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Title --------------------
The Lights of Zetar
Writers --------
Jeremy Tarcher & Shari Lewis*
Director ----------------------
Herb Kenwith
Original Air Date ----------
January 31, 1969
Order of Filming -----------------------
73rd
Order of Broadcasting -----------------
73rd
Filmed ----------------
Early November 1969
*This
is the same Shari Lewis who created and
voiced the character of Lamb Chop the
sock
puppet. Honest, I'm not kidding.
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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 Mira Romaine -------- Jan Shutan
Lieutenant Kyle -------------- John Winston
Technician --------------------- Libby
Erwin
Crewman --------------------- Bud Da
Vinci
Computer voice --------------- Majel Barrett
Zetar voices -------------- Barbara Babcock
"The Lights of Zetar"
None
Germany --------------
Beams Are Attacking
Italy ------------------- The Hopes
of Zetar
Japan --- The Attack From Zetar, The
Planet
of Extinction
The U.S.S. Enterprise's
mission is to take Lieuenant Mira Romaine to Memory Alpha, the central
library for the United Federation of Planets. There she will supervise
the transfer of new equipment to the facility. Mr. Scott is immediately
attracted to the pretty lieutenant, and the feelings are returned.
While in orbit, an
energy storm
destroys all the inhabitants of Memory Alpha, wiping its computer
memory banks. As a result of the storm, Romaine can predict where the
storm will strike next; the Enterprise.
Despite evasive tactics
by the
starship, the storm enters the Enterprise where it is seen as
brilliantly flashing colored lights. The lights enter Lieutenant
Romaine and there is no way to remove them without killing the officer.
Perusal of her file reveals a high susceptibility to empathic
transmissions, making her an excellent home for the lights. The lights
turn out to be non-corporeal entities from the long-dead planet, Zetar.
They maintain that they have the right to inhabit Romaine's body, but
Kirk doesn't agree. When Mira is placed in a pressure chamber, the
Zetars, who are used to the vacuum of space, die. Lieutenant Romaine is
free and presumably returns to Memory Alpha to help rebuild the great
library.
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Total WAVs: 45
Captain
Kirk
Scotty -
Lt. Mira Romaine
Scotty, you 'ole
space dog!
(3)
Brainy ------------------- 16.8 KB
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Mr.
Chekov - Mr. Sulu
Sulu and Chekov get
to 'ham it up!'
Mr.
Spock - Lt. Romaine - Captain
Kirk
She's a lieutenant
in Starfleet and
this
will be her first assignment for the Federation?
That doesn't really make sense.
(5)
Storm -------------------- 65.8 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock - Mr. Sulu
(6)
Sickbay ------------------ 60.7 KB
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Scotty -
Lt. Romaine - Dr. McCoy - Captain
Kirk
(7)
Damage ------------------ 40.1 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
(8)
Attack ------------------ 106.0 KB
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Lt.
Uhura - Mr. Chekov - Mr. Sulu - Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
(9)
Normal ------------------- 12.7 KB
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Dr.
McCoy - Nurse Chapel
Lt.
Romaine - Nurse Chapel - Dr. McCoy
This woman is a
pain in the butt!
(11)
Nothing ----------------- 52.6 KB
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Dr.
McCoy - Lt. Romaine
Dr.
McCoy - Scotty - Nurse Chapel
All of the secondary
characters get
extra
dialogue in this episode and this line from
Nurse Chapel could be her best line
of the entire series!
(13)
Shields ----------------- 52.6 KB
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Mr.
Spock - Captain
Kirk
This makes no sense!!
I find it hard to believe that such an important
installation as Memory Alpha would be given
NO shielding. The galaxy is a dangerous place!!
(Yes, I know it's just a TV show)
Mr.
Spock - Captain
Kirk
(15)
Sick -------------------- 48.0 KB
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Scotty -
Captain
Kirk
This is a great
scene.
Scotty is so innocent and Kirk is very
annoyed and quite sarcastic.
Excellent!!
(16)
Ominous ---------------- 49.3 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(17)
Loss -------------------- 21.6 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
If this installation
is as
important as Mr. Spock says,
surely they would have had SOME protection.
Also, as all of us who use computers know, if
something is SO important that losing it would
be disasterous, then you HAVE to make a backup!
(18)
Dead ------------------- 43.7 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock
Lt.
Romaine - Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
(20)
Transit ----------------- 11.2 KB
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Lt. Kyle
Good, she's getting
on my nerves anyway!
(Just kidding)
(21)
Course ------------------ 29.7 KB
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Mr. Sulu - Captain Kirk - Mr. Chekov
(22)
Space ----------------- 140.0 KB
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Scotty -
Lt. Romaine
That's not a very
nice thing to say about the good doctor!
I just realized something...
This means the common cold
still isn't cured even by the 23rd century!!
(23)
Closing ----------------- 28.5 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
(25)
Harm ------------------- 13.2 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(26)
Fire --------------------- 44.7 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Sulu
Captain
Kirk
(28)
Deadly ----------------- 112.0 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
They repeatedly call
Lt. Romaine "The
Girl."
I don't think they should call her that.
She's a lieutenant after all, but I do realize it was the 1960's.
(29)
Mira -------------------- 37.6 KB
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Dr. McCoy
A bit of data about
the lieutenant.
Dr.
McCoy - Captain
Kirk
I wonder if the
"Steinman"
is a real test?
Anybody know?
Mr.
Spock - Dr. McCoy
(32)
Try --------------------- 46.2 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Lt. Romaine
(33)
Planned ----------------- 13.7 KB
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Dr.
McCoy - Mr. Spock
(34)
Cannot ----------------- 12.7 KB
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Zetarians
Captain
Kirk - Zetarians
(36)
Zetar ------------------- 98.5 KB
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Zetarians
- Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
(37)
Die --------------------- 10.4 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Zetarians
Zetarians
It would be
interesting to find out
more
about the Zetarians and the disaster that struck them down.
(39)
Losing ------------------ 13.0 KB
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Dr. McCoy
McCoy is even
calling her "the girl."
Dr.
McCoy - Mr. Spock
(41)
Time -------------------- 7.68 KB
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Scotty
Dr.
McCoy - Mr. Spock
(43)
Love ------------------ 113.0 KB
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Mr.
Spock - Captain
Kirk - Dr. McCoy
Captain
Kirk - Scotty - Mr. Sulu
Captain
Kirk
This is an excellent
ending to this
episode,
although the episode isn't one of my favorites.
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