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#79: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 15 "The Eye of the Beholder"

Written by David P. Harmon, directed by Hal Sutherland.

Stardate 5537.1 (early 2269)
(Using the novelization Stardate)

"They appear to be as advanced beyond Earth civilization as you are from a colony of ants." - Commander Spock

The Enterprise arrives at Lactra VII to determine the fate of a science team from the Ariel which disappeared there. Three people disappeared while surveying the planet, then the rest of the team disappeared when they went down looking for them. Despite the dangers, Captain Kirk believes the only way to find out what happened is to also beam down while taking extreme precautions. Once on the surface, they are immediately met with hostile creatures and environments, but the creatures they encounter feel familiar somehow. What's more, there are sudden changes in the biome from one location to the other, suggesting that the environment is artificial in some way. Just as Kirk, Commander Spock, and Doctor McCoy are putting things together, they get captured by slug-like creatures with trunks who take them to a very comfortable facility designed to cater to all their needs. It is there they learn the fate of the Ariel science team, and the exact nature of their prison.

Originally released: 5 January 1974

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#78: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 2, episode 6 "The Counter-Clock Incident"

Written by John Culver, directed by Bill Reed.

Stardate 5536.3 (early 2269)
(Using the novelization Stardate)

"No matter where I've traveled in the galaxy, Jim, this bridge is more like home than anywhere else." - Ambassador Robert April

The Enterprise is escorting the famed Ambassador Robert April, first Captain of the USS Enterprise, to the Babel Peace Conference for his retirement ceremony. April expresses reluctance to end his career in Starfleet when a ship is found moving at impossible warp speeds towards the Enterprise. Captain Kirk moves them out of its way, but it continues speeding towards a supernova. Lieutenant Sulu puts a tractor beam on the runaway ship, but it just causes the Enterprise to get dragged along for the ride. Kirk tries to communicate, but they respond in what sounds like gibberish as they continue to race towards certain death. However instead of burning up as expected, both ships find themselves in an anti-time universe where everything runs in reverse. Now they can understand the pilot of the ship, but find the chances of getting back to their own universe are mathematically astronomical as everyone on the Enterprise begins to age backwards.

Originally released: 12 October 1974

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#77: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 2, episode 1 "The Pirates of Orion"

Written by Howard Weinstein, directed by Bill Reed.

Stardate 5527.3 (early 2269)
(Using the novelization Stardate)

"Blasted Vulcan! Why can't you have red blood like any normal Human?" - Doctor McCoy

Commander Spock has contracted an illness that is nothing to humans, but fatal to Vulcans due to their blood containing copper instead of iron. Since the Enterprise is warping away on mission, Captain Kirk contacts Starfleet and arranges for life-saving drugs to be handed off from the USS Potemkin to the USS Huron which will then rendezvous with the Enterprise with only days to spare. However, the Huron is ambushed by Orion pirates and their entire cargo of Dilithium (including the medicine meant for Spock) is taken and the ship left adrift. The Enterprise picks up their distress call and double backs to rescue the crew of the Huron. Now Kirk has the Enterprise chasing the emissions of the pirate ship in a desperate attempt to recover the medicine before Spock's organs give out.

Originally released: 7 September 1974

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#76: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 8 "The Magicks of Megas-Tu"

Written by Larry Brody, directed by Hal Sutherland.

Stardate 5524.5 (early 2269)
(Using the novelization Stardate)

"Always so curious, that must be why I've always liked you Earthlings so much!" - Lucien

The Enterprise is sent to survey the center of the galaxy in the hopes of finding matter in the process of being formed. When they arrive, an interstellar storm catches the ship and sends it spinning out of control. Lieutenant Sulu manages to get the ship into the eye of the storm, but things only get worse. One by one, all of the Enterprise's systems give out - including life support. Just as everyone is about to suffocate, a strange, horned and hoofed humanoid appears and miraculously restores the ship's systems. This creature identifies himself as Lucien, and his abilities appear to be magic. Spock can find no explanation as to how he restored power to the Enterprise. Lucien invites Kirk and others to his home planet, speaking to then as if they were old friends, but he also warns them to stay out of sight of everyone else.

Originally released: 27 October 1973

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