Day of the Dove (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 3 |
| Episode | 7 |
| Production Number | 66
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| Previous | For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (TOS65) |
| Next | Plato's Stepchildren (TOS67) |
| Released | 1 Nov 1968 |
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Stardate {{link|Prime|2268|TOS66|Unknown]]: A malevolent entity pits Klingons against the Enterprise crew.
The Enterprise and a Klingon battlecruiser commanded by Kang cross paths in orbit of planet Beta XII-A. Captain Kirk is convinced that the Klingons have murdered the Federation colonists on the planet, while Kang thinks the Enterprise is responsible for damaging his ship and killing most of his crew. He takes the Federation personnel prisoner on the planet's surface, and they beam aboard the Enterprise under guard, but a signal arranged with Spock enables Kirk to turn the tables on Kang by beaming up before the Klingons.
Kang and his crew are detained, but in reality, all the trouble has been caused by a malevolent energy being that feeds off of agressive emotions. The entity is now aboard the Enterprise, and it turns the starship into a battleground. Phasers are transformed into swords, fatal wounds heal themselves, injured individuals recover and fight again and again. Chekov goes completely berserk and attacks Kang's wife, science officer Mara. Kirk stops the ensign, then tells Mara that the Federation crew and the Klingons have a common enemy aboard the Enterprise. With her assistance, he is able to convince Kang that they are all being manipulated by a hostile entity. The two commanders call a truce and join in laughter. The entity, having no taste for these peaceful emotions, is driven from the ship, and the Klingons are dropped off at the nearest Federation outpost.
Image Gallery
Beta XIIA
Surface of Beta XIIA
peg game
Beta XIIA entity
Lt. Johnson
Capt. Kang
Klingon officer
Mara
Medical technician
Constitution class schematic
D-7 class
Klingons
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
Jerome Bixby
Directed by
Marvin Chomsky
Produced by
Fred Freiberger
Co-Producer
Robert H. Justman
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producers
Edward K. Milkis
Gregg Peters
Guest Star
Michael Ansara as Kang
Co-Starring
Susan Howard as Mara
James Doohan … Scott
George Takei … Sulu
Walter Koenig … Chekov
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
David Ross … Lt. Johnson
Mark Tobin … Klingon
Story Consultant
Arthur H. Singer
Theme Music by
Alexander Courage
Additional Music Composed and Conducted by
George Duning
Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies
Director of Photography
Al Francis
Film Editor … Donald R. Rode
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Claude Binyon Jr.
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
Recorded by … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Casting … William J. Kenney
Makeup Artist … Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Styles … 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
