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"Balance of Terror"

"Balance of Terror" (TOS 08)

Series	Star Trek
Season	1
Episode	14
Production Number	09
Released	15 December 1966
Advertising	Amazon

Stardate 1709.2: After attacking an outpost, Romulans battle the Enterprise.

The Enterprise is patrolling along the Romulan Neutral Zone, a border between the Federation and the Romulan Star Empire. As Captain Kirk is performing a wedding ceremony for crewmembers Angela Martine and Robert Tomlinson, an outpost along the border announces that it is under attack from the Romulans. Kirk witnesses the destruction of the outpost, but is helpless to assist. The Romulans have perfected an invention that renders their ships invisible, and Kirk reasons he must overtake and destroy the enemy vessel before it can return home. To the surprise of all, transmissions intercepted from the Romulan ship reveal that they look almost exactly like Vulcans, which causes Lieutenant Stiles to express his distrust of Spock. When the Romulan Commander is finally cornered, he destroys his ship rather than surrender—and Stiles, whose life was saved by Spock, realizes his prejudicial attitude is wrong.

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Related Data

Astrometrics	asteroids; Comet Icarus IV; Earth; Earth Outposts 1-8; Remus; Romii; Romulan Neutral Zone; Romulus; sector; Sector Z-6; Vulcan
Chronology	Prime Timeline; c.2160; 2266; Stardate 1709.2-1709.6
Culture	cruise; dancing; engagement; marriage; sorcerer; tennis; wedding
Education	doctor; doctorate; physician
Food	coffee
People	Centurion; Decius; Fields; Hansen; Harrison; Kirk, James T.; Martine, Angela; McCoy, Leonard; Rand, Janice; Romulan Commander; Scott, Montgomery; Spock; Stiles, Andrew; Stiles family; Sulu, Hikaru; Technician; Tomlinson, Robert; Uhura, Nyota
Politics	Command Base; Federation law; Romulan Neutral Zone; Romulan Praetor; Romulan Ranks (Centurion, Commander); Romulan Star Empire; Romulan War; Starfleet; Starfleet Ranks (Crewman, Ensign, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain); treaty; yeoman
Science & Technology	asteroid; bearing; bed; camera; cloaking device; comet; communications; companel; computer; cryptography; deflector; distress call; fire; heading; impulse drive; iron; meter; microtapes; mile; nacelle; nuclear weapons; PADD; phaser coolant; phasers (shipboard); plasma torpedo; plastiform; radiation; radiation sickness; recorder-marker buoy; rodinium; sector; self-destruct; sensors; shields; subspace; subspace radio; time (cycles, hour, minute, second);transporter; tricorder; viewscreen; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; Romulan Bird of Prey
Xenology	Humans; hybrids; Romulans; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	Achilles heel; battle stations; bigotry; bridge; briefing room; captain's quarters; chapel; chief engineer; chief medical officer; commanding officer; first officer; galley; logs; Main Engineering; phaser control room; port; Red Alert; science officer; sickbay; sorcerer; sorcery; starboard; Starfleet Uniforms (2266)

Credits

Starring
William Shatner

Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock

Directed by
Vincent McEveety

Written by
Paul Schneider

Created and Produced by
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producers
Robert H. Justman, John D.F. Black

Also Starring
Mark Lenard as Romulan Commander

Co-Starring
Paul Comi as Styles
Lawrence Montaigne as Decius

Featuring
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
Grace Lee Whitney as Yeoman Rand

George Takei	…	as Sulu
James Doohan	…	as Scott
Nichelle Nichols	…	as Uhura
Stephen Mines	…	as Tomlinson
Barbara Baldavin	…	as Angela
Garry Walberg	…	as Hansen

and
John Warburton as The Centurion

Theme Music by
Alexander Courage

Music Composed and Conducted by
Fred Steiner

Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman

Art Directors
Rolland M. Brooks
and
Walter M. Jefferies

Film Editor
Robert L. Swanson

Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis

Assistant Director
Gregg Peters

Set Decorator
Carl F. Biddiscombe

Costumes Created by
William Theiss

Post Production Executive
Bill Heath

Music Editor
Robert H. Raff

Sound Editor
Douglas H. Grindstaff

Sound Mixer
Jack F. Lilly

Photographic Effects
Film Effects of Hollywood

Script Supervisor
George A. Rutter

Music Consultant
Wilbur Hatch

Music Coordinator
Julian Davidson

Special Effects
Jim Rugg

Property Master
Irving A. Feinberg

Gaffer
George A. Merhoff

Head Grip
George Rader

Production Supervisor
Bernard A. Widin

Makeup Artist
Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.

Hair Styles by
Virginia Darcy, C.H.S.

Wardrobe Mistress
Margaret Makau

Casting
John D'Agosta

Sound
Glen Glenn Sound Co.

A Desilu Production

In Association with
Norway Corporation

Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow

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+'''Starring'''<br/>[[Shatner, William|William Shatner]]
+'''Also Starring'''<br/>[[Nimoy, Leonard|Leonard Nimoy]] as Mr. [[Spock]]
+'''Directed by'''<br/>[[McEveety, Vincent|Vincent McEveety]]
+'''Written by'''<br/>[[Schneider, Paul|Paul Schneider]]
+'''Created and Produced by'''<br/>[[Roddenberry, Gene|Gene Roddenberry]]
+'''Associate Producers'''<br/>[[Justman, Robert H.|Robert H. Justman]], [[Black, John D.F.|John D.F. Black]]
+'''Also Starring'''<br/>[[Lenard, Mark|Mark Lenard]] as [[Romulan Commander (TOS08)|Romulan Commander]]
+'''Co-Starring'''<br/>[[Comi, Paul|Paul Comi]] as [[Styles, Andrew|Styles]]<br/>
+[[Montaigne, Lawrence|Lawrence Montaigne]] as [[Decius]]
+'''Featuring'''<br/>[[Kelley, DeForest|DeForest Kelley]] as [[Dr.]] [[McCoy, Leonard|McCoy]]<br/>
+[[Whitney, Grace Lee|Grace Lee Whitney]] as [[Yeoman]] [[Rand, Janice|Rand]]<br/>
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+[[Warburton, John|John Warburton]] as [[Centurion (TOS08)|The Centurion]]
+'''Theme Music by'''<br/>[[Courage, Alexander|Alexander Courage]]
+'''Music Composed and Conducted by'''<br/>[[Steiner, Fred|Fred Steiner]]
+'''Director of Photography'''<br/>[[Finnerman, Jerry|Jerry Finnerman]]
+'''Art Directors'''<br/>[[Brooks, Rolland M.|Rolland M. Brooks]]<br/>
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+[[Jefferies, Walter M.|Walter M. Jefferies]]
+'''Film Editor'''<br/>[[Swanson, Robert L.|Robert L. Swanson]]
+'''Assistant to the Producer'''<br/>[[Milkis, Edward K.|Edward K. Milkis]]
+'''Assistant Director'''<br/>[[Peters, Gregg|Gregg Peters]]
+'''Set Decorator'''<br/>[[Biddiscombe, Carl F.|Carl F. Biddiscombe]]
+'''Costumes Created by'''<br/>[[Theiss, William|William Theiss]]
+'''Post Production Executive'''<br/>[[Heath, Bill|Bill Heath]]
+'''Music Editor'''<br/>[[Raff, Robert H.|Robert H. Raff]]
+'''Sound Editor'''<br/>[[Grindstaff, Douglas H.|Douglas H. Grindstaff]]
+'''Sound Mixer'''<br/>[[Lilly, Jack F.|Jack F. Lilly]]
+'''Photographic Effects'''<br/>Film Effects of Hollywood
+'''Script Supervisor'''<br/>[[Rutter, George A.|George A. Rutter]]
+'''Music Consultant'''<br/>[[Hatch, Wilbur|Wilbur Hatch]]
+'''Music Coordinator'''<br/>[[Davidson, Julian|Julian Davidson]]
+'''Special Effects'''<br/>[[Rugg, Jim|Jim Rugg]]
+'''Property Master'''<br/>[[Feinberg, Irving A.|Irving A. Feinberg]]
+'''Gaffer'''<br/>[[Merhoff, George A.|George A. Merhoff]]
+'''Head Grip'''<br/>[[Rader, George|George Rader]]
+'''Production Supervisor'''<br/>[[Widin, Bernard A.|Bernard A. Widin]]
+'''Makeup Artist'''<br/>[[Phillips, Fred B.|Fred B. Phillips]], S.M.A.
+'''Hair Styles by'''<br/>[[Darcy, Virginia|Virginia Darcy]], C.H.S.
+'''Wardrobe Mistress'''<br/>[[Makau, Margaret|Margaret Makau]]
+'''Casting'''<br/>[[D'Agosta, John|John D'Agosta]]
+'''Sound'''<br/>Glen Glenn Sound Co.
+'''A [[Desilu]] Production'''
+'''In Association with'''<br/>Norway Corporation
+'''Executive in Charge of Production'''<br/>[[Solow, Herbert F.|Herbert F. Solow]]
+</div>
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