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''' ''A mysterious being fights himself across two realities.'' '''
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Orbiting a lifeless planet, the ''[[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701|Enterprise]]'s'' instruments detect a moment of "nonexistence" experienced throughout the universe. [[Starfleet Command]] believes it to be the prelude to an invasion, and [[Starfleet Ranks#Captain|Captain]] [[Kirk, James T.|Kirk]] must determine its cause. When [[Spock]]'s sensors detect the sudden presence of a humanoid life form on the planet, Kirk beams down and meets [[Lazarus]]. The stranger is actually two different people: one rational, the other a madman from what is described as an "[[antimatter]]" universe. The "nonexistence" effect is the result of the [[Lazarus (Alternate)|irrational Lazarus]] passing through a dimensional corridor between universes. The sane Lazarus steals the ship's [[dilithium]] crystals to prevent his mad counterpart from using them to open the rift between the [[:Alternate Universes|parallel universes]]. When he discovers the truth, Kirk aids Lazarus in trapping his insane counterpart within the dimensional corridor, and the two Lazaruses will likely remain locked in combat in that area outside spacetime for all eternity, thus assuring the safety of both universes.
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File:earth_lazarus-tos20.jpg|Lazarus' Earth
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File:lazarus-tos20.jpg|Lazarus
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File:lazarus_alternate-tos20.jpg|Lazarus (Alternate)
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File:lazarus_ship-tos20.jpg|Lazarus' ship
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File:barstow-tos20.jpg|Commodore Barstow
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File:leslie-tos20.jpg|Lieutenant Leslie
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File:masters_charlene-tos20.jpg|Yeoman Charlene Masters
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File:negative_magnetic_corridor-tos20.jpg|Negative Magnetic Corridor
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File:dilithium-tos20.jpg|Dilithium
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File:transporter_controls-tos20.jpg|Transporter controls
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File:transporter-tos20.jpg|Transporter pad
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|style="width:85%;"|[[Brown, Robert]]; [[Derr, Richard]]; [[Doohan, James]]; [[Ingalls, Don]]; [[Kelley, DeForest]]; [[MacLachlan, Janet]]; [[Nichols, Nichelle]]; [[Nimoy, Leonard]]; [[Oswald, Gerd]]; [[Paskey, Eddie]]; [[Shatner, William]]; [[Takei, George]]
 
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|style="width:85%;"|[[Stardate]] [[Chronology: 2266#3087|3087.6-3088.7]]; [[Chronology: 2266|2266]]
 
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|style="width:85%;"|[[Alternate Universes]]; [[Antimatter Universe]]; [[computer]]; [[dilithium]]; [[Fahrenheit]]; [[gravity]]; [[hydrogen]]; [[impulse drive]]; [[iron]]; [[magnetism]]; [[negative magnetic corridor]]; [[oxygen]]; [[parsec]]; [[phaser]]; [[satellites]]; [[silicon]]; [[time travel]]; [[transporter]]; [[tricorder]]; [[warp drive]]; [[warp nacelle]]
 
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''An alien being fights himself across two realities.''
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Orbiting a lifeless planet, the ''[[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701|Enterprise]]'s'' instruments detect a moment of "nonexistence" experienced throughout the universe. [[Starfleet Command]] believes it to be the prelude to an invasion, and [[Captain]] [[Kirk, James|Kirk]] must determine its cause. When [[Spock]]'s sensors detect the sudden presence of a humanoid life form on the planet, Kirk beams down and meets [[Lazarus]]. The stranger is actually two different people: one rational, the other a madman from what is described as an "[[Antimatter|antimatter]]" universe. The "nonexistence" effect is the result of the [[Lazarus (alternate)|irrational Lazarus]] passing through a dimensional corridor between universes. The sane Lazarus steals the ship's [[Dilithium|dilithium]] crystals to prevent his mad counterpart from using them to open the rift between the parallel universes. When he discovers the truth, Kirk aids Lazarus in trapping his insane counterpart within the dimensional corridor, and the two Lazaruses will likely remain locked in combat in that area outside spacetime for all eternity, thus assuring the safety of both universes.
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Revision as of 23:34, 24 February 2019

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Star Trek
Star Trek
Season 1, Episode 20
"The Alternative Factor"
Stardate 3087.6
Series Star Trek
Episode Number 20
Release Date 30 March 1967
Writer Don Ingalls
Director Gerd Oswald

A mysterious being fights himself across two realities.

Orbiting a lifeless planet, the Enterprise's instruments detect a moment of "nonexistence" experienced throughout the universe. Starfleet Command believes it to be the prelude to an invasion, and Captain Kirk must determine its cause. When Spock's sensors detect the sudden presence of a humanoid life form on the planet, Kirk beams down and meets Lazarus. The stranger is actually two different people: one rational, the other a madman from what is described as an "antimatter" universe. The "nonexistence" effect is the result of the irrational Lazarus passing through a dimensional corridor between universes. The sane Lazarus steals the ship's dilithium crystals to prevent his mad counterpart from using them to open the rift between the parallel universes. When he discovers the truth, Kirk aids Lazarus in trapping his insane counterpart within the dimensional corridor, and the two Lazaruses will likely remain locked in combat in that area outside spacetime for all eternity, thus assuring the safety of both universes.

  • Lazarus' Earth

  • Surface of Lazarus' Earth

  • Lazarus

  • Lazarus (Alternate)

  • Lazarus' ship

  • Commodore Barstow

  • Lieutenant Leslie

  • Yeoman Charlene Masters

  • Negative Magnetic Corridor

  • Dilithium

  • Transporter controls

  • transporter-tos20.jpg

    Transporter pad

Related Data

Astrometrics: Earth (Lazarus); Starbase 200
Cast & Crew: Brown, Robert; Derr, Richard; Doohan, James; Ingalls, Don; Kelley, DeForest; MacLachlan, Janet; Nichols, Nichelle; Nimoy, Leonard; Oswald, Gerd; Paskey, Eddie; Shatner, William; Takei, George
Chronology: Stardate 3087.6-3088.7; 2266
Culture: Hell
Education: doctor
Food: Coffee
People: Barstow; Kirk, James T.; Lazarus; Lazarus (Alternate); Leslie; Masters, Charlene; McCoy, Leonard; Scott, Montgomery; Spock; Sulu, Hikaru; Uhura, Nyota
Politics: Starfleet; Starfleet Ranks; United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology: Alternate Universes; Antimatter Universe; computer; dilithium; Fahrenheit; gravity; hydrogen; impulse drive; iron; magnetism; negative magnetic corridor; oxygen; parsec; phaser; satellites; silicon; time travel; transporter; tricorder; warp drive; warp nacelle
Ships & Vehicles: Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; Lazarus' ship
Xenology: dinosaurs; Humans; Vulcans
Miscellaneous: Code One Alert
Prev: "Arena"
Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 20
Next: "Tomorrow is Yesterday"
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