The Way to Eden (Episode)

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The Way to Eden
"The Way to Eden" (TOS75)

"The Way to Eden" (TOS75)
Series Star Trek
Season 3
Episode 20
Production Number 75


Previous The Cloud Minders (TOS74)
Next Requiem for Methuselah (TOS76)
Released 21 Feb 1969
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Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)


Stardate 5832.3: A charismatic leader and his followers hijack the Enterprise in their search for "Eden."

Captain Kirk sights a stolen spaceship, the Aurora, and orders pursuit. The strain of the chase overheats the Aurora's engines, and everyone aboard is beamed to the Enterprise just before the Aurora explodes. The guests are a group of young idealists seeking to begin a new life on the mythical planet Eden. Their leader is a brilliant engineer, Dr. Sevrin, who is also quite insane — as well as a carrier of synthococcus novae, a disease deadly to those not immunized against it. Sevrin seeks to gain control of the Enterprise and find Eden. Among his followers are Irina Galliulin, a young woman who was once involved with Ensign Chekov, as well as the son of a Catullan ambassador to the Federation. The latter's presence results in Kirk receiving instructions to handle the group gently and to allow them freedom of movement aboard the Enterprise.

While Sevrin is placed in protective confinement, Spock begins a search for Eden — which he surprisingly discovers. Once the Enterprise is in orbit, Sevrin's followers arrange for his escape, and before they leave, the mad engineer rigs an ultrasonic device that nearly kills Kirk and several crewmembers. Stealing a shuttlecraft, the group flees to the planet below. Kirk and a landing party follow, only to discover that Eden's soil and vegetation are highly toxic: one young man is already dead. The others agree to leave, save for Dr. Sevrin, who commits suicide by eating a nearby piece of fruit.

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Related Data

Astrometrics Catualla; Eden; Milky Way galaxy; Romulan Neutral Zone; Tiburon
Chronology Prime Timeline; 2269; Stardate 5832.3-5832.6
Culture chess; drums; Herbert; lyre; music; musical instruments; Typhoid Mary
Education doctor; doctorate; nurse; physician; Starfleet Academy
Food cream; fruit; honey
People Adam (TOS75); Brent; Christine Chapel; Pavel Chekov; Engineer (TOS75); Irina Galliulin; Girl (TOS75); Hadley; James T. Kirk; Roger Lemli; Mavig; Leonard McCoy; Palmer; Tongo Rad; Montgomery Scott; Sevrin; Spock; Hikaru Sulu; Nyota Uhura
Politics ambassador; jail; judge; king; prison; Romulan Neutral Zone; Romulan Star Empire; Starfleet; Starfleet Ranks (Ensign, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain); United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology acid; atmosphere; audio receiver; bacillus; biobed; blood; botany; communications; communicator; computer; disease; forcefield; gavel; impulse drive; life support; map; medkit; microtapes; mile; navigation; orbit; PADD; radiation; sensors; synthococcus novae; time (hour); tractor beam; transporter; turbolift; typhoid; ultrasonics; viewscreen; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles S.S. Aurora NC-17740; Class F shuttlecraft; Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; Shuttlecraft Galileo II NCC-1701/7; J class (23rd Century); shuttlecraft
Xenology Catullans; flowers; Humans; hybrids; Romulans; Tiburonians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous auxiliary control room; bail; bridge; briefing room; brig; colonization; logs; main engineering; piracy; rec room; shuttlebay; sickbay; Starfleet Uniforms (2266); transporter room


Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner

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

Teleplay by
Arthur Heinemann

Story by
Michael Richards and Arthur Heinemann

Directed by
David Alexander

Produced by
Fred Freiberger

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producers
Edward K. Milkis
Gregg Peters

Guest Star
Skip Homeier as Sevrin

Also Starring
Charles Napier as Adam
and
Mary-Linda Rapelye as Irina

James DoohanScott
Walter KoenigChekov
George TakeiSulu
Majel BarrettNurse Chapel
Victor BrandtTongo Rad
Elizabeth RogersLt. Palmer
Deborah DowneyGirl #1
Phyllis DouglasGirl #2

Story Consultant
Arthur H. Singer

Theme Music by
Alexander Courage

Additional Music by
Fred Steiner

Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies

Director of Photography
Al Francis

Film EditorFabine Tordjmann
Unit Production ManagerGregg Peters
Assistant DirectorGene DeRuelle
Set DecoratorJohn M. Dwyer
Costumes Created byWilliam Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Howard Anderson Co.
Sound Effects EditorDouglas H. Grindstaff
Music EditorRichard Lapham
Re-Recording MixerGordon L. Day, C.A.S.
Production MixerCarl W. Daniels
Script SupervisorGeorge A. Rutter
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
CastingJoseph D'Agosta
Makeup ArtistFred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair StylistPat Westmore
GafferGeorge H. Merhoff
Head GripGeorge Rader
Property MasterIrving A. Feinberg
Special EffectsJim Rugg

A Paramount Production

In Association With
Norway Corporation

Executive Vice President in Charge of Production
Douglas S. Cramer