Obsession
- Episode aired Dec 15, 1967
- TV-PG
- 50m
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7.2/10
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Capt. Kirk obsessively hunts for a mysterious cloud creature he encountered in his youth.Capt. Kirk obsessively hunts for a mysterious cloud creature he encountered in his youth.Capt. Kirk obsessively hunts for a mysterious cloud creature he encountered in his youth.
Bill Blackburn
- Lieutenant Hadley
- (uncredited)
John Blower
- Crewman Swenson
- (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci
- Security Guard
- (uncredited)
Jeannie Malone
- Yeoman
- (uncredited)
Eddie Paskey
- Lieutenant Leslie
- (uncredited)
Basil Poledouris
- Security Officer
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe ship which Kirk served on for his first deep space mission is disclosed to be the USS Farragut, and was named after David Glasgow Farragut, a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice-admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy and is credited for uttering the phrase, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"*, disregarding all danger while charging into enemy waters off the Alabama Coast. -This is an abridged version. He said "Damn the torpedoes. Four bells, Captain Drayton, go ahead. Jouett, full speed."*
- GoofsEnsign Garrovick states that less than one ounce of antimatter is more powerful than 10,000 cobalt bombs but the actual energy yield is only about 1.2 megatons TNT. The implication that a cobalt bomb releases more energy than a "regular" nuclear weapon is incorrect; a cobalt bomb is just an ordinary thermonuclear weapon "salted" with cobalt to produce long-lived Co-60 in its fallout.
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bring Back... Star Trek (2009)
- SoundtracksTheme
Music credited to Alexander Courage, although it strongly resembles the main title music for 'Hollow Triumph (1948)' by Sol Kaplan
Sung by Loulie Jean Norman
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Ruling intelligence
Another creature not in the experience of the earth led Federation is featured in this Star Trek episode. It's gaseous and without form, but has a ruling intelligence and feeds on the iron in human blood.
In fact as a young officer on the USS Farragut James T. Kirk encountered the creature and was lucky to live to tell the tale. Reminding him of that fact is a new ensign assigned to the Enterprise, the son of the late commander of the Farragut played by Stephen Brooks. It's with some mixed emotions that William Shatner deals with Brooks.
Complicating things is the fact that the Enterprise is on a critical rescue mission already when Shatner commits his vessel to fighting the creature. Something that for once Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley are in agreement on and question Shatner's judgment.
Shatner shines in this Star Trek story of the difficulties of command and the problem of weighing both priorities and options. Trekkies will love this one.
In fact as a young officer on the USS Farragut James T. Kirk encountered the creature and was lucky to live to tell the tale. Reminding him of that fact is a new ensign assigned to the Enterprise, the son of the late commander of the Farragut played by Stephen Brooks. It's with some mixed emotions that William Shatner deals with Brooks.
Complicating things is the fact that the Enterprise is on a critical rescue mission already when Shatner commits his vessel to fighting the creature. Something that for once Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley are in agreement on and question Shatner's judgment.
Shatner shines in this Star Trek story of the difficulties of command and the problem of weighing both priorities and options. Trekkies will love this one.
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