The Tholian Web The Tholian Web "The Tholian Web" is the ninth episode of the of the original American science fiction television series "". It is episode #64, production #64, first broadcast on November 15, 1968, and repeated August 19, 1969. It was written by Judy Burns and Chet Richards and directed by Herb Wallerstein. In the episode, Captain Kirk is caught between dimensions while the crew of the "Enterprise" works to retrieve him. All the while, the Tholians are weaving a destructive energy web around the "Enterprise" because Spock will not leave Tholian space without his Captain. The Federation starship USS "Enterprise"
Starship Enterprise D. Moore noted in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual" that real-life naval tradition would insist on calling such a craft the captain's gig, rather than the captain's yacht. Rick Sternbach later designed similar craft for USS "Voyager" and USS "Equinox", known as the aeroshuttle and the waverider, respectively. As on the "Enterprise"-D, however, these vessels were only depicted on technical schematics and never seen in operation or referred to in dialog. "Time" described each iteration of the "Enterprise" as "a character in its own right". Over many decades, the starship has influenced real-life activities of NASA and