"Star Trek" The Omega Glory (1968)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Vincent McEveety

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (written by)
Gene Roddenberry (creator)

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

1 March 1968 (Season 2, Episode 23)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Responding to a distress signal, Kirk finds Captain Tracey of the USS Exeter violating the prime directive and interfering with a war between the Yangs and the Kohms to find the secret of their longevity.

Plot Keywords:

Federation | Space | Starship | Computer | Vulcan

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Morgan Woodward	...	Captain Tracey
Roy Jenson	...	Cloud William
George Takei	...	Sulu
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
Irene Kelly	...	Sirah
Morgan Farley	...	Yang Scholar
David L. Ross	...	Lt. Galloway
Lloyd Kino	...	Wu
Ed McCready	...	Dr. Carter
Frank Atienza	...	Kohm Villager

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

Paramount Television

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Dr McCoy analyzes the crystals on the USS Exeter, he identifies them as the crew members bodies after water is removed. He says the human body is 96% water and does a tricorder analysis of the remaining 4% and reports it as 35% potassium and 18% carbon. His percentages are either wrong mathematically or physiologically. The 96% figure refers not exclusively to water but organic elements, which includes body fat and sugars in addition to water. While carbon does account for 18% of the total body mass, after removing water the percentage should have been 74%. The content of the minerals is also incorrect. Calcium accounts for 38% and potassium accounts for 10%, not the stated 35%.

Quotes:

Captain Tracey: Outside. Or I'll burn down both your friends.

When Starship Captains ignore the Prime Directive

The #1 oath for a captain is to give their lives before directly interfering with the development of a civilization. Kirk and a landing party board an empty starship and find the whole crew contracted a deadly disease that wiped them all out. Now that they too contracted the sickness, they dare not return to the Enterprise, but to the planet below to find a cure. On reaching the planet, they find Capt. Tracey alive and well. They will later find out Tracey has been using his weapons to influence power in the primitive culture which is forbidden by StarFleet regulations. Some great fight sequences with Kirk, including a great one-on-one showdown with Tracey at the end.