Operation -- Annihilate! (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 29 |
| Production Number | 29
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| Previous | The City on the Edge of Forever (TOS28) |
| Next | Catspaw (TOS30) |
| Released | 13 Apr 1967 |
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Stardate 3287.2: The Enterprise crew saves Deneva from deadly parasites.
The planet Deneva, home of Captain Kirk's brother George "Sam" Kirk and his family, is in the path of an interplanetary epidemic of mass insanity. Approaching the planet, the Enterprise intercepts a radio message from a Denevan pilot who deliberately steers his ship into the sun — destroying himself and an unknown danger. Beaming down with a landing party, Kirk discovers his brother dead, his sister-in-law Aurelan dying, and his nephew Peter unconscious. Deneva has been invaded by bat-size, amoeba-like creatures that intertwine with the humanoid nervous system, manipulating their victims by causing excruciating pain. Spock is attacked and infected by one of the creatures. Kirk, remembering the Denevan who flew into the sun, theorizes that the creatures, who have proven resistant to everything Dr. McCoy has thrown at them, may be sensitive to intense light. Spock volunteers to be McCoy's guinea pig. The experiment works—but Spock has been blinded by exposure to the light. Too late, McCoy discovers that only ultraviolet light is needed to kill the creatures. A chain of satellites is placed in orbit to free the Denevans from their nightmare — just as a fully sighted Spock returns to the bridge. Vulcans, it turns out, developed an extra eyelid to protect them from the harsh sunlight on their homeworld.
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Credits
Starring
William Shatner
Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
Directed by
Herschel Daugherty
Written by
Steven W. Carabatsos
Produced by
Gene L. Coon
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Created by
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman
| Featuring | ||
| James Doohan | … | as Scott |
| Joan Swift | … | as Aurelan |
| Maurishka | … | as Yeoman Zahra |
| and | ||
| Majel Barrett | … | as Christine Chapel |
| with | ||
| George Takei | … | as Sulu |
| Nichelle Nichols | … | as Uhura |
| Craig Hundley | … | as Peter |
| Fred Carson | … | as First Denevan |
| Jerry Catron | … | as Second Denevan |
Music Composed and Conducted by
Alexander Courage
Script Consultant
D.C. Fontana
Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman
Art Directors
Rolland M. Brooks
and
Walter M. Jefferies
Film Editor
Fabien Tordjmann
Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis
Assistant Director
Michael S. Glick
Set Decorator
Marvin March
Costumes Created by
William Theiss
Post Production Executive
Bill Heath
Music Editor
Jim Henrikson
Sound Editor
Douglas H. Grindstaff
Sound Mixer
Carl W. Daniels
Photographic Effects
Westheimer Company
Script Supervisor
George A. Rutter
Music Consultant
Wilbur Hatch
Music Coordinator
Julian Davidson
Special Effects
Jim Rugg
Property Master
Irving A. Feinberg
Gaffer
George H. 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
Maragaret Makau
Casting
Joseph D'Agosta
Sound
Glen Glenn Sound Co.
A Desilu Production
In Association with
Norway Corporation
Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow
