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#69: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 3, episode 16 "The Mark of Gideon"

Written by George F. Slavin & Stanley Adams, directed by Jud Taylor.

Stardates 5423.4 through 5423.8 (January 2269)

"We must acknowledge once and for all that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis." - Commander Spock

The Federation has finally been allowed to send a representative to Gideon, a very secluded planet that wishes to become a member world. They have requested Captain Kirk, specifically, so the Enterprise has been dispatched. But when Commander Scott beams Kirk to the designated coordinates, he never arrives in the council chambers. Commander Spock immediate begins investigating the Captain's disappearance while the Gideon Council play bureaucratic games with him. Meanwhile, from Kirk's perspective, he was never left the transporter pad. Except now he's the only person aboard the ship. The transporter room, the engine room, the bridge, are completely empty, until he finds a young woman wandering the corridors.

Originally released: 17 January 1969

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#68: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 5 "More Tribbles, More Troubles"

Written by David Gerrold, directed by Hal Sutherland.

Stardate 5392.4 (January 2269)

"Someday I'll learn." - Captain Kirk

The Enterprise is escorting two robot ships containing a critical supply of Quintotriticale for Sherman's Planet, which is suffering from crop failures. Klingons have been reported in the area and there is intel that they are testing a new weapon. Sure enough, A Klingon Battlecruiser appears, firing on an unknown ship of Federation design. While attempting to intervene, the Klingon ship engulfs the Enterprise in a kind of stasis field which prevents them from moving or returning fire - the rumored super weapon. Captain Kirk uses the robot ships to outflank the Klingons which forces them to overexert themselves, allowing them to rescue the occupant of the ship they were chasing. But satisfaction from causing the Klingons to turn tail quickly leads to dismay when they realize the person they rescued is Cyrano Jones... and a giant litter of Tribbles.

Originally released: 6 October 1973

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#65: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 2, episode 4 "Albatross"

Written by Dario Finelli, directed by Bill Reed.

Stardates 5275.6 through 5276.8 (late 2268 to early 2269)

"Hippocrates would not have approved of lame excuses, doctor." - Commander Spock

The Enterprise officers are conducting a diplomatic mission on Dramia. Just as they are about to leave, Doctor McCoy is served with an arrest warrant and taken into custody. He is charged with causing a planet-wide plague on Dramia II, which occurred shortly after he left there 19 years ago. McCoy is to be put on trial for the mass murder of every single inhabitant of Dramia II. Unsatisfied with the Dramen's conclusions, Captain Kirk and Commander Spock return to the Enterprise and make best speed for Dramia II to conduct an investigation of their own. But Dramen justice is swift and harsh. What little time McCoy has might not be enough to prove his innocence.. and he isn't completely sure he is innocent.

Originally released: 28 September 1973

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