Return to Tomorrow (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 2 |
| Episode | 20 |
| Production Number | 51
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| Previous | By Any Other Name (TOS50) |
| Next | Patterns of Force (TOS52) |
| Released | 9 Feb 1968 |
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Stardate 4768.3: Telepathic aliens take over Kirk and Spock's bodies.
Answering a mysterious distress call from Arret[1]—a planet thought long dead—Kirk, McCoy, and Dr. Ann Mulhall are transported underground to confront the last three survivors of that world's civilization. Sargon, Thalassa, and Henoch have preserved their conscious minds within spherical containers, and have remained in this state for centuries. They now wish to "borrow" the bodies of Kirk, Spock, and Dr. Mulhall so that they can construct android bodies to house their minds on a permanent basis. Sargon assures Kirk that his people will be safe, their minds encased for a short time within the same containers his people now occupy. McCoy is concerned about the high metabolic rate necessary for "possession." The real danger, however, is Henoch, who appropriates Spock's body without any intention of returning it. Henoch telepathically forces Nurse Chapel to poison Sargon (in Kirk's body) and then destroys the globe that houses Spock's mind. Fortunately, Spock's consciousness had already left the globe, hidden within the mind of Nurse Chapel. Henoch is tricked into leaving Spock's body, and is destroyed. Sargon and Thalassa vacate the bodies of Kirk and Dr. Mulhall voluntarily, announcing (after one last kiss) that they will be happy to roam throughout the universe together in their noncorporeal state.
Image Gallery
Arret
Command officer
Engineer
Henoch
Lemli
Mulhall
Nurse
Nurse #2
Lt. Rand
Sargon
Thalassa
android
electronics
telekinesis
Related Data
Credits
Created by
Gene Roddenberry
Starring
William Shatner
Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
and
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
Written by
John Kingsbridge
Directed by
Ralph Senensky
Produced by
John Meredyth Lucas
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman
Guest Star
Diana Muldaur as Ann Mulhall
James Doohan … Scott
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
George Takei … Sulu
Cindy Lou … Nurse
and
Majel Barrett … Christine Chapel
Uncredited
James Doohan … Sargon (Voice)
Script Consultant
D.C. Fontana
Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis
Theme Music by
Alexander Courage
Music Composed and Conducted by
George Duning
Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman
Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies
Film Editor … Donald R. Rode
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Phil Rawlins
Set Decorator … John M. Dwyer
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Vanderveer Photo Effects
Sound Effects Editor … Douglas H. Grindstaff
Music Editor … Jim Henrikson
Re-Recording Mixer … Elden E. Ruberg, C.A.S.
Production Mixer … Carl W. Daniels
Script Supervisor … George A. Rutter
Casting … Joseph D'Agosta
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Makeup Artist … Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Styles … Pat Westmore
Gaffer … George H. Merhoff
Head Grip … George Rader
Property Master … Irving A. Feinberg
Special Effects … Jim Rugg
Key Costumer … Ken Harvey
A Paramount Production
In Association With
Norway Corporation
Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow
Notes and References
- ↑ The name of the planet was not given in the final episode, but was taken from an earlier draft of the script.
