Turnabout Intruder (Episode)

Turnabout Intruder

"Turnabout Intruder" (TOS 79)

Series	Star Trek
Season	3
Episode	24
Production Number	79
Previous	All Our Yesterdays (TOS 78)
Released	3 Jun 1969
Advertising	Amazon

Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)

Stardate 3018.2: A woman from Kirk’s past exchanges bodies with him and takes control of the ship.

Dr. Janice Lester, once romantically involved with Jim Kirk, hates the captain because she was unable (and unfit) to become a starship commander as well. She lures Kirk to Camus II, where she has discovered an alien mechanism capable of transferring minds between bodies. Using the device, Lester transfers her consciousness into Kirk's body, trapping his mind in hers. Dr. Arthur Coleman, Lester's partner, makes sure that Kirk is kept sedated, but Spock becomes susupicious and, using a mind meld, discovers what has happened. Lester initiates court martial proceedings against Spock and all who oppose her, but she is unable to control her temper, arousing further suspicion. When Lester charges McCoy and Scott with mutiny and tries to impose a death sentence, the entire crew realizes that something is seriously wrong. Kirk, with Spock's telepathic assistance, is able to reverse the effects of the mind transfer, and Lester, in her own body once again, falls into a comatose state.

Image Gallery

Camus II
juice
Nurse Christine Chapel
Dr. Arthur Coleman
Lt. Galloway
Ens. Lemli
Dr. Janice Lester
Lisa
Security Officer
Security Officer
Security Officer
gurney
mind transfer device

Related Data

Astrometrics	Benecia; Beta Aurigae system; Camus II; Milky Way galaxy; Minara; Starbase 2; Tholian Sector
Chronology	Prime Timeline; 2269; Stardate 5928.5-5930.3
Culture
Education	doctor; doctorate; nurse; physician
Food	fruit juice
People	Christine Chapel; Pavel Chekov; Arthur Coleman; Galloway; James T. Kirk; Lemli; Janice Lester; Lisa; Leonard McCoy; Montgomery Scott; Security Officer (TOS79A); Security Officer (TOS79B); Security Officer (TOS79C); Spock; Hikaru Sulu
Politics	court martial; mutiny; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet General Orders (General Order 4); Starfleet Headquarters; Starfleet Ranks (Ensign, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain); Starfleet Surgeon General; Tholian Assembly; United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology	audio receiver; bed; biobed; blood; celebium; computer; forcefield; gravity; gurney; heart; hypospray; impulse drive; Jefferies tube; kidney; liver; mental illness; metabolism; meter; microtapes; mind meld; mind transfer device; nerve pinch; orbit; PADD; phasers (Type 2); radiation; Robbiani dermaloptic test; sedative; telepathy; time (minute, hour); transporter; tricorder; turbolift; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; U.S.S. Potemkin NCC-1657
Xenology	Humans; hybrids; Tholians; Vians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	bridge; chief medical officer; commanding officer; first officer; logs; murder; quarters; shuttlebay; sickbay; Starfleet Uniforms (2266); transporter room

Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner

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

Teleplay by
Arthur H. Singer

Story by
Gene Roddenberry

Directed by
Herb Wallerstein

Produced by
Fred Freiberger

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producers
Edward K. Milkis
Gregg Peters

Guest Stars
Sandra Smith as Janice Lester
Harry Landers as Dr. Coleman

James Doohan … Scott
George Takei … Sulu
Walter Koenig … Chekov
Majel Barrett … Nurse Chapel
Barbara Baldavin … Communications Officer
David L. Ross … Lt. Galloway
John Boyer … Guard

Story Consultant
Arthur H. Singer

Theme Music by
Alexander Courage

Additional Music by
Fred Steiner

Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies

Director of Photography
Al Francis

Film Editor … Donald R. Rode
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Gene DeRuelle
Set Decorator … John M. Dwyer
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Westheimer Company
Sound Effects Editor … Douglas H. Grindstaff
Music Editor … Richard Lapham
Re-Recording Mixer … Gordon L. Day, C.A.S.
Production Mixer … Carl W. Daniels
Script Supervisor … George A. Rutter
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Casting … Joseph D'Agosta
Makeup Artist … Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Stylist … Pat Westmore
Gaffer … George H. Merhoff
Head Grip … George Rader
Property Master … Irving A. Feinberg
Special Effects … Jim Rugg

A Paramount Production

In Association With
Norway Corporation

Executive Vice President in Charge of Production
Douglas S. Cramer