Who Mourns for Adonais? (Episode)

Who Mourns for Adonais?

"Who Mourns for Adonais?" (TOS 33)

Series	Star Trek
Season	2
Episode	2
Production Number	33
Previous	Friday's Child (TOS 32)
Next	Amok Time (TOS 34)
Released	22 Sep 1967
Advertising	Amazon

Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)

Stardate 3468.1: The Enterprise is held captive by the Greek god, Apollo.

In the vicinity of planet Pollux IV, the Enterprise encounters a huge, green hand that materializes in space and holds the starship motionless. The "hand" is not flesh and blood, but a form of energy belonging to a humanoid figure who identifies himself as the god Apollo, last survivor of the band of space travelers who visited old Earth and dwelled on Mount Olympus. He declares the Enterprise crew to be his "children," who will now stay on Pollux IV and worship him. When Mr. Scott objects to the attention Apollo shows to Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas, he is hurled through the air by a thunderbolt from Apollo's hand. The "god" also demonstrates other abilities, including the power to grow to giant size at will. Kirk orders Lieutenant Palamas, who has fallen in love with Apollo, to reject him. Then, using the Enterprise's phasers, he destroys Apollo's temple, the source of the entity's power. Seeing that he has lost both his worshipers and his love, Apollo discontinues his physical existence to join his fellow gods.

Image Gallery

Pollux IV
Surface of Pollux IV
lyre
Temple
Destroyed temple
Apollo
Ensign Pavel Chekov
Command division ensign
Lieutenant Kyle
Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas
"Hand"
"Hand"

Related Data

Astrometrics	Antos IV; Beta Geminorum system; Earth; Greece; Mediterranean Sea; Mount Olympus; Pollux IV; Pollux V; Russia; Starbase 12
Chronology	Prime Timeline; c.2700 B.C.E.; 2245; 2267; Stardate 3468.1
Culture	Alice in Wonderland; Cheshire Cat; devil; God; gods; lyre; music; mythology (Greek); Saracens
Education	doctor; doctorate; encyclopedia; physician
Food	apples; coffee; fruit; grapes; wine
People	Agamemnon; Aphrodite; Apollo; Artemis; Athena; Cassandra; Chekov, Pavel; Command Officer (TOS33); Daphne; Hector; Hercules; Kirk, James T.; Kyle; Roger Lemli; Leslie; Leto; McCoy, Leonard; Odysseus; Palamas, Carolyn; Pan; Science Crewman (TOS15); Scott, Montgomery; Spock; Sulu, Hikaru; Uhura, Nyota; Zeus
Politics	czar; Starfleet; Starfleet Ranks (Crewman, Ensign, Lieutenant, Starfleet Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain); United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology	anthropology; archaeology; archery; cartography; Class M planet; communications; communicator; computer; forcefield; GSC; impulse drive; microtapes; nacelle; neurons; nitrogen; orbit; oxygen; PADD; phasers (Type 2, shipboard); radiation (M-rays); sector; sensors; subspace; time (year, eon); tractor beam; transporter; tricorder; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Xenology	Antosian dry worms; bacteria; deer; electric eel; goats; Humans; hybrids; laurel tree; Olympians; sheep; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	A and A Officer; bridge; logs; rape; slavery; Starfleet Uniforms (2266)

Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner

Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
and DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Written by
Gilbert A. Ralston

Directed by
Marc Daniels

Produced by
Gene L. Coon

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman

Guest Star
Michael Forest as Apollo
Leslie Parrish as Carolyn

Featuring
James Doohan … Scott
George Takei … Sulu
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
Walter Koenig … Chekov
John Winston … Lt. Kyle

Script Consultant
D.C. Fontana

Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis

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 … Bruce Schoengarth
Unit Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Elliot Schick
Set Decorator … Joseph J. Stone
Costumes Created by … William Theiss
Photographic Effects … Effects Unlimited
Sound Effects Editor … Douglas H. Grindstaff
Music Editor … Jim Henrikson
Re-Recording Mixer … Elden E. Ruberg, C.A.S.
Production Mixer … Carl W. Daniels
Script Supervisor … George A. Rutter
Casting … Jospeh D'Agosta
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
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