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Alien Races: 1
(Balok, of the "First Federation.")
Red-shirt deaths: 0
Fight scenes: 0
KOs: 0
TKOs: 0
Fight Stopped: 0
Alien Foods: 1
(A beverage, probably alcoholic, called "Tranya.")
Earth Foods: 1
a "dietary salad" of "green leaves."
Spock says:
"Logical": 1
"Illogical": 0
"I'm a doctor..."s: 1/2
(Honorable mention: "What am I, a doctor or a moon shuttle conductor?")
Phasers fired: 1
"Phasers on Stun": 0
Ear Jokes: 0
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Title: The Corbomite Maneuver
Production: 3
Original Airdate: November 10, 1966
Stardate: 1512.2
Synopsis:
Having destroyed the armed boundary marker of the First Federation in
self-defense, Kirk and crew endure a battle of wits and waiting when
that culture's commander, Balok, takes the Enterprise in tow with his
immense ship, the Fesarius. Dwarfed by the vessel and its builders, who
appear hideous by human standards, the Enterprise crew -- and junior
navigator David Bailey -- are especially hard-hit by the stress of the
cat-and-mouse game. Even so, Kirk refuses to give up his Starfleet
ethics and uses a non-violent ruse to force an even more surprising
first-contact encounter.
Guest Cast:
Clint Howard as Balok
Anthony Call as Lt. Dave Bailey
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What actor (and famous director's brother) played the dimunitive alien, Balok?
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Bailey: "Sir, are we just gonna let it hold us here? We've got phaser weapons. I vote we blast it."
Kirk: "I'll keep that in mind, Mister Bailey...when this becomes a democracy."
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French Nuclear testing begins this year, at Moruroa in the South Pacific.
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Clint Howard, brother of Ron Howard.
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