Bones mccoy, ensign pavel chekov, communications officer lt. Spectre of the gun memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. It has transcended its cheap sets and rubber prosthetics to become a part of our modern mythology. Deforest kelley appeared as one of the earp brothers in the 1957 paramount film gunfight at the o. Star trek the original series 1966 1969 star trek is the classic science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry and starred william shatner as james t. May 03, 2016 spectre of the gun written by lee cronin directed by vincent mceveety season 3, episode 1 production episode 6004356 original air date. The original series season 3, episode 6 spectre of the gun series. Spectre of the gun written by lee cronin directed by vincent mceveety.
Its a cult, an injoke, a war cry, and, for the uninitiated, a prime example of all that is obsessive and bizarre in nerd culture. Through a series of mind melds, spock is able to reject the illusions of the hostiles enabling the crew to succeed without shooting at the others. Kirk, the captain of the uss enterprise, a 23rd century interstellar starship on a fiveyear mission to seek out new worlds and new civilizations. The series only ran for three seasons from 19661969, but its cult fan following and its subsequently continual airing in. Coon interrogating what it means for star trek to be a space western, demonstrating that kirk has to be better than those outlaws of myth.
Spectre of the gun the paradise syndrome soundtrack from 1966, composed by alexander courage, jerry fielding, gerald fried. Holman was born as roy eugene baker in tulsa, oklahoma and lived most of his life in southern. Spectre of the gun the paradise syndrome television soundtrack, an album by various artists on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Oct 26, 2010 one of my favorite spock explanations. Includes all episodes of the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, enterprise, discovery, picard, the new battlestar galactica, the orville, and the star wars movies. The iconic series star trek follows the crew of the starship uss enterprise as it completes its missions in space in the 23rd century. Star trek, the legendary original series, so progressive and important that each week our crew of scientists and explorers on their fabulous starship journey. The original series has spawned spinoffs, movies, and more.
This episode included a number of guest cast members. Goodman later described north star as his favourite episode of the series. The cage 1966, used for nearly every planet in seasons one and two, is replaced here by a warbling sound used before in star trek. The halfconstructed western town was so fascinating to me as a child, especially the buildings without walls and randomly designated edifices.
Mccoy and the rest of the enterprise crew embark on a fiveyear mission of space exploration. Star trek the original series season 3 episode 6 spectre of the gun. The podcast is continuing its examination of star trek. This is a rather tedious labor to rationalize one of the bottomdwellers of the trek universe. Apr 25, 2019 star trek the original series season 3 episode 6 spectre of the gun.
As with episodes like mirror, mirror or bread and circuses, there is a cautionary element to this story. The original series screencaps spectre of the gun season 3, episode 6 177 screencaps online episode details. Hatch, melkots warning hailing frequencies spectre of the gun, it is done. Kirk along with half humanhalfvulcan science officer spock, ship dr. New star trek prequel series will follow the adventures of spock and captain pike. On a mission on behalf of the federation to establish contact with the reclusive and xenophobic melkotians, captain kirk decides to ignore the message of a space buoy warning the enterprise to immediately withdraw from melkotian space.
Mccoy, scotty, and chekov are forced to reenact the gunfight at the o. Enterprise that it is trespassing into melkotian space and continues forward when the melkots transport kirk, spock, mccoy, scotty, and chekov to a recreation of earths wild west. Mister chekov, resume original course, warp factor two. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, ron soble. Jul 18, 2016 in many ways, spectre of the gun finds gene l. Kirk, the crew of the starship enterprise delves deep into the far reaches of space to explore new worlds and civilizations. Spectre of the gun oozes as a story with the star trek credits at the beginning, a hammy. Earth spectre of the gun william shatner actor, leonard nimoy actor format. The first episode filmed for star trek s third season was the highly imaginative and very surreal spectre of the gun.
This is in good as shown condition with minor case corner damage and edge wear. James blishs adaptation in star trek 3 has the title as the last gunfight. The city on the edge of forever star trek the original series. Star trek special edition introduction 61 spectre of the. Star trek the original series spectre of the sun commemorative trading cards. Coon under the pseudonym of lee cronin and directed by vincent mceveety, it was first broadcast on october 25, 1968. So when the enterprise comes calling on a diplomatic mission like commodore perry was in japan the aliens take their weapons, give them old colt 45 six guns and set them down in a replica of tombstone, arizona where everyone calls, kirk, spock, chekhov, scotty, and mccoy the names of the participants in the famous gunfight with the earp family. Spectre of the gun the paradise syndrome television soundtrack by various artists now. You must be a cbs all access subscriber to enjoy this video. Coon and directed by vincent mceveety, it was first broadcast on october 25, 1968. As punishment for trespassing, kirk and crew are forced to reenact the shootout at the ok corral air date.
Spectre of the gun the paradise syndrome television soundtrack by various artists on amazon music. The iconic original gene roddenberry series that inspired a generation earned emmy nominations. If you are experiencing problems, please describe them. Spectre of the gun when visiting a xenophobic, isolationist planet, captain kirk and his. Dec 28, 2019 star trek the original series season 3 episode 6 spectre of the gun. Tos the original series, season three, you will learn that the writer, lee cronin, was actually former star trek producer gene coon, and youll discover the real reason he used a pseudonym while writing for the series during its third year. Most of the episode is set in a barebones old west towna mock tombstone, arizona, with captain kirk and crew having to play the clanton boys to what seems to be the earps and doc holliday. May 18, 20 star trek had its share of brilliant influential classics like space seed, amok time, the corbomite maneuver, and charlie x, but it had its stinkers too so were ranking all 79 episodes. Star trek 3 by james blish production information episode no 3x01 production no 614956 first aired. Spectre of the gun the paradise syndrome television soundtrack, including main title soprano version, stereo. Marj dusay, soap actress and the alien who stole spocks brain. The original series third season episode spectre of the gun. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
I think i loved spectre of the gun so much because it exemplifies all of that to an extreme. Spectre of the gun, the first episode in production order for the third year, would have been one heck of an interesting way to begin the final season of the original star trek. Kirk and his landing party to the losing side of a surreal recreation of the 1881 historic gunfight at the ok corral. This is an example of wellwritten dialog, which was. The original series spectre of the gun tv episode 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Spectre of the gun is the sixth episode of the third season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Another difference this episode brings is the singing plant background noise from star trek. The pictures are part of the description, so please. The final frontier as jonn is his last known onscreen appearance.
North star received lower ratings than the following episode similitude, which received a ratings share of 3. Spectre of the gun the paradise syndrome television soundtrack various artists april 3, 2016 soundtracks. Star trek the original series season 3 episode 6 spectre. Spectre of the gun kirk ignores an alien buoy that warns the u. Most of the episode is set in a barebones old west towna mock tombstone, arizona, with captain kirk and crew having to play the clanton boys to what seems to be. Having finished tng, we are moving on to cover a small selection of original series. Hayesgehrke star trek the original series is the first science fiction series that i watched. Star trek 1966 tv14 3 seasons classic tv shows led by unflappable capt. As punishment for ignoring their warning and trespassing on. Released by lala land records in 2016 containing music from star trek 1966. This is the 1968 star trek original tv series spectre of the gun vhs video tape.
Michelle erica green watched the episode for treknation, saying that she was expecting something similar to the original series episode spectre of the gun but was pleased to find it was more similar to voyager s the 37s. Vincent mceveety guest stars bonnie beecher as sylvia ron soble as wyatt earp charles maxwell as virgil earp rex holman as. I started watching it in afternoon reruns when i was in junior high. Star trek is the classic science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry and starred william shatner as james t. It has transcended its cheap sets and rubber prosthetics to become a part of. Jan 07, 2015 as punishment for trespassing, kirk and crew are forced to reenact the shootout at the ok corral. It was the third westernthemed episode of star trek, after the original series s spectre of the gun and the next generation s a fistful of datas. As punishment for ignoring their warning and trespassing on their planet, the melkot condemn capt. As broadcast november 25, 1998 on the scifi channel. Corral in tombstone as the team that lost the gunfight.
455 297 625 149 1562 1553 1239 802 791 400 1 604 391 667 1619 1619 582 1589 601 795 780 1184 1502 832 708 764 216 1225 1273 1444 1095 472 805 641