The Eye of the Beholder (Star Trek: The Animated Series) stardate 5501.2, the USS "Enterprise" investigates the disappearance of a scientific team near Lactra VII. The starship "Ariel" is located there, abandoned, with its captain having transported to the planet's surface. The "Enterprise" crew beams down to discover a series of unusual environments. On the planet the crew meets the Lactrans, a group of twenty foot slugs with intellectual capacities far beyond their own. Science Officer Spock senses that they are telepathic but communicating at a rate of speed far too fast for the Vulcan to comprehend. The team is captured by the Lactrans to be made part of a
Shore Leave (Star Trek: The Original Series) Shore Leave (Star Trek: The Original Series) "Shore Leave" is the fifteenth episode of the of the American science fiction television series, "". Written by Theodore Sturgeon and directed by Robert Sparr, it first aired on December 29, 1966. In the episode, the crew of the "Enterprise" visits a bizarre planet where strange and utterly improbable things happen to the landing party sent to do an initial planetary survey. On stardate 3025.3, the Federation starship USS "Enterprise", under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, arrives at a planet in the Omicron Delta system. Scans reveal the planet to be