The Cloud Minders

Episode aired Feb 28, 1969
TV-PGTV-PG
51min

7.1/10

S3.E21

Action Adventure Sci-Fi

Kirk and Spock are caught up in a revolution on a planet where intellectuals and artists live on a utopian city in the sky while the rest of the population toils in mines on the barren surfa... Read allKirk and Spock are caught up in a revolution on a planet where intellectuals and artists live on a utopian city in the sky while the rest of the population toils in mines on the barren surface below.Kirk and Spock are caught up in a revolution on a planet where intellectuals and artists live on a utopian city in the sky while the rest of the population toils in mines on the barren surface below.

7.1/10

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Director
- Jud Taylor
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- Margaret Armen(teleplay by)
- David Gerrold(story by)
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Trailer 1:40

Star Trek: The Cloud Minders

Jeff Corey and Diana Ewing in Star Trek (1966)

Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner in Star Trek (1966)

William Shatner, Fred Williamson, Ed Long, and Charlene Polite in Star Trek (1966)

Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley in Star Trek (1966)

Leonard Nimoy and James Doohan in Star Trek (1966)

In order to save an inhabited planet from being destroyed by a botanical plague, the Enterprise goes to pick up zenite, the mineral cure, on the only known planet where it is mined. When Kirk and Spock beam down, they are attacked by 'troglites' (troglodyte miners) but not captured. High council adviser Plasus intervenes and brings them to Stratos, a luxurious metropolis which literally floats in the sky. However, it is under attack from 'disruptors', troglite revolutionaries who want equal life conditions for their peers. They do all the hard work, mainly toiling miserably in mines and dwell in caves on the barren surface below. Dr. McCoy ascertains that the alleged intellectual inferiority of the troglites is not genetic but the reversible effect of exposure to an invisible gas emitted by the zenite. —KGF Vissers

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Trivia
This was one of the first TV roles for football star Fred Williamson, who later became a prolific film actor.

Goofs
In Amok Time (1967), Spock tells Kirk, his closest friend, that the Pon Farr is not to be discussed with non-Vulcans. Even after Kirk guesses the gist of it, Spock is visibly uncomfortable talking with him about it. Yet here, he chats about it with Droxine, a woman he has known for only a few hours, and with no more concern or discomfort than if he were discussing a new chemical compound.

Quotes
Plasus: Gentlemen, one of our planet's most incomparable works of art: my daughter Droxine. Captain James Kirk.
Captain James T. Kirk: A pleasure, Madam.
Droxine: Indeed yes, Captain.
Plasus: And First Officer Spock.
[Spock bows his head very slowly]
Droxine: I have never before met a Vulcan, sir.
Mr. Spock: Nor I a work of art, Madam.

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
Theme
Music credited to Alexander Courage
Sung by Loulie Jean Norman

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8/10

"DROXINE?"

The first time I saw this episode I suddenly burst out laughing, and every time I think of it I continue to laugh my rear end off. There's a character, a beautiful woman named Droxine, and when I saw this name I turned to my folks with whom I was watching and exclaimed "DROXINE? What an odd name---sounds more like a medicine!" And being a pharmacist's kid---my dad was a pharmacist and a good one who would often bring home various pharmaceutical publications which I would read---I got curious and looked it up. And there it was: Droxine, the brand name of a medicine---a bronchodilator, an antiasthmatic which was used in the treatment of asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and other such respiratory ailments. And I have often wondered---did the scriptwriter, perhaps, have such a problem? As for "spoilers"---not really, just a thoroughly amusing note.

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