That is in the video version. –Ltarex, 17:26 20 August, 2012 (CET) "Star Trek: The Original Series" The Devil in the Dark (TV Episode 1967) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Please do not confuse the two. Director: Joseph Pevney. Star Trek. CBS ; BET ; Comedy Central ; MTV ; Nickelodeon ; Smithsonian Channel ; TV Provider ; You must be a CBS All Access subscriber to enjoy this video. Now, if only humanity could embrace this philosophy with regard to other intelligent life forms on Earth, we would be in a better position (morally) if and when we encounter them beyond this particular planet. The Devil in the Dark was released in 1967. Took the crew a bit of time to figure out the silicon nodules are eggs but that may be because McCoy ridicules Spock for his initial suggestions about silicon-based life. Vereinigte Staaten D-A-CH; Staffel Episoden Zeitraum Episoden Zeitraum Sender 0: 1: 24. And there are so many wonderful character bits here -- Kirk's sense of command in restraining the revenge-minded miners, Spock's mind meld with the Horta, and McCoy's amusing "surgery" to repair it. Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed, Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS. One of the classic Trek episodes. Answers: it was an actor/monster creator crawling around on the floor. Bruce Greenwood Exclusive Interview - Endless Love, Star Trek, Star Trek: Into Darkness. I always thought horta looked more like elementary school pizza. Whenever someone asks me what I see in Trek besides phaser battles, I simply point them to this episode. Star Trek: The Original Series. Most science fiction movies and TV up to this point had been: If the alien is horrible looking it must be bad. 8:17 . The Enterprise is sent to a mining colony that is being terrorized by a mysterious monster, only to find that the situation is not that simple. You can listen to the show here on the website, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher, Google or wherever you find your podcasts. This episode was originally scheduled to be filmed before Star Trek: The Original Series: This Side of Paradise (1967), with Ralph Senensky assigned to direct it, but during pre-production the two episodes and the directors were switched because Gene L. Coon thought "Devil" would be a tough assignment to first-time Trek director Senensky. We are given the Horta, one of the most interesting and unique creatures of the Star Trek world. A mining colony desperately seeks help from the Enterprise in finding and killing a monster that has been tunneling through the mines and killing men. Help . This episode is a real treat. Try Star Trek: Discovery Toggle navigation. Search shows and movies Sign Up. News & Updates. 0:39m Star Trek: Lower Decks - Gorn Wedding!! But the Horta herself is perhaps the best character, even as a "guest star," and everything from her eggs to her motives is super neat. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Ken Lynch. Technical Specs. The Devil in the Dark was the twenty-fifth episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with a mining community terrorised by a silicon-based lifeform. 3:10. So the second sourcing always refers to the film and not the book. I can see what "Devil in the Dark" was Gene Roddenberry's favorite episode, as its exploration of how we demonize what we don't understand is spot-on. Score: 9/10 – One of my favourite episode of the original series, “The Devil in the Dark” gives us a fantastic story that gives us a few surprises and deviations from the typical “monster-of-the-week” episode. ), and learns the nature of its existence. 1:05 > Editor's Picks. I sometimes wonder if it was done as penance for "The Man Trap". I wonder though what would have happened to the Horta if they would have been peaceful, but useless? The Devil in the Dark By Michelle Erica Green Posted at November 11, 2005 - 8:44 PM GMT. 1:09m EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Casting Picard's Alison Pill . That episode also featured an intelligent creature, native to the planet and the last of its species, who began murdering humans for no apparent reason. The Enterprise crew are sent to the mining colony on Janus VI to ascertain whether the problems that have seen production drop dramatically can be solved. Did the Horta really steal the piece of equipment?The podcast is continuing its examination of Star Trek! She probably sensed that these two persons wanted to help. I'm a doctor,not a bricklayer" is a Hall of Fame legendary line. Previous episode: This Side of Paradise - Kirk 3 stars (out of 4) The spice must flow. One of the best Trek TOS episodes for me - conveys the respect for other lives, no matter what they look like or have done. 48 Minuten. 0:57m Star Trek: Lower Decks — Veritas Easter Eggs . Dez. Star Trek; About; Watch Full Episodes; Back to video. Next episode: Errand of Mercy. Air Date: 3/9/1967. Sign In; Shows ; Movies ; Live TV ; Schedule ; Brands . I really liked this episode because, as noted above, it demonstrates the Federation values of respect for other life forms. tags / The Devil in the Dark Apply. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/heardyet/fascinating-ep25-the-devil-in-the-dark.mp3. Air date: 3/9/1967 Very well conceived, written and acted. And so "Devil in the Dark" is now one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. Alas, this episode also tends to show some of Trek's unavoidable plotting hokiness—including a painfully obvious "mystery" involving silicon spheres that turn out to be—gasp!—the Horta's eggs! As for the mining operation, I thought it would have been more consistent with Federation policy to force them to evacuate rather than continue to endanger the Horta. Classic. The Spock-McCoy thing is really subtle here." Kill it. But the show was written in the '60s, and thus mining was considered a good thing - a form of "progress" - rather than its true face: an activity that destroy eco-systems. In this episode Gerry and Iain considered improvised solutions to broken and antiquated mechanical devices. Moments after Chief Vanderberg and the other guards move on, they hear a scream and return to find Schmitter reduced to a pile of as… 0:53m Star Trek: Lower Decks - Q Shows Up On The U.S.S. Schmitter is extremely nervous about doing guard detail, but Chief Vanderberg reassures him by recommending that he have his phaser on him at all times and if he hears or sees anything, help can arrive in three minutes. Cerritos. And Bones' remark that he could cure a rainy day---absolutely delightful! Episode Preview: The Devil in the Dark. A page for describing Recap: Star Trek S1 E25 "The Devil in the Dark". Read the recap of Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 25 - The Devil in the Dark. Composer: Alexander Courage . It used its acid organ to write letters, apparently out of its butt...that's some precision squirting. Where life as we know it is carbon-based, the Horta is of the silicon variety. Star Trek: The Original Series 'Star Trek''s One Hit Wonder Alien Species, Ranked. Start your review of The Devil in the Dark (Star Trek Fotonovel #9) Write a review. Did anyone notice that except for the Horta, there are no female cast members in this episode... anywhere. Thursday, October 8, 2020. Shelves: graphic-novel, science-fiction, star-trek, mount-tbr-2016. Player Feedback. At this point Gene Roddenberry saw ST:TNG as a way to "remake" ST:TOS episodes with a bigger budget, but the fans considered it a waste of time to watch the same story in a different form, and that strategy was abandoned. Trailer of the remastered Star Trek TOS episode : "The Devil In The Dark". Star Trek: The Next Generation: Home Soil (1988) (TV Episode) The plot and the explanation for the monster are very similar. There is one plausible explanation, but it depends on the notion that in tunneling around, the Horta are consuming the rock, as opposed to just creating passages with their industrial-strength acid. The security department really took it on the chin in this one! With the intriguing encounter with the Horta, "The Devil in the Dark" represents some of Trek's best ideological values: tolerance for all forms of life, the search for intelligence in unlikely places, and communication with the unknown rather than simply destroying what we fear. FIRST LOOK: New Star Trek Art Print Shot Glasses . Star Trek: The Original Series. I liked this episode a lot, too. Meeting Chief Vanderberg (Ken Lynch) they learn about the creature that is killing the miners, leaving nothing but charred remains. I couldn't help but think that the Horta greatly resembled Pizza the Hut, and I kept thinking that they probably could have healed her faster if they had just put her pepperoni back on. The question that came to my mind while watching this episode was, If multiple generations of Horta have been tunneling through rock on that planet for eons, why is there any rock left? Also knowing human nature, I don't really think the arrangement will work for the Horta in the long run. 0:30m WATCH: Next Week on the Lower Decks Season Finale. If you notice, Inside Star Trek: The Real Story is the book, Inside Star Trek - The Real Story is the video. Star Trek The Original Series Season 1 Episode 25 The Devil in the Dark. Somewhat silly in plot - with its mystery not very mysterious - but entertaining. thecinemasource. See Also: 'The Devil in the Dark' Episode Guide. Star Trek: The Original Series: Devil's Bargain | | ISBN: | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. Kirk orders the phaser ban… Like Rahul, I like how the story unfolds from the miners' POV, allowing us to see civilian life and danger firsthand. Zwischen 1966 und 1969 entstanden in drei Staffeln insgesamt 79 Folgen; ihre Laufzeit beträgt jeweils ca. The Devil in the Dark was directed by Joseph Pevney the fourth of his fourteen Star Trek episodes. Devil in the Dark, The The U.S.S. Eminently rewatchable on a loop. IAnd I particularly enjoyed the sequence where the captain observes that the horta (who, by the way is a female) was not making any threatening moves against him and Spock---this tells us that this is a highly intelligent and perceptive creature in great pain, which is why she had no objection to Spock performing a mind-meld. 0:30m WATCH: Next Week on Lower Decks, Episode 9. And I've wanted one of those silicon balls since I first saw this as kid in the 60s. Spock mind-melds with it (mind-melding with a rock? I like this one very much, except for Spock's over the top acting during the mind-melt. Although initially concerned with just restoring the mine’s production capacity, a face-to-face encounter with the creature, a Horta (Janos Prohaska), softens Kirk’s stance and he and Spock are able to communicate with the creature while Lt Giotto (Barry Russo) holds back Appel (Brad Weston) and the rest of the miners, intent on revenge for their fallen colleagues. And as an action show, the episode works well, too. The being is apparently destroying machinery and killing the miners, and has the ability to burrow through solid rock. The Devil in the Dark was directed by Joseph Pevney the fourth of his fourteen Star Trek episodes. This comedy episode gets 3 slices from me. While answering a distress call, Picard finds himself not sure of exactly who he is dealing with, but he's sure he's not dealing with the planet's version of the Devil, as she claims to be. As Kirk, Spock, and a security team track the monster, they learn that it is not inherently hostile but rather misunderstood. Features. This is not a zoological expedition. 1988: Try It FREE . The Enterprise is called to a mining planet, where the personnel are being killed by … Added to Watchlist. Stardate: 3196.1. Just rewatched this on DVD this afternoon, a rainy winter's day in Melbourne, with my 25-year old daughter home from uni. As a kid, Devil in the Dark was always one of my favorite episodes because it’s just about the closest thing Star Trek has ever done to a bona fide monster movie. Add to Watchlist. Star Trek Enterprise episode transcripts. The man could act when he put his mind to it. Enterprise arrives to investigate reports of an unknown monster deep in the mining tunnels of Janus VI. This is definitely a 4-star episode, despite Jammer knocking it down a star for arguable reasons. This episode featured a creature that frightened me as a kid in the 60’s: The Horta. Here's the video and the required information is from 33:41. It is 50 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. The Devil In The Dark Stardate: 3196.1 Original Airdate: 9 Mar, 1967 Star Trek The Original Series. It can be viewed on CBS All Access in the United states, Netflix in the UK and is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries, including a comprehensive remastered set of all three seasons released by Paramount Home Entertainment. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the use of cement as a healing agent. Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Star Trek Season 1 Episode 25: The Devil in the Dark Summary: The Enterprise goes to a mining colony where 50 workers have been killed by a creature that can move through solid rock. The discussion continues in the comments below and please keep in touch with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram where we’re @trekpodcast. Überblick Erstausstrahlungsdaten. The pace is crackling, those frontier miners are gritty, and even Shattner doesn't chew any scenery here. The Devil In The Dark Star Trek season 1 episode 25 Mister Spock, our mission is to protect this colony, to get the pergium moving again. Star Trek Episode 25: The Devil in the Dark Share Tweet Pin It. The Devil in the Dark is certainly among the very best episodes of this first season, which is enough to rank it among the best of the 700 episodes the franchise ever produced. Star Trek The Original Series S01E25 The Devil In The Dark. Coded orders from Starfleet Command to the USS Enterprise disclose that negotiations with the Klingon Empire are on the verge of collapse and that Starfleet expects a surprise attack. On Janus VI, a miner named Schmitter replaces Sam at his guard post. It was right up there in my little kid nightmares as the Gorn, the ape-cavemen of the Galileo Seven, and the Salt Vampire. The writer was Gene Coon, the long-term producer for the show. This episode is so cool, so thoughtful, so iconic. Directed by Joseph Pevney. The Devil in the Dark. For me, this episode, "Day of the Dove" and "The Empath" are the three TOS episodes that best epitomize the Trek philosophy and idealism as Gene originally envisioned. 1st the whole reason the Enterprise came was so trained guards with Phaser2s would be deployed against the "monster" Yet, first think that happens is one of the security guards is killed with his phaser2 and never even gets off a shot! Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) Season 4 Episode 13 All Devil's Due (2 Feb. 1991) TV Episode | TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery. In rewatching this episode, thought for the most part, it was reasonably creative and interesting. Classic. It falls apart a little on production value (honestly, the Horta looks like little more than an actor crawling on the floor with a decorated blanket over his head) and some hokey dialog with Spock (ridiculously talking Kirk into taking him into danger by quoting some made up odds of them both being killed and later complaining about being insulted on the bridge in a sloppily written ending). Skip to content. 52:18. News & Updates. Diese Episodenliste enthält alle Episoden der US-amerikanischen Fernsehserie Raumschiff Enterprise in der Reihenfolge ihrer Erstausstrahlung. Written by Gene L. Coon Oct 11, 2016 Bev rated it really liked it. It's perhaps idealistic to a fault, but this episode epitomizes the hopefulness and anti-cynical nature for which Trek is partly known, and for that reason I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt and then some. The Enterprise is ordered to Organia, a peaceful, class M planet in the disputed area, to prevent the Klingons from using it as a base of operations.En route, a Klingon vessel suddenly attacks the Enterprise with magnetic pulses. Beyond stars and ratings. Classic ST. On every level. In this episode Gerry and Iain considered improvised solutions to broken and antiquated mechanical devices. It is the eleventh film in the Star Trek film franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series. Great episode. All the main TOS characters are in great form here, and you got to love how the danger starts out as a horror movie villain only for it to develop into a gentle and reasoning alien. Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Jill Ireland, Frank Overton, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Brad Weston, Biff Elliot, George E. Allen, Jon Cavett, and Barry Russo. 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