Review
| Series : |
The Animated Series |
Rating : |
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| Disc No : |
11 |
Episode : |
21 |
| First Aired : |
5 Oct 1974 |
Stardate : |
6063.4 |
| Director : |
Bill Reed |
Year : |
2269 |
| Writers : |
David Wise, Russell Bates |
Season : |
2 |
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| Guest Cast : |
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| YATI : |
At one point, we see a wide shot of the bridge; Uhura is drawn as a caucasian. |
| Great Moment : |
Seeing the first Native American Starfleet officer on Star Trek; it's always nice to see more of Earth's cultural diversity depicted, and TAS beat Voyager to it by decades! |
| Body Count : |
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| Factoid : |
The episode title is from a Shakespeare quote : "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." from King Lear, Act I, Scene 4. My year for this episode is estimated from the Stardate; this is one of a group of TAS episodes set after the last known Stardate for TOS. |
Plotline
Tracking an alien probe, the Enterprise encounters a vessel which is surrounded by an energy field. When the field also engulfs the Starship, the alien vessel transforms into the shape of Kulkukan, a large feathered serpent from an ancient Mayan-Aztec legend. Kulkukan transports Kirk, Scott, McCoy, and Ensign Walking Bear to his ship to solve a puzzle in an ancient Earth-like city setting.
