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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.
Description
- 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…
Summary
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References
Characters
- 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 vehicles
Locations
- 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 cultures
States and organizations
Technology and weapons
- 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 titles
- 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
Lifeforms
Other references
- 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
Chronology
- 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.
Appendices
Background
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.
Images
Timeline
published order | ||
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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 |
Next Adventure: Bem |
External links
- The Eye of the Beholder article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The Eye of the Beholder article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.