"The Man Trap" is a first-season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It originally aired on Thursday, September 8, 1966, and was the first episode to be shown on NBC. It is episode #1, production #6, and was written by George Clayton Johnson, and directed by Marc Daniels.
Although it was first aired, it was not the first produced (the pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and several regular episodes had been produced before it). The curren...
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"The Man Trap" is a first-season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It originally aired on Thursday, September 8, 1966, and was the first episode to be shown on NBC. It is episode #1, production #6, and was written by George Clayton Johnson, and directed by Marc Daniels.
Although it was first aired, it was not the first produced (the pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and several regular episodes had been produced before it). The current official timeline considers "Where No Man Has Gone Before" to be set first.
Overview: An illusory, shapeshifting, salt-hungry creature terrorizes the crew of the Enterprise.
Stardate 1513.1: The Enterprise arrives at M-113 for a routine medical examination of Robert and Nancy Crater, who are exploring ancient ruins. Kirk, McCoy, and Crewman Darnell beam down and Kirk gives McCoy a hard time about the fact that he and Nancy Crater were an item ten years ago. Nancy arrives and each of the three men seems to see her differently: McCoy as she...
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