The Corbomite Maneuver
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DAVE BAILEY</B><B>: </B><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Call,+Anthony+D." TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Call,+Anthony+D."><U><B>ANTHONY CALL</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>BALOK</B><B>: </B><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Howard,+Clint" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Howard,+Clint"><U><B>CLINT HOWARD</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>"PUPPET" BALOK VOICE: </B><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Cassidy,+Ted" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Cassidy,+Ted"><U><B>TED CASSIDY</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>"REAL" BALOK VOICE</B><B>: </B><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Perrin,+Vic" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Perrin,+Vic"><U><B>VIC PERRIN</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>WRITTEN BY: </B><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Sohl,+Jerry" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Sohl,+Jerry"><U><B>JERRY SOHL</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>DIRECTED BY: </B><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Sargent,+Joseph" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Sargent,+Joseph"><U><B>JOSEPH SARGENT</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>PRODUCED BY: </B><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Roddenberry,+Gene" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Roddenberry,+Gen"><U><B>GENE RODDENBERRY</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>MUSIC COMPOSED BY: </B><A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Steiner,+Fred" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Steiner,+Fred"><U><B>FRED STEINER</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="040f4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>STARDATE: 1512.2 (2266) After three days of routine star mapping in a previously uncharted section of the galaxy, the </B><I><B>USS Enterprise's</B></I><B> progress is blocked by a small, multicolored cube spinning in space. An analysis of the cube shows that it is sold, but of an unknown composition and uses no known means of propulsion. All attempts to navigate around the cube fail, as the small device continually moves to impede the ship's path. As the </B><I><B>Enterprise</B></I><B> attempts to pull away from the object, it begins to move closer to the starship, emitting harmful radiation. In order to protect his ship and crew, Captain Kirk is forced to destroy the cube with the ship's phasers.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In order to discover the intelligence responsible for the cube, Kirk orders the </B><I><B>Enterprise</B></I><B> to continue ahead. Shortly after, the </B><I><B>Enterprise </B></I><B>encounters a huge, round, glowing spaceship of immense proportions. Before Kirk can react, the alien ship grabs and holds the </B><I><B>Enterprise</B></I><B> with a powerful tractor beam, preventing escape. In response to Kirk's attempt at a peaceful greeting, the alien entity identifies itself as </B><A HREF="http://www.startrek.com/library/individ.asp?ID=113040" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.startrek.com/library/individ."><U><B>Balok</B></U></A><B>, Commander of the flagship </B><A HREF="http://www.startrek.com/library/ships.asp?ID=70389" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.startrek.com/library/ships.as"><U><I><B>Fesarius</B></I></U></A><B> of the First Federation. Balok informs the </B><I><B>Enterprise</B></I><B> crew that they have trespassed into First Federation space, and because they ignored, and subsequently destroyed, the cube-shaped warning buoy, Kirk's overtures are obviously not peaceful.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Before Kirk can defend his actions, the </B><I><B>Enterprise</B></I><B> is swept with powerful scanning beams. When Kirk attempts to dispatch a recorder-marker, it is destroyed by the </B><I><B>Fesarius.</B></I><B> Balok then informs the </B><I><B>Enterprise</B></I><B> crew that the ship must be destroyed and grants the crew ten minutes to make preparations for dying. When Kirk apologizes for trespassing, his message is cut off, and when he attempts to withdraw from First Federation space, it is discovered that Balok has disabled both the warp and impulse engines and the weapons systems. However, Mr. Spock is successful in projecting an image of Balok on the view screen (which the </B><I><B>Fesarius</B></I><B> commander later states he allowed to happen), giving the bridge crew a face behind the ominous voice threatening to destroy them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The strain of the ten minute countdown to destruction begins to take its toll on the crew; </B><A HREF="http://www.startrek.com/library/individ.asp?ID=113031" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.startrek.com/library/individ."><U><B>Lt. Bailey</B></U></A><B>, the Navigator, loses control and needs to be relieved of duty, Kirk snaps at Spock when the First Officer can't provide any ideas, and Kirk and McCoy argue about the cause of Bailey's breakdown. However, their argument does give Kirk the idea to bluff Balok, telling the alien that any attack against the </B><I><B>Enterprise</B></I><B> will activate the corbomite in the hull, causing the destruction of the </B><I><B>Fesarius.</B></I><B> The bluff is successful; Balok informs the </B><I><B>Enterprise</B></I><B> crew that their destruction has been delayed, and that a small ship piloted by Balok will tow them to a planet in the First Federation, where they will disembark and be interred.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Kirk realizes that towing the </B><I><B>Enterprise</B></I><B> must be a tremendous strain on the small ship, and he uses all of his ship's power to break away. The effort severely damages the First Federation vessel, and Kirk decides that assisting the alien ship will prove that humans are more civilized than Balok gives them credit.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Upon beaming over, Kirk, McCoy, and Bailey discover that the real Balok resembles a small boy; the image they had seen before was a puppet designed to intimidate others. In addition, Balok is the only crew member of the </B><I><B>Fesarius. </B></I><B>Balok had no real intentions of harming the </B><I><B>Enterprise</B></I><B> and its crew – the countdown and feigned damage to his tow ship was a test to determine if humans really were peaceful. After relations are established, Bailey volunteers to remain with Balok as an exchange officer to teach the alien about human culture.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="040f4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>INTERESTING POINTS</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- This episode introduces Dr. McCoy, Lt. Uhura, and Yeoman Rand.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- The standard for uniform and rank is established in this episode: Gold shirt and star insignia for Command, blue shirt and ball insignia for Sciences, and red shirt and spiral insignia for Ship Services. Rank is denoted on the cuff of the uniform.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Lt. Uhura is shown wearing the Command gold uniform, rather than the Ship Services red uniform she will wear in later episodes.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Lt. Sulu has moved from Astro Sciences to Helmsman.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Apparently, so as not to disturb healing patients, the red alert klaxon isn't audible in sickbay; only red alarm light flashes.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- In his initial overture to the </B><I><B>Fesarius,</B></I><B> Kirk states, "This is the United Earth ship </B><I><B>Enterprise.</B></I><B>" He doesn't mention the United Federation of Planets any time in the episode.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- At this point in the series, landing party members wear tan weapons belts. In later episodes, the weapons and communicators attached directly to the uniform pants with Velcro.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Ted Cassidy played Ruk in the episode </B><A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What are Little Girls Made Of?"><U><B>"</B></U></A><A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What are Little Girls Made Of?"><U><B>WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?</B></U></A><A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What are Little Girls Made Of?"><U><B>"</B></U></A><B> and was the voice of the Gorn in the episode </B><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arena"><U><B>"</B></U></A><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arena"><U><B>ARENA</B></U></A><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arena"><U><B>."</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Vic Perrin provided the voices of the Metron in the episode </B><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arena"><U><B>"</B></U></A><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arena"><U><B>ARENA</B></U></A><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arena"><U><B>"</B></U></A><B> and of Nomad in the episode </B><A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Changeling"><U><B>"</B></U></A><A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Changeling"><U><B>THE CHANGELING</B></U></A><A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Changeling"><U><B>."</B></U></A><B> He played Tharn, his only visual role in the series, in the episode </B><A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mirror, Mirror"><U><B>"</B></U></A><A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mirror, Mirror"><U><B>MIRROR, MIRROR</B></U></A><A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mirror, Mirror"><U><B>."</B></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>PLOT FAULTS</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- During the briefing room scene, Lt. Sulu appears to be asleep and Lt. Uhura looks bored out of her skull. One would think Kirk would have demanded a little more attention from his department heads.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- When Kirk asks Spock for the mass of the </B><I><B>Fesarius,</B></I><B> Spock replies that the readings are off the scale. This doesn't make sense when one considers that the mass of planets can be determined by the </B><I><B>Enterprise's</B></I><B> sensors. In addition, Spock states that the </B><I><B>Fesarius</B></I><B> must be a mile in diameter, although most of the terminology in the series uses the metric system of measurement.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- When Spock is comparing Balok to his father, he speaks of the latter in the past tense, although later episodes establish his father as being alive.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>TECHNICAL FAULTS</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- In the opening flyby shot of the </B><I><B>Enterprise,</B></I><B> the matte effect allows the passing stars to be seen through the hull of the ship.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- The panels of the bridge form a continuous circle, breaking only at the turbo lift and the main view screen. However, when Kirk is talking with Spock at the Science station after the cube is destroyed, the panel in front of Spock breaks the circle to allow for the positioning of the camera. The same fault occurs when the </B><I><B>Fesarius</B></I><B> approaches the </B><I><B>Enterprise,</B></I><B> and when Balok is informing the crew of their ten minutes to destruction.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- As the scanning beams sweep the </B><I><B>Enterprise,</B></I><B> Spock moves from the Engineering panels on the bridge over to his Science station. However, when Balok speaks, the close up of Spock shows him back at the Engineering section of the bridge.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- When Sulu announces the one minute mark in the countdown, he looks up, pauses, and then says, "I knew he would." Ted Cassidy's voice was supposed to have said "one minute" immediately after George Takei announced the time remaining.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- The size of the small, towing vessel is out of scale when it detaches from the </B><I><B>Fesarius.</B></I><B> Because t</B><B>he image of the </B><I><B>Fesarius</B></I><B> is reduced on the view screen, the size of the small ship would still have been much larger than the </B><I><B>Enterprise.</B></I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>