.

It's badly written - some of the acting is beyond camp - and the production values are poor. Look at the Guards - who appear to be wearing costumes made out of cake decorations.

Thank goodness they got things back on track with The Next Generation

By the way it's sad to see that no one agrees with this comment - it just shows there's a dearth of genuine intelligent fans out there - like the type that made the show famous in the first place. Explains why 'Enterprise' was so dumbed down.