Is There In Truth No Beauty? (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 3 |
| Episode | 5 |
| Production Number | 62 |
| Release Date | 18 Oct 1968 |
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Stardate 5630.7: The sight of a Medusan ambassador causes insanity.
The Medusans are a race with wonderful mental abilities, including navigational capabilities exceeding those of humanoids. Physically, the Medusans appear as energy patterns arranged in frequencies and colors that are too dazzling for humanoid eyes to behold. In a pioneering experiment, Dr. Miranda Jones beams aboard the Enterprise with Kolos, a Medusan encased within a protective container. Traveling with them is Dr. Lawrence Marvick, one of the men who designed the Enterprise's engines. Marvick is to aid in an exchange of technical information with the Medusan, "translated" by the telepathic Dr. Jones. Jealous of the attention that Jones lavishes on Kolos and infuriated by her refusal to marry him, an irrational Marvick attempts to kill the Medusan, and the sight of the alien renders Marvick insane. In the throes of his madness, Marvick takes control of the Enterprise, plunging the ship into another dimension. Spock dons a protective visor and mind melds with Kolos, in order to guide the Enterprise back home, but Spock forgets to wear his visor while separating from Kolos. The Vulcan's life and sanity are in danger until Dr. Jones puts aside her jealousy of Spock's superior telepathic abilities and cures him by entering into his disordered mind. In the process, her ability to look upon Kolos unharmed is explained: she is revealed to be completely blind, and her dress is actually a complex sensor web that gives her the ability to "see" obstacles and judge distances.
Image Gallery
unnamed planet
interstellar void
IDIC
kilt
Antarean brandy
teapot
Dr. Miranda Jones
Kollos
Dr. Lawrence Marvick
antigrav
Medusan containment box
sensor web dress
sensor web dress
protective visor
Medusan ship
flowers
roses
arboretum
dining room
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
Jean Lisette Aroeste
Directed by
Ralph Senensky
Produced by
Fred Freiberger
Co-Producer
Robert H. Justman
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producers
Edward K. Milkis
Gregg Peters
Guest Star
Diana Muldaur as Dr. Miranda Jones
Co-Starring
David Frankham as Larry Marvick
James Doohan … Scott
George Takei … Sulu
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
Walter Koenig … Chekov
Story Consultant
Arthur H. Singer
Theme Music by
Alexander Courage
Additional Music Composed and Conducted by
George Duning
Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman
Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies
Film Editor … Fabien Tordjmann
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Claude Binyon Jr.
Set Decorator … John M. Dwyer
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Cinema Research Corp.
Sound Effects Editor … Douglas H. Grindstaff
Music Editor … Richard Lapham
Re-Recording Mixer … Gordon L. Day, C.A.S.
Production Mixer … Carl W. Daniels
Script Supervisor … George A. Rutter
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Casting … Joseph D'Agosta
Makeup Artist … Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Stylist … Pat Westmore
Gaffer … George H. Merhoff
Head Grip … George Rader
Property Master … Irving A. Feinberg
Special Effects … Jim Rugg
A Paramount Production
In Association With
Norway Corporation
Executive Vice President in Charge of Production
Douglas S. Cramer
