Return to Tomorrow (Episode)

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Return to Tomorrow
"Return to Tomorrow" (TOS51)

"Return to Tomorrow" (TOS51)
Series Star Trek
Season 2
Episode 20
Production Number 51


Previous By Any Other Name (TOS50)
Next Patterns of Force (TOS52)
Released 9 Feb 1968
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Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)


Stardate 4768.3: Telepathic aliens take over Kirk and Spock's bodies.

Answering a mysterious distress call from Arret[1]—a planet thought long dead—Kirk, McCoy, and Dr. Ann Mulhall are transported underground to confront the last three survivors of that world's civilization. Sargon, Thalassa, and Henoch have preserved their conscious minds within spherical containers, and have remained in this state for centuries. They now wish to "borrow" the bodies of Kirk, Spock, and Dr. Mulhall so that they can construct android bodies to house their minds on a permanent basis. Sargon assures Kirk that his people will be safe, their minds encased for a short time within the same containers his people now occupy. McCoy is concerned about the high metabolic rate necessary for "possession." The real danger, however, is Henoch, who appropriates Spock's body without any intention of returning it. Henoch telepathically forces Nurse Chapel to poison Sargon (in Kirk's body) and then destroys the globe that houses Spock's mind. Fortunately, Spock's consciousness had already left the globe, hidden within the mind of Nurse Chapel. Henoch is tricked into leaving Spock's body, and is destroyed. Sargon and Thalassa vacate the bodies of Kirk and Dr. Mulhall voluntarily, announcing (after one last kiss) that they will be happy to roam throughout the universe together in their noncorporeal state.

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Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner

Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
and
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Written by
John Kingsbridge

Directed by
Ralph Senensky

Produced by
John Meredyth Lucas

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman

Guest Star
Diana Muldaur as Ann Mulhall

James DoohanScott
Nichelle NicholsUhura
George TakeiSulu
Cindy LouNurse
and
Majel BarrettChristine Chapel

Uncredited
James DoohanSargon (Voice)

Script Consultant
D.C. Fontana

Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis

Theme Music by
Alexander Courage

Music Composed and Conducted by
George Duning

Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman

Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies

Film EditorDonald R. Rode
Unit Production ManagerGregg Peters
Assistant DirectorPhil Rawlins
Set DecoratorJohn M. Dwyer
Costumes Created byWilliam Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Vanderveer Photo Effects
Sound Effects EditorDouglas H. Grindstaff
Music EditorJim Henrikson
Re-Recording MixerElden E. Ruberg, C.A.S.
Production MixerCarl W. Daniels
Script SupervisorGeorge A. Rutter
CastingJoseph D'Agosta
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Makeup ArtistFred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair StylesPat Westmore
GafferGeorge H. Merhoff
Head GripGeorge Rader
Property MasterIrving A. Feinberg
Special EffectsJim Rugg
Key CostumerKen Harvey

A Paramount Production
In Association With
Norway Corporation

Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow


Notes and References

  1. The name of the planet was not given in the final episode, but was taken from an earlier draft of the script.