Star Trek: The Lost Era Star Trek: The Lost Era Star Trek: The Lost Era is a series of novels that take place during the time period between the 23rd century events of the film "Star Trek Generations" and the first season of the television series "", set in 2364. Editor Marco Palmieri selected the authors for the series, and worked with some of them to develop ideas. "The Lost Era" was designed to be similar to the "" miniseries of novels produced by Pocket Books two years earlier. The idea was to fill in a period of unknown "Star Trek" timeline between Captain James
Metamorphosis (Star Trek: The Original Series) Metamorphosis (Star Trek: The Original Series) "Metamorphosis" is the ninth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "". Written by Gene L. Coon and directed by Ralph Senensky, it was first broadcast on November 10, 1967. In the episode, a shuttle crew from the USS "Enterprise" encounters a man out of history and his mysterious alien companion. Federation Commissioner Nancy Hedford is being ferried by shuttlecraft to the "Enterprise", to be treated for Sukaro's disease, a potentially fatal condition, before resuming a peacemaking mission. A glowing energy field appears in the shuttlecraft's path, and pulls it down