The Apple (Episode)

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The Apple

"The Apple" (TOS 38)

Series	Star Trek
Season	2
Episode	5
Production Number	38
Previous	The Changeling (TOS 37)
Next	Mirror, Mirror (TOS 39)
Released	13 Oct 1967
Advertising	Amazon

Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)

Stardate SD3715.3: The crew discovers a paradise controlled by computer.

Beaming down to Gamma Trianguli VI, an Enterprise landing party discovers a seeming paradise — until they encounter poisonous plants, exploding rocks, and extremely dangerous weather conditions. In contrast, the planet's inhabitants are a gentle, childlike people who call themselves the Feeders of Vaal. Vaal is a computer constructed "in the dim time" many years before by unknown entities, which survives by metabolizing the natives' offerings of food, and it is draining the Enterprise of energy as well. The landing party must defeat Vaal and its people, led by the high priest Akuta, before the machine can destroy the starship. After a fight with the villagers, and Mr. Spock's encounter with a lightning bolt, the starship's phasers destroy Vaal.

Image Gallery

Gamma Trianguli VI
Akuta
Ens. Hendorff
Lt. Kaplan
Ens. Martha Landon
Lt. Mallory
Lt. Marple
Sayana
lightning
Vaal
pod plant
Vaalians

Related Data

Astrometrics	Gamma Trianguli VI; Moscow; Russia
Chronology	Prime Timeline; c.8000 BCE; 2267; Stardate 3715.3-3715.6
Culture	Bible; Garden of Eden; Genesis; Satan
Education	doctor; doctorate; physician; Starfleet Academy
Food	apple; fruit
People	Adam; Akuta; Chekov, Pavel; Eve; Hadley; Hendorff; Kaplan; Kirk, James T.; Kyle; Landon, Martha; Leslie; Makora; Mallory; Marple; McCoy, Leonard; Sayana; Scott, Montgomery; Spock
Politics	Prime Directive; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Ranks (Crewman, Ensign, Lieutenant, Starfleet Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain); United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology	antennae; antimatter; astrophysics; atmosphere; blood; calcium; communications; communicator; computer; electromagnetic field; Fahrenheit; feet; fly paper; forcefield; generator; gong; hornblende; hypospray; impulse drive; kilometer; land mines; lightning; masiform D; mile; nacelle; orbit; PADD; phasers (Type 2, shipboard); quartz; saplin; sensors; stomach; subspace; time (second, minute, hour, year); tractor beam; transporter; tricorder; turbolift; uraninite; Vaal; Waltham unit; warp drive; water
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Xenology	bacteria; cats; flies; Humans; hybrids; pod plants; Vaalians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	bridge; logs; red alert; Starfleet Uniforms (2266)

Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner

Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
and
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Written by
Max Ehrlich

Directed by
Joseph Pevney

Produced by
Gene L. Coon

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producer
[[Justman, Robert H.|Robert H. Justman

Guest Star
Keith Andes as Akuta

Co-Starring
Celeste Yarnall as Yeoman Martha Landon

Featuring
James Doohan … Scott
David Soul … Makora
Walter Koenig … Chekov
Jay Jones … Ensign Mallory
Jerry Daniels … Marple
John Winston … Lt. Kyle
Mal Friedman … Hendorff
and
Shari Nims … Sayana

Script Consultant
D.C. Fontana

Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis

Theme Music by
Alexander Courage

Additional Music Composed and Conducted by
Gerald Fried

Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman

Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies

Film Editor … James D. Ballas
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Rusty Meek
Set Decorator … Jospeph J. Stone
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Westheimer Company
Sound Effects Editor … Douglas H. Grindstaff
Music Editor … Jim Henrikson
Re-Recording Mixer … Elden E. Ruberg
Production Mixer … Carl W. Daniels
Script Supervisor … George A. Rutter
Casting … Joseph D'Agosta
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Makeup Artist … Fred B. Phillips
Hair Styles … Pat Westmore
Gaffer … George H. Merhoff
Head Grip … George Rader
Property Master … Irving A. Feinberg
Special Effects … Jim Rugg

A Desilu Production
In Association with
Norway Corporation

Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow