“Whom Gods Destroy” Thanks to his shapeshifting ability the insane Capt. Garth has taken control of the mental hospital on Elba II. Before anyone can notice something is wrong, Kirk and Spock are trapped there. Garth’s bizarre “coronation ceremony” is followed by the attempt to take over the Enterprise. Having assumed Kirk’s shape, he tries […]
“Elaan of Troyius ” The Enterprise ferries Elaan of Elas to the hostile world of Troyius for a marriage to end the war. Elaan, however, is more than just reluctant. Moreover, a saboteur damages the Enterprise’s warp drive just as a Klingon battlecruiser appears. It is discovered that Elaan wears jewelry made of dilithium which […]
“The Empath” Kirk, Spock an McCoy are held hostages by an alien race together with an empathic woman nicknamed “Gem”. The aliens torture humanoids and perform deadly experiments for seemingly no reason. When Gem saves McCoy’s life by “absorbing” his injuries and sacrificing herself, their goal becomes clear: Gem’s race has to prove they are […]
“Wink of an Eye” Kirk suddenly disappears while drinking his coffee. He finds himself “accelerated”, moving at a speed that makes him invisible. He discovers that the Enterprise is being turned into a “refrigerator” because the Scalosian race wants to conserve the male crew to repopulate their planet. In the normal time level Spock and […]
“Plato’s Stepchildren” Parmen, head of the utopian society of Platonius, has enormous telekinetic powers and forces Kirk, McCoy and Spock to stay on his planet for their welfare and enjoyment. The telekinesis, however, is not restricted to Parmen’s race, but turns out to be based on a substance found on the planet, so everyone can […]
“The Tholian Web” Kirk gets trapped on the U.S.S. Defiant when the ship disappears in an interdimensional rift. While the crew are trying to retrieve their captain, Tholian ships begin to weave a web around the Enterprise. Kirk does not reappear at the calculated time, and Spock and McCoy decide to declare him dead. However, […]
“For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” McCoy suffers from an incurable disease, xenopolycythemia. His presumably last mission leads him to the asteroid starship Yonada whose inhabitants think they are on a planet. He falls in love with the high priestess and decides to stay on Yonada. The asteroid, however, is […]
“Day of the Dove” The Enterprise picks up the survivors of a destroyed Klingon ship. Soon the situation runs out of control when part of the Enterprise crew and the Klingons are trapped in a part of the ship. They engage in endless skirmishes with ancient weapons which are absolutely pointless because all wounds heal […]
“Spectre of a Gun” After the Enterprise has ignored a warning buoy, the Melkotians force Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott and Chekov to take part in a re-enactment of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in the roles of the Clanton Gang. Chekov is seemingly killed. Condemned to lose the fight if history repeats, they have […]
“Is There in Truth No Beauty” Telepathic Miranda Jones accompanies Ambassador Kolos, a Medusan who will inevitably drive any human insane who looks at him. Larry Marvick nevertheless does it, and in his insanity he transfers the ship to another dimension. Only the Medusan is able to take the ship back to normal space, assisted […]