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The Cloud Minders

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EPISODE DATA

Title --------------------- The Cloud Minders
Story -------- David Gerrold & Oliver Crawford
Teleplay -------------------- Margaret Armen
Director ------------------------- Jud Taylor
Original Air Date ---------- February 28, 1969
Order of Filming ----------------------- 74th
Order of Broadcasting ----------------- 76th
Filmed ------------------ Mid November 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 Uhura ------------ Nichelle Nichols
GUEST CAST

Plasus --------------------------- Jeff Corey
Droxine ------------------------ Diana Ewing
Vanna ----------------------- Charlene Polite
Anka ---------- Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson
Midro ------------------------------ Ed Long
Security Guard ----------------- Harv Selsby
Cloud Guard ------------------- Walter Scott
Cloud Guard #1 ---------------- Kirk Raymone
Cloud Guard #2 ----------------- Jimmy Fields
Mr. Lemli -------------------- Roger Holloway
Troglyte --------------------- Marvin Walters
Troglyte --------------------------- Lou Elias
Prisoner ---------------------- Garth Pillsbury
Prisoner #1 ----------------------- Jay Jones
Cloud City Sentinal #1 ------------ Dick Geary
Cloud City Sentinal #2 ------------- Bob Miles
Kirk's stunt double --------------- Paul Baxley
Vanna's stunt double ---------- Donna Garrett
Troglyte stunt double ---------- Ralph Garrett
TITLE REFERENCE

"The Cloud Minders"
Living on a cloud is not facing real life: "He that regardeth the clouds shall not reap."
--Ecclesiastes 11:4


ORIGINAL TITLES

The Revolt
Castles in the Sky
UNUSUAL FOREIGN TITLES

France ------------------------------ Clouds
Germany --------------------- The Cloud City
Italy --------------- A City Among the Clouds
Japan - Operation Zienite on the Planet Ardana
Portugal ---------------- The Cloud Guardians
Spain ------------ The Thinkers of the Clouds
STORY SYNOPSIS

The U.S.S. Enterprise comes to the planet Ardana to acquire zienite, a rare mineral needed to stop a planet-wide plague on Merak II. The zienite is not available, however, because the miner class Troglytes are rebelling against the rulers of Ardana, who live in the cloud-city of Stratos.

The Stratos-dwellers insist that the Troglytes are naturally inferior beings, but Kirk discovers that the Troglytes are being affected by a gas emitted during mining.

Unable to get both sides to settle their differences, Kirk traps the Troglyte leader Vanna and the High Advisor of Ardana's Ruling Council, Plasus, inside a mine. When the gas takes effect, Plasus realizes what is happening and promises to help the Troglytes. With peace restored, the U.S.S. Enterprise is able to secure the zienite it needs.



THE CLOUD MINDERS

Click the name of the WAVs to listen

Total WAVs: 36
(1) Stratos ------------------ 24.1 KB
Captain Kirk - Mr. Spock

Ok, so the city in the clouds wasn't their
greatest special effect.

Hey, it was the 60's!

(2) Visited ------------------- 10.7 KB
Mr. Spock - Captain Kirk
(3) Enterprise ---------------- 6.41 KB
Captain Kirk
(4) Example ------------------ 11.4 KB
Mr. Spock
(5) Droxine ------------------ 12.2 KB
Plasus
(6) Art ---------------------- 15.5 KB
Mr. Spock - Droxine

Flattery?  From Spock??

(7) Dreadful ----------------- 7.17 KB
Droxine

The term "spoiled brat" comes to mind
for some reason.

(8) Attractive ---------------- 19.1 KB
Droxine
(9) Violent ------------------- 29.2 KB
Mr. Spock

This episode has Spock doing some narration.
I like it.

(10) Pleasant ---------------- 22.4 KB
Mr. Spock

The narration is good but Spock is WAY
out of character with this comment.

(11) Purity ------------------- 33.3 KB
Mr. Spock
(12) Movements ------------- 22.9 KB
Mr. Spock - Droxine
(13) Different ---------------- 25.2 KB
Droxine - Mr. Spock
(14) Pride ------------------- 43.7 KB
Droxine - Mr. Spock

PRIDE??  That's an emotion Spock!
I wonder who wrote this dialogue for Spock.
Whoever it was they sure don't understand Vulcans!
Spock would NEVER say stuff like this!!

(15) Sleep ------------------- 7.68 KB
Vanna
(16) Afraid ------------------- 25.2 KB
Vanna - Captain Kirk
(17) Mate ------------------- 41.7 KB
Droxine - Mr. Spock

This is just TOO MUCH!
In the episode "Amok Time" Spock almost died
because he didn't want to tell ANYONE, even Kirk,
about the Pon Farr mating cycle and here he is
telling Droxine, a complete stranger, all about it!

Spock was written very poorly in this episode.
(18) Cycle ------------------- 46.5 KB
Droxine - Mr. Spock

More of Spock's "wildly out of character" dialogue.

Who wrote this stuff?

(19) Intruding --------------- 6.66 KB
Mr. Spock
(20) Kill ---------------------- 19.8 KB
Plasus
(21) Executed --------------- 19.8 KB
Mr. Spock
(22) Expendable ------------- 31.0 KB
Mr. Spock - Captain Kirk
(23) Gift --------------------- 3.62 KB
Captain Kirk

How very thoughtful.

(24) Harm ------------------- 12.0 KB
Vanna
(25) Lies -------------------- 12.7 KB
Vanna
(26) Thongs ----------------- 25.9 KB
Vanna

You can bargain with a thong?
Oh, she probably doesn't mean the underwear kind!
(Hee Hee!)

(27) Atmosphere ------------- 28.5 KB
Vanna - Captain Kirk
(28) Instructions ------------- 12.0 KB
Mr. Spock
(29) Quote ------------------ 64.3 KB
Scotty - Mr. Spock
(30) Ears -------------------- 70.4 KB
Droxine - Plasus
(31) Angry ------------------- 21.6 KB
Scotty - Mr. Spock
(32) Orders ------------------ 52.8 KB
Captain Kirk - Mr. Spock
(33) Success ---------------- 21.1 KB
Captain Kirk
(34) Vulcan ------------------ 36.8 KB
Droxine - Mr. Spock
(35) Abduction --------------- 47.0 KB
Plasus - Captain Kirk

These guys don't like each other very much.

(36) Beam ------------------- 41.9 KB
Captain Kirk
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