Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
A secret space lab wants Mr. Spock's help – as a guinea pig!
Background information[]
- This story was reprinted in Enterprise Log 3 and a later reprint in the Star Trek: The Key Collection series. It was also represented in the UK as Star Trek Mighty Midget Comic, where the cover image was recreated in a painting by John Canning.[1]
Creators[]
- Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
- Writer: John David Warner
- Artist: Alberto Giolitti, Angelo Todaro (inks)
- Cover Art: George Wilson
Characters[]
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Gold Key TOS characters.
Regular and recurring[]
- James T. Kirk
- USS Enterprise captain.
- Spock
- Vulcan Enterprise exec and science officer.
- Montgomery Scott
- Enterprise chief engineer.
- Hikaru Sulu
- Enterprise helmsman.
- Uhura
- Enterprise communications officer.
- Pavel Chekov
- Enterprise navigator. Chekov appears and is spoken to, but has no dialogue in this issue.
- Manning
- Enterprise security crewman in the Rifas-L landing party. Manning had previously appeared in "The Mummies of Heitius VII" and appears again in "The Final Truth".
Others[]
- Oshino
- A Third Dan young woman.
- Ekoe
- A First Dan young man.
- Yamoto
- Overlord of the world and creator of the populace.
References[]
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