Star trek: The original series 1.01a - Where no man has gone before
Stardate 1312
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Episode propaganda
Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew are preparing to probe outside the boundaries of our galaxy. Unexpectedly, they detect a log buoy from the USS Valiant which was lost in this area of space two centuries before. Deciding to ignore the warning, the Enterprise runs into an energy barrier with disastrous results...
Persons of interest
- William Shatner .... Captain James Tiberius Kirk
- Leonard Nimoy .... Commander Spock
- Deforest Kelley .... Doctor Leonard H McCoy
- James Doohan .... Lieutenant Montgomery Scott
- Nichelle Nichols .... Lieutenant Uhura
- George Takei .... Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu
- Walter Koenig .... Ensign Pavel Andreievich Chekov
- Majel Barrett .... Nurse Christine Chapel
- Grace Lee Whitney .... Yeoman Janice Rand
- Sally Kellerman .... Doctor Elizabeth Dehner
- Gary Lockwood as Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell
- Samuel A Peeples .... Screenwriter
- James Goldstone .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
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Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Intelligence report
Now we're cooking with gas! Shat turns up the heat as Captain Kirk in my flatmate's favourite episode - and you even get two special guest deaths of the week.
We also get to experience our first dose of UFP ethics, when Kirk kills his good friend Gary Mitchell in order to save the galaxy. Philosophical dilemmas, fisticuffs, spooky powers and a couple of decent effects - that's the combination we ask for. Sure the women still get to play dumb blondes, and Jeffrey Hunter had a better butt than Shat ever did, but it's worth the sacrifice to have the beginnings of good Star trek.
Security censorship classification
PG (Low level violence)
Not for public release in Australia before date
DVD retail: 9 September 2004
