"Star Trek" Spock's Brain (1968)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Marc Daniels

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

20 September 1968 (Season 3, Episode 1)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Enterpise is approached by an ion-propelled craft to Scotty's liking; from it enters a female who renders everyone unconscious...

Plot Keywords:

Brain In Tank | Character Name In Title | Federation | Space | Starship

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Marj Dusay	...	Kara
James Doohan	...	Scott
Walter Koenig	...	Chekov
George Takei	...	Sulu
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
Majel Barrett	...	Nurse Chapel
James Daris	...	Creature
Sheila Leighton	...	Luma

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

Gene Roddenberry was fascinated by the idea of matriarchal society, and revisited the idea in his unsuccessful series, Genesis II.

Goofs:

Continuity: The "star date" starts on 5431.4 but in mid-show the date is inexplicably given as 4351.5.

Quotes:

Kara: Brain and brain! What is brain?

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Sex Trek II: The Search for Sperm (1991) (V)

Idiotic Example of the Series' Worst Excesses

One of the worst episodes of the series, with poor dialogue and acting, and a remarkably stupid premise.

A mysterious visitor appears on the bridge of the Enterprise, renders the crew unconscious, and removes Spock's brain to run their civilization. Naturally, Kirk, Scott, McCoy, and (an automaton-like) Spock go below the planet surface to retrieve the brain. Unfortunately, the dialogue consists of such memorable lines as "Brain and brain, what is brain" and Shatner's hammy tendencies make themselves readily apparent as they would throughout most of the third season).

Skip it.