“The Time Trap”
Written by Joyce Perry
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Season 1, Episode 12
Production episode: 22010
Original air date: November 24, 1973
Star date: 5267.2
Mission summary
Enterprise is investigating the “Delta Triangle,” a region of space where starships have been disappearing for centuries. It’s almost as if the suits back at Starfleet are trying to get rid of them.
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“The Terratin Incident”
Written by Paul Schneider
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Season 1, Episode 11
Production episode: 22015
Original air date: November 17, 1973
Star date: 5577.3
Mission summary
Weird interference derails the Enteprise’s survey mission of the burnt-out supernova Arachna. The signal is random–or is it? According to an old code, the signal appears to be repeating “Terratin.” That’s enough for Kirk to investigate, and they come upon a Class M planet that has turned into a volcanic, crystalline wasteland, or else just advertising dianetics. It’s also emitting unidentifiable waves. They seem harmless enough, at least until the Enterprise reaches orbit. A bright white laser light blinds the crew and makes them glow like fireflies. No injuries, though, aside from the dilithium crystals that have been completely destroyed.
Scotty’s crew tries to get started on repairs, only to discover that the tools have become too big to use. Either the Enterprise is enlarging, or its crew is shrinking.
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“Mudd’s Passion”
Written by Stephen Kandel
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Season 1, Episode 10
Production episode: 22008
Original air date: November 10, 1973
Star date: 4978.5
Mission summary
Enterprise makes a special trip to Motherlode in the Arcadian star system in search of one Harcourt Fenton Mudd, wanted on several counts of being annoying. They find the infamous swindler hawking a love potion to the human and ursine miners on the planet, claiming that all it takes is a drop of a magic liquid to compell any woman to love them with a single touch. “It matters not whether you are young, old, fat, ugly or repugnant,” he assures the crowd–and what better way to prove three out of four than by a personal demonstration? He brings up a young blonde who implores, “Please, darling, come back to the ship with me.” Yecch!
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“Once Upon a Planet”
Written by Chuck Menville and Len Janson
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Season 1, Episode 9
Production episode: 22017
Original air date: November 3, 1973
Star date: 5591.2
Mission summary
It’s time for some well-deserved r&r, so the Enterprise stops by the Omicron Delta sector to unload its weary crew on the so-called shore leave planet. McCoy, Sulu, and Uhura are in the first wave and note that the place is just as they left it–serene, idyllic, slightly wacky. To clue us in that this is a sequel, McCoy reminisces about that time he felt like he was in Alice in Wonderland, and right on cue Alice and the White Rabbit pop up.
UHURA: It’s hard to believe they’re not real.
MCCOY: Well just remember they’re highly sophisticated robots created by the planet computer to make your dreams come true.
UHURA: So think only happy thoughts.
At least they don’t have Stay Puft in the future.
The three of them wander off to enjoy the planet until McCoy is accosted by the Queen of Hearts, who decides to paint the roses red… with his blood! Shouting “Off with his head!” she and her cardguards chase him around for a bit until he finally gets through to the ship for an emergency beam out. They get a lock on Sulu, too, who reports no strange occurrences whatsoever and seems bummed to miss out on the vacation, but they can’t find Uhura anywhere. She’s been kidnapped!
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“The Magicks of Megas-Tu”
Written by Larry Brody
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Season 1, Episode 8
Production episode: 22009
Original air date: October 27, 1973
Star date: 1254.4
Mission summary
It’s Science Day on Enterprise! The ship takes a jaunt to the center of the galaxy to see what might still be cooking at the site of the Big Bang. Spock warns them that they may “encounter forces and phenomena beyond our understanding,” and sure enough, the ship blunders into the middle of a fireworks and laser light show.
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“The Infinite Vulcan”
Written by Walter Koenig
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Season 1, Episode 7
Production episode: 22002
Original air date: October 20, 1973
Star date: 5554.4
Mission summary
The Enterprise has come across an unknown planet on the galaxy’s periphery, so they’ve beamed down to investigate. The planet is a vaguely nauseating shade of puke green, and life signs are “confused.” Sulu discovers a little koosh ball in the grass but when he picks it up it pricks him. Dick. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy discover a nearby building emanating energy readings, but before they can investigate they hear a bass scream: it’s Sulu. He’s been poisoned, and only MacGuyver can save him now because he’s got one minute to live.
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“The Survivor”
Written by James Schmerer
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Season 1, Episode 6
Production episode: 22005
Original air date: October 10, 1973
Star date: 5143.3
Mission summary
Enterprise rescues a one-man vessel damaged in a meteor “swarm” on the edge of the Romulan Neutral Zone. They are shocked to discover the ship is registered to Carter Winston, a famous philanthropist who has been missing for five years. When they beam him aboard, they confirm his identity.
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“The Lorelei Signal”
Written by Margaret Armen
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Season 1, Episode 4
Production episode: 22006
Original air date: September 29, 1973
Star date: 5483.7
Mission summary
Enterprise tempts fate by visiting an unfamiliar region of space where Federation ships have been disappearing for the past 150 years. A hot tip from the Klingons and Romulans reveals that ships disappear like clockwork, every 27.346 “star years,” give or take.
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“One of Our Planets is Missing”
Written by Marc Daniels
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Season 1, Episode 3
Production episode: 22007
Original air date: September 22, 1973
Star date: 5371.3
Mission summary
Starfleet Command has commissioned the Enterprise to investigate a cosmic cloud heading through the Pallas 14 system. Over 800,000 km across and half as deep, the cloud is immense and unlike anything the crew has ever seen. It seems to move intelligently, and sets its sights on the planet Alondra. Before they can say “horta,” it rapidly engulfs the planet Alondra and breaks it into tiny pieces. Soon it’s changed course and heads directly to a new target: Mantilles, the Federation’s most remote inhabited planet, with over 82 million residents. Do they warn those people so that a handful can escape? Is it worth it to risk full-blown panic? They decide to let the governor, Bob Wesley, in on the threat. It’ll be up to him to decide who lives and who dies.
As soon as the message is sent, however, tendrils from the cloud reach out and wrap themselves around the Enterprise.
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“Yesteryear”
Written by D.C. Fontana
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Season 1, Episode 2
Production episode: 22003
Original air date: September 15, 1973
Star date: 5373.4
Mission summary
The Enterprise crew is assigned to help a bird creature and a woman historian with their survey of Federation history via Harlan Ellison’sTM Guardian of Forever, but they somehow end up altering the timeline. Again. Whoops!
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