"Star Trek" The Lights of Zetar (1969)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Herbert Kenwith

Writers:

Jeremy Tarcher (written by) and
Shari Lewis (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

31 January 1969 (Season 3, Episode 18)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Enterprise is on course to install new equipment on Memory Alpha, the central library storage facility for the Federation...

Plot Keywords:

Federation | Space | Starship | Computer | Vulcan

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. 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
John Winston	...	Lt. Kyle
Libby Erwin	...	Technician

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:

This episode was co-written by Shari Lewis and her husband. Lewis also lobbied to be cast in the guest role of Lt Romaine, but didn't get the part.

Goofs:

Continuity: Bones said that the crewman on Memory Alpha was making the same garbled sounds as Lt. Mira Romaine made before she collapsed, but he wasn't on the bridge to hear the sounds she made. It was Scotty who heard the garbled sounds she made.

Quotes:

Capt. Kirk: Well, this is an Enterprise first! Dr McCoy, Mr Spock and Engineer Scott find themselves in complete agreement! Can I stand the strain?

Pretty dull stuff

I read a book a few years ago by some insiders from the Star Trek show. It was fascinating to hear what they had to say about Roddenberry, Shatner and the whole experience. One of the things about the book that stood out in my mind was their opinion about the 3rd season. Although the show had almost been canceled early on and Gene Roddenberry instigated a letter-writing campaign to save the show, by the final season, they felt that Roddenberry had given up on the show and actually spend much of this season on other projects. This, they said, accounted for the often sub-par scripts used in them. And, looking back at it, season three had plenty of duds and plenty more only watchable episodes that were pretty easy to forget. This episode is one of the forgettable ones, as not a whole lot of energy is in it. There's a weird space killer that makes people talk in a goofy froggy voice and Scotty seems strangely attracted to a froggy-voiced lady that somehow has survived one of these attacks. That's it--the rest of it just isn't worth discussing, as it just seemed to go nowhere.