"Star Trek"
Wink of an Eye (1968)

Director:

Jud Taylor

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (creator) and
Gene L. Coon (story)
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TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

29 November 1968 (Season 3, Episode 11)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Adventure

Plot:

The Enterprise is called to an advanced planet to help with an emergency. Beaming down, though, they can find no people...

Plot Keywords:

Sensors | Cultural Diversity | Shipper | Beautiful Woman | Starship

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Kathie Browne	...	Deela
Jason Evers	...	Rael
James Doohan	...	Scott
George Takei	...	Sulu
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
Majel Barrett	...	Nurse Chapel
Erik Holland	...	Ekor
Geoffrey Binney	...	Compton
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Blackburn	...	Lt. Hadley (uncredited)
Dick Geary	...	Scalosian (uncredited)
Roger Holloway	...	Lt. Lemli (uncredited)

Directed by
Jud Taylor

Writing credits
Gene Roddenberry		(creator)
Gene L. Coon		story (as Lee Cronin)
Arthur Heinemann		teleplay

Produced by
Fred Freiberger	....	producer
Robert H. Justman	....	co-producer
Edward K. Milkis	....	associate producer
Gregg Peters	....	associate producer
Gene Roddenberry	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Alexander Courage

Cinematography by
Al Francis

Film Editing by
Bill Brame

Casting by
William J. Kenney

Art Direction by
Walter M. Jefferies

Set Decoration by
John M. Dwyer

Costume Design by
William Ware Theiss

Makeup Department
Fred B. Phillips	....	makeup artist
Pat Westmore	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Gregg Peters	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claude Binyon Jr.	....	assistant director

Art Department
Irving A. Feinberg	....	property master

Sound Department
Carl Daniels	....	production sound mixer (as Carl W. Daniels)
Gordon L. Day	....	sound re-recording mixer
Doug Grindstaff	....	sound effects editor (as Douglas H. Grindstaff)

Special Effects by
James Rugg	....	special effects (as Jim Rugg)

Visual Effects by
Darrell Anderson	....	visual effects (remastered version)
Howard A. Anderson	....	visual effects (remastered version)
Melissa Berryann	....	assistant to executive producer (remastered version)
Petri Blomqvist	....	technical consultant (remastered version)
Chris DeCristo	....	2D supervisor (remastered version)
Doug Drexler	....	technical consultant (remastered version)
Max Gabl	....	matte painter (remastered version)
James Holt	....	digital compositor (remastered version)
Robert H. Justman	....	technical consultant (remastered version)
Gary Kerr	....	technical consultant (remastered version)
David LaFountaine	....	visual effects executive producer (remastered version)
Denise Okuda	....	producer (remastered version)
Michael Okuda	....	producer (remastered version)
Ryan Reeb	....	digital artist (remastered version)
David Rossi	....	producer (remastered version)
Wendy Ruiz	....	visual effects coordinator (remastered version)
John Small	....	systems support engineer (remastered version)
Chris Tezber	....	visual effects coordinator (remastered version)
Brian Vogt	....	lead lighting technical director (remastered version)
Craig Weiss	....	director of visual effects: CBS Digital (remastered version)
Albert Whitlock	....	matte painter (remastered version)
Niel Wray	....	visual effects supervisor (remastered version)

Stunts
Dick Dial	....	stunt double: William Shatner

Camera and Electrical Department
George H. Merhoff	....	gaffer
George Rader	....	head grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Andrea E. Weaver	....	costumer: women

Music Department
Tommy Johnson	....	musician: tuba soloist
Richard Lapham	....	music editor

Other crew
Douglas S. Cramer	....	executive vice president in charge of production
George Rutter	....	script supervisor (as George A. Rutter)
Arthur H. Singer	....	story consultant
Crayton Smith	....	script supervisor

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gene Roddenberry		creator

Produced by
John D.F. Black	....	associate producer (1966-1967)
Douglas S. Cramer	....	executive producer (1968-69)
Robert H. Justman	....	associate producer: earlier episodes

Makeup Department
John Chambers	....	makeup designer

Art Department
Thomas Kellogg	....	shuttlecraft designer

Sound Department
Jim Bullock	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Darrell Anderson	....	special effects
Linwood G. Dunn	....	special effects
Joseph Westheimer	....	special effects
Roger Dorney	....	special effects crew (uncredited)

Stunts
Bill Blackburn	....	stunts
Chuck Couch	....	stunts
Bennie E. Dobbins	....	stunts
Gary Downey	....	stunts
Louie Elias	....	stunts
Ralph Garrett	....	stunts
Dick Geary	....	stunts
Alan Gibbs	....	stunts
Loren Janes	....	stunts
Julie Ann Johnson	....	stunts
Max Kleven	....	stunts
Chuck O'Brien	....	stunts
Regina Parton	....	stunts
Allen Pinson	....	stunts
Carl Saxe	....	stunts
Roy N. Sickner	....	stunts
Paul Stader	....	stunts
Tom Steele	....	stunts
Jerry Summers	....	stunts
Victor Toyota	....	stunts
Al Wyatt	....	stunts

Other crew
John D.F. Black	....	story editor

Production Companies

• Paramount Television
• Norway Corporation

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1968) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Paramount Television

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the episode we see stock footage of Chekov although he does not appear in the rest of the episode.

Don's drink the Scalosian water before bed.

Star Trek always had what I called the "Macy's Parade" approach to working within a budget--especially in season three. Matte paintings, props,sets, visual effects shots, all were fair game for the producers to utilize, repaint and reconfigure to save money. They must have thought viewers had short memories. Not "Trek" fans. With that said, this episode did a great job of pulling off a lot with the barest of essentials. The Enterprise's landing party transports down to the planet's surface to find a deserted city. This is odd because they were recently sent a distress signal by the inhabitants of this world. A crew member, planet-side, stupidly, takes a drink from a cascading water fountain and disappears. Kirk and the others hear (but don't see) buzzing insects. They are, needless to say, a little perplexed by this turn of events. They scurry back to the ship. On the bridge, Kirk drinks a cup of coffee and he too disappears. The Scalosians, you see, have been able to accelerate themselves into a state of hyper-space. Their motives are not good--it's a trap. I wonder if one of the ideas for this wacky story, may have sprung from a movie titled "The Time Travelers," and it's low-budget remake, "Journey to the Center of Time." Something to keep in mind when you watch this episode, one of the best from Star Trek's final season. Space trivia alert: Kathie Browne, Kirk's love interest in this story and female leader of the Scalosians, was married to the "Night Stalker" himself, Darren McGavin. Sadly, Ms.Browne and her husband passed away in the last few years. But their cult status as icons of 60's television remains intact.