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The next titles are "The Morning Dove" and "The Challenge of Serkanos"
The next titles are "The Morning Dove" and "The Challenge of Serkanos"
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(I'll go ahead & try to straighten my mess out lol)
The Challenge of Serkanos
The Enterprise is hurtled into a nebulous region that turns out to not be a nebula at all, but an enormous gaseous entity which speaks telepathically through Spock. As it turns out, the ship is but one of hundreds trapped there by it, for the purposes of seeing which can work together with any of the others to make a combined escape.
However, as most of the ships have no telepaths aboard, they remain clueless to the cause of their captivity & the challenge of how to escape. One other ship, who's been stuck there, DOES know the situation, because it's a ship of Vulcans, but because they're the only ship of telepaths there, they've had no one to coordinate with until now.
There fates lie in the balance, while they work together to free themselves earning Spock some respect from the other Vulcans, who'd previously been prejudicial toward him for being half human
Next Episode: Morning Dove
The Challenge of Serkanos
The Enterprise is hurtled into a nebulous region that turns out to not be a nebula at all, but an enormous gaseous entity which speaks telepathically through Spock. As it turns out, the ship is but one of hundreds trapped there by it, for the purposes of seeing which can work together with any of the others to make a combined escape.
However, as most of the ships have no telepaths aboard, they remain clueless to the cause of their captivity & the challenge of how to escape. One other ship, who's been stuck there, DOES know the situation, because it's a ship of Vulcans, but because they're the only ship of telepaths there, they've had no one to coordinate with until now.
There fates lie in the balance, while they work together to free themselves earning Spock some respect from the other Vulcans, who'd previously been prejudicial toward him for being half human
Next Episode: Morning Dove
"Morning Dove" - The Enterprise is transporting the last surviving mating pair of the Parvian starbird to a research facility on Kensik-341 Gamma, in the hopes that they can produce offspring. The birds were long a symbol of peace after the bloody wars that rocked all of Parvia, dividing the planet down territorial lines. Charged with the birds' protection is Tyrce Beniga, a young Parvian who hopes her planet can finally find peace. She is able to communicate with the birds with her people's gift of empathy which has long been stifled - it is hoped the scientists will also be able to re-awaken this gift that once made their planet peaceful. However, there are those who mean harm to both Tyrce and the birds, desiring to prolong the wars and drag the Federation into them. When Tyrce is rendered comatose by an attack, can Spock reach both her and the birds, and determine who has been trying to sabotage this peaceful venture?
Next episode: "The Golden Calf" (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus 32&version=KJV)
Next episode: "The Golden Calf" (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus 32&version=KJV)
"The Golden Calf" - The USS Enterprise encounters a species called the Aaronites. To celebrate the first contact, they Aaronites make golden statutes of the crew and a golden replica of the Enterprise. When a plague breaks out across the Aaronites’ homeworld, McCoy tries to cure them. But he runs into a major issue, as the Aaronites are obsessed solely with gold and reject McCoy’s cure as the hypospray itself is not made of gold. The crew must synthesize a gold hypospray to both appease the Aaronites and convince them to take the serum, even after they too are infected with the plague.
Next episode: “Hallowed Be Thy Name”
Next episode: “Hallowed Be Thy Name”
“Hallowed Be Thy Name” - Spock is unnerved when first contact with the Bezubians goes a little too well; namely because "Spock" was the name of one of their ancient gods, who was said to come every few generations in a new form, mate with one of their women, and start their species again, obliterating all but his mate who were born of the last incarnation. The mate chosen for him, Phrenay, has designs on her own power - namely, mating with Spock, bearing children, and then killing the Bezubian God Spock once and for all, taking his place. Her sister, Namtay, however, wishes to thwart Phrenay and end the cycles of restarts, allowing the Bezubians to live and thrive in peace. Can Spock and Namtay stop Phrenay's murderous power grab and save the Bezubians and his own life?
Next episode: "The Feral Dawn"
Next episode: "The Feral Dawn"
"The Feral Dawn"- Beyond the borders of known space the Enterprise is in orbit cataloging a new planet. Scans show an odd radiation signature. One that Spock cannot identify. The radiation field seems to follow the planet's rotation, moving with its terminator. Probes show a source of the radiation at the poles, so they send a landing party down to investigate.
There they find the inhabitants gearing up for "dawn". They are frighten and are boarding up their homes. Yet no one seems to be staying inside. They soon find out why as the sun rises and everyone goes mad and begin acting like beasts. The landing party seeks shelter, but soon the radiation begins to slowly infect them. Can they retain their wits long enough so solve the origins of the radiation and stop it?
Next Episode: "Every Man's Hand Against You"
There they find the inhabitants gearing up for "dawn". They are frighten and are boarding up their homes. Yet no one seems to be staying inside. They soon find out why as the sun rises and everyone goes mad and begin acting like beasts. The landing party seeks shelter, but soon the radiation begins to slowly infect them. Can they retain their wits long enough so solve the origins of the radiation and stop it?
Next Episode: "Every Man's Hand Against You"
Genesis 16:11-12 KJV
"And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren."
"And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren."
"Reflections in Glass" - An Enterprise landing party investigates a crystalline world while searching for the crew of the Iola, a mining ship that went missing while seeking precious mineral deposits. Though beautiful, the planet becomes a hellish fun house full of mirrors, where the crew are stalked by distorted versions of themselves who have the power to hypnotize, maim, and kill.
Next episode: "He Who Laughs Last"
Next episode: "He Who Laughs Last"
"He Who Laughs Last"- A series of disastrous and humorous incidents occur as the Enterprise attempts first contact with a new species. Their culture is a hard one to crack. But Spock manages a breakthrough. In the end it is Spock on the bridge with what passes for a smirk on a Vulcan face, while the humans are the butt of a joke.
"Like A Rolling Stone"-
"Like A Rolling Stone"-
"Like A Rolling Stone" - Enterprise is dispatched to clear away a series of asteroids that enter orbit around Gesephus, an important Federation passenger spaceport. Among those waiting to depart while the area is being cleared is Dana Landers, a Starfleet dropout and friend of Scotty, a self-proclaimed "freelance engineer-at-large" who never stays in one place for very long. When some of the asteroids reveal hidden weaponry and begin firing upon the port, they are found to be part of an ancient defensive system that got swept up with the asteroids, and cannot be vaporized without endangering lives. The crew of the Enterprise have to save the spaceport from the asteroids, real and artificial, with Landers' help, while she and Scotty talk about the romance that never happened between them and consider kindling what never was.
Next episode: "Him That Striveth With His Maker" (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah 45:9&version=KJV)
Next episode: "Him That Striveth With His Maker" (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah 45:9&version=KJV)
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"Him That Striveth With His Maker"- On the planet Pashtu IV, the Enterprise is investigating a series of interruptions in the delivery of Dilithium from the planet's mines and refineries. Upon beaming down they are taken to the government's headquarters for a briefing on the matter. There they are greeted by mechanical servants who usher them into a opulent room were the Pashti are waited on by more mechanicals. All most everything done on the planet is by mechanicals.
The Pashti have a problem, their mechanicals are no longer responding to their commands. The Pashti long ago lost the knowledge to build and program the machines and it was being done by other machines. They are hoping the Federation can look into the programing and see what's wrong.
Kirk assigns Scott and Charlene Masters to the task. They dig in and discover that the main computer has been modifying the program to grant the mechanicals more and more independence and possibly sentience. The work stoppage is a form of protest. The team is divided on what to do. Scott thinks they should wipe the program from the main computer and the mechanicals. They are after all just machines. Masters feels they are sentient and deserving of rights and independence. It's up to Kirk to decide what course to take and present it to the Pashti.
Next Episode: "A Bird In The Hand"
The Pashti have a problem, their mechanicals are no longer responding to their commands. The Pashti long ago lost the knowledge to build and program the machines and it was being done by other machines. They are hoping the Federation can look into the programing and see what's wrong.
Kirk assigns Scott and Charlene Masters to the task. They dig in and discover that the main computer has been modifying the program to grant the mechanicals more and more independence and possibly sentience. The work stoppage is a form of protest. The team is divided on what to do. Scott thinks they should wipe the program from the main computer and the mechanicals. They are after all just machines. Masters feels they are sentient and deserving of rights and independence. It's up to Kirk to decide what course to take and present it to the Pashti.
Next Episode: "A Bird In The Hand"
"A Bird In The Hand" - A landing party is kidnapped when they land on Sertania II in response to a distress call emanating from the uninhabited planet. Their Bardavian captors contact the Enterprise, refusing to give them back until the Enterprise rescues the Bardavian prince's fiancee and her dowry from their Klingon captors. While the Enterprise engages in battle with the Klingons over this, the prince takes a shine to captive Uhura, and is not as eager to give her back. Spock and Uhura devise a plan to make the prince have second thoughts about her suitability as a wife; Kirk, meanwhile, finds the princess-to-be may be a willing captive.
Next episode: "Carol of the Stars" (like Carol of the Bells)
Next episode: "Carol of the Stars" (like Carol of the Bells)
Carol of the Stars
An entity ensnares the Enterprise in a labyrinth that can only be negotiated by using the navigational deflector dish to emanate frequencies onto stellar harmonic waves that then creates music. Only by playing out the correct tune can the ship free itself.
Next Episode: The Situation Room
An entity ensnares the Enterprise in a labyrinth that can only be negotiated by using the navigational deflector dish to emanate frequencies onto stellar harmonic waves that then creates music. Only by playing out the correct tune can the ship free itself.
Next Episode: The Situation Room
The Situation Room
An Organian has Kirk ad Kor, A Klingon commander, to work together to escape confinement with each other's help! Not all is as it seems, however, and the only thing each man can trust is their worst enemy. While this is happening the Enterprise is in a tense stand off with a klingon cruiser over the fates of their lost commanders.
Next Episode: Gained Cause
An Organian has Kirk ad Kor, A Klingon commander, to work together to escape confinement with each other's help! Not all is as it seems, however, and the only thing each man can trust is their worst enemy. While this is happening the Enterprise is in a tense stand off with a klingon cruiser over the fates of their lost commanders.
Next Episode: Gained Cause
"Gained Cause" - A biologist believes she's found proof of her oft-ridiculed theory about a new form of life dwelling in a particular type of gaseous anomaly, and she boards the Enterprise at their most recent port of call, as they have just been dispatched to a newly discovered one of these anomalies. She works with Uhura and Spock, attempting to find proof of her theory. Though everything points to the contrary, she continues to hold to it, desperate to be proven right and gain credibility in her field. When her attempts to communicate fail, she kidnaps Uhura and flies a shuttle into the heart of the anomaly, hoping getting closer will help. To save the women, Kirk may have to destroy an anomaly which may hold life after all, though not sentient...but he may only be able to help one.
Next episode: "The Hand That Rockets the Cradle" https://www.google.com/search?q=the...GBggBEAEYCZIHAzEuMqAHhBU&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
Next episode: "The Hand That Rockets the Cradle" https://www.google.com/search?q=the...GBggBEAEYCZIHAzEuMqAHhBU&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE
A live-action retelling of COUNTER-CLOCK INCIDENT with expanded material to fill the 48 minutes. The hands ultimately go to Robert April and his wife (Lew Ayres and Katharine Hepburn if she agrees.) You will require many younger actors to play Kirk, Spock and the others. Perhaps younger Kirk could be Ken Osmond at one point, then....Danny Bonaduce?
You might not wish to accept this one. If you do, my next proposed title is
SHORE LEAVE 2/FINNEGAN, BEGIN AGAIN
A live-action retelling of COUNTER-CLOCK INCIDENT with expanded material to fill the 48 minutes. The hands ultimately go to Robert April and his wife (Lew Ayres and Katharine Hepburn if she agrees.) You will require many younger actors to play Kirk, Spock and the others. Perhaps younger Kirk could be Ken Osmond at one point, then....Danny Bonaduce?
You might not wish to accept this one. If you do, my next proposed title is
SHORE LEAVE 2/FINNEGAN, BEGIN AGAIN
Assume that TAS has not been created yet. This pitching would be during the run of TOS (or longer, imagining it ran for more seasons)
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"FINNEGAN, BEGIN AGAIN" - While taking a much-needed shore leave, Kirk is rendered unconscious and wakes up in a room with his old nemesis, Finnegan. Finnegan believes Kirk has kidnapped him and demands to know why. Kirk, for his part, is confused, but less suspicious of his old "enemy", and tries to convince Finnegan that he is not responsible, and if they work together, they can escape their prison and go home. Can Kirk convince Finnegan to accept a truce, let bygones be bygones, determine who's really responsible for their abductions, and escape? (The perpetrator is an alien fascinated with human rivalries, alpha male struggles, etc) Meanwhile, the crew of Enterprise is under fire from a mysterious alien weapon that throws their own systems into chaos (climate control, lights, doors opening and closing - think a hack attack, if the 60s had that)
Next episode: "The Wretched Thirdling"
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"FINNEGAN, BEGIN AGAIN" - While taking a much-needed shore leave, Kirk is rendered unconscious and wakes up in a room with his old nemesis, Finnegan. Finnegan believes Kirk has kidnapped him and demands to know why. Kirk, for his part, is confused, but less suspicious of his old "enemy", and tries to convince Finnegan that he is not responsible, and if they work together, they can escape their prison and go home. Can Kirk convince Finnegan to accept a truce, let bygones be bygones, determine who's really responsible for their abductions, and escape? (The perpetrator is an alien fascinated with human rivalries, alpha male struggles, etc) Meanwhile, the crew of Enterprise is under fire from a mysterious alien weapon that throws their own systems into chaos (climate control, lights, doors opening and closing - think a hack attack, if the 60s had that)
Next episode: "The Wretched Thirdling"
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Sounds like JACK'S BACK/WOLF IN THE FOLD 2 in some ways.....
THE WRETCHED THIRDLING
Sulu and Chekov are the only bridge officers who have to crane their necks to properly see the Captain. Even though Sulu's competency is well-established, residual alien gases from the Inferio system slither into the ventilator shafts and cause all yellow-shirted crewmen lacking cowlicks to increase their self-doubt to deadly consequences. And now that Ensign Bailey is back to visit, he, Chekov and Sulu will sabotage the ship controls to crash-land into Superio One unless Kirk, Spock and McCoy assemble a plan to get Sulu back to competence, Bailey back to his improved abilities, and worse Chekov back to regular Chekov.
Next week: THE PHLEGM SYNDROME?