Star trek: The original series 1.04b - The naked time
Stardate 1704.2
Threat advisory: High - High risk of entertaining activities
Episode propaganda
The Enterprise arrives at Psi-2000, to rescue a science team from the imminent destruction of the planet, only to find that the scientists are all dead. Beaming back to the ship, the landing party unwittingly bring aboard a disease. As it spreads throughout the crew, the ship begins to spiral to destruction as Lieutenant Kevin Riley (Bruce Hyde) shuts down the engines...
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
- Stewart Moss .... Joe Tormolen
- John Bellah .... Doctor Harrison
- John DF Black .... Screenwriter
- Marc Daniels .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Intelligence report
Uhura takes the helm!Uhura has always been my favourite character in Star trek, perhaps because she represented so many repressed minorities/underdogs, yet she comes out trumps as a Lieutenant in Starfleet: competent, capable, creative, talented and beautiful. That red dress (which started out gold, but was changed because red looked better) did things to my pre-pubescent brain that don't bear thinking about.
Anyhoo, the other best part about this episode is that everyone is exposed to their greatest weakness: Spock's Human emotions, Sulu's wild streak, Kirk's love for his ship. And through it all, their struggle to keep the ship alive. It's a wonderfully tense and dramatic moment in the history of the Enterprise and also a very entertaining one.
Security censorship classification
PG (Low level violence)
Not for public release in Australia before date
DVD retail: 9 September2004
