Let that Be Your Last Battlefield

This Story: Season 3 Episode 15 (production code 3.15)
TOS Overall: Story 70, Episode 71
Trek Overall: Story 70, Episode 71
Airdate: 10 Jan 1969
Written by Gene L. Coon (as Lee Cronin)
Directed by Jud Taylor

Notes

• This makes two (aired) episodes in a row that contain a cast member from the 1960’s Batman TV series. Last week was Batgirl, this week is the Joker (Frank Gorshin).
• The self destruct sequence in this movie was replicated in the third movie, “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock“.
• The last episode for Gene L. Coon, and also Bob Justman as producer.
• The last time we see the hangar deck in the series (although the shuttlecraft makes one final appearance after this).
• Allegedly the tilted camera angle for the red alert symbol was due to Frank Gorshin’s appearance, as it’s supposed to be a reference to the Batman TV series use of angled cameras for villains.

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