At the different time scales of the two story lines here, generations of aliens would come and go in the time it takes kirk to figure out what has happened. As emissaries of the starfleet, a spaceborne humanitarian and peacekeeping armada, kirk and a crew of humans and aliens explore the. The empath, which was filmed before this episode is used for most of the first minute of the episode, several continuity errors are caused. Voyager episode blink of an eye, which had the similar premise of a hyperaccelerated alien entering the starship, but without hostile intention that time. Jud taylor guest stars kathie browne as deela jason evers as rael majel barrett as nurse christine chapel erik holland as ekor. Coon directed by jud taylor season 3, episode 11 production episode 3. On the left side you can see the original effects from the 1968. The morg and eymorg society in spocks brain seemed like it might have been lifted from h. Star trek novels are based on star trek universe canon but are themselves not considered a part of canon. But wink of an eye has no particularly memorable characters or even a message, beyond a simple ecological one.
May 18, 20 star trek had its share of brilliant influential classics like space seed, amok time, the corbomite maneuver, and charlie x, but it had its stinkers too so were ranking all 79 episodes. During the syndication run of star trek, no syndication cuts were made to this episode. The trek nation wink of an eye daily star trek news. I give this episode a relatively low rating for a classic trek episode because of its profound logic problems. Wink of an eye teleplay by arthur heinemann story by lee cronin gene l.
The original series wink of an eye tv episode 1968 cast and crew credits. Enterprise in discussions of the franchises history and legacy, no matter how quietly influential the prequel series has become in terms of star trek beyond or star trek. Watch star trek 3x wink of an eye kahleah on dailymotion. Mar 29, 2018 it also claims that the episode was originally titled wink of an eye, until someone realized thered been an unrelated but unfortunately not dissimilar tos episode with that title. An episode like mirror, mirror is so good that you can look beyond its wild implausibility. A group of aliens who exist in a state of incredible acceleration invade the. Distant shores anthology includes a short story eighteen minutes that is set during blink of an eye. Hyperaccelerated aliens, invisible to the naked eye, take over the enterprise air date. Find out when star trek is on tv, including series 3episode 11. Coon writing as lee cronin at the start of the third year. Aug 15, 2016 in come ways, both spocks brain and wink of an eye exist as throwbacks that take star trek on a tour through the history of sciencefiction.
The original series wink of an eye full episode season 3, episode 11 080812 hyperaccelerated aliens, invisible to the naked eye, take over the enterprise. Wink of an eye was the third of six assignments given out to writer gene l. Watch full length episodes, video clips, highlights and more. Dec 16, 2010 wink of an eye teleplay by arthur heinemann story by lee cronin gene l. Arriving at scalos, however, the crew find only an empty city, with no life forms registering on tricorder scans. Beaming down though, they can find no people, only their cities. The remastered wink of an eye airs this weekend, the first star trek remastered episode from star treks 3rd season. The ultimatelyused title of this episode was a working title for the star trek. Wink of an eye original series episode with some plot similarities. Star trek continues e03 fairest of them all duration. E11 wink of an eye 1968 tvpg action, adventure, scifi. Nevertheless, the fairy tale trappings of wink of an eye do not come out of nowhere. The wild wild west episode also used star trek communicator chirps to represent how hyperaccelerated. Here are the usual assortment of screenshots from the remastered wink of an eye.
Suddenly, one of the away team seems to disappear from dr. The original series had an episode entitled wink of an eye where scalosians, moving too fast to be seen or heard other than a faint buzzing sound, board the uss enterprise and abduct captain james t. Aug 23, 2016 wink of an eye written by lee cronin and arthur heinemann directed by jud taylor season 3, episode production episode 6004368 original air date. When a landing party investigating scalos begins to vanish one by one, kirk, spock and mccoy try to find out what is happening before more of the crew disappears, until kirk himself is abducted. Scotty, when making the opening log entry, has the brushedback hairstyle james doohan was forced to use for the first few episodes. After the away team beams back up, a series of strange things begin to occur. Visual effects comparison wink of an eye redux youtube. When kirk shoots at and misses deela on the bridge, it is the only time that a phaser beam is tinted green.
Wink of an eye is by no means the worst of the silly evil alien episodes of star trek s third season, but to enjoy it requires the repression of all scientific thought and logic. A scene that was given a wink in 2009s star trek when young sulu tells kirk his combat training was in fencing. When a landing party investigating scalos begins to vanish one by one, kirk, spock and mccoy try to find out what is hap. Star trek wink of an eye visual effects comparison youtube. The wild wild west episode also used star trek communicator chirps to represent how hyperaccelerated people perceive the sound of those in normal time the separate vibrations of the sound wave. Jul 28, 2011 wink of an eye its unfortunate when you must discard in full the very premise of an episode in order to consider it, but thats what is needed here. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, kathie browne. Uk vhs release two episode tapes, paramount home entertainment. Enterprise responds to a distress call from the planet scalos. Star trek the original series season 3 episode 11 wink of an eye. Written by arthur heinemann, based on a story by gene l. Coons tenure as producer on that show, and he has the story credit for wink of an eye as lee cronin. Wink of an eye written by lee cronin and arthur heinemann directed by jud taylor season 3, episode production episode 6004368 original air.
When kirk shoots at and misses deela on the bridge, it. Coon under the pen name lee cronin, and directed by jud taylor, it was first broadcast on november 29, 1968. The following video compares the visual effects scenes from 2 versions of the classic star trek episode called wink of an eye. Ep 11 112968 when a landing party investigating scalos. Kirk william shatner and the crew of the uss enterprise boldly go where no show has gone before in this classic scifi television series.
Wells the time machine, with some retro gender commentary heaped on top. The original series season 3, episode 11 wink of an eye series. Wink of an eye episode 11the enterprise meets an alien species who experience time at a much slower rate, allowing themselves to be invisible to the human eye. Apr 19, 2018 indeed, it might even be possible to argue that blink of an eye is the last truly great episode of berman era star trek there is a tendency to overlook star trek. Episodes featuring the ship being commandeered always seem a bit more exciting, and the time difference concept makes it fun, but it seems like this episode couldve been a lot better if they had thought through the concepts a little more. Of course everything gets neatly tied up at the end of the hour, but in the time.
It matched the whole look of the entire production including the. Nov 30, 2018 the following video compares the visual effects scenes from 2 versions of the classic star trek episode called wink of an eye. Star trek s03 e11 wink of an eye video dailymotion. The enterprise is called to an advanced planet to help with an emergency. What i think makes this one special is that the script demonstrates a more fertile imagination for the details than is customary for voy, and frankly, for trek. Because archive footage including footage from star trek. Watch star trek the original series tv show episodes and. Of the two episodes this week, eye is easily the bestnot great, but at least it feels like a trek episode, as opposed to the empath, which plays like one of those awful hourlong twilight zone s. Wink of an eye is the eleventh episode of the third season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Get ready for intergalactic adventure on star trek. Plus the new season 3 opening credits which features the newer cgi enterprise model. The original series wink of an eye tv episode 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Star trek the next generation season 7 episode 18 eye of the beholder.
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