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Star trek: The original series 1.05b - Miri

Stardate 2713.5
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Investigating an antiquated SOS signal, the crew of the Enterprise are astonished to discover an exact duplicate of the planet Earth, in an unknown star system. Beaming down to the surface, the landing party discover the planet is populated by immensely old children, including Miri (Kim Darby), their only hope for survival when they all contract the still virulent plague...

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
Kim Darby .... Miri
Jim Goodwin .... Lieutenant John Farrell
David L Ross .... Lieutenant Galloway
Michael J Pollard .... Jahn
Lizabeth Shatner .... blonde child
Melanie Shatner .... brunette child
Dawn Roddenberry .... little blonde child
Darleen Roddenberry .... dirty-faced child
Steven McEveety .... redheaded child
Written by Adrian Spies .... Screenwriter
Vincent McEveety .... Director

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Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Intelligence report

What amazes me as i watch all these old episodes, all of which I have seen before, but few of which I can remember, is that they are consistently good. Intelligent, thought provoking, philosophical, questioning and replete with the UFP ethics Trekkies have come to know and love.

What delights me is that despite the 60s mentality and imagery the shows hold up to my cynical gaze 30 years on.

Anyhoo, this is an emotional, suspenseful episode, full of fear and compassion. Like the previous episodes in the first season, it's a drama with a moral undertone: What is your place in the world? How much of yourselves can you change before you are no longer Human? Should you change it even if you could?

The only question that isn't given an explanation is why the planet is a duplicate of Earth. Perhaps you'll find out in a future episode. Or perhaps someone ix-nayed the subtlety factor because they thought no-one would get it (I am talking about USAmerican audiences, here, remember).