Spock's Brain (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 3 |
| Episode | 1 |
| Production Number | 61
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| Previous | And the Children Shall Lead (TOS60) |
| Next | Is There In Truth No Beauty? (TOS62) |
| Released | 20 Sep 1968 |
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Stardate 5431.4: Kirk pursues aliens who have taken Spock’s brain.
While the Starship Enterprise is on a routine mission in deep space, a young woman materializes on the bridge and renders everyone on board unconscious. They awaken to find Spock missing, when Dr. McCoy summons Captain Kirk to sickbay, where he has discovered Spock, laying motionless on a biobed: the woman has stolen Spock's brain! They have only 24 hours to find it before his body dies, and Kirk follows the woman's trail to Sigma Draconis VI. McCoy fabricates a device to control Spock's brainless body, and Kirk, Scotty, and McCoy beam down with Spock's body to the planet. There, they discover a primitive tribe of men called the Morgs, who are provided for by an underground society of women, the Eymorgs, who live in a scientifically-advanced environment, yet they do not understand it. Led by Kara, the woman who appeared on the Enterprise, the Eymorgs are using Spock's brain to run the computers that control their underground environment. After some difficulty, Kirk locates Spock's brain and, using a device called the Teacher, McCoy temporarily gains the knowledge he needs to restore the Vulcan to normal. Kirk encourages the Eymorgs to share their knowledge with the Morgs, so that they can rebuild a united civilization on their planet.
Image Gallery
Sigma Draconis system
Sigma Draconis system
Sigma Draconis VI
Surface of Sigma Draconis VI
bread
Kara
Luma
Unnamed Morg
Security guard
axe
brain surgery
Controller
neural stimulator
pain band
pain band controller
remote control
surgical frame
Teacher
Eymorg ship (side)
Eymorg ship (fore)
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
Lee Cronin
Directed by
Marc Daniels
Produced by
Fred Freiberger
Co-Producer
Robert H. Justman
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producers
Edward K. Milkis
Gregg Peters
Guest Star
Marj Dusay as Kara
With
James Doohan … Scott
Walter Koenig … Chekov
George Takei … Sulu
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
Majel Barrett … Nurse Chapel
James Daris … Creature
Sheila Leighton … Luma
Story Consultant
Arthur H. Singer
Theme Music by
Alexander Courage
Additional Music Composed and Conducted by
Fred Steiner
Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman
Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies
Film Editor … Bill Braeme
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Gil Kissel
Set Decorator … John M. Dwyer
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Westheimer Company
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
