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"
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