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Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 5

Star Trek
Executive Producer	Gene Roddenberry
Producer	Gene Coon
Associate Producers	Robert Justman and John D.F. Black
Created by	Gene Roddenberry

"The Man Trap"
Episode	05
Released	8 September 1966
Director	Marc Daniels
Writer	George Clayton Johnson

Stardate 1531.1: A shape-shifting, salt-craving creature terrorizes the crew of the Enterprise.

The Enterprise visits planet M-113 to give archaeologists Robert and Nancy Crater supplies and medical checkups. Years ago, Nancy was romantically involved with Dr. Leonard McCoy—whom she nicknamed "Plum."

Now she is literally a different woman: each member of the landing party sees Nancy differently because the real Nancy is dead, killed by a shape-changing alien which has assumed her identity. The creature, the last surviving native of this planet, has been enjoying a symbiotic relationship with Professor Crater; Crater supplies the salt that sustains the entity, and the creature provides Crater with companionship.

The arrival of the Enterprise landing party upsets the delicate balance of this strange alliance. Craving additional salt, the creature kills two crewmen and boards the Enterprise disguised as one of its victims. The creature assumes Dr. McCoy's appearance before Captain Kirk eventually tracks it down and kills it with the aid of Mr. Spock and the real McCoy.

Related Data

Astrometrics	Caran IV; Earth; M-113; Vulcan; Wrigley's Pleasure Planet
Cast & Crew	Bal, Jeanne; Daniels, Marc; Doohan, James; Johnson, George Clayton; Kelley, DeForest; Nichols, Nichelle; Nimoy, Leonard; Pyne, Francine; Ryder, Alfred; Shatner, William; Takei, George; Watson, Bruce; Whitney, Grace Lee; Zaslow, Michael
Chronology	Stardate 1531.1-1513.8; 2253; 2255; 2260; 2264; 2265
Culture	Swahili
Education	archaeologist; doctor
Food	chili peppers; plums; salt; Saurian brandy; water
People	Barnhart; Crater, Nancy; Crater, Robert; Darnell; Dominguez, Jose; Green; Kirk, James T.; M-113 creature; McCoy, Leonard; Rand, Janice; Scott, Montgomery; Spock; Sturgeon; Sulu, Hikaru; Transporter technician; Uhura, Nyota
Politics	Starfleet; Starfleet Ranks; United Federation of Planets; Yeoman
Science & Technology	alkaline poison; archaeology; Class M planet; communicator; computer; hypnotism; impulse drive; phaser; pounds; sodium chloride; subspace; tonsils; tranquilizer; transporter; tricorder; warp drive; warp nacelle
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Xenology	Borgia plant; buffalo; chameleons; Humans; M-113 creature; nightshade; passenger pigeons; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	Beauregard; flowers

Prev: "The Enemy Within"

Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 5

Next: "The Naked Time"

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