1:[4,#B],19:[5,#I],25:[43,#I],71:[5,#I],81:[3,#B],87:[4,#B],94:[3,#B],100:[1,#B],131:[22,#B]@1“Dagger of the Mind”@2
Original Series episode #11
Written by S. Bar-David
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Stardate 2715.1
First aired in 1966
The Enterprise investigates a revolutionary treatment for the criminally insane, but the new device kills with loneliness. Spock first performs the Vulcan mind-meld in this episode. S. Bar-David was the pen name of writer Shimon Wincelberg, who also wrote “The Galileo Seven” and episodes of Lost in Space using the same pen name. GUEST CAST: James Gregory as Adams, Dr. Tristam; Morgan Woodward as Van Gelder, Dr. Simon; Marianne Hill as Noel, Dr. Helen; Susanne Wasson as Lethe; John Arndt as First crewman; Larry Anthony as Transportation man; Ed McCready as Inmate; Eli Behar as Therapist; Walter Davis as Therapist; Irene Sale as Dr. Noel’s stunt double.
SEE: Adams, Dr. Tristam; Central Bureau of Penology, Stockholm; Lethe; neural neutralizer; Noel, Dr. Helen; Tantalus V; Van Gelder, Dr. Simon; Vulcan mind-meld.
Counselor Troi enters her mother’s mind to bring her out of a coma and learns of a sister that she never knew she had. GUEST CAST: Majel Barrett as Troi, Lwaxana; Norman Large as Maques; Kirsten Dunst as Hedril; Amick Byram as Troi, Ian Andrew (senior); Andreana Weiner as Troi, Kestra.
SEE: Cairn; Folnar III, Folnar jewel plant; Hedril; Maques; metaconscious; paracortex; psilosynine; Troi, Deanna; Troi, Ian Andrew (senior); Troi, Kestra; Troi, Lwaxana.
The Emergency Medical Hologram incorporates personalities from several historical figures with disastrous results. GUEST CAST: Christopher Clarke as Byron, Lord; Noel de Souza as Gandhi, Mahatma; Stephen Davies as Nakahn; David Lee Smith as Zahir.
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Deep Space Nine episode #109
Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore
Story by Bryan Fuller
Directed by Michael Vejar
Stardate 50416.2
First aired in 1997
Members of Kira’s old Shakaar resistance cell begin turning up dead, systematically picked off by an unknown assailant who taunts the major after each killing. Despite her pregnancy, she is unable to remain helpless, and travels alone into the Demilitarized Zone to track down the one responsible. GUEST CAST: Randy Oglesby as Silaran, Prin; William Lucking as Furel; Diane Salinger as Lupaza; Jennifer Savidge as Trentin Fala; Aron Eisenberg as Nog; Matt Roe as Latha Mabrin; Christian Conrad as Brilgar; Scott McElroy as Guard; Judi Durand as Station computer voice.
An alien ship captain strands himself and Captain Picard on a planet in hopes of helping Picard understand a language based entirely on metaphors. This episode marked the first appearance of the new midsized shuttlecraft. GUEST CAST: Richard Allen as Kentor; Colm Meaney as O’Brien, Miles; Paul Winfield as Dathon; Ashley Judd as Lefler, Ensign Robin; Majel Barrett as Computer voice.
SEE: annular confinement beam; Children of Tama; Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra; Dathon; El-Adrel IV; El-Adrel system; Enkidu; Gilgamesh; Homeric hymns; Lefler, Ensign Robin; Magellan, Shuttlecraft; Shaka, when the walls fell; Shiku Maru; Silvestri, Captain; Sokath, his eyes uncovered!; Tamarians.
A typical day in the life aboard the Enterprise -D as seen through the eyes of Data. This is the episode in which we first meet Keiko, who marries Miles O’Brien. We also see the Enterprise -D barber shop and Data’s cat for the first time. GUEST CAST: Rosalind Chao as O’Brien, Keiko; Colm Meaney as O’Brien, Miles; Sierra Pecheur as T’Pel, Ambassador; Alan Scarfe as Mendak, Admiral; Shelly Desai as V’Sal; April Grace as Transporter technician.
SEE: Adelphous IV; Andorians; autosequencers; barber shop; biomechanical maintenance program; Crusher, Dr. Beverly; Dancing Doctor, The; Data; Daystrom Institute of Technology; Devoras; Enterprise -D, U.S.S.; feline supplement 74; Galvin V; Hindu Festival of Lights; Juarez, Lieutenant; Maddox, Commander Bruce; Mendak, Admiral; Mot; Murasaki Effect; O’Brien, Keiko; O’Brien, Miles; phase transition coils; Replicating Center; Selok, Subcommander; Spot; T’Pel, Ambassador; transporter carrier wave; transporter ID trace; Umbato, Lieutenant; wedding; Zhukov, U.S.S.
Investigating the planet where Data was found, the Enterprise -D discovers Data’s twin brother, an android named Lore. This was the last Star Trek episode to carry Gene Roddenberry’s name in the writing credits. GUEST CAST: Biff Yeager as Argyle, Lieutenant Commander.
A young girl, sequestered on a distant planet, is returned to her homeworld, where it is hoped she can bring peace to warring peoples. The term dauphin comes from the title given in the 14th-19th centuries to the heir apparent to the French throne. GUEST CAST: Diana Muldaur as Pulaski, Dr. Katherine; Paddi Edwards as Anya; Jamie Hubbard as Salia; Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan; Colm Meaney as O’Brien, Miles; Peter Neptune as Aron; Mädchen Amick as Teenage girl; Cindy Sorensen as Furry animal; Jennifer Barlow as Gibson, Ensign.
SEE: allasomorph; Andronesian encephalitis; Anya; Crusher, Wesley; Daled IV; deuterium control conduit; Klavdia III; love poetry, Klingon; Rousseau V; Salia; SCM Model 3; Thalian chocolate mousse; Thalos VII.
After thirty years, the son of a murdered Bajoran general claims that Dax’s previous host is the murderer. This episode was written by D. C. Fontana, story editor of the original Star Trek television series. GUEST CAST: Gregory Itzin as Tandro, Ilon; Anne Haney as Uxbridge, Rishon; Richard Lineback as Peers, Selin; Fionnula Flanagan as Tandro, Enina.
~1:[4,#B],20:[5,#I],26:[26,#I],57:[1,#B],61:[1,#B],66:[2,#B],78:[30,#B]@1“Day of the Dove”@2
Original Series episode #66
Written by Jerome Bixby
Directed by Marvin Chomsky
No stardate given
First aired in 1968
The Enterprise crew and a group of Klingons are trapped by an energy creature that feeds on hatred. Kang, the Klingon commander, later returned in “Blood Oath” (DS9). GUEST CAST: Michael Ansara as Kang; Susan Howard as Mara; David L. Ross as Johnson, Lieutenant; Mark Tobin as Klingon; Majel Barrett as Computer voice.
The Voyager and its crew are duplicated, and one Janeway must sacrifice herself and her ship so that the other can evade the Vidiians. GUEST CAST: Nancy Hower as Wildman, Samantha; Simon Billig as Hogan; Bob Clendenin as Vidiian surgeon; Ray Proscia as Vidiian commander; Keythe Farley as Vidiian #2; Chris Johnston as Vidiian #1; Majel Barrett as Computer voice.
SEE: anodyne relay; dermaline gel; destruct sequence; fire suppression system; hemocythemia; hyperthermic charge; Janeway, Kathryn; Kent State University; Kim, Harry; Ktarians; molecular signature; mutual annihilation; osmotic pressure therapy; phase discriminator; security access code; spatial scission; Voyager, U.S.S.; Wildman, Samantha.
~1:[3,#B],19:[12,#I],32:[56,#I],93:[2,#B],98:[3,#B],104:[2,#B],109:[2,#B],119:[2,#B],124:[2,#B],132:[38,#B]@1“Deadly Years, The”@2
Original Series episode #40
Written by David P. Harmon
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Stardate 3478.2
First aired in 1967
Exposure to an unknown form of radiation causes Enterprise crew members to age at an incredible rate. William Shatner reportedly threatened producer Bob Justman with bodily harm after enduring many torturous hours during the old-age makeup process. “Who’s afraid of such a wrinkled, feeble old coot?” scoffed Justman, derisively. Nevertheless, Bob locked his office door and hid under his desk until the episode finished shooting. GUEST CAST: Charles Drake as Stocker, Commodore; Sarah Marshall as Wallace, Dr. Janet; Majel Barrett as Chapel, Christine; Felix Locher as Johnson, Robert; Carolyn Nelson as Arkins, Doris; Laura Wood as Johnson, Elaine; Beverly Washburn as Galway, Arlene; Majel Barrett as Computer voice.
SEE: adrenaline; Aldebaran; Chekov, Pavel A.; Code 2; corbomite; Galway, Lieutenant; Gamma Hydra IV; hyronalin; Johnson, Elaine; Johnson, Robert; Kirk, James T.; Romulan Neutral Zone; Scott, Montgomery; Starbase 10; Stocker, Commodore; Sulu, Hikaru; Wallace, Dr. Janet; Wallace, Dr. Theodore.
A member of the Q Continuum asks Captain Janeway to grant him asylum, so that he can commit suicide. This episode marked the first appearance of Q on Star Trek: Voyager. Jonathan Frakes made a cameo appearance as Will Riker, the first crossover with Star Trek: The Next Generation.
SEE: baryon particles; Big Bang; Bolians; Ginsberg, Maury; Gorokian midwife toad; Kylerian goat’s milk; New Era; Newton, Isaac; Nogatch hemlock; Q; Q Continuum; Quinn; replicator; Riker, Thaddius; Riker, William T.; Romulan Star Empire; Vulcans; Welsh rabbit; Woodstock.
A Romulan defector crosses the Neutral Zone with a terrifying report of a planned Romulan attack on Federation space. GUEST CAST: James Sloyan as Jarok, Alidar; Andreas Katsulas as Tomalak; John Hancock as Haden, Admiral; S. A. Templeman as Bates.
SEE: Apnex Sea; B-Type Warbird; Bortas, I.K.S.; Cheron, Battle of; Gal Gath’thong; Haden, Admiral; Henry V; Hood, U.S.S.; Jarok, Alidar; Monitor, U.S.S.; Nelvana III; Neutral Zone, Romulan; Norkan outposts; onkians; Outpost Sierra VI; pahtk; Romulus; scoutship, Romulan; Setal, Sublieutenant; Shakespeare, William; Starbase Lya III; tohzah; Tomalak; Treaty of Algeron; Valley of Chula; veruul.
Thomas Riker arrives on DS9 and hijacks the Defiant for a Maquis mission deep within Cardassian territory. This was the first guest appearance of a Next Generation cast member after the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation. GUEST CAST: Marc Alaimo as Dukat; Tricia O’Neil as Korinas; Shannon Cochran as Kalita; Robert Kerbeck as Cardassian soldier; Michael Canavan as Tamal; Jonathan Frakes as Riker, Thomas; Majel Barrett as Computer voice
Q loses his powers and takes refuge on the Enterprise -D. GUEST CAST: John de Lancie as Q; Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan; Richard Cansino as Garin, Dr.; Betty Muramoto as Scientist.
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Next Generation episode #152
Story by Jeri Taylor
Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore
Directed by Alexander Singer
Stardate 46982.1
First aired in 1993
The Enterprise -D encounters a group of self-aware fanatical Borg who are followers of Data’s evil brother, Lore. This was the cliff-hanger last episode of the sixth season. Noted physicist Stephen Hawking made a cameo appearance in this episode. GUEST CAST: John Neville as Newton, Issac; Jim Morton as Einstein, Albert; Natalie Nogulich as Necheyev, Alynna; Brian Cousins as Crosis; Professor Stephen Hawking as Hawking, Dr. Stephen William; Richard Gilbert as Hill, Bosus; Stephen James Carver as Tayar.
The Enterprise -D resolves the situation with the fanatical group of self-aware Borg by restoring Data’s ethical programming and disassembling Lore. This was the first episode of the seventh season. GUEST CAST: Jonathan Del Arco as Hugh; Alex Datcher as Taitt, Ensign; James Horan as Barnaby, Lieutenant; Brian Cousins as Crosis; Benito Martinez as Salazar; Michael Reilly Burke as Goval.
The arrival of Cardassian scientists on DS9 appears to fulfill an ancient Bajoran prophecy—one that also predicts the destruction of the station. GUEST CAST: Tracy Scoggins as Gilora Rejal; Wendy Robie as Ulani Belor; Erick Avari as Yarka; Jessica Hendra as Dejar.
SEE: Bajoran wormhole; Cardassians; Dax, Tobin; Dejar; Ferengi Rules of Acquisition; Gilora Rejal; Iloja of Prim; Janir; kanar; Kira Nerys; Obsidian Order; Orb of Change; Qui’al Dam; Regova eggs; shuttlepod; silithium; Starfleet General Orders and Regulations; subspace technology; tojal in yamok sauce; Trakor; Trakor’s Third Prophecy; Trakor’s Fourth Prophecy; Ulani Belor; vole; Vulcan; Yarka.
~1:[5,#B],21:[32,#I],58:[3,#B],64:[2,#B],69:[1,#B],83:[3,#B],93:[1,#B],110:[28,#B]@1“Devil in the Dark, The”@2
Original Series episode #26
Written by Gene L. Coon
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Stardate 3196.1
First aired in 1967
A terrifying subterranean creature is found to be simply a mother protecting her eggs. Stuntman Janos Prohaska not only played the Horta, he designed and built the creature. GUEST CAST: Ken Lynch as Vanderberg, Chief Engineer; Brad Weston as Appel, Ed; Biff Elliott as Schmitter; George E. Allen as Engineer #1; Jon Cavett as Guard; Barry Russo as Giotto, Lieutenant Commander; Dick Dial as Sam; Janos Prohaska as Horta; Eddie Paskey as Security guard; Frank da Vinci as Osborne, Lieutenant; Davis Roberts as Lewis.
Story by Philip LaZebnik and William Douglas Lansford
Directed by Tom Benko
Stardate 44474.5
First aired in 1991. A planet that has enjoyed a thousand years of peace by signing a pact with the devil now has to make good on the deal. “Devil’s Due” was originally written for the proposed Star Trek II television series that had been planned in the late 1970s. A very early version of this story was part of Gene Roddenberry’s first-draft proposal for Star Trek in the early 1960s. GUEST CAST: Marta DuBois as Ardra; Paul Lambert as Melian; Marcello Tubert as Jared, Acost; Thad Lamey as Devil monster; Tom Magee as Klingon monster.
SEE: Ardra; Atheneum Vaults; Barnum, P. T.; Clark, Dr. Howard; Contract of Ardra; Data; Devil; Fek’lhr; Gre’thor; Jared, Acost; Klingons; Ligillium, ruins of; Mendora; Scrolls of Ardra; Scrooge, Ebenezer; Torak; Ventax II; Zaterl emerald.
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Deep Space Nine episode #67
Written by Ronald D. Moore
Directed by David Livingston
No stardate given
First aired in 1995
After Garak is picked up by the renegade attack fleet of Romulan and Cardassian ships, his loyalties are tested when he must torture Odo for information about the Founders. “The Die is Cast” was filmed after “Through the Looking Glass” (DS9), but aired first, because it is the conclusion to the storyline begun in “Improbable Cause” (DS9). GUEST CAST: Andrew Robinson as Garak, Elim; Leland Orser as Lovok, Colonel; Kenneth Marshall as Eddington, Michael; Leon Russom as Toddman, Vice Admiral; Paul Dooley as Tain, Enebran; Wendy Schenker as Romulan pilot.
The Enterprise -D crew copes with a shipboard disaster, trapping Picard in a turbolift and placing Deanna Troi in command. GUEST CAST: Rosalind Chao as O’Brien, Keiko; Colm Meaney as O’Brien, Miles; Michelle Forbes as Ro Laren; Erika Flores as Flores, Marissa; John Christian Graas as Gordon, Jay; Max Supera as Supera, Patterson; Cameron Arnett as Mandel, Ensign; Jana Marie Hupp as Monroe, Lieutenant.
Comatose and dying after an alien attack, Bashir must access different parts of his personality, which take the form of crew members, to save his life. GUEST CAST: Andrew Robinson as Garak, Elim; Victor Rivers as Altovar; Ann Gillespie as Bajoran nurse; Nichole Forester as dabo girl.
~1:[4,#B],26:[56,#I],87:[2,#B],92:[1,#B],96:[1,#B],101:[2,#B],106:[2,#B],112:[3,#B],116:[33,#B],149:[7,#BI],156:[22,#B],178:[7,#BI],185:[2,#B]@1“Doctor Bashir, I Presume?”@2
An ancient weapon that destroyed the civilization that invented it is now destroying planets in Federation space. “The Doomsday Machine” was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation at the 1968 World Science Fiction Convention. GUEST CAST: William Windom as Decker, Commodore Matt; Elizabeth Rogers as Palmer, Lieutenant; John Winston as Kyle, Mr.; Richard Compton as Washburn; John Copage as Elliot; Tim Burns as Russ; Jerry Catron as Montgomery, Security guard; Vince Deadrick as Decker’s stunt double.
Unknown intelligences take over the minds of Deep Space 9 personnel, forcing them to act out an alien drama. GUEST CAST: Tom Towles as Hon’Tihl; Stephen Parr as Valerian; Randy Pflug as Guard; Jeff Pruitt as Ensign.
A Cardassian automated missile that B’Elanna had reprogrammed for the Maquis turns up in the Delta Quadrant and she must deactivate it before it destroys an inhabited planet. GUEST CAST: Raphael Sbarge as Jonas; Nancy Hower as Wildman, Samantha; Michael Spound as Lorrum; Dan Kern as Kellan; Majel Barrett as Computer voice.
An overzealous admiral searches for evidence of a subversive conspiracy, but fails to see that her witch-hunting tactics are themselves subversive of the Federation Constitution. GUEST CAST: Bruce French as Genestra, Sabin; Spencer Garrett as Tarses, Crewman Simon; Henry Woronicz as J’Dan; Earl Billings as Henry, Admiral Thomas; Jean Simmons as Satie, Admiral Norah; Ann Shea as Tore, Nellen.
SEE: Ba’ltmasor Syndrome; Borg; Constitution of the United Federation of Planets; Cruses System; Delb II; deoxyribose suspensions; dilithium chamber hatch; dilithium crystal articulation frame; Earth Station McKinley; encephalographic polygraph scan; Enterprise -D, U.S.S.; Genestra, Sabin; Henry, Admiral Thomas; J’Dan; Martian Colonies; microtomographic analysis; neutron fatigue; Officer Exchange Program; Satie, Admiral Norah; Satie, Judge Aaron; Seventh Guarantee; Tarses, Crewman Simon; Tore, Nellen, Uniform Code of Justice; Wolf 359.
Kira arrests a Cardassian on Deep Space 9 for having committed atrocities during the Bajoran occupation, but the Cardassian is not what he seems to be. GUEST CAST: Marc Alaimo as Dukat; Robin Christopher as Neela; Norman Large as Lissepian Captain; Tony Rizzoli as Kainon; Ted Sorel as Kaval; Harris Yulin as Marritza, Aamin.
