The Alternative Factor (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 27 |
| Production Number | 20
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| Previous | Arena (TOS19) |
| Next | Tomorrow is Yesterday (TOS21) |
| Released | 30 Mar 1967 |
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Stardate 3087.6: A mysterious being fights himself across two realities.
Orbiting a lifeless planet, the Enterprise's instruments detect a moment of "nonexistence" experienced throughout the universe. Starfleet Command believes it to be the prelude to an invasion, and Captain Kirk must determine its cause. When Spock's sensors detect the sudden presence of a humanoid life form on the planet, Kirk beams down and meets Lazarus. The stranger is actually two different people: one rational, the other a madman from what is described as an "antimatter" universe. The "nonexistence" effect is the result of the irrational Lazarus passing through a dimensional corridor between universes. The sane Lazarus steals the ship's dilithium crystals to prevent his mad counterpart from using them to open the rift between the parallel universes. When he discovers the truth, Kirk aids Lazarus in trapping his insane counterpart within the dimensional corridor, and the two Lazaruses will likely remain locked in combat in that area outside spacetime for all eternity, thus assuring the safety of both universes.
Image Gallery
Lazarus' planet
Surface of Lazarus' planet
Surface of Lazarus' planet (OS20)
Assistant Engineer
Commodore Barstow
Harrison
Lazarus
Lazarus (OS20)
Lieutenant Leslie
Lewis
Lieutenant Charlene Masters
Navigator
Redshirt #1
Redshirt #2
Transporter Chief
Communications station
Dilithium
dimensional rift
Negative Magnetic Corridor
Transporter controls
Lazarus' ship
Lazarus' ship (OS20)
Related Data
Credits
Starring
William Shatner
Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
Directed by
Gerd Oswald
Written by
Don Ingalls
Produced by
Gene L. Coon
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Created by
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman
Script Consultant
Steven W. Carabatsos
Guest Star
Robert Brown as Lazarus
| Featuring | ||
| DeForest Kelley | … | as Dr. McCoy |
| Janet MacLachlan | … | as Charlene Masters |
| with | ||
| Nichelle Nichols | … | as Uhura |
| Richard Derr | … | as Barstow |
| Arch Whiting | … | as Assistant Engineer |
| Christian Patrick | … | as Transporter Chief |
| Eddie Paskey | … | as Lesley |
Music Composed and Conducted by
Alexander Courage
Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman
Art Directors
Rolland M. Brooks
and
Walter M. Jefferies
Film Editor
James D. Ballas, A.C.E.
Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis
Assistant Director
Michael S. Glick
Set Decorator
Marvin March
Costumes Created by
William Theiss
Post Production Executive
Bill Heath
Music Editor
Jim Henrikson
Sound Editor
Douglas H. Grindstaff
Sound Mixer
Jack F. Lilly
Photographic Effects
Film Effects of Hollywood
Script Supervisor
Billy Vernon
Music Consultant
Wilbur Hatch
Music Coordinator
Julian Davidson
Special Effects
Jim Rugg
Property Master
Irving A. Feinberg
Gaffer
George H. Merhoff
Head Grip
George Rader
Production Supervisor
Bernard A. Widin
Makeup Artist
Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Styles by
Virginia Darcy, C.H.S.
Wardrobe Mistress
Maragaret Makau
Casting
Joseph D'Agosta
Sound
Glen Glenn Sound Co.
A Desilu Production
In Association with
Norway Corporation
Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow
