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The Enterprise crew discovers an Eden-like paradise on Gamma Trianguli VI, controlled by a machine that is revered by the local humanoid primitives as a god.

Summary

Teaser

On stardate 3715.3, the starship USS Enterprise orbits the planet Gamma Trianguli VI. A landing party comprised of Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, Ensign Chekov, Yeoman Martha Landon and two security officers, Kaplan and Marple, beam down to the planet to scout the area, followed shortly by Dr. McCoy and two more security officers, Hendorff and Mallory.

Spock notes that the soil on the planet is rich and fertile and that there is very little variation in temperature, even at the poles, with a planet-wide average of 76 degrees. Chekov says that it makes him homesick, because it is "just like Russia". When McCoy corrects him that it is more like the Garden of Eden, Chekov claims that the Garden of Eden was "just outside Moscow". However, almost immediately, one of the crewmen, Hendorff, is shot and killed by a pod plant.

Act One

Kirk contacts Scotty on the bridge, who reports that they are having a minor problem with the antimatter pods and that the readings on the planet's electromagnetic field are "a wee bit abnormal". At this point, it does not appear to be a major problem, but Kirk asks him to keep an eye on the situation. Spock reports that his tricorder has detected subsurface vibrations, coming from miles in all directions, that are "quite strong, fairly regular, [and] artificially produced".

Kirk orders two of the remaining security officers to make a full reconnaissance of the area, but to avoid contact with humanoids, be wary of other dangers, and stay in constant communication. Spock detects a humanoid lurking in the bushes nearby. Kirk goes off to investigate, and reports that "whatever it is, it moves like a cat". He advises the other members of the landing party that they are being watched, and they start heading through jungle for a nearby village.

Spock discovers a rock that has a low specific gravity, and is very brittle. After breaking it in two with his bare hands, he casually tosses aside one of the pieces, and it violently explodes.

Back on the USS Enterprise, Scotty contacts Kirk to report that the antimatter pods are completely inert because of something on the planet's surface that is acting "like a pail of water on a fire". Spock surmises that it may have something to do with the vibrations his tricorder picked up earlier.

McCoy shows Kirk some of the plant darts and notes that they have an extremely strong poison on the tip. While he and Kirk are talking, Spock notices one of the pod plants preparing to shoot, just in time to step in front of it and take a chestful of darts himself instead of Kirk. He falls to the ground and the captain fears the worst, but Spock is still alive and McCoy quickly begins treating him.

Realizing there is too much danger, Kirk orders a retreat. However, Scotty reports that the ship's power systems are being drained. An attempt to transport the landing party fails; the Enterprise's transporters don't have enough power to operate.

Act Two

After Kirk realizes he and his party are trapped on the planet, Spock regains consciousness, reporting that the injection McCoy had used to revive him turns his stomach, but that he is otherwise "quite well" (possibly spared by his Vulcan physiology). Kirk chastises him for stepping in front of the plant and tells him to "just yell" next time. Suddenly, an electrical storm starts and Lieutenant Kaplan is struck by lightning and vaporized. The rest of the party runs for cover.

Meanwhile, security officer Mallory (who was not with the landing party when it was discovered that there were exploding rocks on the surface) has reached the village and contacts Kirk to tell him the coordinates, but his communicator stops working shortly afterward. Concerned for his safety, Kirk and the others rush to find him, just in time to see him step right onto an exploding rock. He is killed instantly. Kirk remarks that he knew Kaplan's family, and that Mallory's father helped him get into the Academy. Kirk has become increasingly distraught over the now multiple deaths of his crewmen. Spock and McCoy try to console him by telling him that he couldn't have foreseen any of the accidents that have happened while they were on the planet, but Kirk is convinced that he could and should have done more to prevent them.

While they are talking, Spock notices that the humanoid who was spying on them before has returned. Kirk orders Spock and Chekov to create a diversion while he ambushes the humanoid. Kirk successfully comes up behind the humanoid and punches him in the face but is surprised when the planet native starts to cry. Kirk assures the humanoid that he won't hurt him again, and asks him why he has been following them. He says, "I am the eyes of Vaal. He must see," and introduces himself as "Akuta, the leader of the feeders of Vaal." Kirk asks to speak to Vaal, but Akuta says that he is Vaal's representative and that only he speaks to Vaal. Akuta offers to take Kirk and the others to the village.

Meanwhile, Scotty hails Kirk to inform him that the Enterprise is being held in orbit around the planet by an unknown source, and is unable to break free. Kirk asks again to be taken to Vaal and this time, Akuta agrees, but says that Vaal will speak only to him.

Akuta takes the landing party to Vaal, which is a large cave with a mouth that resembles the head of a serpent.

Act Three

Spock's tricorder reads that Vaal's opening leads beneath the planet's surface and Kirk believes it may be the source of the field that is affecting the Enterprise. When he tries to approach Vaal to get a closer look, he is repelled by a powerful force field. Kirk asks Akuta how he talks to Vaal, and he says that Vaal calls him when he has something to say and that Vaal might be willing to talk when he is hungry.

Akuta leads the landing party to the village for food, drink and rest and introduces them to the "people of Vaal" who are smiling and friendly to the landing party. A female native introduces herself as Sayana, and she and the others seem much amused upon learning Spock's name. Kirk points out that the tribe doesn't seem to have any children and asks Akuta why. Akuta at first doesn't know what a child is, but finally realizes Kirk is talking about "replacements", and replies that Vaal has forbidden love and marriage. McCoy scans the people and sounds surprised when he discovers they are in perfect health and that they don't seem to be aging at all.

Suddenly, the villagers all begin to congregate around Vaal. Kirk and Spock follow, and spy on them from behind a bush. After observing that the villagers are able to approach Vaal, Kirk decides to try his luck. When Kirk and Spock start to get up from behind the bush, Vaal immediately notices, as apparent from suddenly glowing eyes, so they decide against it And resume their attitude of observing only. Kirk wonders whether Vaal gets weaker around feeding time and asks Spock to get an estimate from the Enterprise's astrophysics lab of the total amount of energy Vaal is expending against the ship on an hourly basis.

McCoy joins them and complains to Spock that Vaal is depriving the planet's inhabitants of their right to "a free and unchained environment" and an opportunity for growth. Spock argues that McCoy is unfairly applying Human standards to non-Human cultures, and that humanoids also have the right to choose a system that works for them.

Scotty contacts Kirk to report that Vaal's power output has been slowly decreasing, and that they are working on increasing power to the ship's impulse engines, but the work will take eight hours to complete. Kirk notes that they don't have much longer than that to break orbit before they get pulled into the planet's atmosphere.

Back in the village, Kirk wonders what would happen if one of the villagers died. The party agrees that they would need a replacement, but Yeoman Landon wonders where this replacement would come from, since they don't have any concept of love or sex. Spock postulates that in that case, Vaal would provide the "necessary instructions."

Out in the jungle, two of the villagers, Sayana and Makora, see Landon and Chekov embracing and kissing, become curious and decide to try it themselves. Vaal reacts by shaking the ground as Akuta catches them in the act. Vaal communicates to Akuta through his antennae, apparently telling Akuta that Kirk and the others are dangerous to the planet's inhabitants. He calls a village meeting of the male "children of Vaal" to take place while the landing party is asleep.

Akuta tells the male villagers that Vaal has ordered them to kill the strangers. The villagers don't understand what "kill" means, so Akuta explains that "it is a thing to do, like feeding Vaal" and demonstrates by smashing a piece of fruit (representing a stranger's head) with a stick.

Act Four

While the others sleep, Kirk and Spock discuss the situation. Kirk has decided that he agrees with McCoy: the villagers' society is completely stagnant and exists only to serve Vaal. Spock warns that interfering with Vaal would violate the Prime Directive but Kirk sees no other choice. "These are people, not robots."

Kirk contacts Scotty and asks for a progress report. Scotty still needs half an hour to complete the modifications to the engines, but he only has 47 minutes until the Enterprise is pulled into the planet's atmosphere.

Spock announces that the people of Vaal seem to have disappeared. Kirk and Spock go to Vaal and Spock determines that the force field is down. Kirk tries to talk to Vaal, but Vaal starts another lightning storm. Spock is stunned by a bolt of lightning, and Kirk carries him back to the village, where McCoy diagnoses him with second degree burns – painful, but not serious.

Suddenly, the villagers return and successfully ambush and kill Marple but the others are able to fight off the rest of the villagers. Kirk orders Chekov and Landon to imprison the villagers in one of the huts.

With twelve minutes left before the ship enters the atmosphere, Scotty has transferred all available power to the impulse engines and is ready to try to break orbit. He orders full reverse and the ship pulls away enough to gain another hour but most of the ship's systems have been heavily damaged and he will not be able to try it again. Kirk becomes distraught at the idea of the Enterprise's entire crew of over 400 dying because he didn't realize the danger early enough and orders McCoy and Chekov to prevent any of the villagers from feeding Vaal and Scotty to concentrate all of the Enterprise's phaser power on Vaal's coordinates. The ship begins firing phasers at Vaal.

Trying to defend itself against Enterprise's phasers forces Vaal to exhaust all of its energy reserves. Spock determines that Vaal is no longer generating any power and pronounces it dead. Scotty reports that potency is returning to the ship's antimatter pods and that engineering will be able to start repairs immediately. Kirk orders him to send an engineering detail down to the surface as soon as the transporters are fixed and then tells Chekov and McCoy to release the villagers. Later, in front of a lifeless Vaal, Akuta is at a loss as to how he and his people will survive without Vaal. Kirk tells Akuta and the rest of the natives that they now have the freedom to live their lives as they see fit and to love.

Back on the Enterprise, Spock expresses his concern that the people of Vaal have been "driven out of paradise", as in the Biblical story of "Genesis". Kirk asks if Spock is casting him in the role of Satan, which Spock denies and then rhetorically asks Spock whether he knows of anyone on the ship who looks like Satan. Spock replies, "I am not aware of anyone who fits that description, captain." Kirk says, "No, Mr. Spock, I didn't think you would."

Log entries

"Captain's log, stardate 3715.3. While making a routine exploration of the unexplored Gamma Trianguli VI, one of my men has been killed by a poisonous plant."
"Captain's log, supplementary. Our investigation of Gamma Trianguli VI has suddenly turned into a nightmare. We're being watched and followed, Mr. Spock has been injured, and now we find we are unable to return to the ship."
"Captain's log, stardate 3715.6. We have been introduced to Vaal, evidently the source of the planet's power emanations, possibly the force that threatens both us, and our ship."

Memorable quotes

"What did somebody say? That paradise must have looked like this?"

- Kirk upon the death of Hendorff on Gamma Trianguli VI's surface

"The Garden of Eden was just outside Moscow. A very nice place. It must have made Adam and Eve very sad to leave."

- Chekov, as McCoy describes the planet as the Garden of Eden

"Garden of Eden, with land mines."

- Kirk, after Spock tosses a rock which explodes

"Doctor McCoy's potion is acting like all his potions – turning my stomach. Other than that, I am quite well."
"If your blood were red instead of green, you wouldn't have an upset stomach."

- Spock and McCoy, as McCoy treats Spock from the poisonous thorns

"Trying to get yourself killed...Do you know how much Starfleet has invested in you?"
"One hundred twenty-two thousand, two-hundred..."
"Never mind!"

- Kirk and Spock, as Spock recovers from taking an attack meant for Kirk

"Mister Chekov, your tricorder readings are totally inefficient!"
"Uh, mind your own business, sir! For your information, I have a very high efficiency rating!"
"Ensign, I will not have you address me in that tone of voice!"
"What do you want, violins?"

- Spock and Chekov, creating a diversion for Akuta

"It, ah, does something for you."
"Yes, indeed it does, Captain. It makes me uncomfortable."

- Kirk and Spock, referring to the garlands given to Spock

"Little ones like yourselves. They grow."

- Kirk, describing children to Akuta

"Well, there goes paradise."

- McCoy, after learning that love is forbidden by Vaal

"There are certain absolutes, Mr. Spock, and one of them is the right of humanoids to a free and unchained environment; the right to have conditions that permit growth.'""

- McCoy to Spock, on the stagnant condition of the humanoids serving Vaal

"I mean, how is it ... done?"
"Mister Spock, you're the science officer. Why don't you explain it to the young lady?"
"Well, I believe it's safe ..." (Spock coughs) "... safe to assume that they would ... receive the necessary ... instructions."
"From a machine? That I'd like to see."

- Landon, Kirk, Spock and McCoy, discussing Vaalian reproductivity

"It is a ... thing to do, like ... like feeding Vaal."

- Akuta, explaining to the followers of Vaal how they must kill Kirk and the others

"Second-degree burns. Not serious, but I bet they smart."
"Doctor, you have an unsurpassed talent for understatement."

- McCoy and Spock, after Spock is hit in the back by a lightning strike

"The good doctor was concerned that the Vaalians achieve true Human stature. I submit there is no cause for worry. They've taken the first step. They've learned to kill."

- Spock, after Marple presumably dies

"Little ones, look like you...just go on the way you're going, you'll find out."

- Kirk, explaining children to the natives

"Is there anyone on this ship ... who even remotely ... looks like Satan?"

- Kirk, as he and McCoy circle Spock

Background information

Spock's lightning-burned shirt was auctioned off at a science-fiction convention in 1967.
This is the episode in which the redshirt phenomenon comes to the fore. Every red-shirted male in the landing party dies horribly. Hendorff is killed by the plant's poisoned darts, Kaplan by the lightning, Mallory is blown up by an exploding rock, and Marple is killed by a blow to the head.
Of his many appearances in Star Trek's second and third seasons, this was the most dialogue Jay Jones ever delivered. In fact, his only other speaking roles are three words in "The Tholian Web" and a couple of brief voiceover lines in "Catspaw".
Jay Jones, a frequent stunt performer, was seriously injured while filming the "exploding rock" scene.
Footage of the Enterprise firing phasers down to the surface of a planet is reused from "Who Mourns for Adonais?".
Walter Koenig seems to have discarded the wig he used in his earlier episodes. Since his own hair was now long enough, it was not necessary for him to wear it anymore.
The sparkling effects as Vaal is attacked by the phaser barrage were lifted from the opticals used for the Companion in "Metamorphosis". They will appear again in the opticals for the creature in "Obsession".
Celeste Yarnall wore Grace Lee Whitney's costume, left over from season one. It was recut and fitted to suit her. Worrying if Whitney might return and need the costume, Bill Theiss assured her that she will never return. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two)
George Takei (Sulu) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) do not appear in this episode.
After reading the script giving Akuta an antennae implanted in his head, Bob Justman jokingly suggested they should cast Ray Walston (famous for his portrayal of "Uncle Martin" in My Favorite Martian) for the part. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two) Two and half decades later Walston was indeed cast in Star Trek, in the role of Boothby in "The First Duty".
Spock states he has an assessable value in this episode, which he begins to enumerate as "One hundred twenty-two thousand, two hundred ...", after Kirk asks if he knows how much Starfleet has invested in him.
McCoy describes the poison in the thorns that killed Hendorff and injured Spock to be "like saponin, only 1,000 times stronger." Given the potency of sapotoxin, this would give it an approximate LD50 of 1 mg/kg earning it a rating of a class 1 toxin (extremely toxic) on the Hodge and Sterner Scale.
It is established in this episode that the warp nacelles can be discarded from the ship and that it is a dangerous process.
This episode's original script called for an emergency saucer separation. However, due to budgeting, the effect was only mentioned but not seen. The first time it will be seen is in TNG's pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint".
In a special feature on the Star Trek (2009) DVD, Anton Yelchin, who plays his alternate counterpart in the film, specifically mentions Chekov's behavior in this episode - seemingly more concerned with "macking" on Landon than completing the mission at hand - as a prime example of the eccentricities which, in Yelchin's opinion, were the best thing about the character.
The episode was adapted into issue thirteen of IDW Publishing's alternate reality Star Trek: Ongoing comic series, "Hendorff". In this version, the redshirts survive their ordeal, although Hendorff ("Cupcake" from the 2009 film) wonders if in another universe everyone died.

Remastered information

Minimal changes were made to the special effects in the remastered version of this episode. Most notable was the new appearance of Gamma Trianguli VI and the phaser color and its effect while hitting Vaal. The sky color surrounding the storm clouds (taken from stock footage) was tinted red and orange in the DVD version, to match the red colored soundstage backdrop. In the remastered version, it's reverted back to the original blue-gray and black.

Production timeline

Story outline by Max Ehrlich: 10 April 1967
Revised story outline: 2 May 1967, 4 May 1967
First draft teleplay: 29 May 1967
Revised first draft: 20 June 1967
Revised first draft by Gene L. Coon: 28 June 1967
Final draft teleplay: early-July 1967
Revised final draft: early-July 1967
Second revised final draft: 12 July 1967
Additional page revisions: 13 July 1967, 19 July 1967
Filmed: 14 July 1967 – 24 July 1967
Original airdate: 13 October 1967
Rerun airdate: 12 July 1968
First Uk airdate: 4 May 1970

Video and DVD releases

Original US Betamax release: 1986
UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 20, catalog number VHR 2353, release date unknown
US VHS release: 15 April 1994
UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 2.3, 10 March 1997
Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 19, 13 February 2001
As part of the TOS Season 2 DVD collection

Links and references

Starring

William Shatner as Capt. Kirk

Also starring

Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock

And

DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Guest star

Keith Andes as Akuta

Co-starring

Celeste Yarnall as Yeoman Martha Landon

Featuring

External links

"The Apple"
"The Apple" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
"The Apple" at Wikipedia
""The Apple"" at MissionLogPodcast.com, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast

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 ==Summary==
 ===Teaser===
-On [[stardate]] 3715.3, the [[starship]] {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} orbits the [[planet]] [[Gamma Trianguli VI]]. A landing party comprised of [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]], [[Spock]], [[Ensign]] [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]],  [[Yeoman]] [[Martha Landon]] and two [[security officer]]s [[Transporter|beams]] down to the planet to scout the area, followed shortly by Dr. [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] and two more security officers.
+On [[stardate]] 3715.3, the [[starship]] {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} orbits the [[planet]] [[Gamma Trianguli VI]]. A landing party comprised of [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]], [[Commander]] [[Spock]], [[Ensign]] [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]], [[Yeoman]] [[Martha Landon]] and two [[security officer]]s, {{dis|Kaplan|Lieutenant}} and [[Marple]], [[Transporter|beam]] down to the planet to scout the area, followed shortly by Dr. [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] and two more security officers, [[Hendorff]] and [[Mallory]].
-Spock notes that the soil on the planet is rich and fertile and that there is very little variation in temperature, even at the poles, with a planet-wide average of 76 degrees. Chekov says that it makes him homesick, because it is "just like [[Russia]]". When McCoy corrects him that it is more like the [[Garden of Eden]], Chekov claims that the Garden of Eden was "just outside [[Moscow]]". However, they soon discover a world of dart-shooting [[plant]]s, explosive rocks, and electric storms. Almost immediately, one of the crewmen, [[Hendorff]], is [[Redshirt|shot and killed]] by a [[Gamma Trianguli VI pod plant|pod plant]].
+Spock notes that the soil on the planet is rich and fertile and that there is very little variation in temperature, even at the poles, with a planet-wide average of 76 degrees. Chekov says that it makes him homesick, because it is "just like [[Russia]]". When McCoy corrects him that it is more like the [[Garden of Eden]], Chekov claims that the Garden of Eden was "just outside [[Moscow]]". However, almost immediately, one of the crewmen, Hendorff, is [[Redshirt|shot and killed]] by a [[Gamma Trianguli VI pod plant|pod plant]].
 ===Act One===
-Kirk contacts [[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]] on the bridge, who reports that they are having a minor problem with the [[antimatter]] pods and that the readings on the planet's [[electromagnetic field]] are "a wee bit abnormal". Spock reports that his [[tricorder]] has detected subsurface vibrations, coming from miles in all directions, that are "quite strong, fairly regular, [and] artificially produced".
+Kirk contacts [[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]] on the bridge, who reports that they are having a minor problem with the [[antimatter]] pods and that the readings on the planet's [[electromagnetic field]] are "a wee bit abnormal". At this point, it does not appear to be a major problem, but Kirk asks him to keep an eye on the situation. Spock reports that his [[tricorder]] has detected subsurface vibrations, coming from miles in all directions, that are "quite strong, fairly regular, [and] artificially produced".
 Kirk orders two of the remaining security officers to make a full reconnaissance of the area, but to avoid contact with [[humanoid]]s, be wary of other dangers, and stay in constant [[communication]]. [[Spock]] detects a humanoid lurking in the bushes nearby. Kirk goes off to investigate, and reports that "whatever it is, it moves like a [[cat]]". He advises the other members of the landing party that they are being watched, and they start heading through jungle for a nearby village.
-Spock discovers a rock that has a low specific gravity, and is very brittle. After breaking it in two with his bare hands, he throws one of the pieces away, and it explodes.
+Spock discovers a rock that has a low specific gravity, and is very brittle. After breaking it in two with his bare hands, he casually tosses aside one of the pieces, and it violently explodes.
 Back on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, Scotty contacts Kirk to report that the antimatter pods are completely inert because of something on the planet's surface that is acting "like a pail of water on a fire". Spock surmises that it may have something to do with the vibrations his tricorder picked up earlier.
-McCoy shows Kirk some of the plant darts and notes that they have an extremely strong [[poison]] on the tip. While he and Kirk are talking, Spock notices one of the pod plants preparing to shoot, just in time to step in front of it and take a chestful of darts himself.
+McCoy shows Kirk some of the plant darts and notes that they have an extremely strong [[poison]] on the tip. While he and Kirk are talking, Spock notices one of the pod plants preparing to shoot, just in time to step in front of it and take a chestful of darts himself instead of Kirk. He falls to the ground and the captain fears the worst, but Spock is still alive and McCoy quickly begins treating him.
-Realizing there is too much danger, Kirk orders a retreat. However, Scotty reports that the ship's power systems are being drained. As such, the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s transporters don't have enough power to operate.
+Realizing there is too much danger, Kirk orders a retreat. However, Scotty reports that the ship's power systems are being drained. An attempt to transport the landing party fails; the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s transporters don't have enough power to operate.
 ===Act Two===
-Spock regains consciousness, reporting that the [[Masiform-D|injection]] McCoy had used to revive him turns his stomach, but that he is otherwise "quite well" (possibly spared by his [[Vulcan]] physiology). Kirk chastises him for stepping in front of the plant and tells him to "just yell" next time. Suddenly, an electrical storm starts and Lieutenant [[Kaplan (Lieutenant)|Kaplan]] is struck by lightning and vaporized. The rest of the party runs for cover.
+After Kirk realizes he and his party are trapped on the planet, Spock regains consciousness, reporting that the [[Masiform-D|injection]] McCoy had used to revive him turns his stomach, but that he is otherwise "quite well" (possibly spared by his [[Vulcan]] physiology). Kirk chastises him for stepping in front of the plant and tells him to "just yell" next time. Suddenly, an electrical storm starts and Lieutenant Kaplan is struck by lightning and vaporized. The rest of the party runs for cover.
-Meanwhile, security officer [[Mallory]] has reached the village and contacts Kirk to tell him the coordinates, but his [[communicator]] stops working shortly afterward. Concerned for his safety, Kirk and the others rush to find him, just in time to see him step right onto an exploding rock. He is killed instantly. Kirk has become increasingly distraught over the [[death]]s of his crewmen. Spock and McCoy try to console him by telling him that he couldn't have foreseen any of the accidents that have happened while they were on the planet, but Kirk is convinced that he should have done more to prevent them.
+Meanwhile, security officer Mallory (who was not with the landing party when it was discovered that there were exploding rocks on the surface) has reached the village and contacts Kirk to tell him the coordinates, but his [[communicator]] stops working shortly afterward. Concerned for his safety, Kirk and the others rush to find him, just in time to see him step right onto an exploding rock. He is killed instantly. Kirk remarks that he knew Kaplan's family, and that {{dis|Mallory|Senior|Mallory's father}} helped him get into the [[Starfleet Academy|Academy]]. Kirk has become increasingly distraught over the now multiple [[death]]s of his crewmen. Spock and McCoy try to console him by telling him that he couldn't have foreseen any of the accidents that have happened while they were on the planet, but Kirk is convinced that he could and should have done more to prevent them.
-While they are talking, Spock notices that the humanoid who was spying on them before has returned. Kirk orders Spock and Chekov to create a diversion while he ambushes the humanoid. Kirk successfully comes up behind the humanoid and punches him in the face but is surprised when he starts to cry. Kirk assures the humanoid that he won't hurt him again, and asks him why he has been following them. He says, "''I am the eyes of [[Vaal]]. He must see,''" and introduces himself as "''[[Akuta]], the leader of the [[feeders of Vaal]].''" Kirk asks to speak to Vaal, but Akuta says that he is Vaal's representative and that only he speaks to Vaal. Akuta offers to take Kirk and the others to the village.
+While they are talking, Spock notices that the humanoid who was spying on them before has returned. Kirk orders Spock and Chekov to create a diversion while he ambushes the humanoid. Kirk successfully comes up behind the humanoid and punches him in the face but is surprised when the planet native starts to cry. Kirk assures the humanoid that he won't hurt him again, and asks him why he has been following them. He says, "''I am the eyes of [[Vaal]]. He must see,''" and introduces himself as "''[[Akuta]], the leader of the [[feeders of Vaal]].''" Kirk asks to speak to Vaal, but Akuta says that he is Vaal's representative and that only he speaks to Vaal. Akuta offers to take Kirk and the others to the village.
 Meanwhile, Scotty hails Kirk to inform him that the ''Enterprise'' is being held in [[orbit]] around the planet by an unknown source, and is unable to break free. Kirk asks again to be taken to Vaal and this time, Akuta agrees, but says that Vaal will speak only to him.
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 ===Act Three===
 Spock's tricorder reads that Vaal's opening leads beneath the planet's surface and Kirk believes it may be the source of the field that is affecting the Enterprise. When he tries to approach Vaal to get a closer look, he is repelled by a powerful [[force field]]. Kirk asks Akuta how he talks to Vaal, and he says that Vaal calls him when he has something to say and that Vaal might be willing to talk when he is hungry.
-Akuta leads the landing party to the village for food, drink and rest and introduces them to the "people of Vaal." Then Kirk points out that the tribe doesn't seem to have any children and asks Akuta why. Akuta doesn't know what a child is, replying that Vaal has forbidden [[love]] and [[marriage]]. McCoy scans the people and sounds surprised when he discovers they are in perfect health and that they don't seem to be aging at all.
+Akuta leads the landing party to the village for food, drink and rest and introduces them to the "people of Vaal" who are smiling and friendly to the landing party. A female native introduces herself as Sayana, and she and the others seem much amused upon learning Spock's name. Kirk points out that the tribe doesn't seem to have any children and asks Akuta why. Akuta at first doesn't know what a child is, but finally realizes Kirk is talking about "replacements", and replies that Vaal has forbidden [[love]] and [[marriage]]. McCoy scans the people and sounds surprised when he discovers they are in perfect health and that they don't seem to be aging at all.
-Suddenly, the villagers all begin to congregate around Vaal. Kirk and Spock follow, and spy on them from behind a bush. After observing that the villagers are able to approach Vaal, Kirk decides to try his luck. When Kirk and Spock start to get up from behind the bush, Vaal immediately notices, so they decide against it. Kirk wonders whether Vaal gets weaker around feeding time and asks Spock to get an estimate from the [[astrophysics]] lab of the total amount of energy Vaal is expending against the ''Enterprise'' on an hourly basis.
+Suddenly, the villagers all begin to congregate around Vaal. Kirk and Spock follow, and spy on them from behind a bush. After observing that the villagers are able to approach Vaal, Kirk decides to try his luck. When Kirk and Spock start to get up from behind the bush, Vaal immediately notices, as apparent from suddenly glowing eyes, so they decide against it And resume their attitude of observing only. Kirk wonders whether Vaal gets weaker around feeding time and asks Spock to get an estimate from the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[astrophysics]] lab of the total amount of energy Vaal is expending against the ship on an hourly basis.
 McCoy joins them and complains to Spock that Vaal is depriving the planet's inhabitants of their right to "a free and unchained environment" and an opportunity for growth. Spock argues that McCoy is unfairly applying [[Human]] standards to non-Human cultures, and that humanoids also have the right to choose a system that works for them.
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 Back in the village, Kirk wonders what would happen if one of the villagers [[Death|died]]. The party agrees that they would need a replacement, but [[Martha Landon|Yeoman Landon]] wonders where this replacement would come from, since they don't have any concept of love or [[sex]]. Spock postulates that in that case, Vaal would provide the "necessary instructions."
-Out in the jungle, two of the villagers see Landon and Chekov kissing, become curious and decide to try it themselves. Vaal reacts by shain the ground as Akuta catches them. Vaal communictes to Akuta through his antennae, and Akuta realizes that Kirk and the others are dangerous. He calls a village meeting of the male children of Vaal to take place while the landing party is asleep.
+Out in the jungle, two of the villagers, [[Sayana]] and [[Makora]], see Landon and Chekov embracing and [[kiss]]ing, become curious and decide to try it themselves. Vaal reacts by shaking the ground as Akuta catches them in the act. Vaal communicates to Akuta through his antennae, apparently telling Akuta that Kirk and the others are dangerous to the planet's inhabitants. He calls a village meeting of the male "children of Vaal" to take place while the landing party is asleep.
 Akuta tells the male villagers that Vaal has ordered them to kill the strangers. The villagers don't understand what "kill" means, so Akuta explains that "''it is a thing to do, like feeding Vaal''" and demonstrates by smashing a piece of fruit (representing a stranger's head) with a stick.
 ===Act Four===
-While the others sleep, Kirk and Spock discuss the situation. Kirk has decided that he agrees with McCoy: the villagers' society is completely stagnant and exists only to serve Vaal. Spock warns that interfering with Vaal would violate the [[Prime Directive]].
+While the others sleep, Kirk and Spock discuss the situation. Kirk has decided that he agrees with McCoy: the villagers' society is completely stagnant and exists only to serve Vaal. Spock warns that interfering with Vaal would violate the [[Prime Directive]] but Kirk sees no other choice. "''These are people, not robots.''"
 Kirk contacts Scotty and asks for a progress report. Scotty still needs half an hour to complete the modifications to the engines, but he only has 47 minutes until the ''Enterprise'' is pulled into the planet's atmosphere.
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 Spock announces that the people of Vaal seem to have disappeared. Kirk and Spock go to Vaal and Spock determines that the force field is down. Kirk tries to talk to Vaal, but Vaal starts another lightning storm. Spock is stunned by a bolt of lightning, and Kirk carries him back to the village, where McCoy diagnoses him with second degree [[burn]]s &ndash; painful, but not serious.
-Suddenly, the villagers return and successfully ambush and kill [[Marple]] but the others are able to fight off the rest of the villagers. Kirk orders Chekov and Landon to imprison the villagers in one of the huts.
+Suddenly, the villagers return and successfully ambush and kill Marple but the others are able to fight off the rest of the villagers. Kirk orders Chekov and Landon to imprison the villagers in one of the huts.
-With twelve minutes left before the ship enters the atmosphere, Scotty has transferred all available power to the impulse engines and is ready to try to break orbit. He orders full reverse and the ship pulls away enough to gain another hour but most of the ship's systems have been heavily damaged and he will not be able to try it again. Kirk becomes distraught at the idea of the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s entire crew dying because he didn't realize the danger early enough and orders McCoy and Chekov to prevent any of the villagers from feeding Vaal and Scotty to concentrate all of the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[phaser]] power on Vaal's coordinates.
+With twelve minutes left before the ship enters the atmosphere, Scotty has transferred all available power to the impulse engines and is ready to try to break orbit. He orders full reverse and the ship pulls away enough to gain another hour but most of the ship's systems have been heavily damaged and he will not be able to try it again. Kirk becomes distraught at the idea of the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s entire crew of over 400 dying because he didn't realize the danger early enough and orders McCoy and Chekov to prevent any of the villagers from feeding Vaal and Scotty to concentrate all of the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[phaser]] power on Vaal's coordinates. The ship begins firing phasers at Vaal.
-Trying to defend itself against ''Enterprise''{{'}}s phasers forces Vaal to exhaust all of its energy reserves. Spock determines that Vaal is no longer generating any power and pronounces it dead. Scotty reports that potency is returning to the ship's antimatter pods and that [[engineering]] will be able to start repairs immediately. Kirk orders him to send an engineering detail down to the surface as soon as the transporters are fixed and then tells Chekov and McCoy to release the villagers.
+Trying to defend itself against ''Enterprise''{{'}}s phasers forces Vaal to exhaust all of its energy reserves. Spock determines that Vaal is no longer generating any power and pronounces it dead. Scotty reports that potency is returning to the ship's antimatter pods and that [[engineering]] will be able to start repairs immediately. Kirk orders him to send an engineering detail down to the surface as soon as the transporters are fixed and then tells Chekov and McCoy to release the villagers. Later, in front of a lifeless Vaal, Akuta is at a loss as to how he and his people will survive without Vaal. Kirk tells Akuta and the rest of the natives that they now have the freedom to live their lives as they see fit and to love.
-Back on ''Enterprise'', Spock expresses his concern that the people of Vaal have been "driven out of [[paradise]]", as in the [[Bible|Biblical]] story of [[Genesis (bible)|Genesis]]. Kirk asks if Spock is casting him in the role of [[Satan]], which Spock denies and then rhetorically asks Spock whether he knows of anyone on the ship who looks like Satan. Spock replies, "''I am not aware of anyone who fits that description, captain.''" Kirk says, "''No, Mr. Spock, I didn't think you would.''"
+Back on the ''Enterprise'', Spock expresses his concern that the people of Vaal have been "driven out of [[paradise]]", as in the [[Bible|Biblical]] story of "{{dis|Genesis|Bible}}". Kirk asks if Spock is casting him in the role of [[Satan]], which Spock denies and then rhetorically asks Spock whether he knows of anyone on the ship who looks like Satan. Spock replies, "''I am not aware of anyone who fits that description, captain.''" Kirk says, "''No, Mr. Spock, I didn't think you would.''"
 ==Log entries==
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 ==Memorable quotes==
+"''What did somebody say? That paradise ''must'' have looked like this?''"
+: - '''Kirk''' upon the death of Hendorff on Gamma Trianguli VI's surface
 "''The Garden of Eden was just outside Moscow. A very nice place. It must have made Adam and Eve very sad to leave.''"
 : - '''Chekov''', as McCoy describes the planet as the Garden of Eden
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 "''Well, there goes paradise.''"
 : - '''McCoy''', after learning that love is forbidden by Vaal
+"''There are certain absolutes, Mr. Spock, and one of them is the right of humanoids to a free and unchained environment; the right to have conditions that permit growth.'""''
+: - '''McCoy''' to '''Spock''', on the stagnant condition of the humanoids serving Vaal
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 "''Second-degree burns. Not serious, but I bet they smart.''"<br />
 "''Doctor, you have an unsurpassed talent for understatement.''"
-: - '''McCoy''' and '''Spock''', after Spock is hit in the back by a lightning
+: - '''McCoy''' and '''Spock''', after Spock is hit in the back by a lightning strike
-"''The good doctor was concerned that the Vaalians achieve true human stature. I submit there is no cause for worry. They've taken the first step. They've learned to kill.''"
+"''The good doctor was concerned that the Vaalians achieve true Human stature. I submit there is no cause for worry. They've taken the first step. They've learned to kill.''"
-: - '''Spock''', after Marple dies
+: - '''Spock''', after Marple presumably dies
+"''Little ones, look like you...just go on the way you're going, you'll find out.''"
+: - '''Kirk''', explaining children to the natives
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 : - '''Kirk''', as he and McCoy circle Spock
-==Background Information==
+==Background information==
 * Spock's lightning-burned shirt was auctioned off at a science-fiction convention in 1967.
 * This is the episode in which the [[redshirt]] phenomenon comes to the fore. Every red-shirted male in the landing party dies horribly. Hendorff is killed by the plant's poisoned darts, Kaplan by the lightning, Mallory is blown up by an exploding rock, and Marple is killed by a blow to the head.
 * Of his many appearances in ''Star Trek''{{'}}s second and third seasons, this was the most dialogue [[Jay Jones]] ever delivered. In fact, his only other speaking roles are three words in {{e|The Tholian Web}} and a couple of brief voiceover lines in {{e|Catspaw}}.
+* Jay Jones, a frequent stunt performer, was seriously injured while filming the "exploding rock" scene.
 * Footage of the ''Enterprise'' firing phasers down to the surface of a planet is reused from {{e|Who Mourns for Adonais?}}.
 * [[Walter Koenig]] seems to have discarded the wig he used in his earlier episodes. Since his own hair was now long enough, it was not necessary for him to wear it anymore.
 * The sparkling effects as [[Vaal]] is attacked by the phaser barrage were lifted from the opticals used for the Companion in {{e|Metamorphosis}}. They will appear again in the opticals for the creature in {{e|Obsession}}.
+* [[Celeste Yarnall]] wore [[Grace Lee Whitney]]'s costume, left over from season one. It was recut and fitted to suit her. Worrying if Whitney might return and need the costume, [[William Ware Theiss|Bill Theiss]] assured her that she will ''never'' return. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two]]'')
 * [[George Takei]] ([[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]]) and [[Nichelle Nichols]] ([[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]]) do not appear in this episode.
+* After reading the script giving [[Akuta]] an antennae implanted in his head, [[Bob Justman]] jokingly suggested they should cast [[Ray Walston]] (famous for his portrayal of "Uncle Martin" in ''My Favorite Martian'') for the part. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two]]'') Two and half decades later Walston was indeed cast in ''Star Trek'', in the role of [[Boothby]] in {{e|The First Duty}}.
 * Spock states he has an assessable value in this episode, which he begins to enumerate as "One hundred twenty-two thousand, two hundred ...", after Kirk asks if he knows how much Starfleet has invested in him.
 * McCoy describes the poison in the thorns that killed Hendorff and injured Spock to be "like saponin, only 1,000 times stronger." Given the potency of sapotoxin, this would give it an approximate LD50 of 1 mg/kg earning it a rating of a class 1 toxin (extremely toxic) on the Hodge and Sterner Scale.
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 * This episode's original script called for an emergency [[saucer separation]]. However, due to budgeting, the effect was only mentioned but not seen. The first time it will be seen is in [[TNG]]'s pilot episode, {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}}.
 * In a special feature on the {{film|11}} (2009) DVD, [[Anton Yelchin]], who plays his [[Pavel Chekov (alternate reality)|alternate counterpart]] in the film, specifically mentions Chekov's behavior in this episode - seemingly more concerned with "macking" on Landon than completing the mission at hand - as a prime example of the eccentricities which, in Yelchin's opinion, were the best thing about the character.
-* The episode was adapted into issue thirteen of [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[alternate reality]] ''[[Star Trek (IDW ongoing)|Star Trek]]'' comic, "[[The Redshirt's Tale]]". In this version, the redshirts survive their ordeal, although [[Hendorff (alternate reality)|Hendorff]] ("Cupcake" from the 2009 film) wonders if in another universe everyone died.
+* The episode was adapted into issue thirteen of [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[alternate reality]] ''[[Star Trek: Ongoing]]'' comic series, "{{dis|Hendorff|comic}}". In this version, the redshirts survive their ordeal, although {{alt|Hendorff}} ("Cupcake" from the 2009 film) wonders if in another universe everyone died.
 ===Remastered information===
 Minimal changes were made to the special effects in the remastered version of this episode. Most notable was the new appearance of Gamma Trianguli VI and the phaser color and its effect while hitting Vaal. The sky color surrounding the storm clouds (taken from stock footage) was tinted red and orange in the DVD version, to match the red colored soundstage backdrop. In the remastered version, it's reverted back to the original blue-gray and black.
-<gallery perrow=4>
+<gallery>
 File:TOS generic planet 5a.jpg|''Enterprise'' in orbit of Gamma Trianguli VI, forward
 File:Gamma Trianguli VI-1, remastered.jpg|Remastered version
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 ===Production timeline===
-* Story outline with premises by [[A.E. van Vogt]], {{d|10|April|1967}}
+* Story outline by [[Max Ehrlich]]: {{d|10|April|1967}}
-* Story outline by [[Max Ehrlich]], {{d|2|May|1967}}
+* Revised story outline: {{d|2|May|1967}}, {{d|4|May|1967}}
-* Story outline, {{d|4|May|1967}}
+* First draft teleplay: {{d|29|May|1967}}
-* First draft teleplay, {{d|29|May|1967}}
+* Revised first draft: {{d|20|June|1967}}
-* Second Revised final draft, {{d|12|July|1967}}
+* Revised first draft by [[Gene L. Coon]]: {{d|28|June|1967}}
-* Filmed {{d|14|July|1967}} &ndash; {{d|24|July|1967}}
+* Final draft teleplay: early-{{m|July|1967}}
-* Original airdate, {{d|13|October|1967}}
+* Revised final draft: early-{{m|July|1967}}
-* Rerun airdate, {{d|12|July|1968}}
+* Second revised final draft: {{d|12|July|1967}}
+* Additional page revisions: {{d|13|July|1967}}, {{d|19|July|1967}}
+* Filmed: {{d|14|July|1967}} &ndash; {{d|24|July|1967}}
+* Original airdate: {{d|13|October|1967}}
+* Rerun airdate: {{d|12|July|1968}}
 * First Uk airdate: {{d|4|May|1970}}
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 ===Also starring===
 * [[Leonard Nimoy]] as Mr. [[Spock]]
-:And
+;And
 * [[DeForest Kelley]] as Dr. [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]]
@@ Line 249: / Line 268: @@
 ===Uncredited co-stars===
 * [[Paul Baxley]] as an [[Unnamed Vaalians|unnamed Vaalian]]
-* [[William Blackburn]] as:
+* [[William Blackburn]] as
 ** an [[Unnamed Vaalians|unnamed Vaalian]]
 ** [[Hadley]]
@@ Line 255: / Line 274: @@
 * [[Bobby Clark]] as an [[Unnamed Vaalians|unnamed Vaalian]]
 * [[Vince Deadrick]] as an [[Unnamed Vaalians|unnamed Vaalian]]
-* [[Dick Dial]] as [[Kaplan (Lieutenant)|Kaplan]]
+* [[Dick Dial]] as {{dis|Kaplan|Lieutenant}}
 * [[Jeannie Malone]] as
 ** an [[Unnamed Vaalians|unnamed Vaalian]]
-** a [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel|yeoman]]
+** a [[USS Enterprise operations yeoman 1|yeoman]]
 * [[Eddie Paskey]] as [[Leslie]]
 * [[Russ Peek]] as an [[Unnamed Vaalians|unnamed Vaalian]]
+* [[Unknown actor]] as
+** [[USS Enterprise command crew woman 12|Command crew woman]]
+** [[USS Enterprise operations engineering technician 4|Engineering technician 1]]
+** [[USS Enterprise operations engineering technician 8|Engineering technician 2]]
+** [[USS Enterprise operations security guard 26|Security guard 2]]
 ===Stunt double===
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 ===References===
-[[Adam and Eve]]; [[antennae]]; [[antimatter pod]]; [[apple]]; [[arteriosclerosis]]; [[astrophysics]]; [[atmospheric analysis]]; [[bacteria]]; [[bearing]]; [[Bible]]; [[biology]]; [[biological reproduction]]; "[[Bones]]"; [[cat]]; [[cleavage]]; [[cloud]]; [[condition red]]; [[credit]]; [[decalcification]]; [[degeneration]]; [[dim time]]; [[electromagnetic field]]; [[electromagnetic section]]; [[energy cell]]; [[explosive mineral formations]]; [[Fahrenheit]]; [[Federation scoutship]]; [[fly]]; [[flypaper]]; [[force field]]; [[Formation L]]; [[Gamma Trianguli]]; [[Gamma Trianguli VI]]; [[Gamma Trianguli VI pod plant]]; [[Garden of Eden]]; [[Genesis (bible)|Genesis]]; [[hornblende]]; [[husbandry]]; [[kilometer]]; [[kitchen sink]]; [[land mine]]; [[lightning]]; [[logic]]; [[love]]; [[Masiform D]]; [[Mess call]]; [[Milky Way Galaxy]]; [[nightmare]]; [[Moscow]]; [[Noninterference Directive]]; [[planetary defense system]]; [[poison]]; [[power generator]]; [[quartz]]; "[[replacement]]"; [[Russia]]; [[saponin]]; [[Satan]]; [[saucer separation]]; [[Unnamed Federation starships|scout]]; [[second-degree burn]]; [[soil]]; [[social evolution]]; [[specific gravity]]; [[Starfleet]]; [[Starfleet Academy]]; [[Starfleet Command]]; [[stomach]]; [[transporter system]]; [[tractor beam]]; [[tribe]]; [[tricorder]]; [[uraninite]]; [[Vaal]]; [[Vaalian]]s; [[violin]]; [[Vulcan]]; [[Wortham unit]]s
+[[Adam and Eve]]; [[antenna]]e; [[antimatter pod]]; [[apple]]; [[arteriosclerosis]]; [[astrophysics]]; [[atmospheric analysis]]; [[bacteria]]; [[bearing]]; [[Bible]]; [[biology]]; [[biological reproduction]]; "[[Bones]]"; [[cat]]; [[cleavage]]; [[cloud]]; [[condition red]]; [[credit]]; [[decalcification]]; [[degeneration]]; [[diet]]; [[dim time]]; [[electromagnetic field]]; [[electromagnetic section]]; [[energy cell]]; [[explosive mineral formations]]; [[Fahrenheit]]; [[Federation scoutship]]; [[fly]]; [[flypaper]]; [[force field]]; [[Formation L]]; [[Gamma Trianguli]]; [[Gamma Trianguli VI]]; [[Gamma Trianguli VI pod plant]]; [[Garden of Eden]]; "{{dis|Genesis|Bible}}"; [[handspring]]s; [[hornblende]]; [[husbandry]]; [[kilometer]]; [[sink|kitchen sink]]; [[land mine]]; [[lightning]]; [[logic]]; [[love]]; [[Masiform D]]; [[Mess call]]; [[mile]]; [[Milky Way Galaxy]]; [[nightmare]]; [[Moscow]]; [[Noninterference Directive]]; [[planetary defense system]]; [[poison]]; [[power generator]]; [[quartz]]; "[[replacement]]"; [[Russia]]; [[saponin]]; [[Satan]]; [[saucer separation]]; [[Unnamed Federation starships|scout]]; [[second-degree burn]]; [[soil]]; [[social evolution]]; [[specific gravity]]; [[Starfleet]]; [[Starfleet Academy]]; [[Starfleet Command]]; [[stomach]]; [[transporter system]]; [[tractor beam]]; [[tribe]]; [[tricorder]]; [[uraninite]]; [[Vaal]]; [[Vaalian]]s; [[violin]]; [[Vulcan]]; [[Wortham unit]]s
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