"Star Trek" Metamorphosis (1967)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Ralph Senensky

Writers:

Gene L. Coon (written by)
Gene Roddenberry (creator)

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

10 November 1967 (Season 2, Episode 9)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Enterprise, carrying a critically ill Federation Ambassador Nancy Hedford, encounter a mysterious...

Plot Keywords:

Federation | Space | Starship | Computer | Vulcan

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Glenn Corbett	...	Zefram Cochrane
Elinor Donahue	...	Nancy Hedford
James Doohan	...	Scott
George Takei	...	Sulu
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

This episode marks the first ever appearance in the Star Trek franchise of Zefram Cochrane, and the only time the character has been portrayed by someone other than James Cromwell.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Cochrane runs up to meet Kirk and the others, the glare of the stage lighting is just barely visible from the top.

Another Great Love Story from the Trek writers

I'm glad the special effects were weak when this series came out. This forced the writing staff to come up with great story lines rather than rely on ships blowing each other up and other pointless action. Sure Star Trek also needs action, but great love stories also carried this series. Kirk, Spock, and Bones, are accompanied by a dying female diplomat, and are forced by an unknown being to remain on a lonely planet. They discover an astronaut who was believed to be dead many years earlier. The astronaut has developed an unusual relationship with the unknown being which keeps him from dying, but keeps him from leaving. There is no action or fighting in this episode, no great tension, it's just all about love. This is definitely a "sleeper" episode than is greatly under-appreciated.