In the star trek episode wink of an eye, why doesnt. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, kathie browne. Nevertheless, the fairy tale trappings of wink of an eye do not come out of nowhere. This article is within the scope of wikiproject star trek, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to all star trekrelated topics on wikipedia. The trek nation blink of an eye daily star trek news. I own nothing of star trek, its characters, andor its story lines. You can watch the original version at the official site here. Deela, have your scientists disconnect, destroy that unit. Even outside of hyperbole, blink of an eye is a beautifully constructed piece of television that speaks to the appeal and the potential of star trek. The original series wink of an eye tv episode 1968.
While exploring an outer quadrant of the galaxy, the enterprise received distress calls from an apparently uninhabited, incredibly beautiful city on the planet of scalos. You must be a cbs all access subscriber to enjoy this video. Star trek the original series season 3 episode 11 wink of. I, for one, like the bright colors of the planets in the original series. Sometimes more than one, many of them in different colors, or different. When a landing party investigating scalos begins to vanish one by one, kirk, spock and mccoy try to find out what is hap. Wink of an eye is not the most memorable of star trek episodes and it. The weapon made a sound identical to klingon disruptors and the ardana torture device in star trek. This video compares the visual effects scenes from 2 versions of the classic star trek episode wink of an eye. Plus the new season 3 opening credits which features the newer cgi enterprise model. I promise you, well use every skill we have to help you.
Star trek the next generation season 4 episode 24 the minds eye. Coon writing as lee cronin at the start of the third year. The original series wink of an eye tv episode 1968 on imdb. Wink of an eye was the third of six assignments given out to writer gene l. Coons tenure as producer on that show, and he has the story credit for wink of an eye as lee cronin. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, robert duncan mcneill. Blink of an eye by edward james hines posted at january 19, 2000 6. It is episode out of 24, the first episode of the last 50% of season three. Coon directed by jud taylor season 3, episode 11 production episode 3. A group of aliens who exist in a state of incredible acceleration.
If you are experiencing problems, please describe them. Written by arthur heinemann, based on a story by gene l. 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. Star trek wink of an eye visual effects comparison youtube. Due to an on set accident, william shatner has tinnitus, a condition. 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. As the population of the planet evolves voyager becomes an integral part of their culture. I dont own star trek, but i do play in its sandbox. It is a lyrical allegory, a very simple and straightforward idea that is constructed in such a way as to invite the audience to ask profound and meaningful questions about the nature of human existence. Watch star trek season 3, episode 11 wink of an eye.
This weeks classic star trek episode is wink of an eye. Unfortunately, while that story wouldve made a good star trek episode, arthur heinemanns script isnt it. 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. Star trek the original series s03e11 wink of an eye 068 1968 star trek. Star trek s03 e11 wink of an eye video dailymotion. The scalosian weapon was made from latheturned aluminum, and measured approximately 6. The uss saladins shuttlecraft scimitar, on a mission to rescue commodore alexander enwright from the klingons, is trapped in phased space with a hungry space creature, and only the uss antyllus can save them. The painted backdrop depicting a city on scalos is recycled from a taste of. Blink of an eye starring daniel dae kim as astronaut gotanaretz voyager is. In the episode wink of an eye kirk once again finds himself face to face with a hideous space alien. Star trek wink of an eye visual effects comparison. Wink of an eye is the eleventh episode of the third season of the american science fiction. The episode was also ranked as one of the top 10 episodes of star trek.
Voyager is trapped in orbit above a strange planet where time passes thousands of times faster than in the surrounding galaxy. Trek tv the most ambitious star trek podcast on the. Eventually they develop technology that allows them to send someone to. Furthering the coincidence, both stories feature aliens existing at a much faster rate who visit the ship and see the slower crew apparently frozen. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and i am beholding what to me is beautiful. This recorded commentary is meant to be played whilst watching the star trek the original series episode wink of an eye.
Here are the usual assortment of screenshots from the remastered wink of an eye. 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. Gizmodo ranked blink of an eye as the 46th out of 100 of the best of all star trek television episodes as of 2014. Coon under the pen name lee cronin, and directed by jud taylor, it was first broadcast on november 29, 1968. Wink of an eye is by no means the worst of the silly evil alien episodes of star treks third season, but to enjoy it requires the repression of all scientific thought and logic. On the left side you can see the original 60s effects, on the right side you can. Wink of an eye invisible to humans due to their timeaccelerated state. Until the stars wink out stellarlibrarylady star trek.
Wink of an eye teleplay by arthur heinemann story by lee cronin gene l. In this episode of trek tv we discuss star trek tos season 3 wink of an eye. Trek tv the most ambitious star trek podcast on the internet. Because they evolved into living out of time sync kirk. The season three slump that started with wink of an eye would continue until the way to eden let that be your last battlefield and.
It matched the whole look of the entire production including the brightly colored. Hyperaccelerated aliens, invisible to the naked eye, take over the enterprise air date. Whats better than having these stories in soft cover, mass market. Voyager episode blink of an eye test not only your ability to. Much like the matriarch of the society featured in the prior episode who wanted to make dr. If nothing else, the finer details of the star trek.
The script was being prepped for shooting under the title wink of an eye when production realized that there was already a show called star trek. Wink of an eye is the eleventh episode of the third season of the american science fiction television series star trek. In the wink of an eye definition of in the wink of an. Star trek episode wink of an eye mccoy summons kirk to sickbay. Coon had left to work on it takes a thief at universal, but was still contributing to star trek under an alias. Home series star trek absolute order season 1 episode 68 wink of an eye invisible to humans due to their timeaccelerated state, a group of aliens invade the enterprise and attempt to abduct members of the crew to serve as breeding stock for their dying planet. Raumschiff enterprise alle staffeln florians episodenguide.