The Immunity Syndrome
- Episode aired Jan 19, 1968
- TV-PG
- 50m
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7.5/10
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The Enterprise encounters a gigantic energy draining space organism that threatens the galaxy.The Enterprise encounters a gigantic energy draining space organism that threatens the galaxy.The Enterprise encounters a gigantic energy draining space organism that threatens the galaxy.
Bill Blackburn
- Lieutenant Hadley
- (uncredited)
John Blower
- USS Enterprise Lt. Cmdr.
- (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci
- Lt. Brent
- (uncredited)
Bob Johnson
- Starbase 6 Commander
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jay D. Jones
- Science Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Jeannie Malone
- Yeoman
- (uncredited)
Eddie Paskey
- Lieutenant Leslie
- (uncredited)
Frieda Rentie
- Enterprise Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe space amoeba optical effects were created by Frank Van der Veer of Van der Veer Photo Effects. The amoeba itself was a mixture of liquids pressed between two thin sheets of glass. As the sheets were moved, the liquid would flow, as if the amoeba were pulsating.
The same technique was used to present "psychedelic" light shows in the late 1960s when bands were playing at venues such as the Fillmore West and the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco.
- GoofsAs Spock is about the enter the shuttlecraft hangar, McCoy presses a button that opens the door. The button's nameplate states "hanger" when it should read "hangar".
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsFeatured in Harlem Theater (1968)
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Another Roadblock in the Path of the Enterprise
The primary force to be dealt with is a giant one celled organism (a amoeba). it has destroyed a Vulcan ship and all on board. It is up to Kirk and the gang to figure out what to do. It seems that this thing thrives on energy and when attacked simply absorbs it, destroying anything that it encounters. The problem, along with the obvious threat, is that it is beginning to split, and like other mono-cellular entities, it will divide again and again, eventually expanding throughout the galaxy. It is decided that someone must take a shuttle and investigate the interior and a find a way to prevent its forming a second creature. There is quite a bit of byplay between Spock and McCoy. McCoy wants to go into the thing and Spock accuses him of having a martyr complex. Spock is correct when he says he has the qualifications to take the shuttle in. This is a human story where men who know and love one another must make life or death decisions. Kirk chooses Spock even though he knows it is probably a suicide mission. A weakness, I guess, is the reason this thing exists in the first place. If it is a cell, shouldn't there be more of them around. What gave birth to it. It looks just like the one we drew in a biology class lab my sophomore year of high school. This is a tense episode and works pretty well.
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