"Star Trek" The Naked Time (1966)

Director:

Marc Daniels

Writers:

John D.F. Black (written by)
Gene Roddenberry (creator)

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

29 syyskuu 1966 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The crew is infected with a mysterious disease that removes people's emotional inhibitions to a dangerous degree.

Plot Keywords:

Planet | Engineering | Frozen | Medical Examination | Sword

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
Stewart Moss	...	Tormolen
Majel Barrett	...	Nurse Christine Chapel
Bruce Hyde	...	Kevin Riley
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Grace Lee Whitney	...	Yeoman Janice Rand
George Takei	...	Sulu
James Doohan	...	Scott
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
William Knight	...	Amorous Crewman
John Bellah	...	Laughing Crewman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Blackburn	...	Lt. Hadley (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci	...	Lt. Brent (uncredited)
Eddie Paskey	...	Lt. Ryan (uncredited)
Ron Veto	...	Crewman (uncredited)

Directed by
Marc Daniels

Writing credits
John D.F. Black		(written by)
Gene Roddenberry		(creator)

Produced by
John D.F. Black	....	associate producer
Robert H. Justman	....	associate producer
Gene Roddenberry	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexander Courage

Cinematography by
Gerald Perry Finnerman		(director of photography) (as Jerry Finnerman)

Film Editing by
Bruce Schoengarth

Casting by
Joseph D'Agosta

Production Design by
Walter M. Jefferies

Art Direction by
Rolland M. Brooks

Set Decoration by
Carl Biddiscombe		(as Carl F. Biddiscombe)

Costume Design by
William Ware Theiss		(as William Theiss)

Makeup Department
Virginia Darcy	....	hair stylist
Fred B. Phillips	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Herbert F. Solow	....	executive in charge of production
Bernard A. Widin	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gregg Peters	....	assistant director

Art Department
Irving A. Feinberg	....	property master

Sound Department
Jack F. Lilly	....	sound mixer
Joseph G. Sorokin	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
James Rugg	....	special effects (as Jim Rugg)

Visual Effects by
Melissa Berryann	....	assistant to executive producer (remastered version)
Petri Blomqvist	....	technical consultant (remastered version)
Chris DeCristo	....	2D supervisor (remastered version)
Doug Drexler	....	technical consultant (remastered version)
Max Gabl	....	matte painter (remastered version)
James Holt	....	digital compositor (remastered version)
Jena Huynh	....	visual effects coordinator (remastered version)
Robert H. Justman	....	technical consultant (remastered version)
Gary Kerr	....	technical consultant (remastered version)
David LaFountaine	....	visual effects executive producer (remastered version)
Denise Okuda	....	producer (remastered version)
Michael Okuda	....	producer (remastered version)
Luis F. Pazos	....	production assistant: visual effects (remastered version)
David Rossi	....	producer (remastered version)
Wendy Ruiz	....	visual effects coordinator (remastered version)
Heekyung Shin	....	digital artist (remastered version)
John Small	....	systems support engineer (remastered version)
Chris Tezber	....	visual effects coordinator (remastered version)
Brian Vogt	....	lead lighting technical director (remastered version)
Craig Weiss	....	director of visual effects: CBS Digital (remastered version)
Niel Wray	....	visual effects supervisor (remastered version)
Darrell A. Anderson	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Howard A. Anderson	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Toni Pace Carstensen	....	visual effects producer (uncredited) (remastered version)

Camera and Electrical Department
George H. Merhoff	....	gaffer
George Rader	....	head grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marge Makau	....	wardrobe mistress (as Margaret Makau)

Editorial Department
Bill Heath	....	post-production executive

Music Department
Alexander Courage	....	conductor
Julian Davidson	....	music coordinator
Wilbur Hatch	....	music consultant
Robert H. Raff	....	music editor

Other crew
George Rutter	....	script supervisor (as George A. Rutter)
Bill Blackburn	....	stand-in: DeForest Kelley (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci	....	stand-in: Leonard Nimoy (uncredited)
Jeannie Malone	....	stand-in: Grace Lee Whitney and female guest star (uncredited)
Eddie Paskey	....	stand-in: William Shatner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Desilu Productions
• Norway Corporation (in association with)

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1966) (USA) (TV)
• Paramount Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Howard Anderson Company, The (photographic effects) (as Howard Anderson Co.)

Other Companies

• Glen Glenn Sound Company  sound

Runtime:

50 min | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Canada:PG (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

First appearance in the series of Nurse Christine Chapel, played by Gene Roddenberry's then mistress and future wife Majel Barrett.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: There seems to be no rhyme or reason to how the infection is spread. Sulu and Riley are infected from fighting with a fully-clothed Joe Tormolen, and Chapel by a calm Riley, but Uhura, despite being manhandled by a sweating, stripped-to-the-waist Sulu, is not infected. Similar paradoxes have been known to occur in the real world.

Quotes:

Uhura:All decks, alert system B-2. Repeat: go to Alert condition Baker 2. Seal off all main sections. Stand by.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bring Back... Star Trek (2009) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen

Fears, desires and swords

The Naked Time is one of the more entertaining Star Trek episodes, even though there is the usual percentage of danger involved. It's also one of those stories that uses its central plot device (in this case a virus) as a means to explore the essence of the show's characters, which is always welcome, given the series' general lack of long-term psychological development.

The aforementioned virus is brought on board after the exploration of a planet where everyone was killed without a logical explanation. Soon enough, though, it becomes apparent that the cause of death has reached the Enterprise: the disease removes the infected person's inhibitions, unveiling his or her most hidden desires. Because of this, Sulu starts running around shirtless with a sword in his hand, Spock discovers a female crew member is in love with him (it also turns out he isn't as cold and rational as he likes to make us believe, thanks to his human half) and Kirk is torn between his duties as captain and wishes of a more personal nature. Someone must come up with a solution fast, or this kind of behavior could mean the end of the Enterprise.

The Naked Time is essentially a 45-minute extravaganza where we get to see how Kirk and the others would behave if they lost their common sense and reverted to the animal side of their nature. The story is rather thin (it's basically a succession of entertaining skits), but the performances make it worth watching, especially Nimoy's work, which apparently was so well received by fans that the writers decided to play on Spock's dual nature as often as they could. A very wise decision indeed.