Spock's Brain
- Episode aired Sep 20, 1968
- TV-PG
- 51m
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5.6/10
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The crew of the Enterprise pursues a mysterious woman who has abducted Spock's brain.The crew of the Enterprise pursues a mysterious woman who has abducted Spock's brain.The crew of the Enterprise pursues a mysterious woman who has abducted Spock's brain.
Bill Blackburn
- Lieutenant Hadley
- (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci
- Lt. Brent
- (uncredited)
Roger Holloway
- Lt. Lemli
- (uncredited)
Pete Kellett
- Morg Guard
- (uncredited)
Jeannie Malone
- Yeoman
- (uncredited)
Eddie Paskey
- Lieutenant Leslie
- (uncredited)
Frieda Rentie
- Enterprise Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn his book, William Shatner referred to this episode as "one of the worst." Leonard Nimoy has stated that he was embarrassed during the entire shooting of this episode.
- GoofsWhen the landing party reaches The Controller's room, Kara inflicts pain with the belts that had been placed on them earlier. McCoy drops the device that controls Spock's body, and Kirk painfully reaches for it. When the camera angle changes, Spock's body is not wearing a pain belt. When the angle changes again, Spock is once again wearing a belt.
- Quotes
Kara: Brain and brain! What is *brain*? It is Controller, is it not?
Dr. McCoy: Yes. Yes, in a way, it is. The human brain controls the individual's functions.
Captain James T. Kirk: [with dawning realization] Bones... Scotty... Spock's... brain... controls.
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsEdited into Star Trek: The Way to Eden (1969)
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A Child Could Do It!
Taking this episode's side in all fairness there are legions of original series Star Trek stories way worse than this, for some reason there's been a kind of social media pile-in on poor Spock's Brain and it doesn't deserve all of it!
This is an episode from the wonders of the starry cosmos for little children. And viewed as such no harm in being so, and it has a lot - actually quite thoughtful on science and exploration, as indeed on whether a body can exist separately from a mind, and on declining, pampered civilisations clinging to former sophistication - going for it.
Perhaps the actors had just been told about some more cuts in the Star Trek Season Three budget, I will admit that....
But plot-wise and ideas-wise, wallops possibly a good third of all TOS Star Treks out of the ballpark.
This is an episode from the wonders of the starry cosmos for little children. And viewed as such no harm in being so, and it has a lot - actually quite thoughtful on science and exploration, as indeed on whether a body can exist separately from a mind, and on declining, pampered civilisations clinging to former sophistication - going for it.
Perhaps the actors had just been told about some more cuts in the Star Trek Season Three budget, I will admit that....
But plot-wise and ideas-wise, wallops possibly a good third of all TOS Star Treks out of the ballpark.
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- philip2029
- Dec 28, 2021
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