The Devil in the Dark
- Episode aired Mar 9, 1967
- TV-PG
- 50m
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8.3/10
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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.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.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.
George Allen
- Engineer #1
- (as George E. Allen)
Lee Allen
- Janus VI Miner
- (uncredited)
Tom Anfinsen
- Civilian Engineer
- (uncredited)
Bill Blackburn
- Lieutenant Hadley
- (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci
- Lt. Osborne
- (uncredited)
Robert Hitchcock
- Miner
- (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
- Miner
- (uncredited)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaIn his book "Star Trek Memories", William Shatner identified this as his favourite episode, because his father died during filming and Leonard Nimoy's delivery of the mind meld lines made him laugh. He thought it was "exciting, thought-provoking and intelligent, it contained all of the ingredients that made up our very best Star Treks."
- GoofsUsing clubs to attack the Horta would make no sense. Since the Horta exudes an extremely corrosive fluid to create its tunnels, capable of dissolving large quantities of solid rock in seconds, all it would need to do to protect against the clubs is release a large quantity of the corrosive. Any kind of club used to attack the Horta at that point would simply disintegrate when it touched the corrosive on the Horta's exterior.
- Quotes
[McCoy has been ordered to help a silicon-based life form]
McCoy: You can't be serious. That thing is virtually made out of stone!
Captain James T. Kirk: Help it. Treat it.
McCoy: I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer.
Captain James T. Kirk: You're a healer. There's a patient. That's an order.
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek: The Animated Series: One of Our Planets Is Missing (1973)
- SoundtracksTheme From Star Trek
Written by and credited to Alexander Courage
Featured review
All Sentient Species Experience Pain
The Horta is a globular mass that turns out to be thinking, feeling being. If, indeed, a crew such as those of the enterprise were to exist, they would need to be sensitive to the complexities of various life forms. A miner has died a horrible death, bathed in acid. The other miners, searching for some really valuable ore, have encountered this creature who seems to be able to meld itself with rock. The minders seek assistance and Spock, McCoy, and Kirk come to the rescue. There is the obligatory confrontation with phaser fire and injury. However, things get much more complicated as the actions of the Horta seem to be stimulus/response. The creature seems to understand. Spock uses the Vulcan mind meld to find out what is going on. The creature is badly hurt by the phaser fire and McCoy is asked to heal, leading to one of the best lines, "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer." The creature is silicon based, hence the reference to repairing rock. It's a sort of touching episode in some ways and has a satisfactory lesson.
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