Wink of an Eye (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 3 |
| Episode | 11 |
| Production Number | 68
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| Previous | Plato's Stepchildren (TOS67) |
| Next | That Which Survives (TOS69) |
| Released | 29 Nov 1968 |
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Stardate 5710.5: Hyperaccelerated aliens, invisible to the naked eye, take over the Enterprise.
Responding to a distress call from the planet Scalos — a call accompanied by visual images of the Scalosians — the Enterprise discovers a beautiful city with no signs of life except mysterious, insect-like buzzing sounds. Puzzled, Kirk is even more astounded when one crewman disappears after tasting the Scalosian water. Back aboard the Enterprise, the captain himself disappears after drinking a cup of coffee that was spiked with Scalosian water, accelerating him to the level of Deela, Queen of Scalos, who needs his help. The Scalosians have been poisoned by radiation from the core of their planet, resulting in an incredibly accelerated metabolism and male sterility. Now they plan to use all the male crew aboard ship to repopulate their planet. Kirk leaves a recording to inform Spock of the situation. McCoy finds an antidote to the Scalosian water, and Spock then drinks the water to accelerate himself. Locating Kirk, Spock administers the antidote to the captain, staying behind in his accelerated state to undo the Scalosians' damage to the Enterprise. The defeated aliens are returned to their world, as Kirk watches a recorded image of Deela and her ill-fated people.
Image Gallery
Scalos
Surface of Scalos
coffee
Ens. Compton
Deela
Ekor
Lemli
Scalosian woman
atmospheric processing unit
Scalosian combadge
Scalosian weapon
water sampling kit
Scalosians
Related Data
Credits
Created by
Gene Roddenberry
Starring
William Shatner
Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
and
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
Teleplay by
Arthur Heinemann
Story by
Lee Cronin
Directed by
Jud Taylor
Produced by
Fred Freiberger
Co-Producer
Robert H. Justman
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producers
Edward K. Milkis
Gregg Peters
Guest Stars
Kathie Brown as Deela
Jason Evers as Rael
James Doohan … Scott
George Takei … Sulu
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
Majel Barrett … Nurse Chapel
Erik Holland … Ekor
Geoffrey Binnney … Compton
Story Consultant
Arthur H. Singer
Music Composed and Conducted by
Alexander Courage
Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies
Director of Photography
Al Francis
Film Editor … Bill Braeme
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Claude Binyon Jr.
Set Decorator … John M. Dwyer
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Cinema Research Corp.
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 … William J. Kenney
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
