"Mudd's Women" is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series first broadcast October 13, 1966 and repeated May 4, 1967. It is a first season episode #6, production #4, and was written by Stephen Kandel, based on a story by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Harvey Hart. The episode introduces the recurring character Harcourt Fenton Mudd.
Overview: The Enterprise picks up a galactic conman and his beautiful female "cargo".
On stardate 1329.1, the ...
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"Mudd's Women" is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series first broadcast October 13, 1966 and repeated May 4, 1967. It is a first season episode #6, production #4, and was written by Stephen Kandel, based on a story by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Harvey Hart. The episode introduces the recurring character Harcourt Fenton Mudd.
Overview: The Enterprise picks up a galactic conman and his beautiful female "cargo".
On stardate 1329.1, the USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, is in pursuit of a stolen J-class cargo ship. Overloading its engines to avoid capture, the ship tries to make a daring run for an asteroid field. Kirk orders the Enterprise's shields cast around the craft to avert its imminent demise until the ship's occupants can be beamed aboard. This action, however, blows out the lithium (later dilithium) crystal circuits in the Enterprise's engine core.
The Enterprise manages to beam aboard the cargo ship's passengers (three women) and captain ...
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