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NOVELIZATION
Star Trek Log Eight: The Eye of the Beholder
Attribution
Series:	The Animated Series
Miniseries:	Star Trek Logs, No. 8
Author(s):	Alan Dean Foster
Publication information
Published:	paperback - July 1976
Pages:	184
ISBN:	ISBN 0345276027
Omnibus:	Star Trek Logs Seven and Eight
EPISODE
Written by:	David P. Harmon
Directed by:	Hal Sutherland
Episode no.:	1x15
Production no.:	22016
First aired:	5 January 1974
Chronology
Date:	2269
Stardate:	5501.2

The Eye of the Beholder was the 15th episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series, aired on 5 January, 1974. The episode was later novelized in Star Trek Log Eight, the eighth installment of Alan Dean Foster's Star Trek Logs, in July 1976.

Contents 1 Description 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.3 Locations 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Technology and weapons 3.7 Ranks and titles 3.8 Lifeforms 3.9 Other references 4 Chronology 5 Appendices 5.1 Background 5.2 Images 5.3 Timeline 5.4 External links

DescriptionEdit

Another exciting episode from television's most popular science fiction series.

Complete in this volume:

The Eye of the Beholder

A routine follow-up mission to investigate an overdue survey ship leads the crew of the Enterprise to a world where visitors are always welcome… very welcome indeed.

Kirk, Spock and McCoy are suddenly captured by strangely intelligent aliens… telepathic Lactrans who look upon the Enterprise crew as no more than interesting specimens for their already well-stocked zoo.

It was not a happy situation for Captain Kirk and his crew. And there seemed to be no way out…

SummaryEdit

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ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Randi Bryce • Arex Na Eth • James T. Kirk • Shiboline M'Ress • Tom Markel • Leonard McCoy • Nancy Randolph • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Hivar the Toq • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel • unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel • USS Ariel personnel • unnamed Lactrans

Referenced only 

Alan Dean Foster

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Ariel (survey ship/scout) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)

LocationsEdit

Boqu • Boquian system • bridge • briefing room • Epsilon Scorpii • Lactra • Lactra VII • Lactra VII zoo • Lactran city • medical lab • NGC 7332 • transporter room

Referenced only 

Canopus III • Earth • Galactic Historical Archives • Maraville • S. Monicus I • Waimangu Valley

Races and culturesEdit

Boqu • Caitian • Human • Lactran • Triexian • Vulcan

States and organizationsEdit

sciences division • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Technology and weaponsEdit

antenna • communicator • computer • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) library computer • force field • hand-held weapon • library computer • medical kit • medikit • phaser • scope • sensor • ship-mounted weapon • soloid • starship • transporter • tricorder • viewscreen • visual pickup

Ranks and titlesEdit

admiral • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • doctor • first officer • helmsman • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • mister • navigator • officer • physician • science officer • security • senior officer • transporter chief • xenologist

LifeformsEdit

ant • animal • bacteria • grass • humanoid • insect • jawanda • Maraville dragon • plant • slug

Other referencesEdit

alien • anatomy • atmosphere • biology • boarding party • brain • Canopus III dinosaur • captain's log • city • civilization • class M planet • colony • communication • coordinate • day • desert • dinosaur • disease • earth normal • eye • ecology • fever • first contact • G class star • galaxy • geology • ghid • gravity • government • hour • IQ • kilometer • landing party • life-form • light year • log entry • malaria • medicine • meteorite • minaghid • minute • multinevar • nation-state • nevar • orbit • piñata • planet • races and cultures • rain forest • rank • science • sentient life • ship's log • silicon • space • star • star chart • star system • starbase • Starfleet regulations • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • stellar classification • technology • telepathy • temperature • terraforming • title • uniform • universe • water • weapon • week • xenology • yellow star • zoo

ChronologyEdit

2269 (stardate 5537.1) 

Enterprise searches for Ariel.

stardate 6111.3 

Log entry recordings of this mission are transcribed by Alan Dean Foster at the Galactic Historical Archives on S. Monicus I.

AppendicesEdit

BackgroundEdit

This is the eighth of Alan Dean Foster's TAS adaptation collections which have been reprinted a number of times, often in omnibuses with other Star Trek Log books. Most recently in 2006 by Del Rey Books, an imprint of the original Ballantine Books publishers, as part of Star Trek's 40th Anniversary celebrations.

While the episode itself mentions stardate 5501.2, the novelization states a date range of 5537.1 to 5537.2, and the dates mentioned in log entry occurrences are altered accordingly.

The episode ends with the crew leaving the Lactran zoo with the Ariel captives returning to their ship. The novelization continues the story, however, with the Enterprise helping the Lactrans find an escaped animal.

ImagesEdit

TimelineEdit

published order
Previous novelization: Log Seven	Star Trek Logs	Next novelization: Log Nine
Previous episode: The Terratin Incident	TAS episode produced	Next episode: Once Upon a Planet
Previous episode: The Slaver Weapon	TAS episode aired	Next episode: The Jihad
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Counter-Clock Incident	Pocket	Next Adventure: Bem

External linksEdit

• The Eye of the Beholder (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Star Trek Log 8 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.