"Friday's Child" Star Trek: TOS episode
Keel and the Capellians, Friday's Child.
Episode no.	40
Prod. code	032
Airdate	December 1, 1967
Writer(s)	D.C. Fontana
Director	Joseph Pevney
Guest star(s)	Julie Newmar Michael Dante Tige Andrews Ben Gage Cal Bolder Robert Bralver Kirk Raymond Eddie Paskey William Blackburn Walter Edmiston

"Friday's Child" is a second season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It is episode #32, and was broadcast December 1, 1967. It was written by D.C. Fontana, and directed by Joseph Pevney. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Dorothy Catherine D.C. Fontana, is a screenplay writer, best known for her work in the Star Trek television franchise, produced by Paramount Studios. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... Joseph Pevney (born September 15, 1911, New York City) is a prolific film and television director, with a directing career that spanned over 80 productions from 1950 to 1984. ... Julie Newmar as Catwoman Julie Newmar (born August 16, 1933 as Julia Charlene Newmeyer) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. ... Maab from the original Star Trek television series Michael Dante (b. ... Eddie Paskey-is an actor who is primarily known for playing the uncredited Lieutenant Leslie in the original Star Trek. ... Journey to Babel is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. ... Stardate is the dating convention used in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ... The Deadly Years is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast December 8, 1967 and repeated on August 16, 1968. ... The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dorothy Catherine D.C. Fontana, is a screenplay writer, best known for her work in the Star Trek television franchise, produced by Paramount Studios. ... Joseph Pevney (born September 15, 1911, New York City) is a prolific film and television director, with a directing career that spanned over 80 productions from 1950 to 1984. ...

Quick Overview: The crew of the Enterprise become entangled in a planet's tribal power struggle. The early Earth starship Enterprise (NX-01) The original Federation starship Enterprise (NCC-1701) The second Federation starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) The third Federation starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) The fourth Federation starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) The fifth Federation starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) The sixth Federation starship...

On stardate 3497.2, the starship USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, arrives at Capella IV to negotiate a mining contact for topeline. The Capellan inhabitants are described by Dr. McCoy as strong, warlike, humanoids who average 7 feet in height. McCoy is familiar with the Capellans since he spent a few months of his Starfleet career stationed on their world. Kirk is also aware that the Capellans are known to have dealings with the Klingons, which may make the negotiations difficult. Stardate is the dating convention used in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... This article is about the vehicle for interstellar travel. ... James Tiberius Kirk, played by William Shatner, was captain of two starships Enterprise (NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A) in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... Leonard Horatio McCoy, M.D., nicknamed Bones (as in Sawbones, an old-fashioned colloquialism for a doctor or a surgeon), is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe, played by the late DeForest Kelley. ... Starfleet Command In the Star Trek fictional universe, Starfleet is the defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets (UFP), with hundreds of advanced starships of various class and size at its disposal. ... Klingons (tlhIngan in the Klingon language) are a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe. ...

Kirk beams down to the planet with Dr. McCoy, Mr. Spock and a security officer, and leaves Mr. Scott in command. He warns him to keep alert for Klingon ships in the area, since they may try and interfere in the talks. Kirk's fear is already realized as soon as he arrives, finding Kras, a Klingon emissary, is already present. Spock, commonly called Mr. ... Montgomery Scott, nicknamed Scotty, is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. ...

Kirk's security officer reacts without thinking and tries to shoot the emissary with a phaser, but the officer is immediately killed by a Capellan guard with his kliat, a weapon that is part boomerang and part dagger. The Capellans order Kirk and his party to hand over their weapons just as the Klingon had done. Despite the hostile greeting, the Capellans treat the party as honored guests. The Star Trek fictional universe contains a very large number of weapons. ... A typical wooden returning boomerang A boomerang is a curved, usually wooden, device which is thrown. ... A dagger (from Vulgar Latin: daca - a Dacian knife) is a blade weapon (essentially a double-edged knife) used for stabbing, thrusting or as a secondary defense weapon in close combat. ...

Kirk is offered some food by a Capellan woman, but McCoy manages to restrain Kirk from physical contact with a small bulbous object that she is holding, for touching it mandates hand-to-hand combat with her closest male relative. Kirk's restraint actually annoys the woman's male relative, who was looking forward to a deadly duel with the Captain.

Kirk and the Klingon emissary meet with Teer Akaar, leader of the Ten Tribes, and the talks begin. While Akaar seems to favor the Federation's offer over the Klingons', Akaar's rivals seem to disagree, especially Maab, who challenges Akaar to a fight for leadership of the tribes. The fight ensues and Maab kills Akaar, thus winning the throne and becoming the new Teer. In the Star Trek fictional universe, the United Federation of Planets (UFP) – widely referred to and known amongst fans as merely the Federation – is a federal state of more than 150 member planets and thousands of colonies. ...

Kras wickedly smirks, for the scales have tipped in favor of the Klingons' offer. Maab orders the death of Eleen, Akaar's wife, for she is pregnant with Akaar's child, who was to be the next Teer by birthright. When Kirk intervenes in the death sentence, Maab becomes greatly angered by the break of tradition, and has Kirk and his party imprisoned along with Eleen, who herself is upset, claiming that she was prepared to die.

Meanwhile the Enterprise receives a distress call from the S.S. Dierdre. Mr. Scott takes the Enterprise out of orbit to find the ship, but when it arrives at the coordinates, he finds nothing. He notes the call strangely asked for the Enterprise by name, and no civilian ship would have direct knowledge of the Enterprise's whereabouts. Realizing he had been duped he races back to Capella IV, but receives another distress signal along the way, this time from the U.S.S. Carolina. Scotty ignores it saying "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me", which Chekov reports is an old Russian saying. Pavel Andreyevich Chekov (Cyrillic: Павел Андреевич Чеков), a character from the fictional Star Trek universe, was the Navigator and Weapons Officer on the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk. ...

When the Enterprise shows up at Capella, Scotty finds a Klingon warship waiting for him. Now having to deal with a heavily armed adversary, the Enterprise is unable to help its captured crewmembers imprisoned on the planet.

Kirk and his party, along with Eleen manage to overpower their captors and escape into some nearby hills, finding a cave to hide in. The way to the cave is rocky, and Eileen insists McCoy help carry her up, where he comments "I'm a doctor, not an escalator". Kirk and Spock start a fire and begin to fashion primitive bows and arrows to defend themselves. McCoy treats Eleen's wounded arm, and is shocked to discover that she is ready to give birth at any time.

Maab and his warriors, now hot on their trail, are getting closer. Kirk and Spock use their communicators to create a frequency that will disrupt the rocks above them. They cause an avalanche which kills some of the Capellan pursuers. Kras uses this opportunity to obtain a Federation phaser weapon of his own from a fallen Capellan. The Star Trek fictional universe contains a very large number of weapons. ...

Meanwhile, McCoy delivers Eleen's baby. At first, Eleen is convinced she must kill the child, but as time passes McCoy encourages her to keep it. Thinking everything will be fine, McCoy nods off, just as Eileen knocks him unconscious with a rock, and heads out to surrender to Maab. When she meets him she claims she had killed the baby, as well as the humans, while they slept.

Kras steps forward, and with a weapon in hand, demands to see Kirk's dead body to verify Eileen's story. When one of them tries to kill him with a kliat, Kras vaporizes him with the phaser. Kras and the Capellans quickly discover that Kirk and Spock are still alive when arrows – a weapon unknown on Capella IV – begin to fly. One strikes Kras in the knee. Kras returns fire. An exchange of fire ensues between Kras, Kirk, Spock and the Capellans. Kras threatens to kill any Capellan who raises a weapon against him, but when he takes aim at Eileen, Maab takes defensive action. Maab confronts him, but is vaporized by Kras, who in turn, is killed off by a Capellan warrior. At this point, Mr. Scott and a squad of security officers show up and stop the fighting.

With the conflict over, McCoy reunites Eleen with her baby, using what Kirk refers to as "obscure Earth dialect" when McCoy goes "oochie-woochie-coochie-coo". The Capellans then hail their new infant leader. As allowed by custom until the newborn Teer comes of age, Eleen acts as her son's regent, and authorizes the mining agreement with the Federation.

Trivia

Although a Klingon ship appears on the Enterprise viewscreen in this episode, it appears as little more than a vague brightly lit animated shape. The recognizable Klingon starship design would not appear until the third season episode "The Enterprise Incident". The Enterprise Incident is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast September 27, 1968 and repeated December 27, 1968. ...

External links

• Friday's Child (TOS episode) article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki