"The Enterprise Incident" Star Trek: TOS episode Kirk disguised as a Romulan, The Enterprise Incident. Episode no. 57 Prod. code 059 Airdate September 27, 1968 Writer(s) D.C. Fontana Director John Meredyth Lucas Guest star(s) Joanne Linville Jack Donner Richard Compton Robert Gentile Mike Howden Gordon Coffey Eddie Paskey Roger Holloway Previous episode "Spock's Brain" Stardate 5027.3 Year 2268 Next episode "The Paradise Syndrome"

"The Enterprise Incident" is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast September 27, 1968 and repeated December 27, 1968. It is episode #59, written by D.C. Fontana and directed by John Meredyth Lucas. Image from Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Enterprise Incident © 1968 Paramount Pictures, produced by Gene Roddenberry. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 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. ... Eddie Paskey-is an actor who is primarily known for playing the uncredited Lieutenant Leslie in the original Star Trek. ... Roger Holloway is an American television actor who portrayed the recurring character Lt. ... Spocks Brain is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast September 20, 1968. ... 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 Paradise Syndrome is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, and was broadcast October 4, 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. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 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. ...

Quick Overview: The crew of the Enterprise attempts to steal a Romulan cloaking device. 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... The Romulans, a fictional race in the Star Trek universe, are descended from Vulcans and are characterized as being passionate, cunning, and opportunistic. ... In several science fiction universes, a cloaking device is an advanced stealth system which causes a spaceship or individual to be invisible and extremely difficult to detect with normal sensors. ...

On stardate 5027.3, Captain James T. Kirk takes the starship, the USS Enterprise, into Romulan space for no apparent reason. The ship's medical officer, Dr. McCoy, has been reporting strange irregularities in Captain Kirk's behavior lately and expresses concern for the unwarranted maneuver. Before Kirk can even give an explanation, the Enterprise encounters three Romulan warships which decloak and surround the ship. They order Kirk to surrender. Stardate is the dating convention used in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... 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. ... This article is about the vehicle for interstellar travel. ... Dr. Leonard H. McCoy Leonard Horatio McCoy, M.D., nicknamed Bones, is a fictional character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by the late DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 - June 11, 1999). ...

Kirk refuses to give up the ship and threatens to destroy the Enterprise if the Romulans make an attempt to board her. The Romulans then offer to "talk" with Kirk and request he and Mr. Spock beam over to the lead ship. In return, they offer two of their officers as "hostages" in exchange. Kirk and Spock agree, and beam over. Spock, commonly called Mr. ...

Once aboard the Romulan vessel, they meet the ship's commander, a woman, who demands an explanation for Kirk's intrusion. Kirk explains their ship accidentally wandered into Romulan space because of equipment malfunctions, however Spock contradicts his Captain's explanation saying that Kirk ordered them here owing to his mental instability and incompetence to command.

The Romulans charge Kirk with espionage and send him to the brig where he is injured by the cell's force field when he tries to escape. The Romulans call for Dr. McCoy to beam over and tend to Kirk's wounds. Afterward, they order Mr. Scott, who is now in command of the Enterprise, to follow them back to their base; however Scotty refuses without a fight. McCoy declares Kirk incompetent to command, then Kirk suddenly lashes out and attacks Mr. Spock who reacts without thinking and fights back with a Vulcan nerve pinch which he describes as a "Vulcan death grip". McCoy then declares the Captain dead. Espionage is the practice of obtaining secrets (spying) from rivals or enemies for military, political, or economic advantage. ... In sailing, a brig is a vessel with two masts at least one of which is square rigged. ... Montgomery Scott, usually known as Scotty, is a character in Star Trek: The Original Series, played by James Doohan. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Vulcan nerve pinch is a technique used by Vulcans to render other humanoids unconscious by pinching the base of their neck. ...

McCoy carts Kirk's body back to the Enterprise while Mr. Spock remains on the Romulan ship. He stays and talks to the Romulan commander who would like to get to know him better. She tries to persuade Spock to switch sides, telling him his talents and discipline would better serve the Romulan Empire. The longer the two converse, the more Spock begins to feel attracted to her.

Meanwhile, back aboard the Enterprise, Kirk makes a miraculous recovery. The entire charade has been for the Romulans' benefit in order to carry out a mission to acquire a Romulan cloaking device. Dr. McCoy alters Kirk's appearance using plastic surgery to make him look like a Romulan. Mr. Spock simultaneously gathers information about the cloaking device and learns of its location on the ship. Kirk, disguised as a Romulan officer, is then secretly transported over to the Romulan ship, while Spock gives him some time by stalling the Romulan commander.

The female Romulan Commander, The Enterprise Incident.

Kirk gains access to the room where the device is located and manages to disconnect it. He quickly beams himself and the equipment back to the Enterprise before his presence is detected, however the Romulans discover the theft and report the intrusion to the Romulan commander. The commander feels betrayed by Spock, and angrily orders him to be executed immediately. The Romulan Commander portrayed by Joanne Linville, from the Star Trek: TOS episode The Enterprise Incident. http://www. ...

Back on the Enterprise, Kirk impatiently awaits Mr. Spock's return and tells Mr. Chekov to locate and lock on to him. Chekov finds Spock and quickly beams him back. The Romulan commander however, sees Spock begin to dematerialize, so she grabs him and the two are beamed away together. 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. ...

Kirk orders the Enterprise to race back to Federation space and the Romulan subcommander, now in charge of the flagship, orders his ships to give chase. With three Romulan warships barreling down on them, Kirk has Mr. Scott hook the Romulan cloak up to the Enterprise. At first Scotty has problems getting it installed; leaving Kirk biting his nails on the bridge, but just as the Romulan ships reach firing range, the Enterprise vanishes. 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. ...

Kirk now takes the ship to the nearest starbase, with two prizes; the Romulan cloaking device, and one of the Romulans' top commanding officers. A starbase is usually portrayed as a facility strategically positioned in space used to repair and re-supply starships. ...

Trivia

The D-7 models for the Romulan warships are actually Klingon ships, used instead of the Romulan Warbird model seen in the episode "Balance of Terror". It is believed the Romulans and Klingons had a brief exchange of technology, where Romulans received the Klingons' heavy D7 battlecruisers and the Klingons were given Bird of Prey scout ships. (In real life, the show's production staff had just finished new Klingon ship models and wanted to show them off). Klingons (tlhIngan in the Klingon language) are a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... The phrase balance of terror is usually used in reference to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during Cold War. ... Bird-of-Prey is a common name for various makes of Romulan and Klingon warship in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...

While this episode was the first produced for the third season, it aired second, after "Spock's Brain". Spocks Brain is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast September 20, 1968. ...

In the original draft of the script, Kirk was acquitted after being court martialed but said he would never trust Starfleet again. 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. ...

The actual name of the Romulan commander, and her ultimate fate, are not known for certain. Many different explanations are given in various Trek novels (in the early days of Trek writing, many novels tended to contradict each other, and so the commander has had many different names and futures). One of the latest (and most popular) explanations is given in the novel Vulcan's Heart, by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz, in which her name is given as Charvanek. Apparently some time after the events of this episode, Charvanek was returned to Romulus and resumed her military career. Susan Shwartz (1949 - ) is an American author. ...

D.C. Fontana based this story upon the Pueblo incident, in which members of that Navy vessel were captured and held several months after they strayed into North Korean waters. Dorothy Catherine D.C. Fontana, is a screenplay writer, best known for her work in the Star Trek television franchise, produced by Paramount Studios. ...

External links

• The Enterprise Incident article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki