"Star Trek" That Which Survives (1969)

Director:

Herb Wallerstein

Writers:

John Meredyth Lucas (teleplay)
D.C. Fontana (story)

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

24 January 1969 (Season 3, Episode 17)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

After the Enterprise landing party beams down to investigate a geologically interesting planet, their ship is hurled across the galaxy. Kirk and company find a deserted outpost guarded by the deadly image of a beautiful woman.

Plot Keywords:

Federation | Space | Starship | Vulcan | Computer

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Lee Meriwether	...	Losira
James Doohan	...	Scott
Arthur Batanides	...	D'Amato
George Takei	...	Sulu
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
Naomi Pollack	...	Rahda
Booker Bradshaw	...	Dr. M'Benga
Brad Forrest	...	Ensign
Kenneth Washington	...	John B. Watkins

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

Goofs:

Continuity: Lt. Radha's countdown of the final minute before the engines overload does not match the elapsed time of the scene. e.g., she states 57 seconds to overload, then 79 seconds later she says 20 seconds; then almost another minute elapses to zero.

Quotes:

Rahda: It doesn't make any sense, but somehow I'd say that in a flash we've been knocked 1000 lightyears away from where we were.
Mr. Spock: 990.7 lightyears to be exact, lieutenant.
Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: But that's not possible, nothing can do that.
Mr. Spock: Mr. Scott, since we are here, your statement is not only illogical, it is also unworthy of refutation.

Spock is really annoying in this one

Spock jumps on every comment that every person says, correcting their calculations with comments like "I wish you'd be more accurate" and saying things like "We're not here to engage in gambling" when someone asks about their odds of survival (how many times has Spock himself spewed out odds of this and that in the past? His own mother had to cut him off at the knees when he did that once). I've always thought that the "folding Lee Meriwhether" effect was cool but I'm not sure the episode really makes any sense. My main problem with this episode is how annoying Spock is because he's my favorite character in this series.