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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
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
Lieutenant O'Neil --------------- Sean Morgan
Commander Loskene (voice) - Barbara Babcock
Computer voice ----------------- Majel Barrett
"The Tholian Web"
| The web is the energy net
that the Tholians are trying to weave around the Enterprise in order to
trap her. |
In Essence - Nothing
Trekkieguy's comment:
What in the world does
THAT mean?
I'm glad they didn't go with that title!
Germany -------------------
The Spider Web
Japan -------- Crisis of Captain
Kirk Who Was
Thrown into Different Dimensional Space
Portugal -------------------------- The
Web
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.
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Click the name of the
WAVs to listen
Total WAVs: 39
(1) Defiant ------------------ 32.8 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(2)
Power ------------------- 23.6 KB
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Scotty -
Captain
Kirk
(3)
Object ------------------- 5.40 KB
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Mr.
Chekov
(4)
Sensors ------------------ 32.3 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
(5)
Mutiny ------------------- 17.5 KB
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Mr.
Chekov - Mr. Spock
(6)
Report ------------------- 29.0 KB
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Mr.
Chekov - Captain
Kirk
Dr.
McCoy - Captain
Kirk
(8)
Innards ------------------ 31.2 KB
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Scotty
Mr.
Chekov
That's NOT a typo.
I used the 'W' in place of a 'V' on purpose.
(10)
Grab -------------------- 21.1 KB
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Scotty
(11)
Special ----------------- 10.2 KB
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Mr.
Chekov
Mr. Spock
(13)
Caught ----------------- 62.5 KB
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Mr. Spock
(14)
Tholian ----------------- 23.1 KB
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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
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Dr. McCoy
Mr. Spock
This statement
suggests that the Federation
has had dealings with the Tholians before.
(17)
Phasers ----------------- 12.7 KB
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Mr.
Spock - Mr. Sulu
Mr. Spock
(19)
Repairs ----------------- 41.2 KB
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Mr. Spock
Mr. Spock
(21)
Privacy ----------------- 34.5 KB
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Mr. Spock
(22)
Dead ------------------- 23.6 KB
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Dr. McCoy
Mr. Spock
(24)
Immune ----------------- 18.6 KB
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Dr. McCoy
That was uncalled
for.
(25)
Medal ------------------- 40.9 KB
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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
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Captain
Kirk
Very touching
speech by the captain.
(27)
Arrrgh! ------------------ 24.4 KB
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Mr.
Chekov
Unusual name for
the WAV, but you'll
understand after you hear it.
(28)
Remedy ----------------- 19.8 KB
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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
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Dr.
McCoy - Mr. Spock
Touching moment.
(30)
Real -------------------- 33.8 KB
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Lt.
Uhura - Dr. McCoy
Scotty -
Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock
Scotty -
Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock
(33)
Mix --------------------- 14.5 KB
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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
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Lt.
Uhura - Mr. Chekov - Mr. Sulu
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
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Captain
Kirk - Dr. McCoy
(37)
Crowded ---------------- 29.0 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(38)
Managed ---------------- 69.3 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock
(39)
Orders ----------------- 105.0 KB
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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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