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Title: Star Trek: “Balance of Terror”
Year: 1966
Network: NBC
Episode: the fourteenth (of twenty-nine) from season one; 50 minutes
Creator: Gene Roddenberry
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Paul Schneider
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Paul Comi, Lawrence Montaigne
Music: Alexander Courage (theme); Fred Steiner
I saw it: on video and TV several times, most recently yesterday (have on DVD)
Synopsis: an invisible enemy ship attacks space outposts as a test of strength
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Subjective Rating: 9/10 (One of my favorites,

Objective Rating (Average):

Best TOS show...got idea from "The Enemy Below" Tho...1955 w/R. Mitchum.
ReplyDeleteYep, and they're not subtle about it.
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