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The Tholian Web
"The Tholian Web" is the ninth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Judy Burns and Chet Richards and directed by Herb Wallerstein, it was first broadcast on NBC on November 15, 1968.
In the episode, Captain Kirk is caught between dimensions while the crew of the Enterprise works to retrieve him. All the while, the Tholians are weaving a destructive energy web around the Enterprise.
The starship USS Enterprise searches for the USS Defiant. Sensors detect fractures in space, and a power loss affects all systems. Defiant is found adrift, and Captain Kirk, First Officer Spock, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy, and Navigator Ensign Chekov transport over wearing environmental suits. Aboard Defiant, they find the crew dead, apparently having killed one another.
The boarding party discovers that Defiant is fading out of our universe. With limited transporter functionality due to the malfunctions, Kirk orders his men to return to Enterprise. As Chief Engineer Scott tries to beam Kirk aboard, Defiant vanishes.
Spock determines that the local space is experiencing periods of "interphase", when two parallel dimensions merge. He believes Kirk will reappear during the next interphase. As he explains the situation, Chekov lashes out in anger, a symptom McCoy believes is due to their proximity to Defiant. Spock refuses to move the ship, fearful of disrupting local space and losing the Captain.
With two hours until the next interphase, the Enterprise is approached by an unfamiliar ship. Its captain, Commander Loskene of the Tholian Assembly, asserts that Enterprise has violated Tholian space and must leave. Spock persuades Loskene to wait one hour and fifty-three minutes. When the time is up, Kirk does not reappear; Spock concludes that the arrival of the Tholian ship disrupted the interphase.
When the Enterprise is attacked by Loskene, McCoy again urges Spock to leave, believing Kirk lost. Spock returns fire and the Tholian ship is disabled, but the Enterprise takes damage and begins drifting. A second Tholian ship joins the first, and the two begin weaving an energy web that will cage the Enterprise.
Spock and McCoy view a tape left by Kirk, to be played in the event of his death, which implores the two of them to work together. Lieutenant Uhura and Scott both report seeing ghostly manifestations of Kirk. Finally, the apparition is seen on the bridge; Kirk is still in his environmental suit.
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The Tholian Web
"The Tholian Web" is the ninth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Judy Burns and Chet Richards and directed by Herb Wallerstein, it was first broadcast on NBC on November 15, 1968.
In the episode, Captain Kirk is caught between dimensions while the crew of the Enterprise works to retrieve him. All the while, the Tholians are weaving a destructive energy web around the Enterprise.
The starship USS Enterprise searches for the USS Defiant. Sensors detect fractures in space, and a power loss affects all systems. Defiant is found adrift, and Captain Kirk, First Officer Spock, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy, and Navigator Ensign Chekov transport over wearing environmental suits. Aboard Defiant, they find the crew dead, apparently having killed one another.
The boarding party discovers that Defiant is fading out of our universe. With limited transporter functionality due to the malfunctions, Kirk orders his men to return to Enterprise. As Chief Engineer Scott tries to beam Kirk aboard, Defiant vanishes.
Spock determines that the local space is experiencing periods of "interphase", when two parallel dimensions merge. He believes Kirk will reappear during the next interphase. As he explains the situation, Chekov lashes out in anger, a symptom McCoy believes is due to their proximity to Defiant. Spock refuses to move the ship, fearful of disrupting local space and losing the Captain.
With two hours until the next interphase, the Enterprise is approached by an unfamiliar ship. Its captain, Commander Loskene of the Tholian Assembly, asserts that Enterprise has violated Tholian space and must leave. Spock persuades Loskene to wait one hour and fifty-three minutes. When the time is up, Kirk does not reappear; Spock concludes that the arrival of the Tholian ship disrupted the interphase.
When the Enterprise is attacked by Loskene, McCoy again urges Spock to leave, believing Kirk lost. Spock returns fire and the Tholian ship is disabled, but the Enterprise takes damage and begins drifting. A second Tholian ship joins the first, and the two begin weaving an energy web that will cage the Enterprise.
Spock and McCoy view a tape left by Kirk, to be played in the event of his death, which implores the two of them to work together. Lieutenant Uhura and Scott both report seeing ghostly manifestations of Kirk. Finally, the apparition is seen on the bridge; Kirk is still in his environmental suit.