"Star Trek" Space Seed (1967)

Director:

Marc Daniels

Writers:

Gene L. Coon (teleplay) and
Carey Wilber (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

16 February 1967 (Season 1, Episode 22)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Enterprise finds a 20th century spaceship which contains dozens of people in suspended animation...

Plot Keywords:

1990s | Eugenics | Cryostasis | Classic Episode | Wwiii

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
Ricardo Montalban	...	Khan
Madlyn Rhue	...	Marla
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
James Doohan	...	Scott
Makee K. Blaisdell	...	Spinelli (as Blaisdell Makee)
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
Mark Tobin	...	Joaquin
Kathy Ahart	...	Crew Woman
John Winston	...	Transporter Technician

Runtime:

50 min | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Canada:PG (video rating)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

The events of this episode were the basis for Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Kirk punches out the glass in Khan's stasis chamber, his elbow knocks the phaser out of his holster, which McCoy later discreetly pushes out of the way.

Quotes:

Capt. Kirk: [after stopping Khan's attempted takeover of the Enterprise] Those men went on to tame a continent, Mr. Khan. can you tame a world?
Khan Noonian Singh: Have you ever read Milton, captain?
Capt. Kirk: Yes. I understand.
[Khan is escorted out by Security]
Scotty: It's a shame for a good Scotsman to admit it, but I'm not up on Milton
Capt. Kirk: The statement Lucifer made when he fell into the pit: "It is better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven".
Mr. Spock: It would be interesting, captain, to return to that world in 100 years and learn what crop had sprung from the seed you planted today.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: William Shatner/Lone Justice (#12.8)" (1986)

What a way to set things up for the future.

This is another of my 3 favorite episodes of the original TV Series. Ricardo Montalban was incredible in this episode, and delivers one of the best performances of his life. Shatner and Nimoy are also excellent in this episode.

This is another one of those episodes that showed the TV audience that Kirk was more than just a Captain of a ship, and even more than just a regular Starship Commander.

Still, as we will find out in years to come, the "Space Seed" was truly planted, although it was probably not known at the time.

I give this excellent episode 10 out of 10, AWESOME!! Desert-Buddha