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The Enemy Within: Directed by Leo Penn. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Grace Lee Whitney. A transporter malfunction splits Captain Kirk into two halves: one meek and indecisive, the other violent and ill tempered.
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Star Trek: The Original Series. ) " The Enemy Within " is the fifth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series, Star Trek. Written by Richard Matheson and directed by Leo Penn, it first aired on October 6, 1966. In the episode, while beaming up from planet Alpha 177 a transporter malfunction causes Captain ...
- Season 1, Episode 5
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A cat version of "The Enemy Within" was featured in Jenny Parks' 2017 book Star Trek Cats. Preview [] The preview contains a Captain's Log recorded solely for the preview, but based on one from the finished episode: "Captain's log, stardate 1672.9. Due to the malfunction of the ship's transporter, an unexplained duplicate of myself exists."
Synopsis. While beaming up from planet Alpha 177 (Enterprise had visited there for a specimen gathering mission), a transporter accident splits Captain Kirk into two beings: one "good", who is weak and indecisive, and one "evil", who is overly aggressive and domineering. This is not noticed at the time as the evil Kirk appeared a few seconds ...
As with a few of the other early episodes, several of Kirk's captains logs are done in the past tense rather than present tense. Enemy Within: Well, duh! Look at the episode's title! Enemy Without: How it comes to be. Everybody Lives: The only fatality is the cute but non-sentient dog-unicorn thing from the planet. Evil Is Hammy: Good Lord ...
The Enemy Within. A transporter malfunction causes Captain Kirk to split into his "good" and "evil" selves, and a landing party will freeze to death if the crew is unable to find a way to merge the two Kirks back together. Stream Star Trek: The Original Series free and on-demand with Pluto TV. Season 1, Episode 5. Stream now.
Aired October 6, 1966 8:30 PM on NBC. Runtime 50m. Director Leo Penn. Writer Richard Matheson. Country United States. Languages English. Genres Science Fiction, Drama. A transporter malfunction causes Captain Kirk to split into his "good" and "evil" selves, and a landing party will freeze to death if they don't merge the two back together.
