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
The Enterprise Incident The Enterprise Incident "The "Enterprise" Incident" is the second episode of the of the American science fiction television series "", first broadcast September 27, 1968, and repeated December 27, 1968. It is episode #57, production #59, written by D. C. Fontana and directed by John Meredyth Lucas. In the episode, the crew of the "Enterprise" are on a secret mission to steal a Romulan cloaking device. On stardate 5027.3, Captain James T. Kirk takes the Federation starship USS "Enterprise", without apparent authorization, into Romulan space. Three Romulan vessels decloak and intercept the ship, and Kirk is given an order to