Star Trek The Original Series Season 1 Episode 29 Operation Annihilate! [1966]
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00:00:00engineering control
00:00:05anything lieutenant no sir i've tried every major transmitting station on deniva none of them have
00:00:16acknowledged my contact signal try gsk783 subspace frequency 3 but sir that's a call
00:00:23sign for a private transmitter i'm very well aware of that lieutenant try it yes sir
00:00:29evaluation mr spark as i speculated captain the overall pattern of mass insanity destroying
00:00:37civilizations follows an almost straight line through this section of the galaxy
00:00:42over here the beta portal system the ancient civilizations archaeologists have given us
00:00:50information indicating that they were the beginning 200 years ago lavinius 5 was swept by mass insanity
00:00:58then theta signi 12 the last was ingram b two years ago and next in line deniva
00:01:09bones what's your theory about the cause of this there is no medical or scientific cause for what
00:01:17happened on those planets jim but it follows a definite pattern a systematic progression from
00:01:22planet planet to planet captain we're picking up a ship on our sensors heading directly into the
00:01:30denivan sun he'll burn up while an interception course mr sula won't factor eight lieutenant
00:01:36of the horror try to contact that ship it was a one-man vessel of denivan configuration captain
00:01:50does not seem to be out of control his course is straight for the sun it's got a tractor beam
00:01:56out of range sir
00:01:59out of range sir
00:01:59making contact captain
00:02:05i'm in the ship this is the uss enterprise can you reverse your course
00:02:12acknowledge
00:02:14acknowledge
00:02:19captain you get too close to the sun keep closing denivan ship reverse your course
00:02:33acknowledge
00:02:40you hear me reverse your course acknowledge
00:02:46outer hull temperature now 480 degrees and rising
00:02:52sun's gravimetric pull increasing
00:03:07i get it it's finally gone
00:03:13i'm free
00:03:16i'm free
00:03:19good enough captain
00:03:20reverse course
00:03:251080 degrees of hour
00:03:26i see
00:03:28that's
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00:03:42All clear, Captain.
00:03:45Hull temperature falling, gravimetric pull approaching tolerance level.
00:03:49Very well.
00:03:52Reduce the subwarp speed.
00:03:55Take us to Denevan.
00:03:57Aye, aye, sir.
00:04:00That Denevan ship headed deliberately into the sun. Why?
00:04:05There's one possibility.
00:04:08The mass insanity may have reached this planet, too.
00:04:11Captain.
00:04:12I'm having difficulty on that transmitter call to Denevan.
00:04:16Keep trying.
00:04:17Yes, sir.
00:04:23Jim, your brother Sam, his family, aren't they stationed on this planet?
00:04:28Space, the final frontier.
00:04:47These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.
00:04:53His five-year mission, to explore strange new worlds.
00:04:59To seek out new life and new civilizations.
00:05:02To boldly go where no man has gone before.
00:05:07How in, Um, Um, One Hawking, an alien ship, an alien ship, a new civilization.
00:05:16To be continued...
00:05:17To be continued...
00:05:20THE END
00:05:50Captain's Log, Stardate 3287.2
00:05:54The mass insanity we have tracked across this section of the galaxy seems to have already touched Deneva.
00:06:04That planet colonized over a century ago is one of the most beautiful in the galaxy.
00:06:10Planet development is normal, Captain.
00:06:12Originally colonized as a freighting line base in this area.
00:06:16Aye. They make regular trips from here carrying supplies to the asteroid belt for the miners and bringing cargo out.
00:06:24I've made the run a couple of times myself as an engineering advisor.
00:06:28No Federation contacts for over a year.
00:06:31Captain.
00:06:37I've made contact with your private transmitter, sir.
00:06:40Put it on audio.
00:06:44Please hurry.
00:06:45Help us.
00:06:47I don't have much time.
00:06:48No, no.
00:06:49Please.
00:06:50Please.
00:06:51Help us.
00:06:51Freeland, this is Jim on the Enterprise.
00:06:54Repeat your message.
00:07:01Contact broken, sir.
00:07:02Re-establish.
00:07:07Sorry, sir.
00:07:08I'm not interested in your excuses, Lieutenant.
00:07:10Re-establish contact with that transmitter.
00:07:13I'm afraid that's impossible at the moment, Captain.
00:07:17They stop broadcasting immediately.
00:07:19They do not acknowledge my contact signal.
00:07:22Keep trying to raise them.
00:07:24Yes, sir.
00:07:25Jim.
00:07:28Did you know who that woman was?
00:07:30Yes.
00:07:33You were right a while back.
00:07:34My brother, Sam, lives on Deneva.
00:07:38He's a research biologist.
00:07:41That woman sounded like his wife, Orelan.
00:07:59Set your faces on stun.
00:08:01We're going to beam directly into the capital city.
00:08:03Alert status.
00:08:04Mr. Spiral.
00:08:08Lieutenant Uhura has had no further response to our signals.
00:08:12Sensors report the expected number of humans on the planet's surface.
00:08:16However, they are strangely quiet.
00:08:19Very little activity.
00:08:25I want a complete transcript of everything that happens down there.
00:08:29Yes, sir.
00:08:30Let's go.
00:08:34Energize.
00:08:35Energize.
00:08:38Energize.
00:08:38Agree.
00:08:46Mad.
00:08:47Lightning.
00:08:47Mad.
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00:09:00Mad.
00:09:00THE END
00:09:30There are almost a million inhabitants of Deneva.
00:09:36There's more than 100,000 in this city alone.
00:09:38Where is everyone?
00:09:40They're here, Captain, in the buildings.
00:09:43Strangely quiescent.
00:09:45My brother's lab is over there.
00:09:49They signal us once there should be someone there.
00:09:54Let's find out what's happening.
00:10:00Captain, several people approaching.
00:10:18Stand by to fire.
00:10:25Fire.
00:10:37Did you hear what they said, Mr. Spock?
00:10:39Indeed.
00:10:39They seem most concerned for our safety.
00:10:41They tried to brain us with these clubs.
00:10:44Check them out, Bones.
00:10:46Their attitude was inconsistent with their actions.
00:10:50To say the least, there's something wrong, Jim.
00:10:54Their nervous systems.
00:10:57Unconscious like this, there should be just routine autonomic activity.
00:11:01But I'm getting a very high reading.
00:11:04As though, even in their unconscious state, they're being violently stimulated.
00:11:07Stimulated.
00:11:10Fan out.
00:11:11Follow me.
00:11:19Security.
00:11:23They're here!
00:11:25They're here!
00:11:27Please!
00:11:28Keep them away!
00:11:35They're here!
00:11:36Help!
00:11:37Help!
00:11:38Help!
00:11:38Help!
00:11:39Demarie!
00:11:39Boat!
00:11:51Arislin.
00:11:53You're safe now.
00:11:55Is this your brother, Jim?
00:11:57Is this your brother, Jim?
00:11:57Oh, Sam.
00:12:20It is my brother.
00:12:29It was my brother.
00:12:33I'm sorry, Jim.
00:12:36The boy's unconscious, but he's still alive.
00:12:43Peter.
00:12:50I'd better get the boy and the mother back to the ship, Jim.
00:12:56I can't do much for them down here.
00:13:01Get ready to beam up.
00:13:08Go ahead, Enterprise.
00:13:12Prepare to beam up party of four.
00:13:20Captain, I understand how you...
00:13:25Yes.
00:13:27Yes, Mr. Sparrow.
00:13:31You heard my sister-in-law say something about they being here, your guests.
00:13:37Notice the ventilator, Captain.
00:13:39Apparently, they were trying to keep something outside from getting in.
00:13:43Obviously, they were not entirely successful.
00:13:46That doesn't make sense.
00:13:47There are no harmful life forms reported.
00:13:49But our senses didn't pick up anything that didn't belong here.
00:13:52That is correct.
00:13:54I am at a loss to understand it.
00:13:56Ready to beam up, Captain.
00:13:59I'd like you to be on board when your sister-in-law regains consciousness.
00:14:05Take charge of the landing party, Mrs. Spock.
00:14:08I want some answers to all this.
00:14:10I won't be able to give you the exact cause until I get the plates back from the lab.
00:14:26They're both in extreme pain.
00:14:28I've sedated them heavily.
00:14:31But your sister-in-law seems to have a high tolerance.
00:14:34The tranquilizer hasn't affected her much.
00:14:36Can't you talk?
00:14:39Yes.
00:14:40Oh.
00:14:47Oh.
00:14:53Oh.
00:14:55Oh.
00:14:56Oh.
00:14:57Aurena.
00:14:58Oh.
00:15:00Aurena.
00:15:02It's Jim.
00:15:04Oh.
00:15:06Jim.
00:15:07Sam, he's...
00:15:12He's dead.
00:15:15But your son's still alive.
00:15:27You've got to help us.
00:15:31You are here.
00:15:35It is you, Jim.
00:15:37Yes, I'm here.
00:15:45You have to tell us what happened, Aurelia.
00:15:48To you and the others.
00:15:53They came...
00:15:56eight months ago.
00:15:59Oh.
00:16:03Things.
00:16:05Horrible things.
00:16:08Visitors brought them in their vessel from a planet.
00:16:14Ingram B.
00:16:15What kind of thing?
00:16:21Not the ship's crew's fault.
00:16:25The things made to bring their ship here.
00:16:29Aurelia.
00:16:30It's important that you tell us.
00:16:33What kind of things?
00:16:35Not the fault.
00:16:37Aurelia.
00:16:39Aurelia.
00:16:40Aurelia.
00:16:40Aurelia.
00:16:41Aurelia.
00:16:41Aurelia.
00:16:42Aurelia.
00:16:43Aurelia.
00:16:43Aurelia.
00:16:44Aurelia.
00:16:44Aurelia.
00:16:45Aurelia.
00:16:45Aurelia.
00:16:46Aurelia.
00:16:46Aurelia.
00:16:47Aurelia.
00:16:47Aurelia.
00:16:47Aurelia.
00:16:48Aurelia.
00:16:48Aurelia.
00:16:49Aurelia.
00:16:49Aurelia.
00:16:50Aurelia.
00:16:50Aurelia.
00:16:51Aurelia.
00:16:51Aurelia.
00:16:52Aurelia.
00:16:52Aurelia.
00:16:53Aurelia.
00:16:53Aurelia.
00:16:54Aurelia.
00:16:55Aurelia.
00:16:55Aurelia.
00:16:56when she answers questions any questions it's as if she's fighting to get the answers out
00:17:08as though something is exerting pain to stop her they use it to control us
00:17:16they're spreading jim
00:17:20they need us to be their arms and legs
00:17:25they're forcing us to build ships for them
00:17:32don't let them
00:17:36don't let them go any further
00:17:55don't let them go any further
00:18:04don't let them go any further
00:18:12my brother's son
00:18:36i'll do everything i can jim to save him
00:18:43don't let them go any further
00:18:51don't let them go any further
00:19:00report
00:19:17the streets are extraordinarily quiet captain
00:19:20we've seen no other denivans and the ones we stunned earlier were gone when we came out
00:19:26you've seen some kind of creature
00:19:31any alien form
00:19:33none sir it was just that noise we heard
00:19:37peculiar buzzing sound
00:19:39we were about to investigate it
00:19:41all right
00:19:43let's go find out what it is
00:19:46set your faces on force three to kill
00:19:49we're looking for some kind of creature
00:19:54and we already know it will kill
00:19:58and we already know it will kill
00:19:58all right
00:20:10so
00:20:16we're gonna do
00:20:19Spock!
00:20:40Wolverine!
00:20:49Spock!
00:21:17Incredible.
00:21:19Not only should it have been destroyed by our phasers, it does not even register on my tricorder.
00:21:24Captain, it doesn't even look real.
00:21:28It is not life as we know or understand it.
00:21:32Yet it is obviously alive, it exists.
00:21:35And it can bear up under full phaser power.
00:21:39Captain, I suggest we risk taking it aboard.
00:21:42It's too close in here, maybe a trap. Let's move out.
00:21:49Spock!
00:21:58Spock!
00:22:00Spock!
00:22:01It's gone. Can you stand?
00:22:02Spock, are you all right?
00:22:14Tom, can you stand?
00:22:18Spock, are you all right?
00:22:33Captain's log supplemented.
00:22:36Whatever the creatures are,
00:22:38they have apparently taken over all the inhabitants of Deniva.
00:22:43Meanwhile, ship surgeon Dr. McCoy
00:22:45is examining a strange puncture wound
00:22:48left by one of the creatures on Mr. Spock's back.
00:22:52Nurse.
00:22:56That's the second time he's come out of...
00:22:59Either he's fighting us
00:23:00or something inside of him is fighting us.
00:23:12Doctor, the readings have never looked like that before,
00:23:16not even on Mr. Spock.
00:23:29Just prepare to close.
00:23:31Nurse.
00:23:38Nurse.
00:23:42Doctor, that's not all you're going to do.
00:23:45Miss Chappell.
00:23:46Doctor, there is more of an enemy
00:23:47twined all through his body.
00:23:50Miss Chappell, if you cannot assist me as required,
00:23:52call another nurse in here.
00:23:54But do one or the other now.
00:23:55Now.
00:23:55Now.
00:24:01How is he?
00:24:15To be very frank, Jim,
00:24:16I don't know that I can do anything for Spock or your nephew.
00:24:22Pieces of some form of living tissue.
00:24:25I removed one from Spock's spinal cord,
00:24:28the other from your sister-in-law's body.
00:24:30They're both the same.
00:24:32Now, the boy's far too weak to touch.
00:24:34Besides, the removal of the tissue
00:24:36wouldn't stop the pain anyhow, as far as I can tell.
00:24:40Did you operate on Spock in time?
00:24:42No, no, no.
00:24:43I just removed these for examination.
00:24:46His body's full of these tentacles,
00:24:48entwining and growing all about his nervous system.
00:24:51My nephew?
00:24:58The same.
00:25:02Evidently, when the creature attacks,
00:25:04it leaves a stinger, much like a bee or a wasp,
00:25:09leaving one of these in the victim's body.
00:25:12It takes over the victim very rapidly.
00:25:14And the entwining is far, far too involved
00:25:19for conventional surgery to remove.
00:25:23Recommendations?
00:25:25I'm sorry, Jim.
00:25:27The lab, the science departments.
00:25:31We're all stuck.
00:25:40No.
00:25:40No.
00:25:40No.
00:25:49Stop.
00:25:51No, I won't.
00:25:57Stop.
00:25:57Stop.
00:25:58There.
00:26:01Ridge, this is sickbay.
00:26:04Tell Dr. McCoy Mr. Spock just left here.
00:26:07Mr. Larry is possibly dangerous.
00:26:08All X security alert.
00:26:11Locate and restrain Mr. Spock.
00:26:13He may be dangerous.
00:26:14Use phasers unstun if necessary.
00:26:21Must take shit, Spock.
00:26:32Oh, dear.
00:26:37Oh, dear.
00:26:45Stop.
00:26:45Down. I must take it down.
00:27:09Come back to the sick bay. Use security restraints.
00:27:15The K-3 indicator registers the level of pain. Now watch it as I turn it on.
00:27:27Now that's what he's been going through.
00:27:47I've never seen anything like it. No wonder the poor devils go mad.
00:27:50Dr. McCoy. Captain.
00:28:11Spark.
00:28:11Well, these restraints will no longer be necessary.
00:28:21Nor will your sedatives, doctor.
00:28:25I'll be able to return to duty.
00:28:27I apologize for my weakness earlier when I tried to take control of the ship.
00:28:36I simply did not understand.
00:28:41What is there to understand, Mr. Spock?
00:28:45I'm a Vulcan doctor.
00:28:48Pain is a thing of the mind.
00:28:50The mind can be controlled.
00:28:55You're only half, Vulcan. What about the human half of you?
00:29:01It is proving to be an inconvenience.
00:29:04But it is manageable.
00:29:07The creature, with all of its thousands of parts, even now,
00:29:12is pressuring me.
00:29:20It wants this ship.
00:29:24But I am resisting.
00:29:26Can he control it the way he says, Bones?
00:29:30Who knows, Jim?
00:29:32I know the amount of pain the creature can inflict upon him.
00:29:36But whether he can control it hour to hour...
00:29:40I have my own will, Captain.
00:29:42Let me help.
00:29:47I need you, Spock.
00:29:51But we can't take any chances.
00:29:57We'll keep you...
00:29:59confined for a while longer.
00:30:02If you can...
00:30:04maintain control...
00:30:07we'll see.
00:30:12My nephew.
00:30:17If he regains consciousness, will he go through that?
00:30:25Yes.
00:30:28Help them.
00:30:30I don't care what it takes or costs.
00:30:33You've got to help them.
00:30:35Jim,
00:30:36aren't you forgetting something?
00:30:40There are over a million colonists on that planet down there.
00:30:45Just as much your responsibility.
00:30:49They need your help, too.
00:30:50I am a Vulcan.
00:31:03I am a Vulcan.
00:31:03I am a Vulcan.
00:31:09I am a Vulcan.
00:31:20I am a Vulcan.
00:31:25There is no pain.
00:31:28There is no pain.
00:31:50I am a Vulcan.
00:31:52I am a Vulcan.
00:31:53Mr. Spock
00:32:11I thought you were still confined to sickbay
00:32:14I was
00:32:16Here now
00:32:17Where do you think you're going?
00:32:21I have an errand on the planet's surface
00:32:23You will beam me down to the same coordinates as before
00:32:27Not likely, Mr. Spock
00:32:30That is an order, Mr. Scott
00:32:32Aye, sir
00:32:33And I'm sorry I have to disobey it
00:32:36The captain said no one was to transport down
00:32:39Mr. Spock
00:32:46Freeze right there, Mr. Spock
00:32:55Or I'll put you to sleep for sure
00:32:59This is Mr. Scott in the transporter room
00:33:18Get me the captain
00:33:19Mr. Spock
00:33:31I gave you an order to stay in the sickbay
00:33:33Until the pain was gone, Captain
00:33:35It has been discontinued
00:33:38By me
00:33:39Scott
00:33:40He said he was transporting down to the surface, sir
00:33:44Your orders were that no one was to beam down
00:33:46Unless you authorized it
00:33:48And knowing Mr. Spock's determination on some things
00:33:52I thought I'd better hold him here until I got your orders
00:33:55One of the creatures will have to be captured
00:34:00And analyzed, Captain
00:34:02We did not have a clear opportunity to do so earlier
00:34:06When I was attacked
00:34:07Since my nervous system is already affected
00:34:11As you pointed out, Doctor
00:34:13I don't believe they could do much more to me
00:34:17Jim, this is ridiculous
00:34:19I don't want my patients running around
00:34:21He should be in bed
00:34:22I am in complete control of myself, Doctor
00:34:28The fact that I am here
00:34:31Proves that I do not belong in bed
00:34:33Mr. Spock
00:34:39Your logic
00:34:42As usual
00:34:44Is inescapable
00:34:48Beam him down
00:34:53Stay in constant touch with us
00:34:55Give him your face here
00:34:56He'll need that, too
00:34:57Thank you, Captain
00:35:02Energize
00:35:14Jim, that man is sick
00:35:41And don't give me any damnable logic
00:35:44About him being the only man for the job
00:35:46I don't have to, Bones
00:35:47We both know he is
00:35:49McChicans
00:35:52Mama
00:35:54Of You
00:35:56Remember
00:36:00Baby
00:36:01So
00:36:02Baby
00:36:03Unbeatable
00:36:04I don't know he is
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00:39:08I assure you I'm all right.
00:39:10You may be controlling the pain, Mr. Spot,
00:39:14but you're far from all right.
00:39:17Unimportant at the moment, Doctor.
00:39:21Please observe.
00:39:30Interesting gentleman.
00:39:33A one-cell creature,
00:39:35resembling more than anything else a huge individual brain cell.
00:39:41Yes, that would answer a lot of questions, wouldn't it?
00:39:44Do you understand what I'm suggesting, Captain?
00:39:47I think so.
00:39:49This may be one cell in a larger organism,
00:39:53an incredibly huge organism, in fact.
00:39:56And although it is not physically connected to the other cells,
00:40:00it is nevertheless part of the whole creature.
00:40:04Guided by the whole, drawing its strength from the whole,
00:40:09which probably accounts for its unusual resistance to our phaser weapons.
00:40:15Existing so differently,
00:40:18from any living matter or energy as we know it,
00:40:21that it may have come here, planet by planet,
00:40:25from an entirely different galaxy.
00:40:28From a place where our physical laws do not apply.
00:40:33We may therefore find it difficult to destroy, Captain.
00:40:36But not impossible, Mr. Spot.
00:40:39The denivan that flew into the sun cried out that he was free,
00:40:43that he had won.
00:40:44That's the angle to work on, gentlemen.
00:40:47I want an analysis of all this
00:40:50from medical and life science departments within the app.
00:40:54Yes, sir.
00:40:56Yes, sir.
00:41:24I'm sorry, Captain. I've tried everything I can.
00:41:42I want an analysis of very rare radiation,
00:41:45intense heat, even as great as 9,000 degrees.
00:41:47Then you're wasting your time.
00:41:49And there has to be something that will kill the creature
00:41:52without destroying the human host.
00:41:54Which happens to be my point.
00:41:55The thing won't die.
00:41:57Even at temperatures and radiation,
00:41:59which would burn Spock and your nephew to ashes.
00:42:02I can't accept that, Bones.
00:42:06We've got 14 science labs aboard this ship.
00:42:10The finest equipment and computers in the galaxy.
00:42:13Captain.
00:42:17I understand your concern.
00:42:20Your affection for Spock.
00:42:23The fact that your nephew is the last survivor
00:42:26of your brother's family.
00:42:27Oh, no, Bones.
00:42:28There's more than two lives at stake here.
00:42:34I cannot let it spread beyond this colony,
00:42:38even if it means destroying a million people down there.
00:42:53Captain's log, stardate 3289.8.
00:42:58I am faced with the most difficult decision of my life.
00:43:03Unless we find a way to destroy the creatures
00:43:06without killing their human hosts,
00:43:09my command responsibilities will force me to kill
00:43:13over a million people.
00:43:15Gentlemen.
00:43:16Gentlemen.
00:43:17I regret I see no other choice for you, Captain.
00:43:21We already know this thing has destroyed three civilizations.
00:43:25Perhaps more.
00:43:26Gentlemen, I want it stopped too.
00:43:29But not at the cost of destroying over a million people.
00:43:32Including myself, Doctor.
00:43:34And Captain Kirk's young nephew.
00:43:38Understandably upsetting.
00:43:41But once it spreads past here,
00:43:44there are dozens of colonies beyond.
00:43:47And billions of people.
00:43:49If killing five people saves ten,
00:43:52it's a bargain.
00:43:53Is that your simple logic, Mr. Spock?
00:43:58I will accept neither of those alternative gentlemen.
00:44:01I cannot let this thing expand beyond this planet.
00:44:05Nor do I intend to kill a million or more people to stop.
00:44:08I want another answer.
00:44:14I'm putting you gentlemen on the hot seat with me.
00:44:17I want that third alternative.
00:44:29Report.
00:44:31I'm sorry, Jim.
00:44:32We've been over it and over it.
00:44:33We've made every conceivable test.
00:44:34I therefore request permission to beam down to the planet's surface.
00:44:39I also suggest your nephew accompany me.
00:44:42Request denied.
00:44:44Captain.
00:44:46I do not make this request lightly.
00:44:49I do not know how much longer I can hold out against the pain.
00:44:53But I do know what the boy will go through
00:44:56should you regain consciousness.
00:45:01Request denied.
00:45:05There must be another answer.
00:45:10Something in the sun killed that thing before the Denevan died.
00:45:21All right.
00:45:23All right.
00:45:24You've tried.
00:45:27Heat.
00:45:30Radiation.
00:45:33What other qualities or properties does the sun have?
00:45:39It exists physically.
00:45:42It occupies space.
00:45:44It has mass, therefore gravity.
00:45:46It converts matter to energy.
00:45:47It converts matter to energy.
00:45:54Jim, we've been through it and through it.
00:45:59Radiation.
00:46:01Heat.
00:46:03But one other thing you haven't mentioned.
00:46:09It's bright.
00:46:11It radiates a blinding light if you're close enough.
00:46:14Nothing leaves up about light.
00:46:16Not to us.
00:46:18But down on the surface the creatures stayed in the shadows for the most part.
00:46:20Suppose that they weren't simply hiding.
00:46:24Suppose they're sensitive to light.
00:46:27Light like in a sun.
00:46:28Close up.
00:46:29What's up?
00:46:34A possibility.
00:46:36You can't move Deneva closer to the sun, Jim.
00:46:39No, but you can move the equivalent of the sun to Deneva.
00:46:43Mr. Spock?
00:46:44Yes.
00:46:46In essence, it can be done.
00:46:48A string of satellites around the planet with burning trimagnesite and trillium.
00:46:57Well, I can rig a task cubicle in the bayoult.
00:47:01I put our specimen in it.
00:47:03But I don't.
00:47:05Good.
00:47:06Let's get on.
00:47:14Your figures are, of course, accurate.
00:47:25Of course.
00:47:27The light of the sun at the proximity where the Deneva declared himself free was one million candles per square inch.
00:47:35If this works, the satellites we orbit will produce light of such intensity that even someone in a closed, darkened area will be affected by it.
00:47:47Ready, Doctor.
00:47:49Put on your mask.
00:48:05Completed.
00:48:08Completed.
00:48:22It worked.
00:48:24We can do it.
00:48:26What's the matter, Jim? We can do it.
00:48:36It worked in a lab, with a creature exposed to everything we can give it.
00:48:41But what about the people who are infected?
00:48:44Well, I don't know. Maybe trial.
00:48:46Maybe. There's no time for maybes, Brunes.
00:48:49We need to know now.
00:48:50need to know now. But I'd have to put them. Yes, we'd have to put someone who's infected under that
00:48:58light. Do you have any idea of the risk? We have to duplicate the conditions on the planet
00:49:07and spark. Captain, you'll need a host for the next step in the test to determine whether the creature
00:49:21can be driven from the body. I am the logical choice. Do you know what one million candlelight
00:49:29per square inch can do to your optic nerves? There's no other way, Bones. We have to duplicate
00:49:36the brilliance that existed at the moment that Denevan declared himself free.
00:49:44All right. I'll rig up a protective pair of goggles. There'll be none on the planet's surface,
00:49:51Doctor. I agree completely. Unfortunately, you're both right. It's the only thing we can do.
00:50:06All right, Mr. Spock.
00:50:08All right, sir.
00:50:10All right, sir.
00:50:11All right.
00:50:45Mr. Spock is the best first officer in the fleet.
00:51:00Proceed.
00:51:15Proceed.
00:51:34Dr. Spock, are you all right?
00:51:58The creature within me is gone.
00:52:02I am free of it.
00:52:04And the pain.
00:52:10I'm also quite blind.
00:52:16An equitable trade, doctor.
00:52:28Doctor, the result of the first test on the creature's remains.
00:52:48Oh, no.
00:52:52What is it?
00:52:55I threw the total spectrum of light at the creature.
00:52:58It wasn't necessary.
00:53:03I didn't stop to think that only one kind of light might have killed it.
00:53:09Interesting.
00:53:11Just as dogs are sensitive to certain sounds which humans cannot hear,
00:53:17these creatures evidently are sensitive to light which we cannot see.
00:53:21You're telling me that Spock need not have been blinded?
00:53:31I didn't need to throw the blinding white light at all, Jim.
00:53:35Spock, I...
00:53:42Doctor, it was my selection as well.
00:53:47It is done.
00:53:48Bones.
00:54:00Take care of me.
00:54:01Completing the seating orbit, Captain.
00:54:10Two hundred and ten ultraviolet satellites now in position.
00:54:27Seventy-two miles altitude, permanent orbit about the planet.
00:54:33Good.
00:54:34Scanners.
00:54:37Scanners ready, sir.
00:54:38Very well.
00:54:39Ready, helm?
00:54:40Ready, Captain.
00:54:42Satellite control, this is the Captain.
00:54:45Energize all satellites.
00:54:48Affirmative.
00:54:48All satellites, Operative, Captain.
00:54:52All satellites, Operative, Captain.
00:55:18Captain, receiving messages from our ground station.
00:55:47Report.
00:55:47The things are dying, sir.
00:55:50It's working.
00:56:04Sickbay.
00:56:09McCoy here.
00:56:13Tell Spock.
00:56:15It worked.
00:56:17Yes, Captain.
00:56:23You'll be happy to hear that.
00:56:29Bones.
00:56:33It wasn't your fault.
00:56:38Bones.
00:56:38Bones.
00:56:44Bones.
00:56:57Bones.
00:56:57Ellen.
00:56:58Record this for Starfleet Command.
00:57:01Ready, sir.
00:57:01The alien creatures on Deneva have been destroyed.
00:57:04Captain, look.
00:57:05Mr. Spock.
00:57:10Spock.
00:57:15You can see.
00:57:16The blindness was temporary, Jim.
00:57:21There's something about his optical nerves which aren't the same as the humans.
00:57:27An hereditary trait, Captain.
00:57:30The brightness of the Vulcan sun has caused the development of an inner eyelid which acts as a shield against high-intensity light.
00:57:38Totally instinctive doctor.
00:57:39Totally instinctive doctor.
00:57:41We tend to ignore it as you ignore your own appendix.
00:57:44Mr. Spock.
00:58:01Regaining eyesight would be an emotional experience for most.
00:58:04You, I presume, felt nothing?
00:58:07Quite the contrary, Captain.
00:58:09I had a very strong reaction.
00:58:12My first sight was the face of Dr. McCoy bending over me.
00:58:17Hmm.
00:58:19Tis a pity brief blindness did not increase your appreciation for beauty, Mr. Spock.
00:58:25If you gentlemen are finished, would you mind laying in a course for Starbase 10, Mr. Spock?
00:58:29My pleasure, Captain.
00:58:30Unusual eye arrangement.
00:58:41I might have known he'd turn up with something like that.
00:58:44What's that on him?
00:58:45I said, please don't tell Spock that I said he was the best first officer in the fleet.
00:58:52Why, thank you, Dr. McCoy.
00:58:57You've been so concerned about his Vulcan eyes, doctor.
00:59:00He forgot about his Vulcan ears.
00:59:02I had walk back to a one, Mr. Sulu.
00:59:05Walk back to a one, sir.
00:59:06I have to stay on that special provider.
00:59:17That's on my eigene.
00:59:18I'm feeling this way.
00:59:20What you, Dr. McCoy.
00:59:21THE END
00:59:51THE END
01:00:21THE END
01:00:30THE END
01:00:32THE END
01:00:37THE END