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'''[[Stardate]] [[2270#SD7403|7403.6]]: Starfleet, eager to open diplomatic relations with the medically advanced Pandronians, assigns the ''Enterprise'' to host one of their representatives.'''
  
 
The [[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701|''Enterprise'']] is in [[orbit]] around the recently-discovered planet [[Delta Theta III]]. On board &mdash; [[Commander]] [[Bem, Ari bn|Ari bn Bem]], a [[Pandronians|Pandronian]] observer. [[transporter|Beaming]] down with the landing party, Bem is imprisoned by a group of natives. [[Kirk, James T.|Kirk]], attempting to rescue him, is addressed by a female voice that claims to be a [[gods|god]]. She orders Kirk to leave her children and her planet alone, but Kirk defies her to continue his search. Bem, originally just testing Kirk's resourcefulness, now realizes that his actions have placed the starship and its crew in jeopardy, and he wishes to disassemble into the individual elements of which he is composed. Kirk persuades him to return to the ship, and the voice permits the ''Enterprise'' to leave in peace.
 
The [[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701|''Enterprise'']] is in [[orbit]] around the recently-discovered planet [[Delta Theta III]]. On board &mdash; [[Commander]] [[Bem, Ari bn|Ari bn Bem]], a [[Pandronians|Pandronian]] observer. [[transporter|Beaming]] down with the landing party, Bem is imprisoned by a group of natives. [[Kirk, James T.|Kirk]], attempting to rescue him, is addressed by a female voice that claims to be a [[gods|god]]. She orders Kirk to leave her children and her planet alone, but Kirk defies her to continue his search. Bem, originally just testing Kirk's resourcefulness, now realizes that his actions have placed the starship and its crew in jeopardy, and he wishes to disassemble into the individual elements of which he is composed. Kirk persuades him to return to the ship, and the voice permits the ''Enterprise'' to leave in peace.
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Bem
"Bem"

"Bem"
Series Star Trek: The Animated Series
Season 2
Episode 2
Production Number 17


Previous The Eye of the Beholder (TAS16)
Next Albatross (TAS18)
Released 14 Sep 1974
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Stardate 7403.6: Starfleet, eager to open diplomatic relations with the medically advanced Pandronians, assigns the Enterprise to host one of their representatives.

The Enterprise is in orbit around the recently-discovered planet Delta Theta III. On board — Commander Ari bn Bem, a Pandronian observer. Beaming down with the landing party, Bem is imprisoned by a group of natives. Kirk, attempting to rescue him, is addressed by a female voice that claims to be a god. She orders Kirk to leave her children and her planet alone, but Kirk defies her to continue his search. Bem, originally just testing Kirk's resourcefulness, now realizes that his actions have placed the starship and its crew in jeopardy, and he wishes to disassemble into the individual elements of which he is composed. Kirk persuades him to return to the ship, and the voice permits the Enterprise to leave in peace.

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Episode Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring the Voices of
William Shatner as Capt. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Written by
David Gerrold

Directed by
Bill Reed

Executive Consultant
Gene Roddenberry

General Manager
Rock Benedetto

Special Effects Animation
Reuben Timmins

Storyboard
Sherman Labby, Paul Fennell, Dale Hale, Jack Miller, Michael O'Connor, Louise Sandoval, Ken Southworth, Dawn Huntley

Art Director
Don Christensen

Key Assistants
Mike Hazy, Bill House

Key Layout
Herb Hazleton, Alberto de Mello, Kay Wright

Layout
George Wheeler, Lorna Smith, Les Kaluza, George Jensen, Dick Hall, Warren Marshall, Wendell Washer, Martin Muller, Christopher Lane, Glen Keane, Maria Bennett, Ken Leonard, Wes Herschensohn, Jim Wiloughby, Cliff Vorhees, Robert Kline, Virgil Raddatz, John Perry, Carol Lundberg, Malcolm Weizer, George Goode, James Koukos, Tom Burton

Director of Color
Ervin Kaplan

Background Artists
Paul Xander, Curt Perkins, Maurice Harvey, Boris Gorelick, Don Peters, Rolando Oliva, Tom O'Loughlin, Janet Brown, Pat Keppler, Karen Shaffer

Animators
Robert Bentley, Jim Brummett, Bob Carlson, Ruy Cataldi, Jesse Cosio, Zion Davush, Lil Evans, Paul Fennell, Otto Feuer, Ed Friedman, Lee Halpern, La Verne Harding, Lou Kachivas, Marsh LaMore, Lawrence Miller, Fred Myers, Jane Nordin, Bill Nunes, Joe Nunez, Casey Onaitis, Jack Ozark, Bill Pratt, Len Rogers, Virgil Ross, Sonja Ruta, Don Schloat, Ben Shenkman, Brad Smith, Hank Smith, Reuben Timmins, Bob Trochim, George Waiss, Ron Westlund, Kaem Wong

Checking Supervision
Marion Turk, Jane Philippi

Xerography & Paint Supervision
John Remmel, Betty Brooks

Camera Supervison
R.W. Pope

Camera
Thane Berti, Bill Kotler, Joseph Ponticelle, Fredrick T. Ziegler, Don Dinehart, Earl Bendetto, John Aardal, Gene Gropper, Dean G. Teves

Also Starring the Voices of
George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, James Doohan

Editoral Supervision
Joseph Simon, Doreen Dixon

Film Coordinator
June Gilham

Background Music by
Yvette Blais, Jeff Michael

Music Publisher
Shermley Music Co. A.S.C.A.P.

Music and Sound Effects
Horta Mahana Corp.

Color by
Technicolor

Associate Producer and Story Editor
D.C. Fontana

Produced by
Norm Prescott, Lou Scheimer