The Lights of Zetar (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 3 |
| Episode | 18 |
| Production Number | 73 |
| Release Date | 31 Jan 1969 |
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Stardate 5725.3: Zetarians threaten Lieutenant Mira Romaine.
Lieutenant Mira Romaine has been assigned to the Enterprise to supervise the transfer of new equipment to Memory Alpha, the central library facility of the United Federation of Planets. Then an energy storm of unknown nature kills all the inhabitants of Memory Alpha — and erases its computer banks as well. Apparently as a result of the storm, Lieutenant Romaine, who has recently entered a shared attraction with Mr. Scott, is able to predict where the energy will strike next: the Enterprise. Despite Captain Kirk's best efforts, the energy enters the ship and possesses Romaine. They discover the storm is actually a collective, energy-based life-form, the surviving life force of the last natives of Zetar, a dead world. Romaine's psychological attributes made her an ideal host for the Zetars, who communicate through her. The Zetars refuse to leave her body, insisting that they have a right to live, even at the expense of Romaine's life, but the "Lights" are extinguished when Romaine is placed in a pressurized chamber, and the Zetars, accustomed to the vacuum of space, are subjected to extremely high pressure. Recovered, Romaine returns to Memory Alpha to help restore the heavily-damaged facilities.
Image Gallery
Memory Alpha
Command division officer
Lt. Kyle
Memory Alpha researchers
Memory Alpha researcher
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Roger
Mira Romaine
decompression chamber
decompression chamber controls
eye
Steinman analysis
tactical map
Zetars
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
Jeremy Tarcher and Shari Lewis
Directed by
Herb Kenwith
Produced by
Fred Freiberger
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producers
Edward K. Milkis
Gregg Peters
Guest Star
Jan Shutan as Lt. Mira Romaine
James Doohan … Scott
George Takei … Sulu
Walter Koenig … Chekov
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
Majel Barrett … Nurse Chapel
John Winston … Lt. Kyle
Libby Erwin … Technician
Story Consultant
Arthur H. Singer
Music Composed and Conducted by
Alexander Courage
Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies
Director of Photography
Al Francis
Film Editor … Donald R. Rode
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Gene DeRuelle
Set Decorator … John M. Dwyer
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Vanderveer Photo Effects
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
