“The Devil in the Dark”
Written by Gene L. Coon
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Season 1, Episode 25
Production episode: 1×26
Original air date: March 9, 1967
Star date: 3196.1
Mission summary
We don’t begin on the Enterprise but rather in the deep mines of Moria Janus VI, where an unknown “monster” has been taking out guards left and right. A deeply nervous guard, Schmitter, tells us that phaser fire is useless against it—but that the Enterprise is on its way.
“You’ll be all right,” his superior tells him, sealing the man’s fate.
Sure enough, as soon as the other men are out of sight, a huge plasticine creature-thing attacks. By the time the men run back it’s too late.
“Like the rest of them. Burnt to a crisp.”
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