Operation -- Annihilate!
- Episode aired Apr 13, 1967
- TV-PG
- 50m
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7.5/10
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The Enterprise crew attempts to stop a plague of amoeba-like creatures from possessing human hosts and spreading throughout the galaxy.The Enterprise crew attempts to stop a plague of amoeba-like creatures from possessing human hosts and spreading throughout the galaxy.The Enterprise crew attempts to stop a plague of amoeba-like creatures from possessing human hosts and spreading throughout the galaxy.
Craig Huxley
- Peter
- (as Craig Hundley)
David Armstrong
- Kartan
- (uncredited)
Bill Blackburn
- Lieutenant Hadley
- (uncredited)
Bob Bralver
- Denevan Colonist
- (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci
- Guard
- (uncredited)
Carey Foster
- Enterprise sciences crew woman
- (uncredited)
Jeannie Malone
- Yeoman
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThere is an outtake on the Star Trek Blooper Reel showing the alien parasite attaching itself to Spock's buttocks by mistake.
- GoofsEarly on when the Enterprise tries to stop the space ship heading towards the Deneva sun Kirk instructs Sulu to set an intercept course and increase speed to warp 8. As the Enterprise was already in the inner solar system this would have caused them to run into the sun in just a few seconds. Warp factor 8 is approximately 512 times the speed of light (553 billion km/hr), a ship traveling at that velocity could travel across the entire Sol system, a distance of 12 billion kilometers (7.45 billion miles), in only 1.3 minutes.
- Quotes
Dr. McCoy: Unusual eye arrangement. I might've known he'd turn up something like that.
Capt. Kirk: What's that, doctor?
Dr. McCoy: I said, please don't tell Spock I said he was the best first officer in the fleet.
Spock: Why thank you, Dr. McCoy.
Capt. Kirk: You've been so concerned about his Vulcan eyes, Doctor, you forgot about his Vulcan ears.
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bring Back... Star Trek (2009)
- SoundtracksTheme From Star Trek
Written by and credited to Alexander Courage
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Pretty Pedestrian Effort
We sadly learn of the death of Kirk's brother, wife, and son. They have been victimized by an influx of rubbery creatures that latch on to their victims and do in their central nervous systems. Kirk vows to find a solution to this problem. Spock is investigating the things but fails to check out his surroundings. As he walks under an archway, one of the creatures, previously stuck to a wall, flies through the air and settles on his back. He is immediately overcome with excruciating pain. The crew is able to stun one of the creatures and it is brought to Dr. McCoy for analysis. McCoy tries every kind of approach he can think of from poisons to heat to shooting and stabbing but nothing works. It is when they realize that one of the victims said as he approached the sun that he was free that they try one last thing: light. The remainder of the episode involves their efforts to test their light theory, being stopped short because to do this, you need a host that has been assaulted by this creature. It is the quest for such a host and more tests that make the conclusion quite interesting.
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- Northrop Grumman Space Park, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, California, USA(Buildings on the planet surface)
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