Star Trek
The Lights of Zetar
Season 3, Episode 18 · Aired 1969-01-31
Synopsis
A mysterious storm has inflicted heavy - perhaps irreparable - damage on the library planetoid Memory Alpha. And it seems to have a curious affiliation with new crewmember Myra Romaine. As the Enterprise pursues the hazard, Romaine falls more under its influence, and the crew learns is is not a storm at all, but a form of life that means to survive at ANY cost.
In the series
This episode is part of Star Trek (1966–1969) on NBC.
A cancelled space opera that refused to die — fandom's founding text.
Key cast
- William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk
- Leonard Nimoy as Spock
- DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard McCoy
- Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
- James Doohan as Scotty