Star Trek: "More Tribbles, More Troubles"

Data
Title: Star Trek [The Animated Series]: "More Tribbles, More Troubles"
Year: 1973
Network: NBC
Episode: the fifth (of sixteen) from season one; 24 minutes
Creator: Gene Roddenberry
Director: Hal Sutherland
Writer: David Gerrold
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
With: George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, Stanley Adams, David Gerrold
Music: Alexander Courage (theme); Ray Ellis, Norm Prescott
I saw it: on video a couple times, most recently a couple days ago (have on DVD)
Synopsis: Klingons attack in pursuit of the tribble merchant

My reaction
Concept: 3/4 (Good)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 4/4 (Great)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). The space battle bits are nice. The tribble bits are a sad imitation of the original tribble episode.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.6/4 (Good)