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For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky

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EPISODE DATA

Title ------ For the World is Hollow and I Have
                                                          Touched the Sky
Writer ------------------------- Rik Vollaerts
Director ----------------------- Tony Leader
Original Air Date ---------- November 8, 1968
Order of Filming ----------------------- 65th
Order of Broadcasting ----------------- 63rd
Filmed -------------- Mid & late August 1968
REGULAR CAST

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
GUEST CAST

Natira ------------------------ Kate Woodville
Admiral Westervliet ------------ Byron Morrow
Old man ------------------------- Jon Lormer
Oracle voice ------------------ James Doohan
TITLE REFERENCE

"For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
An old man discovers that Yonada is an artificial planet, and says, "For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky!".  He climbed a mountain and was able to touch the "sky" which was actually the hull of the spaceship.


ORIGINAL TITLES

None
UNUSUAL FOREIGN TITLES

France ---------------- At the End of Infinity
Germany ------------------ The Stray Planet
Italy --------------- I Have Touched the Sky
Japan ----- The Planet Type Spaceship Which
                                                      is Floating in Space
Portugal ------------------- The Finite World
STORY SYNOPSIS

At the same time McCoy discovers that he has a year to live, the U.S.S. Enterprise encounters the asteroid Yonada which is determined to be artificially propelled. Its center is occupied by humanoids, whose ancestors built the asteroid "vessel" in an effort to escape the destruction of their solar system. However, the controls have become defective and Yonada is heading for collision with a Federation planet.

The people are ruled by Natira, a priestess who takes her orders from the central computer. While Kirk and Spock search for the central controls that will redirect the ship, McCoy and Natira fall in love. Kirk and Spock return to the U.S.S. Enterprise but McCoy, wishing to spend what little time he has left with the woman he's come to love, stays behind, marries Natira and accepts the "Instrument of Obedience" which punishes wrong thinking.

Soon after the marriage, McCoy calls Kirk, telling him that he may have found the controls for the asteroid. However, he is struck down by the "Instrument of Obedience" before he can tell them where. Kirk and Spock beam back to Yonada, remove the sensor from McCoy, and locate the controls. They manage to put Yonada back on course. In deciphering the computer's library, Spock finds a cure for McCoy's disease, and the doctor returns to the U.S.S. Enterprise. Natira must stay on Yonada to guide her people and so bids McCoy good-bye.



FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY

Click the name of the WAVs to listen

Total WAVs: 26
(1) Missle -------------------- 23.1 KB
Captain Kirk - Mr. Spock - Scotty - Lt. Uhura
(2) Target ------------------- 11.2 KB
Captain Kirk - Mr. Spock
(3) Xenopolycythemia -------- 30.0 KB
Dr. McCoy - Captain Kirk
(4) Asteroid ----------------- 36.8 KB
Mr. Chekov - Mr. Spock - Captain Kirk
(5) Handle ------------------- 17.3 KB
Captain Kirk - Dr. McCoy
(6) Yonada ------------------ 17.5 KB
Natira
(7) Flight -------------------- 25.4 KB
Dr. McCoy - Captain Kirk
(8) Oracle ------------------- 30.7 KB
Natira
(9) Captain ------------------ 19.3 KB
Captain Kirk
(10) Enemy ------------------ 15.8 KB
Oracle

I should warn you . . . This one starts with a BANG!
That's the voice of Jimmy Doohan (Scotty)
in case you were wondering.

(11) Effects ----------------- 15.8 KB
Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock
(12) Knowledge -------------- 42.4 KB
Mr. Spock - Captain Kirk

As usual, Kirk finds a way around the Prime Directive.
This time, in my opinion, he does the right thing.

(13) Hollow ------------------ 17.8 KB
Old Man

This is where the episode gets its name.

(14) Punished ---------------- 19.8 KB
Natira

How convenient.

(15) Special ----------------- 36.8 KB
Captain Kirk - Mr. Spock - Dr. McCoy

Woohoo!  McCoy gets the girl for once!

(16) Mate ------------------- 15.0 KB
Natira

Wow, this woman moves FAST!

(17) Heart ------------------- 60.7 KB
Natira
(18) Knelt ------------------- 16.3 KB
Mr. Spock
(19) Refuse ------------------ 10.4 KB
Captain Kirk - Dr. McCoy

Disobeying the captain!

(20) Illogical ----------------- 7.93 KB
Mr. Spock

Why would that surprise Spock?
He constantly says McCoy is illogical.

(21) Done ------------------- 17.3 KB
Natira - Dr. McCoy

You'd think they would have given McCoy some
of those funky clothes to wear.


(22) One -------------------- 34.3 KB
Natira - Dr. McCoy

Cool wedding vows.

(23) Move ------------------- 5.40 KB
Mr. Spock
(24) Mission ----------------- 19.3 KB
Natira
(25) Energetic --------------- 24.1 KB
Mr. Spock
(26) Fabrini ------------------ 42.9 KB
Captain Kirk

It would have been interesting to see a
continuation of this episode to witness these
people arriving at their new home.
I wonder if McCoy and Natira would
pick up where they left off...

Update!!!

The story of McCoy and Natira meeting again has been written!
The book is called 'Ex Machina' and you can read a bit
about it by clicking HERE.

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