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==Summary==
 
==Summary==
 
===Teaser===
 
===Teaser===
The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} investigates a [[planet]] whose size is approximately that of [[Earth]]'s moon, yet mass and [[atmosphere]] are similar to Earth. Stranger yet is that it is apparently only a few thousand years old. Its geological age is much less than the indigenous vegetation and atmospheric content would indicate. [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] is intrigued by the unexplainable planet and organizes a [[landing party]] consisting of himself, [[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]], [[helmsman]] [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]], and senior [[geologist]] [[D'Amato (Lieutenant)|D'Amato]]. As the landing party starts to transport to the surface of the planet, a mysterious woman appears, telling them that they must not go. She then touches the [[transporter]] operator, who instantly crumples to the deck as the dematerializing landing party watches helplessly. She is too late to prevent the beam down, and moments later the four men materialize on the planet's surface. Once on the planet, Kirk attempts to contact the ''Enterprise'' to report the attack, but before he can do so, a powerful tremor rocks the planet. At the same instant the ''Enterprise'' is tossed about in some sort of turbulence. Both disruptions subside simultaneously, and the crew of the ''Enterprise'' quickly discovers that the planet is no longer on the viewscreen.
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The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} investigates a [[planet]] whose size is approximately that of [[Earth]]'s moon, yet mass and [[atmosphere]] are similar to Earth. Stranger yet is that it is apparently only a few thousand years old. Its geological age is much less than the indigenous vegetation and atmospheric content would indicate. [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] is intrigued by the unexplainable planet and organizes a [[landing party]] consisting of himself, [[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]], [[helmsman]] [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]], and senior [[geologist]] {{dis|D'Amato|Lieutenant}}. As the landing party starts to transport to the surface of the planet, a mysterious woman appears, telling them that they must not go. She then touches the [[transporter]] operator [[Wyatt]] who instantly crumples to the deck as the dematerializing landing party watches helplessly. She is too late to prevent the beam down, and moments later the four men materialize on the planet's surface. Once on the planet, Kirk attempts to contact the ''Enterprise'' to report the attack, but before he can do so, a powerful tremor rocks the planet. At the same instant the ''Enterprise'' is tossed about in some sort of turbulence. Both disruptions subside simultaneously, and the crew of the ''Enterprise'' quickly discovers that the planet is no longer on the viewscreen.
   
On the planet D'Amato's tricorder reads an energy burst of almost immeasurable power. When Kirk is unable to raise the Enterprise on his communicator, Sulu discovers that the Enterprise is missing from orbit, effectively stranding the landing party on the planet.
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On the planet D'Amato's tricorder reads an energy burst of almost immeasurable power. When Kirk is unable to raise the ''Enterprise'' on his communicator, Sulu discovers that the Enterprise is missing from orbit, effectively stranding the landing party on the planet.
   
 
===Act One===
 
===Act One===
 
The landing party is at a loss to explain the sudden disappearance of the ''Enterprise''. Sulu conjectures that the ''Enterprise'' must have blown up, citing high radiation readings as evidence of a matter/antimatter intermix explosion. Kirk dismisses Sulu's theory due to a lack of residual radiation. McCoy then suggests that the ''Enterprise'' may have crashed onto the planet itself. Neither of these theories fits the facts. Recognizing that regardless of the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s fate, the landing party will soon need food and water, Kirk orders a detailed analysis of the planet's resources. The report is not encouraging, as all plant vegetation on the planet is poisonous to humans, there is no evidence of rainfall or surface water and the only other form of life is a virus-like plant parasite. During the survey, Sulu makes a sweep with his [[tricorder]] and registers a sudden [[magnetic]] reading that quickly dissipates, like a door opening and then closing again. McCoy also detects a powerful [[lifeform]] reading that appears and then disappears. These fluctuations occur as the same woman who appeared in the [[transporter room]] of the ''Enterprise'' confronts D'Amato, killing him with her touch. McCoy reports that all the cells of D'Amato's body have been disrupted from the inside. Kirk attempts to dig a grave for the geologist with his [[phaser]], but the surface of the planet withstands its force. Further investigation reveals that the planet is an artificial body.
 
The landing party is at a loss to explain the sudden disappearance of the ''Enterprise''. Sulu conjectures that the ''Enterprise'' must have blown up, citing high radiation readings as evidence of a matter/antimatter intermix explosion. Kirk dismisses Sulu's theory due to a lack of residual radiation. McCoy then suggests that the ''Enterprise'' may have crashed onto the planet itself. Neither of these theories fits the facts. Recognizing that regardless of the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s fate, the landing party will soon need food and water, Kirk orders a detailed analysis of the planet's resources. The report is not encouraging, as all plant vegetation on the planet is poisonous to humans, there is no evidence of rainfall or surface water and the only other form of life is a virus-like plant parasite. During the survey, Sulu makes a sweep with his [[tricorder]] and registers a sudden [[magnetic]] reading that quickly dissipates, like a door opening and then closing again. McCoy also detects a powerful [[lifeform]] reading that appears and then disappears. These fluctuations occur as the same woman who appeared in the [[transporter room]] of the ''Enterprise'' confronts D'Amato, killing him with her touch. McCoy reports that all the cells of D'Amato's body have been disrupted from the inside. Kirk attempts to dig a grave for the geologist with his [[phaser]], but the surface of the planet withstands its force. Further investigation reveals that the planet is an artificial body.
   
In the meantime, the crew of the ''Enterprise'' attempts to discern what had happened. Scott reports no damage to the ship's engines. Uhura reports that the ship is functioning normally and there are nothing more than bumps and bruises as a result of the turbulence, save one casualty: the transporter officer has been found dead. Doctor [[M'Benga]] reports that they are not yet sure of the cause of death, as Dr. [[Sanchez]] is in the middle of an [[autopsy]]. Spock orders Scott to have the transporter checked for malfunctions. Helm officer Lieutenant [[Rahda]] notes that there is no debris, which would have been left over from a planet breakup. She then reports that the position of the [[star]]s have changed. She verifies her findings by replaying a recording of the stars made just prior to the turbulence. [[Spock]] is able to interpolate that, in a manner of seconds, the Enterprise has somehow been thrown 990.7 [[light year]]s from its previous position. The preliminary autopsy on the transporter officer comes in and the causes of death appears to be cellular disruption, as if every cell in the body had been blasted from inside. Spock orders that the ''Enterprise'' return to the planet at top [[warp]] speed, which turns out to be warp factor 8. [[File:USS Enterprise hurled through space.jpg|thumb|The Enterprise thrown 990.7 [[light year]]s.]]
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In the meantime, the crew of the ''Enterprise'' attempts to discern what had happened. Scott reports no damage to the ship's engines. Uhura reports that the ship is functioning normally and there are nothing more than bumps and bruises as a result of the turbulence, save one casualty: the transporter officer has been found dead. Doctor [[M'Benga]] reports that they are not yet sure of the cause of death, as Dr. [[Sanchez]] is in the middle of Wyatt's [[autopsy]]. Spock orders Scott to have the transporter checked for malfunctions. Helm officer Lieutenant [[Rahda]] notes that there is no debris, which would have been left over from a planet breakup. She then reports that the position of the [[star]]s have changed. She verifies her findings by replaying a recording of the stars made just prior to the turbulence. [[Spock]] is able to interpolate that, in a manner of seconds, the ''Enterprise'' has somehow been thrown 990.7 [[light year]]s from its previous position. The preliminary autopsy on the transporter officer comes in and the causes of death appears to be cellular disruption, as if every cell in the body had been blasted from inside. Spock orders that the ''Enterprise'' return to the planet at top [[warp]] speed, which turns out to be warp factor 8. [[File:USS Enterprise hurled through space.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise'' thrown 990.7 [[light year]]s]]
   
 
===Act Two===
 
===Act Two===
Although the ship did not appear to suffer any damage, chief engineer [[Montgomery Scott]] is disquieted, and reports that the ship feels "wrong." Spock initially dismisses this as emotional. Still concerned, Scotty instructs crewman [[John B. Watkins|Watkins]] to check the bypass valve on the matter-antimatter reaction chamber to ensure that it is not overheating. While Watkins is doing so, the woman appears in the control room and inquires him about the engine mechanisms. She then kills him in the same manner as the others. Before Watkins dies, he cries out a warning about the intruder, but she disappears.
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Although the ship did not appear to suffer any damage, chief engineer [[Montgomery Scott]] is disquieted, and reports that the ship feels "wrong." Spock initially dismisses this as emotional. Still concerned, Scotty instructs crewman [[John B. Watkins|Watkins]] to check the bypass valve on the matter-antimatter reaction chamber to ensure that it is not overheating. While Watkins is doing so, the woman appears in the control room and inquires about the engine mechanisms. She then kills him in the same manner as the others. Before Watkins dies, he cries out a warning about the intruder to Scotty, but she disappears.
   
Back on the surface of the planet, the woman appears to Sulu and, although she is able to briefly touch him, disrupting all the cells his shoulder, she does not kill him. Kirk and McCoy run to his rescue, and Sulu cries out not to let her touch them. The woman insists that she is for Sulu and that she must touch him. When she touches Kirk, however, nothing happens. Kirk asks how she can destroy others and she explains that she does not want to destroy. She then disappears. The landing party surmises that the woman's destructive power can only be directed at one specific person at a time. When the woman reappears to kill Kirk, the landing party is able to use this information to defend him. Kirk questions her with McCoy and Sulu keeping her at a distance. She calls herself [[Losira]], commander of the station. When Kirk asks how she feels about killing him, she says that killing is wrong but that she must do so. She says that she is sent to defend the station, although the people who once lived on it are no more. Kirk presses her, sensing her confusion and loneliness, and she disappears again. Following their tricorder readings, the landing party finds an underground door to the planet-station.
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Back on the surface of the planet, the woman appears to Sulu and, although she is able to briefly touch him, disrupting all the cells his shoulder, she does not kill him. Kirk and McCoy run to his rescue, and Sulu cries out not to let her touch them. The woman insists that she is for Sulu and that she must touch him. When she touches Kirk, however, nothing happens. Kirk asks how she can destroy others and she explains that she does not want to destroy. She then disappears. The landing party surmises that the woman's destructive power can only be directed at one specific person at a time.
   
 
===Act Three===
 
===Act Three===
 
Aboard the ''Enterprise'', which is warping back to the planet, the ship's engines begin to race out of control. Scotty discovers that the emergency overload bypass of the matter-[[antimatter]] integrator has been fused, although it would have taken all the power of the ship's phasers to do so. It becomes apparent that the woman is responsible for this sabotage. With this damage, the ''Enterprise'' has less than fifteen minutes before its engines will explode.
 
Aboard the ''Enterprise'', which is warping back to the planet, the ship's engines begin to race out of control. Scotty discovers that the emergency overload bypass of the matter-[[antimatter]] integrator has been fused, although it would have taken all the power of the ship's phasers to do so. It becomes apparent that the woman is responsible for this sabotage. With this damage, the ''Enterprise'' has less than fifteen minutes before its engines will explode.
   
Spock and Scotty devise a risky plan to save the ship – Scotty will enter the crawlway leading to the matter-antimatter reaction chamber and attempt to manually shut off the flow of fuel with a magnetic probe. Scotty installs explosives at the end of the service crawlway that will permit Spock to jettison the pod if Scotty ruptures the magnetic bottle. Recalling Scotty's earlier assertion that the ship felt wrong, Spock runs an analysis comparing the condition of the ''Enterprise'' with its ideal condition. This analysis proves crucial, for Spock discovers that the ''Enterprise'' has been put through a molecular transporter and then reassembled slightly out of phase, which will require Scott to reverse the polarity on the magnetic probe in order to seal the incision. Scott attempts to do so as the final seconds tick down, but the mechanism on the probe jams. Scotty tells Spock to jettison him, but Spock gives him a few seconds more. Scotty is able to loosen the tool and, moments before the engines go critical, accomplishes the task.
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Spock and Scotty devise a risky plan to save the ship – Scotty will enter the crawlway leading to the matter-antimatter reaction chamber and attempt to manually shut off the flow of fuel with a magnetic probe. Scotty installs explosives at the end of the service crawlway that will permit Spock to jettison the pod if Scotty ruptures the magnetic bottle. Recalling Scotty's earlier assertion that the ship felt wrong, Spock runs an analysis comparing the condition of the ''Enterprise'' with its ideal condition.
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When the woman reappears to kill Kirk, the landing party is able to use this information to defend him. Kirk questions her with McCoy and Sulu keeping her at a distance. She calls herself [[Losira]], commander of the station. When Kirk asks how she feels about killing him, she says that killing is wrong but that she must do so. She says that she is sent to defend the station, although the people who once lived on it are no more. Kirk presses her, sensing her confusion and loneliness, and she disappears again. Following their tricorder readings, the landing party finds an underground door to the planet-station.
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Spock's analysis proves crucial, for Spock discovers that the ''Enterprise'' has been put through a molecular transporter and then reassembled slightly out of phase, which will require Scott to reverse the polarity on the magnetic probe in order to seal the incision. Scott attempts to do so as the final seconds tick down, but the mechanism on the probe jams. Scotty insists to Spock that he jettison him, but Spock gives him a few seconds more. Scotty is able to loosen the tool and, moments before the engines go critical, accomplishes the task and the ''Enterprise'' begins to slow down.
   
 
===Act Four===
 
===Act Four===
On the planet, the landing party enters a computer room, where they are confronted with three versions of the destructive woman, each programmed to kill one of them. The landing party seems to be out of options when Spock and a [[Lemli|security officer]] beam into the room and destroy the computer. The women disappear and are replaced by a recorded image of Losira. In the recording, Losira welcomes her fellow [[Kalandan]]s to the colony. She explains that the population of the colony has been destroyed by a disease that they accidentally produced when they created the planet. Losira is the last survivor, and because she does not believe she will survive until help arrives, has set the station defense mechanism on automatic to defend against other life forms.
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On the planet, the landing party enters a computer room, where they are confronted with three versions of the destructive woman, each programmed to kill one of them. The landing party seems to be out of options when Spock and a [[Roger Lemli|security officer]] beam into the room and destroy the computer. The women disappear and are replaced by a recorded image of Losira. In the recording, Losira welcomes her fellow [[Kalandan]]s to the colony. She explains that the population of the colony has been destroyed by a disease that they accidentally produced when they created the planet. Losira is the last survivor, and because she does not believe she will survive until help arrives, has set the station defense mechanism on automatic to defend against other life forms.
   
 
McCoy surmises that the entire species was destroyed by the disease, and that the image of Losira has been waiting thousands of years to deliver her message to a people who have become extinct. It is apparent to the landing party that the computer defense mechanism called upon the only image available, that of Losira, but the replication was too perfect and projected so much of her personality that it felt regret and guilt at killing. They agree that she was a remarkable and beautiful woman. Spock says that beauty is transitory, but Kirk disagrees, saying "''beauty survives''".
 
McCoy surmises that the entire species was destroyed by the disease, and that the image of Losira has been waiting thousands of years to deliver her message to a people who have become extinct. It is apparent to the landing party that the computer defense mechanism called upon the only image available, that of Losira, but the replication was too perfect and projected so much of her personality that it felt regret and guilt at killing. They agree that she was a remarkable and beautiful woman. Spock says that beauty is transitory, but Kirk disagrees, saying "''beauty survives''".
   
==Memorable Quotes==
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==Memorable quotes==
 
"''What is it, Jim?''"<br />
 
"''What is it, Jim?''"<br />
 
"''A planet that even Spock can't explain.''"
 
"''A planet that even Spock can't explain.''"
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"''Aye, sir. And maybe a wee bit more. I'll sit on the warp engines myself and nurse them.''"
 
"''Aye, sir. And maybe a wee bit more. I'll sit on the warp engines myself and nurse them.''"
 
: - '''Spock''' and '''Scott''', on returning to the Kalandan outpost
 
: - '''Spock''' and '''Scott''', on returning to the Kalandan outpost
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"''... That position, ... Mister Scott ... would not only be unavailing but also ... undignified.''"
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: - '''Spock''' to Scott, in a measured, very logically thought out response to Scott saying he will sit on the warp engines and nurse them
   
   
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"''Mister Scott, there's a strange woman who knows the entire plan of the Enterprise!''"
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"''Mister Scott, there's a strange woman who knows the entire plan of the ''Enterprise''!"''
 
: - '''Watkins''', before Losira kills him
 
: - '''Watkins''', before Losira kills him
   
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* Revised story outline {{d|12|April|1968}}
 
* Revised story outline {{d|12|April|1968}}
 
* Story outline, {{d|8|August|1968}}
 
* Story outline, {{d|8|August|1968}}
* Revised teleplay, {{d|13|September|1968}}
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* First draft teleplay, {{d|9|September|1968}}
 
* Final draft teleplay, {{d|16|September|1968}}
 
* Final draft teleplay, {{d|16|September|1968}}
 
* Filmed, {{d|26|September|1968}} &ndash; {{d|3|October|1968}}
 
* Filmed, {{d|26|September|1968}} &ndash; {{d|3|October|1968}}
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===Story and production===
 
===Story and production===
* In the story outline, "Survival" ({{d|8|August|1968}}) the image of Losira was more brutal and caused crewmembers to fight amongst themselves in a manner that seems reminiscent of the ''Defiant''{{'}}s crew in {{e|The Tholian Web}}. Final draft script {{d|16|September|1968}}, filmed late September, early [[October 1968|October]].
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* In the story outline, "Survival" ({{d|8|August|1968}}) the image of Losira was more brutal and caused crewmembers to fight among themselves in a manner that seems reminiscent of the ''Defiant''{{'}}s crew in {{e|The Tholian Web}}. Final draft script {{d|16|September|1968}}, filmed late September, early [[October 1968|October]].
* This is the last episode of TOS where Enterprise crewmembers (Watkins & D'Amato) die.
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* This is the last episode of TOS in which ''Enterprise'' crewmembers (Watkins & D'Amato) die.
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* This is the last episode of TOS to have an unknown stardate.
   
 
===Sets and props===
 
===Sets and props===
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===Cast===
 
===Cast===
* Former {{w|Miss America}} [[Lee Meriwether]] went on to co-star with {{w|Buddy Ebsen}} (''{{w|The Beverly Hillbillies}}'') in the '70s television series ''{{w|Barnaby Jones}}''. (''[[Star Trek 30 Years]]'') Previously, she was a regular on {{w|Irwin Allen}}'s short-lived science fiction series ''The Time Tunnel'', along with [[James Darren]] and [[Whit Bissell]].
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* Former {{w|Miss America}} [[Lee Meriwether]] went on to co-star with {{w|Buddy Ebsen}} ({{wt|The Beverly Hillbillies}}) in the '70s television series {{wt|Barnaby Jones}}. (''[[Star Trek 30 Years]]'') Previously, she was a regular on {{w|Irwin Allen}}'s short-lived science fiction series ''The Time Tunnel'', along with [[James Darren]] and [[Whit Bissell]].
 
* [[Booker Bradshaw]] reprises his role as [[Doctor]] [[M'Benga]] in this episode. He appeared previously in {{e|A Private Little War}}.
 
* [[Booker Bradshaw]] reprises his role as [[Doctor]] [[M'Benga]] in this episode. He appeared previously in {{e|A Private Little War}}.
 
* [[Walter Koenig]] ([[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]]) does not appear in this episode, although Kirk mentions him.
 
* [[Walter Koenig]] ([[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]]) does not appear in this episode, although Kirk mentions him.
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===Continuity===
 
===Continuity===
 
* This is the second time ''Enterprise'' crewmembers create a resting place for a fallen comrade; it had happened before in the first season's {{e|The Galileo Seven}}, where crewmembers [[Latimer]] and [[Gaetano]] were buried. [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] buries Captain Kirk in a similar way on [[Veridian III]] in {{film|7}}.
 
* This is the second time ''Enterprise'' crewmembers create a resting place for a fallen comrade; it had happened before in the first season's {{e|The Galileo Seven}}, where crewmembers [[Latimer]] and [[Gaetano]] were buried. [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] buries Captain Kirk in a similar way on [[Veridian III]] in {{film|7}}.
* Sulu mentions the [[Horta]]s of [[Janus VI]] from {{e|The Devil in the Dark}}. Interestingly, Sulu did not appear in that episode.
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* Sulu mentions the [[Horta]]s of [[Janus VI]] from {{e|The Devil in the Dark}}, one of the few examples in the series of a past episode being referenced. Interestingly, Sulu did not appear in that episode.
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* At warp 8.4 traveling 990.7 light years would take 1.67 years, not 11.33 hours (which would equate to 766,486c or warp 91.5).
   
 
===Remastered information===
 
===Remastered information===
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</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
:''The next remastered episode to air was {{e|Is There in Truth No Beauty?}}.
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:''The next remastered episode to air was {{e|Is There in Truth No Beauty?}}.''
   
 
===Apocrypha===
 
===Apocrypha===
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===Video and DVD releases===
 
===Video and DVD releases===
*Original US Betamax release: {{y|1988}}.
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* Original US Betamax release: {{y|1988}}
* [[Star Trek VHS releases in the UK|UK VHS release]] (two-episode tapes, [[CIC Video]]): [[TOS Season 3 UK VHS|Volume 36]], catalogue number VHR 2432, {{d|7|January|1991}}.
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* [[Star Trek VHS releases in the UK|UK VHS release]] (two-episode tapes, [[CIC Video]]): [[TOS Season 3 UK VHS|Volume 36]], catalog number VHR 2432, {{d|7|January|1991}}
* US VHS release: {{d|15|April|1994}}.
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* US VHS release: {{d|15|April|1994}}
* UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.5, {{d|24|November|1997}}.
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* UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.5, {{d|24|November|1997}}
* Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 35, {{d|23|October|2001}}.
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* Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 35, {{d|23|October|2001}}
* As part of the [[TOS Season 3 DVD]] collection.
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* As part of the [[TOS Season 3 DVD]] collection
* As part of the [[TOS-R Season 3 DVD]] collection.
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* As part of the [[TOS-R Season 3 DVD]] collection
   
==Links and References==
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==Links and references==
 
===Starring===
 
===Starring===
 
* [[William Shatner]] as Captain [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]
 
* [[William Shatner]] as Captain [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]
   
===Also Starring===
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===Also starring===
 
* [[Leonard Nimoy]] as Mr. [[Spock]]
 
* [[Leonard Nimoy]] as Mr. [[Spock]]
:And
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* [[DeForest Kelley]] as Dr. [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]]
 
* [[DeForest Kelley]] as Dr. [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]]
   
===Guest Stars===
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===Guest stars===
 
* [[Lee Meriwether]] as [[Losira]]
 
* [[Lee Meriwether]] as [[Losira]]
 
* [[James Doohan]] as [[Montgomery Scott|Scott]]
 
* [[James Doohan]] as [[Montgomery Scott|Scott]]
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* [[Kenneth Washington]] as [[John B. Watkins|Watkins]]
 
* [[Kenneth Washington]] as [[John B. Watkins|Watkins]]
   
===Uncredited Co-Stars===
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===Uncredited co-stars===
 
* [[Majel Barrett]] as the [[computer voice]]
 
* [[Majel Barrett]] as the [[computer voice]]
 
* [[William Blackburn]] as [[Hadley]]
 
* [[William Blackburn]] as [[Hadley]]
 
* [[Frank da Vinci]] as [[Vinci]]
 
* [[Frank da Vinci]] as [[Vinci]]
 
* [[Roger Holloway]] as [[Roger Lemli]]
 
* [[Roger Holloway]] as [[Roger Lemli]]
* [[Jeannie Malone]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel|Yeoman]]
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* [[Jeannie Malone]] as [[USS Enterprise operations yeoman 1|Yeoman]]
* [[Unknown actor]] as [[Sanchez]]
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* [[Unknown actor]]s as:
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** [[Sanchez]]
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** [[USS Enterprise command crewman 8|Command crewman]]
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** [[USS Enterprise operations engineering technician 12|Engineering technician]]
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** [[USS Enterprise operations security guard 9|Security guard]]
   
 
===Stunt and body doubles===
 
===Stunt and body doubles===
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===References===
 
===References===
[[access panel]]; [[access tube]]; [[android]]; [[ant]]; [[antimatter]]; [[artificial planet]]; [[atmosphere]]; [[atmospheric analysis]]; [[aurora borealis]]; [[automatic distress]]; [[autopsy]]; "[[Bones]]"; [[bypass valve]]; [[cell (biology)|cell]]; [[cellular disruption]]; [[centigrade]]; [[central brain]]; [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov, Pavel]]; [[chromosome]]; [[chronometer]]; [[cuckoo clock]]; [[diburnium]]; [[disease organism]]; [[Earth]]; [[earthquake]]; [[emergency bypass control]]; [[emergency overload bypass]]; [[Engineer, Grade 4 ]]; [[evolution]]; [[explosive separator charge]]; [[Fifth Interstellar Geophysical Conference]]; [[gambling]]; [[geologist]]; [[ghost]]; [[Horta]]; [[igneous rock]]; [[Janus VI]]; [[Kalandan]]; [[Kalandan outpost]]; [[Kalandan supply ship]]; [[logic]]; [[Luna]]; [[M-7 factor]]; [[magnetic bottle]]; [[magnetic field]]; [[magnetic force indicator]]; [[magnetic probe]]; [[magnetic sweep]]; [[matter]]; [[matter-antimatter engine]]; [[matter-antimatter integrator]]; [[matter-antimatter integrator control]]; [[matter-antimatter reaction chamber]]; [[matter-antimatter reactor]]; [[meteor]]; [[millimeter]]; [[Milky Way Galaxy]]; [[molecular transporter]]; [[occipital bone]]; [[osmium]]; [[outphase condition]]; [[parasite]]; [[phaser]]; [[phaser bank]]; [[pod jettison system]]; [[radiation]]; [[rain]]; [[red alert]]; [[hologram|replica]]; [[Russia]]; [[sabotage]]; [[security alert]]; [[sensor probe]]; [[service crawlway]]; [[Siberia]]; [[solar hour]]; [[star]]; [[Starfleet]]; [[subspace report]]; [[supernatural]]; [[supernova]]; [[tomb]]; [[topsoil]]; [[top warp speed]]; [[transporter chief]]; [[transporter officer]]; [[tricorder]]; [[top warp speed]]; [[vegetation]]; [[virus]]; [[warp engine]]; [[water]]
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[[access panel]]; [[access tube]]; [[android]]; [[ant]]; [[antimatter]]; [[artificial planet]]; [[atmosphere]]; [[atmospheric analysis]]; [[aurora borealis]]; [[automatic distress]]; [[autopsy]]; "[[Bones]]"; [[bypass valve]]; {{dis|cell|biology}}; [[cellular disruption]]; [[centigrade]]; [[central brain]]; [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov, Pavel]]; [[chromosome]]; [[chronometer]]; [[cuckoo clock]]; [[diburnium]]; [[disease organism]]; [[Earth]]; [[earthquake]]; [[emergency bypass control]]; [[emergency overload bypass]]; [[Engineer, Grade 4]]; [[evolution]]; [[explosive separator charge]]; [[Fifth Interstellar Geophysical Conference]]; [[gambling]]; [[geologist]]; [[ghost]]; [[Horta]]; [[igneous rock]]; [[Janus VI]]; [[Kalandan]]; [[Kalandan homeworld]]; [[Kalandan outpost]]; [[Kalandan supply ship]]; [[logic]]; [[Luna]]; [[M-7 factor]]; [[magnetic bottle]]; [[magnetic field]]; [[magnetic force indicator]]; [[magnetic probe]]; [[magnetic sweep]]; [[matter]]; [[matter-antimatter engine]]; [[matter-antimatter integrator]]; [[matter-antimatter integrator control]]; [[matter-antimatter reaction chamber]]; [[matter-antimatter reactor]]; [[meteor]]; [[millimeter]]; [[Milky Way Galaxy]]; [[molecular transporter]]; [[necrosis]]; [[occipital bone]]; [[osmium]]; [[outphase condition]]; [[parasite]]; [[phaser]]; [[phaser bank]]; [[pod jettison system]]; [[polarity]]; [[radiation]]; [[rain]]; [[red alert]]; [[hologram|replica]]; [[Russia]]; [[sabotage]]; [[security alert]]; [[sensor probe]]; [[service crawlway]]; [[Siberia]]; [[solar hour]]; [[star]]; [[Starfleet]]; [[subspace report]]; [[supernatural]]; [[supernova]]; [[tomb]]; [[topsoil]]; [[top warp speed]]; [[transporter chief]]; [[transporter officer]]; [[tricorder]]; [[top warp speed]]; [[vegetation]]; [[virus]]; [[warp engine]]; [[water]]
   
===External link===
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=== External links ===
* {{NCwiki|That Which Survives}}
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* {{Startrek.com|that-which-survives|"That Which Survives"}}
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* {{mbeta-quote|That Which Survives}}
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* {{wikipedia-quote|That Which Survives}}
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Enterprise crew members are stranded on a ghost planet and terrorized by the image of a beautiful woman.

Summary

Teaser

The USS Enterprise investigates a planet whose size is approximately that of Earth's moon, yet mass and atmosphere are similar to Earth. Stranger yet is that it is apparently only a few thousand years old. Its geological age is much less than the indigenous vegetation and atmospheric content would indicate. Captain Kirk is intrigued by the unexplainable planet and organizes a landing party consisting of himself, Doctor McCoy, helmsman Sulu, and senior geologist D'Amato. As the landing party starts to transport to the surface of the planet, a mysterious woman appears, telling them that they must not go. She then touches the transporter operator Wyatt who instantly crumples to the deck as the dematerializing landing party watches helplessly. She is too late to prevent the beam down, and moments later the four men materialize on the planet's surface. Once on the planet, Kirk attempts to contact the Enterprise to report the attack, but before he can do so, a powerful tremor rocks the planet. At the same instant the Enterprise is tossed about in some sort of turbulence. Both disruptions subside simultaneously, and the crew of the Enterprise quickly discovers that the planet is no longer on the viewscreen.

On the planet D'Amato's tricorder reads an energy burst of almost immeasurable power. When Kirk is unable to raise the Enterprise on his communicator, Sulu discovers that the Enterprise is missing from orbit, effectively stranding the landing party on the planet.

Act One

The landing party is at a loss to explain the sudden disappearance of the Enterprise. Sulu conjectures that the Enterprise must have blown up, citing high radiation readings as evidence of a matter/antimatter intermix explosion. Kirk dismisses Sulu's theory due to a lack of residual radiation. McCoy then suggests that the Enterprise may have crashed onto the planet itself. Neither of these theories fits the facts. Recognizing that regardless of the Enterprise's fate, the landing party will soon need food and water, Kirk orders a detailed analysis of the planet's resources. The report is not encouraging, as all plant vegetation on the planet is poisonous to humans, there is no evidence of rainfall or surface water and the only other form of life is a virus-like plant parasite. During the survey, Sulu makes a sweep with his tricorder and registers a sudden magnetic reading that quickly dissipates, like a door opening and then closing again. McCoy also detects a powerful lifeform reading that appears and then disappears. These fluctuations occur as the same woman who appeared in the transporter room of the Enterprise confronts D'Amato, killing him with her touch. McCoy reports that all the cells of D'Amato's body have been disrupted from the inside. Kirk attempts to dig a grave for the geologist with his phaser, but the surface of the planet withstands its force. Further investigation reveals that the planet is an artificial body.

In the meantime, the crew of the Enterprise attempts to discern what had happened. Scott reports no damage to the ship's engines. Uhura reports that the ship is functioning normally and there are nothing more than bumps and bruises as a result of the turbulence, save one casualty: the transporter officer has been found dead. Doctor M'Benga reports that they are not yet sure of the cause of death, as Dr. Sanchez is in the middle of Wyatt's autopsy. Spock orders Scott to have the transporter checked for malfunctions. Helm officer Lieutenant Rahda notes that there is no debris, which would have been left over from a planet breakup. She then reports that the position of the stars have changed. She verifies her findings by replaying a recording of the stars made just prior to the turbulence. Spock is able to interpolate that, in a manner of seconds, the Enterprise has somehow been thrown 990.7 light years from its previous position. The preliminary autopsy on the transporter officer comes in and the causes of death appears to be cellular disruption, as if every cell in the body had been blasted from inside. Spock orders that the Enterprise return to the planet at top warp speed, which turns out to be warp factor 8.

USS Enterprise hurled through space

The Enterprise thrown 990.7 light years

Act Two

Although the ship did not appear to suffer any damage, chief engineer Montgomery Scott is disquieted, and reports that the ship feels "wrong." Spock initially dismisses this as emotional. Still concerned, Scotty instructs crewman Watkins to check the bypass valve on the matter-antimatter reaction chamber to ensure that it is not overheating. While Watkins is doing so, the woman appears in the control room and inquires about the engine mechanisms. She then kills him in the same manner as the others. Before Watkins dies, he cries out a warning about the intruder to Scotty, but she disappears.

Back on the surface of the planet, the woman appears to Sulu and, although she is able to briefly touch him, disrupting all the cells his shoulder, she does not kill him. Kirk and McCoy run to his rescue, and Sulu cries out not to let her touch them. The woman insists that she is for Sulu and that she must touch him. When she touches Kirk, however, nothing happens. Kirk asks how she can destroy others and she explains that she does not want to destroy. She then disappears. The landing party surmises that the woman's destructive power can only be directed at one specific person at a time.

Act Three

Aboard the Enterprise, which is warping back to the planet, the ship's engines begin to race out of control. Scotty discovers that the emergency overload bypass of the matter-antimatter integrator has been fused, although it would have taken all the power of the ship's phasers to do so. It becomes apparent that the woman is responsible for this sabotage. With this damage, the Enterprise has less than fifteen minutes before its engines will explode.

Spock and Scotty devise a risky plan to save the ship – Scotty will enter the crawlway leading to the matter-antimatter reaction chamber and attempt to manually shut off the flow of fuel with a magnetic probe. Scotty installs explosives at the end of the service crawlway that will permit Spock to jettison the pod if Scotty ruptures the magnetic bottle. Recalling Scotty's earlier assertion that the ship felt wrong, Spock runs an analysis comparing the condition of the Enterprise with its ideal condition.

When the woman reappears to kill Kirk, the landing party is able to use this information to defend him. Kirk questions her with McCoy and Sulu keeping her at a distance. She calls herself Losira, commander of the station. When Kirk asks how she feels about killing him, she says that killing is wrong but that she must do so. She says that she is sent to defend the station, although the people who once lived on it are no more. Kirk presses her, sensing her confusion and loneliness, and she disappears again. Following their tricorder readings, the landing party finds an underground door to the planet-station.

Spock's analysis proves crucial, for Spock discovers that the Enterprise has been put through a molecular transporter and then reassembled slightly out of phase, which will require Scott to reverse the polarity on the magnetic probe in order to seal the incision. Scott attempts to do so as the final seconds tick down, but the mechanism on the probe jams. Scotty insists to Spock that he jettison him, but Spock gives him a few seconds more. Scotty is able to loosen the tool and, moments before the engines go critical, accomplishes the task and the Enterprise begins to slow down.

Act Four

On the planet, the landing party enters a computer room, where they are confronted with three versions of the destructive woman, each programmed to kill one of them. The landing party seems to be out of options when Spock and a security officer beam into the room and destroy the computer. The women disappear and are replaced by a recorded image of Losira. In the recording, Losira welcomes her fellow Kalandans to the colony. She explains that the population of the colony has been destroyed by a disease that they accidentally produced when they created the planet. Losira is the last survivor, and because she does not believe she will survive until help arrives, has set the station defense mechanism on automatic to defend against other life forms.

McCoy surmises that the entire species was destroyed by the disease, and that the image of Losira has been waiting thousands of years to deliver her message to a people who have become extinct. It is apparent to the landing party that the computer defense mechanism called upon the only image available, that of Losira, but the replication was too perfect and projected so much of her personality that it felt regret and guilt at killing. They agree that she was a remarkable and beautiful woman. Spock says that beauty is transitory, but Kirk disagrees, saying "beauty survives".

Memorable quotes

"What is it, Jim?"
"A planet that even Spock can't explain."

- McCoy and Kirk, on the Kalandan outpost


"What happened?"
"The occipital area of my head seems to have impacted with the chair."
"No, Mister Spock. I meant what happened to us?"

- Uhura and Spock, after the Enterprise is hurled away from the planet


"Mister Sulu, if I'd wanted a Russian history lesson, I'd have brought along Mister Chekov."

- Kirk, after Sulu refers to the Tunguska blast of Siberia


"Can you give me warp eight?"
"Aye, sir. And maybe a wee bit more. I'll sit on the warp engines myself and nurse them."

- Spock and Scott, on returning to the Kalandan outpost


"... That position, ... Mister Scott ... would not only be unavailing but also ... undignified."

- Spock to Scott, in a measured, very logically thought out response to Scott saying he will sit on the warp engines and nurse them


"I am only for D'Amato."
"Lucky D'Amato."

- Losira and D'Amato, before she kills him


"What a terrible way to die."
"There are no good ways, Sulu."

- Sulu and Kirk, after discovering D'Amato's body


"Mister Spock, the ship feels wrong."

- Scott, in the engineering room


"It looks so lonely there."
"It would be worse if he had company."

- Sulu and McCoy, at D'Amato's grave


"Mister Scott, there's a strange woman who knows the entire plan of the Enterprise!"

- Watkins, before Losira kills him


"Well, your guess is as good as mine."
"My guess, Doctor, would be valueless."

- M'Benga and Spock, on the cause of death for Watkins


"Stop or I'll shoot! I don't want to have to kill a woman!"

- Sulu, to Losira


"How can such people be, Captain? Such evil and she's so, so beautiful."

- Sulu, as McCoy treats him


"Mister Spock, what are the chances of the captain and the others being alive?"
"Lieutenant, we are not engaged in gambling."

- Uhura and Spock, after the red alert is canceled


"This thing is going to blow up, and there's nothing in the universe can stop it."

- Scott to Spock, on the sabotage


"You'll be killed, man!"
"Unless a solution is found quickly, that fate awaits all of us."

- Scott and Spock, on going into the crawlway


"I'm so close to the flow now it feels like ants crawling all over my body."

- Scott, inside the crawlway


"I know what time it is. I don't need a bloomin' cuckoo clock."

- Scott, as Spock counts down


"You might at least say thank you."
"For what purpose, Mister Scott? What is it in you Humans –"
"Never mind."

- Scott and Spock, after Scott fixes the sabotage


"Beauty is transitory, Doctor."

- Spock, on Losira


"Beauty survives."

- Kirk, to Spock

Background information

Production timeline

Story and production

  • In the story outline, "Survival" (8 August 1968) the image of Losira was more brutal and caused crewmembers to fight among themselves in a manner that seems reminiscent of the Defiant's crew in "The Tholian Web". Final draft script 16 September 1968, filmed late September, early October.
  • This is the last episode of TOS in which Enterprise crewmembers (Watkins & D'Amato) die.
  • This is the last episode of TOS to have an unknown stardate.

Sets and props

Kalandan quake

The "rocker plate" in effect

  • In addition to the standard planet set, Matt Jefferies designed a "rocker plate" set within the set that gave the illusion of a "real" quake. Evidence of this new "rocker stage" can be seen by the movement of the individual "plates" on the stage, followed by sequence of the landing party stepping off it onto the main stage and resting on their hands and knees. Jefferies' original sketches depicting its design are found in the Star Trek: The Original Series Sketchbook (pg 30).
MARA access tube

New access tube set

  • A new access tube was created to show where the matter-antimatter reaction chamber was. Designed by Matt Jefferies, it had sliding doors accessing the crawlway. Jefferies' original sketches depicting its design are found in the Star Trek: The Original Series Sketchbook (pg 30).
Kalandan outpost's central chamber

The central chamber

  • The central chamber which housed the outpost's central brain was created especially for this episode. Designed by Jefferies, whose original sketches are again published in the Star Trek: The Original Series Sketchbook (pg 30), the central chamber contained a "frosted 2D cube – rotating lights inside."
  • The center section of D'Amato's tricorder differs substantially from the standard Starfleet model. Instead of tape discs and a moiré pattern, it features an intermittently glowing white panel and what appears to be a tubular sensor. In deference to D'Amato's specialty, some prop-conscious fans have dubbed this a "geological tricorder." Franz Joseph combined elements of both models to produce a "medical tricorder" in the Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual.

Cast

Continuity

  • This is the second time Enterprise crewmembers create a resting place for a fallen comrade; it had happened before in the first season's "The Galileo Seven", where crewmembers Latimer and Gaetano were buried. Captain Picard buries Captain Kirk in a similar way on Veridian III in Star Trek Generations.
  • Sulu mentions the Hortas of Janus VI from "The Devil in the Dark", one of the few examples in the series of a past episode being referenced. Interestingly, Sulu did not appear in that episode.
  • At warp 8.4 traveling 990.7 light years would take 1.67 years, not 11.33 hours (which would equate to 766,486c or warp 91.5).

Remastered information

"That Which Survives" was the sixty-first episode of the remastered version of The Original Series to air. It premiered in syndication on the weekend of 15 March 2008 and aside from the standard CGI replacement footage of the Enterprise, including one of the ship undergoing molecular transport, this episode most notably featured new effects shots of the Kalandan outpost.

The next remastered episode to air was "Is There in Truth No Beauty?".

Apocrypha

This episode was used as the background for the Star Trek: Gateways novel One Small Step, by Susan Wright, which elaborates extensively on the story. The mysteries of this episode were used to help tie in the original series with the rest of the Gateways books.

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