Star Trek: The Original Series
(1966–1969)
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Title: The Lights of Zetar (31 Jan 1969)
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Cast
| Episode complete credited cast: | |||
| William Shatner | ... | Capt. Kirk | |
| Leonard Nimoy | ... | Mr. Spock | |
| DeForest Kelley | ... | Dr. McCoy | |
| Jan Shutan | ... | Lt. Mira Romaine | |
| James Doohan | ... | Scott | |
| George Takei | ... | Sulu | |
| Walter Koenig | ... | Chekov | |
| Nichelle Nichols | ... | Uhura | |
| Majel Barrett | ... | Nurse Chapel | |
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John Winston | ... | Lt. Kyle |
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Libby Erwin | ... | Technician |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Barbara Babcock | ... | Zetar (voice) | |
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The Enterprise is on course to install new equipment on Memory Alpha, the central library storage facility for the Federation. Chief Engineer Scott has been working closely on the project with Lieutenant Mira Romaine with whom he has been forming a romantic attachment. The Enterprise encounters a space storm that kills the staff at Memory Alpha and possesses Lieutenant Mira Romaine. Written by laird-3
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planetoid | library | vision of the future | dead body | central library |Parents Guide:
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Capt. Kirk: But that's impossible.
Dr. McCoy: That's what I was taught.
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Music credited to Alexander Courage, although it strongly resembles the main title music for 'Hollow Triumph (1948)' by Sol Kaplan
Sung by Loulie Jean Norman
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Shari Lewis decided to write the romantic angle centering on Scotty as a way to break away from the formula of Kirk always getting the love interests. See more »Goofs
After the first lights attack, a close up shot of Sulu is reversed: notice his hair is parted the wrong way. See more »Quotes
Dr. McCoy: A comparison of our Steinman with Starfleet records shows that Lt. Romaine's fingerprints, voice analysis, all external factors remain exactly the same as before; however, according to two hyperencephalograms, her brainwave pattern has been altered.Capt. Kirk: But that's impossible.
Dr. McCoy: That's what I was taught.
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Special Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song See more »Soundtracks
ThemeMusic credited to Alexander Courage, although it strongly resembles the main title music for 'Hollow Triumph (1948)' by Sol Kaplan
Sung by Loulie Jean Norman
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31 January 1969 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Not a great episode overall but worth watching for the fun the writers are permitted to have with Spock. He gets to overplay his Vulcan side in scene after scene; alienating every crewman he victimizes. It might be that by this point they sensed the series would be toast in a couple months and played this stuff for laughs. Nimoy is obviously having a lot of fun with this script as well, as the overbearing Vulcan repeatedly inserts decimals into his pronouncements and criticizes everyone for not being sufficiently precise.
Also of note is the cold sore (?) that appears and reappears on the lower lip of the guest star (Scotty's love interest). Apparently this began in mid-production as the first scenes shot do not feature it.
They again, what do I know? I'm only a child.