The Slaver Weapon (Episode)
"The Slaver Weapon"
| Series | Star Trek: The Animated Series |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 13 |
| Production Number | 11
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| Previous | The Time Trap (TAS10) |
| Next | The Jihad (TAS12) |
| Released | 15 Dec 1973 |
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Stardate 4187.3: When a rare artifact of the Slaver culture, a time-stopping stasis box, is being delivered to Starbase 25, it registers that another one is nearby.
Spock, Uhura, and Sulu, aboard the Shuttlecraft Copernicus en route to Starbase 25, are carrying a Slaver stasis box, manufactured by the long-dead race that once ruled much of the galaxy. The stasis boxes, the Slavers' means of carrying information and devices, are the only remnants of their civilization — and are mutually attractive. The stasis box indicates the presence of another such box on an ice-covered planet. Beaming down, the three are taken prisoner by the Kzinti — catlike, violent beings who have a stolen, empty stasis box to lure others to them and obtain the Slavers' technology. Confining the Enterprise crewmembers on the Kzinti ship, the Kzin Chuft Captain opens Spock's stasis box and finds a weapon. While testing it, Chuft Captain accidentally deactivates the police web confining Spock and company. They escape, taking the weapon with them — but Uhura is recaptured. To free her, Spock agrees to fight the injured but still dangerous Kzin commander. Using the Slaver weapon, Sulu causes a nuclear explosion, which throws everyone off-balance and permits Chuft Captain to recover the weapon. When he cannot furnish the proper code words, however, the device advises him to try another setting — which causes the weapon to explode, killing the Kzinti and their destroying their ship.
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
Larry Niven
Adapted from his story "The Soft Weapon"
Directed by
Hal Sutherland
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
