The Deadly Years (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 2 |
| Episode | 12 |
| Production Number | 40
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| Previous | Mirror, Mirror (TOS39) |
| Next | I, Mudd (TOS41) |
| Released | 8 Dec 1967 |
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Stardate 3478.2: Accelerated aging affects the senior officers and threatens Kirk’s ability to lead.
While visiting planet Gamma Hydra IV on a routine mission, an Enterprise landing party consisting of Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, Chekov, and Lieutenant Arlene Galway are exposed to a strange disease. The illness, radiation poisoning caused by exposure to a comet, causes greatly accelerated aging. Robert Johnson, age 29, and his wife Elaine, age 27, have been transformed almost overnight into aged individuals whom McCoy is powerless to save. The entire landing party, with the exception of Chekov, begins to age rapidly as McCoy desperately searches for a cure. Kirk becomes forgetful, McCoy irritable — and Lieutenant Galway, possessed of an extraordinarily high metabolic rate, dies. Dr. Janet Wallace, an old friend of Kirk's, aids the researchers. Commodore Stocker, aboard the Enterprise en route to his new command at Starbase 10, orders Spock to convene an extraordinary competency hearing. The Vulcan does so reluctantly, and after Kirk's weaknesses are exposed, Stocker assumes command. He heads the starship toward Starbase 10 — straight into the Romulan Neutral Zone. With the Enterprise surrounded, McCoy discovers the antidote — adrenaline — in time to enable the restored Kirk to save the day with the tried-and-proven "corbomite" bluff.
Image Gallery
Gamma Hydra IV
Alvin
Yeoman Doris Atkins
Lieutenant Arlene Galway
Lieutenant Arlene Galway, aged
Elaine Johnson, aged
Robert Johnson, aged
Captain James T. Kirk, aged
Dr. Leonard McCoy, aged
medical technician
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott, aged
Commander Spock, aged
Commodore Stocker
Dr. Janet Wallace
Romulan Bird of Prey
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
David P. Harmon
Directed by
Joseph Pevney
Produced by
Gene L. Coon
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman
Guest Star
Charles Drake as Commodore Stocker
Also Starring
Sarah Marshall as Janet Wallace
Featuring
James Doohan … Scott
George Takei … Sulu
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
Majel Barrett … Christine Chapel
Walter Koenig … Chekov
Felix Locher … Mr. Johnson
Carolyn Nelson … Yeoman Atkins
Laura Wood … Mrs. Johnson
and
Beverly Washburn … Arlene Galway
Script Consultant
D.C. Fontana
Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis
Theme Music by
Alexander Courage
Additional Music by
Fred Steiner and Sol Kaplan
Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman
Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies
Film Editor … Donald R. Rode
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Rusty Meek
Set Decorator … Joseph J. Stone
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Westheimer Company
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 … Joseph D'Agosta
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
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
Key Costumer … Ken Harvey
A Desilu Production
In Association With
Norway Corporation
Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow
