The Eye of the Beholder (Episode)

The Eye of the Beholder

"The Eye of the Beholder"

Series	Star Trek: The Animated Series
Season	1
Episode	16
Production Number	16
Previous	The Terratin Incident (TAS15)
Next	Bem (TAS17)
Released	5 Jan 1974
Advertising	Amazon

Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)

Stardate 5501.2: The disappearance of a scientific team lures the Enterprise to investigate near Lactra VII.

The Enterprise locates the missing spaceship Ariel, orbiting the planet Lactra VII. Her records indicate the entire crew beamed down to the planet. On the surface, Kirk, Spock, and a landing party encounter giant, slug-like beings, and are put into a zoo. Spock establishes telepathic contact with a Lactran child, who convinces the adult Lactrans that he and his companions are intelligent, and the landing party and the Ariel crew are freed.

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Related Data

Astrometrics	Lactra VII
Chronology	Prime Timeline; 2270; Stardate 5501.2
Culture
Education
Food
People	Arex; Bryce, Randi; Chapel, Christine; Kirk, James T.; Markel, Tom; McCoy, Leonard; Scott, Montgomery; Spock; Sulu; Uhura;
Politics	Starfleet; Starfleet Ranks; United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology	telepathy; zoo
Ships & Vehicles	Ariel; Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Xenology	Humans; Lactrans; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	Starfleet Uniforms;

Episode Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring the Voices of
William Shatner as Capt. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Written by
David P. Harmon

Directed by
Hal Sutherland

Executive Consultant
Gene Roddenberry

General Manager
Rock Benedetto

Special Effects Animation
Reuben Timmins

Storyboard
Sherman Labby, Paul Fennell, Dale Hale, Jack Miller, Michael O'Connor, Louise Sandoval, Ken Southworth, Dawn Huntley

Art Director
Don Christensen

Key Assistants
Mike Hazy, Bill House

Key Layout
Herb Hazleton, Alberto de Mello, Kay Wright

Layout
George Wheeler, Lorna Smith, Les Kaluza, George Jensen, Dick Hall, Warren Marshall, Wendell Washer, Martin Muller, Christopher Lane, Glen Keane, Maria Bennett, Ken Leonard, Wes Herschensohn, Jim Wiloughby, Cliff Vorhees, Robert Kline, Virgil Raddatz, John Perry, Carol Lundberg, Malcolm Weizer, George Goode, James Koukos, Tom Burton

Director of Color
Ervin Kaplan

Background Artists
Paul Xander, Curt Perkins, Maurice Harvey, Boris Gorelick, Don Peters, Rolando Oliva, Tom O'Loughlin, Janet Brown, Pat Keppler, Karen Shaffer

Animators
Robert Bentley, Jim Brummett, Bob Carlson, Ruy Cataldi, Jesse Cosio, Zion Davush, Lil Evans, Paul Fennell, Otto Feuer, Ed Friedman, Lee Halpern, La Verne Harding, Lou Kachivas, Marsh LaMore, Lawrence Miller, Fred Myers, Jane Nordin, Bill Nunes, Joe Nunez, Casey Onaitis, Jack Ozark, Bill Pratt, Len Rogers, Virgil Ross, Sonja Ruta, Don Schloat, Ben Shenkman, Brad Smith, Hank Smith, Reuben Timmins, Bob Trochim, George Waiss, Ron Westlund, Kaem Wong

Checking Supervision
Marion Turk, Jane Philippi

Xerography & Paint Supervision
John Remmel, Betty Brooks

Camera Supervison
R.W. Pope

Camera
Thane Berti, Bill Kotler, Joseph Ponticelle, Fredrick T. Ziegler, Don Dinehart, Earl Bendetto, John Aardal, Gene Gropper, Dean G. Teves

Also Starring the Voices of
George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, James Doohan

Editoral Supervision
Joseph Simon, Doreen Dixon

Film Coordinator
June Gilham

Background Music by
Yvette Blais, Jeff Michael

Music Publisher
Shermley Music Co. A.S.C.A.P.

Music and Sound Effects
Horta Mahana Corp.

Color by
Technicolor

Associate Producer and Story Editor
D.C. Fontana

Produced by
Norm Prescott, Lou Scheimer