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The Tholian Web

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EPISODE DATA

Title ---------------------- The Tholian Web
Writer ---------- Judy Burns & Ched Richards
Director ------------------- Herb Wallerstein
Original Air Date --------- November 15, 1968
Order of Filming ----------------------- 64th
Order of Broadcasting ----------------- 64th
Filmed ----------- Early and mid 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

Lieutenant O'Neil --------------- Sean Morgan
Commander Loskene (voice) - Barbara Babcock
Computer voice ----------------- Majel Barrett


TITLE REFERENCE

"The Tholian Web"

The web is the energy net that the Tholians are trying to weave around the Enterprise in order to trap her.


ORIGINAL TITLES

In Essence - Nothing

Trekkieguy's comment:
What in the world does THAT mean?
I'm glad they didn't go with that title!


UNUSUAL FOREIGN TITLES

Germany ------------------- The Spider Web

Japan -------- Crisis of Captain Kirk Who Was
               Thrown into Different Dimensional Space
Portugal -------------------------- The Web


STORY SYNOPSIS

The U.S.S. Enterprise arrives in an uncharted area of space to answer a distress call from the U.S.S. Defiant. The starship is visible on their viewscreen, but sensors on board the U.S.S. Enterprise say it's not there.

Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Chekov beam aboard and spread out to investigate. Everyone aboard is dead ... apparently killed in a bizarre mutiny, although there are no life readings aboard. McCoy, in the ship's sickbay, tells Kirk that he can find no clue as to why the crew died, but has taken readings to study. Then, as his hand passes through a body and exam table, McCoy realizes the U.S.S. Defiant is dissolving.

Quickly Kirk orders them beamed back to the U.S.S. Enterprise, but Scotty explains that due to the poor stability of the space around them, he can only beam three aboard. After the usual debate, Kirk stays behind while the others beam back. When Scotty tries to bring Kirk aboard, his image wavers, and disappears. Interphase, Spock calculates, will occur in a little over two hours. In the meantime, they must wait. If the captain is still alive, they should be able to retrieve him then.

Complications arise when Chekov goes berserk and attacks Spock on the bridge. Slowly, more members of the crew fall prey to the "illness," attacking their crewmates. McCoy and his staff work round the clock to find a cure. When the doctor suggests Spock "put some distance" between the U.S.S. Enterprise and the U.S.S. Defiant, Spock explains that any movement in the weakened space could disturb both ship's positions and jeopardize Kirk's rescue.

At a little over an hour before interphase, a Tholian ship appears, telling Spock that the U.S.S. Enterprise has violated Tholian space. The Vulcan explains that they were answering a distress call and are waiting until they can retrieve Kirk. The Tholians agree to wait until the appointed time before taking action.

Unfortunately, when the interphase occurs, Kirk is not where he should be. Spock suspects that the Tholian's entrance into the area of space disturbed the U.S.S. Defiant's position. A funeral service is held for Captain Kirk, following which McCoy insists they view the Captain's last orders. Spock reluctantly agrees and the two men go to their friend's quarters and listen to Kirk's touching advice.

Uhura is the first to see Kirk's image floating before her, and for a time, McCoy thinks she's contracted the disease. But when he and Spock see Kirk on the bridge, they realize that he is, in fact, still alive.

The Tholians decide that Spock has, in fact, lied to them and opens fire. Making a decision, Spock orders the phasers fired at the ship. The Tholian ship is disabled, but soon another ship joins it and they begin 'building' a sort of web made of shining filaments. Spock analyses the web and announces that if they don't bring Kirk aboard and leave before the web is completed, they "won't see home again." At the last minute, Spock orders full power against the web and the U.S.S. Enterprise is thrown outside the Tholian's trap, several parsecs from their former position. The hope is that Kirk, caught in the U.S.S. Enterprise tractor beam when they changed position, was brought with them.

Tensely McCoy waits with a hypo of tri-ox for Kirk, whose air is running out as he's successfully beamed on board the U.S.S. Enterprise, alive and unharmed. In a humorous tag, McCoy and Spock convince Kirk that there had been no time to view his final orders and Kirk, somewhat disappointed that his wisdom had gone unheard, says that he hopes there isn't a similar circumstance where the two men will view the tape.



THE THOLIAN WEB

Click the name of the WAVs to listen

Total WAVs: 39


(1) Defiant ------------------ 32.8 KB
Captain Kirk


(2) Power ------------------- 23.6 KB
Scotty - Captain Kirk


(3) Object ------------------- 5.40 KB
Mr. Chekov


(4) Sensors ------------------ 32.3 KB
Captain Kirk - Mr. Spock


(5) Mutiny ------------------- 17.5 KB
Mr. Chekov - Mr. Spock


(6) Report ------------------- 29.0 KB
Mr. Chekov - Captain Kirk


(7) Dissolving ---------------- 16.3 KB
Dr. McCoy - Captain Kirk


(8) Innards ------------------ 31.2 KB
Scotty


(9) Wanished ---------------- 13.2 KB
Mr. Chekov

That's NOT a typo.
I used the 'W' in place of a 'V' on purpose.


(10) Grab -------------------- 21.1 KB
Scotty


(11) Special ----------------- 10.2 KB
Mr. Chekov


(12) Interphase -------------- 38.1 KB
Mr. Spock


(13) Caught ----------------- 62.5 KB
Mr. Spock


(14) Tholian ----------------- 23.1 KB
Commander Loskene

The Tholians seem like an interesting race.
Too bad we never see them again.

Update:

Of course, we've now seen more of the Tholians
in the series "Star Trek Enterprise"

They were computer generated characters and
resembled giant grasshoppers.


(15) Disease ----------------- 45.0 KB
Dr. McCoy


(16) Punctuality ------------- 5.90 KB
Mr. Spock

This statement suggests that the Federation
has had dealings with the Tholians before.


(17) Phasers ----------------- 12.7 KB
Mr. Spock - Mr. Sulu


(18) Decision ---------------- 18.3 KB
Mr. Spock


(19) Repairs ----------------- 41.2 KB
Mr. Spock


(20) Necessary ------------- 130.0 KB
Mr. Spock


(21) Privacy ----------------- 34.5 KB
Mr. Spock


(22) Dead ------------------- 23.6 KB
Dr. McCoy


(23) Rational ----------------- 33.3 KB
Mr. Spock


(24) Immune ----------------- 18.6 KB
Dr. McCoy

That was uncalled for.


(25) Medal ------------------- 40.9 KB
Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock

I dislike it when McCoy says this type of stuff.
McCoy should know by now that Spock
doesn't want command of the Enterprise.
He's content to be science officer & first officer.

Of course, it's the writers that create the dialogue.
They write him out of character.

(Yes, I know it's just a TV show)



(26) Combat ---------------- 206.0 KB
Captain Kirk

Very touching speech by the captain.


(27) Arrrgh! ------------------ 24.4 KB
Mr. Chekov

Unusual name for the WAV, but you'll
understand after you hear it.


(28) Remedy ----------------- 19.8 KB
Mr. Spock

It's very obvious that Kirk is the 'glue' that
holds the three friends together.  Without Kirk,
Spock and McCoy almost fall apart as a team.

(Yes, I know it's just a TV show)


(29) Sorry ------------------- 41.4 KB
Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock

Touching moment.


(30) Real -------------------- 33.8 KB
Lt. Uhura - Dr. McCoy


(31) Antidote ---------------- 46.7 KB
Scotty - Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock


(32) Theragen --------------- 60.7 KB
Scotty - Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock


(33) Mix --------------------- 14.5 KB
Scotty - Dr. McCoy

Mix with scotch??
It's a DRUG for heaven's sake!
NEVER mix drugs and alcohol!
Wow, the censors of the '60's missed this one!


(34) Captain ----------------- 7.17 KB
Lt. Uhura - Mr. Chekov - Mr. Sulu


(35) Prewious ---------------- 15.0 KB
Mr. Chekov

Yes, I meant to spell the word 'previous' with a 'w'.
That's the way Chekov says it.


(36) Welcome ---------------- 10.7 KB
Captain Kirk - Dr. McCoy


(37) Crowded ---------------- 29.0 KB
Captain Kirk


(38) Managed ---------------- 69.3 KB
Captain Kirk - Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock


(39) Orders ----------------- 105.0 KB
Captain Kirk - Mr. Spock - Dr. McCoy

I wonder why they didn't 'fess-up' to listening to the tape.

In my opinion, this is one of the best
episodes of the third season.



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