Original star trek episode miri

Whenever the production and writing staff of the original series is interviewed, they rarely forget to mention coons name and stress how important he was to the success of star trek. Kirk william shatner and the crew of the uss enterprise boldly go where no show has gone before in this classic scifi series. From the episode miri description from imdb the enterprise discovers a planet exactly like earth, but the only inhabitants are children who contract a fatal disease upon entering puberty. Get ready for intergalactic adventure on star trek. The original series episodes miri is the eighth episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series, star trek. Chapter 17 miri season 1 episode 8 part 3 im in the.

Blish writes that miri s planet is the fourth planet orbiting the star 70 ophiuchus, beautifully earthlike and having one large and two smaller continents connected by islands. The first episode of the series to be repeated on nbc, the title of the episode is taken from the fourth line of the 19thcentury nursery rhyme. The original series as wholesome family fun, the rest of the world didnt always think that way. Star trek aka tos the original series 19661969 introduced us to the optimistic world of gene roddenberry. About all i remember of this episode is grup and what it means. Chapter 18 miri season 1 episode 8 part 4 im in the. These children all possess a strong distrust of adults, with the exception of miri, a young.

The most significant event in miri, the twelfth episode of star trek halfway through the first season was the arrival, behindthescenes, of a new producer named gene l. William shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, nichelle nichols, bill blackburn, james. The episode was written by adrian spies, directed by vincent mceveety and novelized in star trek 1 by james blish. Miri kirk, spock, mccoy, rand and two red shirts beam down to the planet. It was written by adrian spies and directed by vincent mceveety. For earth day, star trek celebrates the environment. We then began to talk about random things, like what we like and i noticed that she kept glancing at the captain, oh boy love i hate any for of romance and i can tell that this wont work but yeah. This has become a trekkie mantra of sorts, often for something stupid, and just as often for an episode trying to tell us what to think a little too strongly. In his first volume of star trek episode adaptations, james blish supplies a backstory that is vastly different to that of the identical earth premise. I guess the truth is the only thing really keeping unkle lancifer from becoming a fullblown trekkie is actually watching. It also has the distinction of being perhaps the most sexist star trek episode ever made, which, despite the. Star trek the original series season 1 episode 8 miri trailer. The five worst star trek episodes of all time techrepublic. A landing party beams down and discovers that 300 years before, the natives of the planet conducted experiments to prolong life, but had instead created a deadly virus.

Miri is the eighth episode of the first season of star trek. Miri looked away from kirk and stooted a bit to her left so i could sit down, its nice to meet you jazz she said quietly. The original series only lasted three seasons, but it had a tremendous impact on both the science fiction genre and society. The original series, view video clips and full episodes on cbs. The original series, in the shows first season, first aired on 27 october 1966. The girl then nodded in confirmation to what i said. The intriguing story concerns a race of children on an earthlike planet who are in fact 300 years. The building miri led us to also housed an automatic transmission station, which sent out the signal that drew us to this planet.

This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series three seasons, along with the series original pilot episode, the cage. Miri is the eighth episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series, star trek. Star trek was set in the 23rd century and featured the voyages of the starship. That the blues blotches, characteristic of the unknown disease had appeared on each of us, with the exception of mister spock. Televised in these united states on thursday, 27 october 1966, the vincent mceveety directed miri was the eighth star trek episode to hit television screens. Miri written by adrian spies directed by vincent mceveety season 1, episode 11 production episode 614912 original air date.

In my opinion this was the most interesting question in the episode and it was. The first season of the american science fiction television series star trek. The banned episodes is an essay by stephen bell about the star trek. Blish writes that miris planet is the fourth planet orbiting the star 70 ophiuchus, beautifully earthlike and having. Miri, one of the most popular episodes of the original star trek series, featured a couple of soontobesemiicons from two very different kinds of films from the late 1960s. After very careful consideration a top level decision was made not to screen the episodes entitled star trek. But yeah, not much to say about this one except grup, lol. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, kim darby, michael j. Pollard i kim darby kao miri i jahn u sceni epizode. Miri episode memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Miri still possesses any number of great star trek moments, but it stands out for being so strange, for lack of a better word.

You said something about the grups doing bad things, yelling, hurting, burning. The tension is very well played by the actors and by director mceveety, kim darby is magnificent as. Part of the appeal of the man trap isnt any individual success, but the fact that it is such an archetypal star trek adventure. The first episode of the show aired on 6 september 1966 on ctv in canada, followed by a 8 september 1966 airing on nbc in america. The enterprise answers a distress beacon from a planet that seems to be a carbon copy of earth. This episode was the last and, by some measures, the least of the original series. Needless to say, this episode has kindertrauma written all over it. Jul 01, 2008 this episode guest stars puppy activist and official traumatot pamelyn ferdin and is pretty damn good as well even though it is usually considered the worst episode ever made by most star trek fans.

The original series, that was first broadcast october 27, 1966, and repeated june 29, 1967. An official bbc statement by sheila cundy of the programme correspondence section reads. May 27, 2015 miri written by adrian spies directed by vincent mceveety season 1, episode 11 production episode 614912 original air date. When i say earthlike, i mean identical to 1960s earth in nearly every detail.

I have an embarrassing amount of star trek books, manuals, scripts, histories, autobiographies, guides, art, novels. In fact, there were a handful of episodes from the series that werent shown on tv in certain countries. I really enjoyed miri, the eighth episode of the first season of tos. As emissaries of the starfleet, a spaceborne humanitarian and peacekeeping armada. Miri is one of the strongest and most gripping episodes of the original star trek, providing a pretty shocking spin on the ageold postapocalyptic earth scenario except for the fact that none of this takes place on earth, obviously. The original series season 1, episode 8 miri series. 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. That being said, i have always had a fondness for an episode from s. The original series, originally created by gene roddenberry, premiered on nbc on september 8, 1966 and concluded on april, 1967.

If you enjoyed this post, please enter your email address in the subscription box to stay tuned for more updates. Upon beaming down, kirk is attacked by some kind of. For many years, the episodes miri, platos stepchildren, the empath, and whom gods destroy were banned in the uk. The enterprise discovers a planet exactly like earth, but the only inhabitants are children who contract a fatal disease upon entering puberty. The enterprise discovers a planet exactly like earth, but the. The enterprise receives a planetary distress call summoning them to a postapocalyptic earthlike planet. Written by adrian spies and directed by vincent mceveety, it first aired on october 27, 1966. The original series referred to as star trek, prior to any spinoffs is the first star trek series. It consisted of twentynine episodes, which is the highest number of episodes in a season for the original series of star trek. A remastered version of this episode was aired in syndication, premiering on 16 september 2006. Pollard who would appear in bonnie and clyde and kim darby john waynes costar in true grit. It has glimpses of the last man on earth with vincent price released in 1964, two years before star trek began, of george romeros night of the living dead that would be released two years after miri came out, and even.

The show was created by gene roddenberry as a wagon train to the stars. Pollard as jahn grace lee whitney as yeoman janice rand keith taylor as a little boy. Star trek the original series s01e08 miri video dailymotion. The episodes are listed in order by original air date, which match the episode order in each seasons original, remastered, and bluray dvd box sets. The original series miri tv episode 1966 full cast. Surprisingly, and this is a bit of a spoiler, the red shirts survive this mission i guess they must have had heart attacks at the shock sometime after they returned to the ship. Vincent mceveety guest stars kim darby as miri michael j. Was it ever explained why and how was the planet from star trek tos episode, miri, was an exact duplicate of earth. Star trek miri original tv show episode 12 vhs video 1996. The third planet in this solar system, according to my instruments. Enterprise answers an old distress signal to find an unnamed planet that is almost an exact duplicate of earth in the 1960s. Star trek was considered a childrens program and these episodes were deemed too intense for minors. Watch star trek episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The enterprise encounters a planet that is an exact duplicate of the earth, but a place where all the adults are dead, leaving behind children who age incredibly slowly one month every 100 years.