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Trekzone • Star Trek • The Original Series • Season 1The Original Series • Season 1

The Devil in the Dark

Season 1 Episode 26 • Production #tos26 • Stardate3196.1 • TZ ReleaseFeb 12, 2014 • US ReleaseMar 2, 1967 • In-Universe Year2267
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SYNOPSIS

Responding to a distress call from the mining operation on Janus VI, Kirk and Spock find an unknown alien creature destroying machinery and killing the miners…

REVIEW

All is not as it seems, and you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover is this weeks lesson. This is the first, and only – so far – mention of the Horta on Star Trek.

CAST & CREW
Starring:
William Shatner as James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy as Spock
James Doohan as Montgomery Scott
DeForest Kelley as Leonard McCoy
Nichelle Nichols as Nyota Uhura
George Takei as Hikaru Sulu

Guest Cast:
Ken Lynch
Barry Russo

Written By:
Gene L. Coon

Directed By:
Joseph Pevney