Star Trek Logo 'The Apple'

by Max Ehrlich
Star Trek Cast

When Captain Kirk and a landing party beam down to the planet Gamma Trianguli VI, they discover what appears to be a beautiful paradise. However, shortly after their arrival they learn to their cost that the idyllic surroundings are in fact lethal, as several crewmen are killed by exploding rocks, plants that shoot deadly thorns, and uncannily accurate bolts of lightning. Kirk and the surviving party members then encounter the 'Feeders of Vaal', the planet's peaceful, child-like inhabitants. These innocent natives dressed in pretty flowers and bright paint have no need to reproduce because they never age or die; their only occupation is to feed their god Vaal offerings of food. Kirk and the others are taken to see Vaal, which is a large, serpent's head carved out of rock; however, the Enterprise team soon learns that Vaal is actually the terminal for an advanced, powerful computer located deep underground. Vaal now sees Kirk and his party as a threat to the paradise it has created for its worshippers; it takes them prisoner and then proceeds to pull the Enterprise out of orbit...

William Shatner (Captain James Tiberius Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (First Officer Lieutenant Commander Spock), DeForest Kelley (Doctor Leonard H. ‘Bones’ McCoy), James Doohan (Chief Engineer Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott), Walter Koenig (Ensign Pavel Andreivich Chekov), Keith Andes (Akuta), Celeste Yarnall (Yeoman Martha Landon), Shari Nims (Sayana), David Soul (Makora), John Winston (Lieutenant Kyle), Keith Andes (Akuta), Shari Nims (Sayana), David Soul (Makora), Mal Friedman (Hendorff), Celeste Yarnall (Yeoman Martha Landon), Jerry Daniels (Marple), Jay Jones (Ensign Mallory), Dick Dial (Kaplan)

Directed by Joseph Pevney

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13th October, 1967

Notes:
*Featuring Captain James Tiberius Kirk, First Officer Lieutenant Commander Spock, Doctor Leonard H. ‘Bones’ McCoy, Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, Ensign Pavel Andreivich Chekov and Lieutenant Kyle