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Title --------------------------
Spock's Brain
Writer ---------------------------
Lee Cronin
Director ------------------------
Marc Daniels
Original Air Date ---------
September 20, 1968
Order of Filming ------------------------
61st
Order of Broadcasting ------------------
56th
Filmed ------------------------
Mid July 1968
This is
the first episode of season #3
Captain James T. Kirk --------
William Shatner
Lieutenant Cmdr. Spock ------
Leonard Nimoy
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy --
DeForest Kelley
Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott -- James Doohan
Lieutenant
Sulu ---------------
George Takei
Lieutenant Uhura ------------
Nichelle Nichols
Ensign Pavel Chekov ---------- Walter Koenig
Nurse
Christine Chapel ---------
Majel Barrett
Kara ----------------------------
Marj Dusay
Morg creature ------------------ James Daris
Luma ----------------------- Sheila
Leighton
"Spock's Brain"
None
Italy ------------------------
Operation Brain
Japan ------------- The Stolen Brain
of Spock
The U.S.S. Enterprise is on
a routine mission in deep space when a beautiful young woman beams onto
the bridge. Without a word, she touches a band on her wrist and
everyone is rendered unconscious. She moves around the bridge until
finally she comes to Spock. Smiling, she lays a hand on the Vulcan's
head, as if she's found what she was looking for.
When Kirk awakes, Spock
is gone
from the bridge. Before the captain can find out where his first
officer has gone, McCoy calls, demanding his presence in sickbay
immediately. Spock's body lays on a diagnostic table, on full life
support. McCoy explains that his brain is gone ... miraculously removed
with some technology that the doctor has never seen before. Every nerve
was sealed and there was no blood lost. However, McCoy tells him if the
Vulcan's brain isn't returned to his body within 24 hours, Spock will
die.
Kirk orders the
starship in pursuit
of the woman's ship. By following their ion trail, the Enterprise
arrives at the sixth planet in the Sigma Draconis system. When Kirk and
party beam down, they find a rough, frozen world inhabited by two
peoples: the Morgs, who are comprised solely of men, who live on the
surface in a primitive culture, and the Eymorgs, an all female group
who live deep under the planet's surface. While the Eymorgs live in a
highly technological society, they don't understand that technology and
are trained to perform various tasks — like the operation enabling them
to steal Spock's brain - by what is known as the "Great Teacher." This
"teacher" was left behind by ancient technologists who once lived on
the planet.
McCoy, having fashioned
a device
which will control Spock's body without the aid of his brain, beams
down with the Vulcan to join Kirk and his party. They find Kara, the
woman who beamed aboard the Enterprise. They quickly realize that Kara
doesn't have the skill or knowledge to have performed the operation on
Spock, and she tells them about the Great Teacher.
Finally, Kirk finds
Spock's brain.
The Eymorgs have hooked it up to run their central control system. The
brain is now revered as the "Controller," which they hope will control
their central systems for the next 10,000 years. After trying
unsuccessfully to get Kara to repeat the operation on Spock in reverse,
McCoy submits to the Great Teacher device and gains the knowledge
needed to restore Spock's brain and save the Vulcan's life.
Without their
Controller, the
Eymorgs fear for their existence. Kirk suggests they share their
greater knowledge with the Morgs and live together on the surface.
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Total WAVs: 27
(1) James -------------------
9.71 KB
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Captain
Kirk
Captain
Kirk - Dr. McCoy
(3)
Mystery ------------------ 3.87 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(4)
Gone -------------------- 4.63 KB
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Dr. McCoy
And not a hair out
of place either.
Impressive!
(5)
Look --------------------- 11.4 KB
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Dr. McCoy
(6)
Want -------------------- 7.68 KB
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Lt. Uhura
(7)
Guess -------------------- 4.63 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(8)
Skin --------------------- 15.0 KB
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Mr.
Chekov - Captain
Kirk
(9)
Pain --------------------- 4.13 KB
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Morg
Mr.
Chekov
(11)
Stomach ---------------- 8.44 KB
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Dr. McCoy
(12)
Wait -------------------- 9.71 KB
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Mr.
Chekov
(13)
Eymorg ----------------- 6.66 KB
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Luma
(14)
Voice ------------------- 12.5 KB
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Mr. Spock
Pleasurable
experience?
That's an emotion!
(15)
Light ------------------- 7.17 KB
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Scotty
(16)
Talk -------------------- 4.38 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(17)
Brain ------------------- 5.90 KB
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Luma
(18)
Delight ------------------ 7.68 KB
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Dr. McCoy
Captain
Kirk
(20)
Brain 2 ------------------ 5.40 KB
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Dr. McCoy
Mr. Spock
(22)
Teacher ---------------- 11.4 KB
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Luma
(23)
Warp ------------------- 4.38 KB
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Scotty
(24)
Restore ----------------- 14.5 KB
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Dr.
McCoy - Captain
Kirk
(25)
Sonic ------------------- 4.63 KB
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Mr. Spock
(26)
Operate ---------------- 9.71 KB
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Dr. McCoy
(27)
Mouth ------------------ 11.7 KB
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Dr.
McCoy - Captain
Kirk
A funny ending to a
below average episode.
Not a great way to begin the 3rd season.
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