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Space Seed

  • Episode aired Feb 16, 1967
  • TV-PG
  • 50m
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William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, and Madlyn Rhue in Star Trek (1966)
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While on patrol in deep space, Captain Kirk and his crew find and revive a genetically engineered world conqueror and his compatriots from Earth's 20th century.While on patrol in deep space, Captain Kirk and his crew find and revive a genetically engineered world conqueror and his compatriots from Earth's 20th century.While on patrol in deep space, Captain Kirk and his crew find and revive a genetically engineered world conqueror and his compatriots from Earth's 20th century.

  • Director
    • Marc Daniels
  • Writers
    • Gene L. Coon
    • Carey Wilber
    • Gene Roddenberry
  • Stars
    • William Shatner
    • Leonard Nimoy
    • Ricardo Montalban
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.7/10
    5.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Marc Daniels
    • Writers
      • Gene L. Coon
      • Carey Wilber
      • Gene Roddenberry
    • Stars
      • William Shatner
      • Leonard Nimoy
      • Ricardo Montalban
    • 34User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek (1966)
    Ricardo Montalban and Madlyn Rhue in Space Seed (1967)
    DeForest Kelley, Makee K. Blaisdell, Frank da Vinci, Nichelle Nichols, Jan Reddin, and Bill Blackburn in Space Seed (1967)
    William Shatner and Madlyn Rhue in Space Seed (1967)
    William Shatner and Madlyn Rhue in Space Seed (1967)

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    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Captain James Tiberius 'Jim' Kirk
    Leonard Nimoy
    Leonard Nimoy
    • Mister Spock
    Ricardo Montalban
    Ricardo Montalban
    • Khan
    Madlyn Rhue
    Madlyn Rhue
    • Marla
    DeForest Kelley
    DeForest Kelley
    • Dr. McCoy
    James Doohan
    James Doohan
    • Scott
    Makee K. Blaisdell
    Makee K. Blaisdell
    • Spinelli
    • (as Blaisdell Makee)
    Nichelle Nichols
    Nichelle Nichols
    • Uhura
    Mark Tobin
    • Joaquin
    Kathy Ahart
    • Crew Woman
    John Winston
    John Winston
    • Transporter Technician
    John Arndt
    • Ingenieur Fields
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Bass
    Bobby Bass
    • Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Blackburn
    • Lieutenant Hadley
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Buckingham
    Robert Buckingham
    • Augment
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Cangey
    Dick Cangey
    • Otto
    • (uncredited)
    Frank da Vinci
    • Lt. Brent
    • (uncredited)
    Joan Johnson
    • Female Guard
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Marc Daniels
    • Writers
      • Gene L. Coon
      • Carey Wilber
      • Gene Roddenberry
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    • Trivia
      Gene Roddenberry questioned Carey Wilber's notion of wasting a high-tech spaceship and expensive resources on criminals - just like Kirk and Spock came up with the same question in the story itself - and came up with the concept of "a bunch of Napoleons" self-exiling in space.
    • Goofs
      Marla, when examining a hibernating Khan prior to his revival, speculates that he is "probably a Sikh". There is nothing about Khan's appearance that would suggest that he was a Sikh. Being clean-shaven and bareheaded, he lacked the prerequisite beard and turban. Sikh is not an ethnicity but a cultural subset of India.
    • Quotes

      Dr. McCoy: [lying in sickbay, Khan surprises McCoy and holds a knife to his throat, then pauses] Well, either choke me or cut my throat. Make up your mind.

      Khan Noonien Singh: English... I thought I dreamed hearing it. Where am I?

      Dr. McCoy: You're in...

      [Khan tightens his grip. McCoy continues in a lower voice]

      Dr. McCoy: You're in bed, holding a knife at your doctor's throat.

      Khan Noonien Singh: Answer my question.

      Dr. McCoy: It would be most effective if you would cut the carotid artery, just under the left ear.

      Khan Noonien Singh: [impressed, releases McCoy] I like a brave man.

      Dr. McCoy: [takes the knife from Khan] I was simply trying to avoid an argument.

    • Alternate versions
      Special Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song. In the new version, Khan's ship from the 20th century, Botany Bay, is much more aged and weathered than in the original version.
    • Connections
      Featured in Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme From Star Trek
      Written by and credited to Alexander Courage

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    10/10
    one of the best episodes- at least an obvious fan favorite- Ricardo Montalban's finest hour!...
    ...till the Wrath of Khan that is. In a precursor to one of the finest Stark Trek films, this is the episode that introduces the 'superman' type of villain in specially-bred Khan, who came aboard the enterprise following a sort of 'dethawing' that awoke him from sleep since the 1990s. It's a fascinating episode just on the basis of how there is almost a game made out of power, of things that aren't said but intonated about who's in charge. And the title, to be sure, isn't just something suggestive. There's a power-ideal going on there too, a Darwin thing almost. Oh sure, there's the typical facet of the villain taking over the ship and making the crew choose the captain (death) or him (subservience to an Alexander-type figure).

    Sure there's the defector in McGievens, who lit by the cameramen to look like she's in an impressionist painting, and how she loses sight of her professional interest in history for the magnetism of his will when he says (paraphrasing) "stay or go, but do as you truly decide". But it's all pulled off with the utmost attention to entertainment, as well as some of the usual bright food-for-though in the Trek cannon. It's also a riot just seeing Montelban and Shatner go head to head- a kind of battle of the bulge in over-acting and machismo-steel looks- and this goes without saying that this is only the first step before things *really* went overboard on the 1982 sequel. It's wonderful pop-iconic stuff, with dashes of humor and statements on tyranny.
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    • Oct 21, 2007

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    • Release date
      • February 16, 1967 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Desilu Productions
      • Norway Corporation
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      50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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