Metamorphosis (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 2 |
| Episode | 9 |
| Production Number | 31 |
| Release Date | 10 Nov 1967 |
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Stardate 3219.8: The Shuttlecraft Galileo makes a forced landing on a world with a single human inhabitant.
The Shuttlecraft Galileo is transporting ailing Assistant Federation Commissioner Nancy Hedford back to the Enterprise when it is suddenly drawn off course by a mysterious cloud creature. After depositing the shuttle on the planetoid Gamma Canaris N, the entity vanishes. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Commissioner Hedford then meet another castaway — revealed as Zefram Cochrane, the famed scientist from Alpha Centauri who discovered warp drive more than 150 years ago. At the age of 87, Cochrane decided that he wanted to die in outer space, so he boarded a ship and headed away from Alpha Centauri, only to be waylaid by the cloud creature, which Cochrane calls the Companion. Kirk communicates with the Companion via the universal translator and learns that the entity is in love with Cochrane. Cochrane is unable to accept this, especially since he is attracted to Hedford. When Hedford's death is imminent, the Companion forsakes its immortal state to unite with the Human woman. Cochrane accepts the love of the Companion/Hedford and stays on the planet with her.
Image Gallery
Gamma Canaris N
Surface of Gamma Canaris N
Zefram Cochrane
The Companion
Assistant Federation Commissioner Nancy Hedford
Instruments from Cochrane's ship
universal translator
Shuttlecraft Galileo
Cochrane's house
Related Data
Credits
Created by
Gene Roddenberry
Starring
William Shatner
Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
and DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
Written by
Gene L. Coon
Directed by
Ralph Senensky
Produced by
Gene L. Coon
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman
Guest Star
Glenn Corbett as Zefram Cochrane
Elinor Donahue as Nancy Hedford
Featuring
James Doohan … Scott
George Takei … Sulu
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
Script Consultant
D.C. Fontana
Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis
Theme Music by
Alexander Courage
Music Composed and Conducted by
George Duning
Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman
Art Directors
Rolland M. Brooks
and
Walter M. Jefferies
Film Editor … James D. Ballas, A.C.E.
Unit Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Elliot Schick
Set Decorator … Joseph J. Stone
Costumes Created by … William Theiss
Photographic Effects … Westheimer Company
Sound Effects Editor … Douglas H. Grindstaff
Music Editor … Jim Henrikson
Re-Recording Mixer … Elden E. Ruberg
Production Mixer … Carl W. Daniels
Script Supervisor … George A. Rutter
Casting … Jospeh D'Agosta
Makeup Artist … Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Styles … Jean Austin
Gaffer … George H. Merhoff
Head Grip … George Rader
Property Master … Irving A. Feinberg
Special Effects … Jim Rugg
A Desilu Production
In Association With
Norway Corporation
Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow
