Elaan of Troyius

Episode aired Dec 20, 1968
TV-PG
51m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

3.3K

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While transporting an arrogant, demanding princess for a political marriage, Captain Kirk must cope both with her biochemical ability to force him to love her, as well as sabotage on his shi... Read allWhile transporting an arrogant, demanding princess for a political marriage, Captain Kirk must cope both with her biochemical ability to force him to love her, as well as sabotage on his ship.While transporting an arrogant, demanding princess for a political marriage, Captain Kirk must cope both with her biochemical ability to force him to love her, as well as sabotage on his ship.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
France Nuyen is believed to be the first person of Vietnamese descent to appear on American television.

Goofs
Near the end of the scene as the Kingons are coming in for their final attack, as Capt Kirk says "Chekov, photon torpedoes, fire!" In the background behind and to the right of Kirk you can see Elaan sitting in a chair with Scotty standing next to her, and you see the camera caught France Nuyen breaking character looking at or towards Scotty to her right smiling, as if she was reacting to something funny being said just before the camera started filming and then, still smiling, looking towards her left.

Quotes
Captain James T. Kirk: Mr. Spock, the women on your planet are logical. That's the only planet in this galaxy that can make that claim.

Alternate versions
Special Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song

Connections
Featured in William Shatner's Star Trek Memories (1995)

Soundtracks
Star Trek
theme music by
Alexander Courage

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Featured review

8/10

I liked it!!

I honestly can't understand why people never cared for this episode. It's always been one of my favorites since I was a kid. It had everything: space battles, romance, Klingons, etc. Granted, it's not as good as The Doomsday Machine or Balance of Terror or Amok Time, but it's certainly not as bad an episode as The Way to Eden or Plato's Stepchildren. The acting seemed pretty solid, especially between Kirk and Elaan. Granted, the costumes looked pretty cheap (they said the guards were wearing "placemats"), and the rear wide-shots of Kirk and the navigator's position showed someone other than Chekov, but to me those were the only negative things about "Elaan of Troyius".