The Enemy Within
Joe Siegler
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The Enemy Within
This Story: Season 1 Episode 5 (production code 1.5)
TOS Overall: Story 6, Episode 6
Trek Overall: Story 6, Episode 6
Airdate: 6 Oct 1966
Written by Richard Matheson
Directed by Leo Penn
Notes
- The attempted rape scene was apparently rough in real life for Grace Lee Whitney due to real life personal issues in her past.
- This was the first filmed episode with the Vulcan neck pinch, but the episode before this (The Naked Time) was the first to air that.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | Amazon US Blu-Ray | Amazon US Blu-Ray ]#StarTrekMarathon Ep 5 - The Enemy Within - 6 Oct 1966 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) May 11, 2024
The famed "transporter accident" splits Kirk into two - one "good", and one "evil", and the episode then spends time on how we as humans need both to survive. There's also a lengthy sequence with a landing party on a pic.twitter.com/hFlzYwh7gD
#StarTrekMarathon Ep 5 - The Enemy Within - 6 Oct 1966 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) May 11, 2024
planet freezing and can't beam up due to same transporter accident. The obvious answer is send the shuttlecraft, but the show hadn't created the shuttle yet! I thought Shatner's acting here was pretty good. pic.twitter.com/gHowNhZhRw
