"Star Trek" The Enterprise Incident (1968)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

John Meredyth Lucas

Writers:

D.C. Fontana (written by)
Gene Roddenberry (creator)

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

27 September 1968 (Season 3, Episode 2)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Enterprise deliberately crosses the Neutral Zone, on Kirk's orders, into Romulan space and is promptly surrounded by Romulan warships...

Plot Keywords:

Spaceship Name In Title | Federation | Space | Starship | Computer

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Joanne Linville	...	Romulan Commander
Jack Donner	...	Subcommander Tal
James Doohan	...	Scott
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
George Takei	...	Sulu
Walter Koenig	...	Chekov
Majel Barrett	...	Nurse Chapel
Richard Compton	...	Technical Officer
Robert Gentile	...	Technician
Mike Howden	...	Romulan Guard
Gordon Coffey	...	Romulan Soldier

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:

In the opening segment, in regard to the enemy vessels, Spock declares "Romulans now using Klingon design!" The actual reason for this was that in unpacking the models to shoot this sequence, a production assistant stepped on and broke the Romulan Warbird model that was going to be used, so they pulled out their Klingon Battlecruiser model and wrote the line to cover it up.

Quotes:

Subcommander Tal: No one should decide quickly to die, captain. We give you one of your Earth hours. If you do not surrender your ship at the end of that time, your destruction is certain.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Star Trek: New Voyages: To Serve All My Days (#1.2)" (2006)

Well Played and Suspenseful Episode

This is a nicely paced, genuinely suspenseful episode which finds its roots in the best espionage stories. Kirk takes the Enterprise into Romulan territory on his own initiative, leading many to question his competency to command and increasing hostilities with the Romulans. Is Kirk actually losing it, or is something else afoot? This episode resembles some of the best spy fiction -- "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" in particular -- and Shatner's staginess actually works to the episode's advantage. Nimoy's inscrutability is equally compelling, particularly when the Romulan commander (well played by Joanna Linville) tries to persuade him to join the dark side, as it were.

Intelligently written and played, and a lot of fun to boot.