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The Man Trap    

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EPISODE DATA

Title -------------------------------------- The Man Trap
Writer -------------------------------- George Johnson
Director ----------------------------------- Marc Daniels
Original Air Date ----------------------- Sept. 8, 1966
Order of Filming ------------------------------------- 5th
Order of Broadcasting ----------------------------- 1st
Filmed ------------------------- Mid to late June 1966


REGULAR CAST

Captain James T. Kirk ------------ William Shatner
Lieutenant Cmdr. Spock ---------- Leonard Nimoy
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy ---- DeForest Kelley
Lieutenant Sulu ----------------------- George Takei
Lieutenant Uhura ------------------ Nichelle Nichols
Yeoman Janice Rand -------- Grace Lee Whitney


GUEST CAST

Nancy Crater ------------------------------ Jeanne Bal
Blonde Nancy ------------------------- Francine Pyne
Professor Crater ------------------------ Alfred Ryder
Crewman Darnell ------------------- Michael Zaslow
Crewman Green ---------------------- Bruce Watson
Uhura's Crewman -------------------- Vince Howard
M-113 Creature ---------------------- Sharon Gimpel
Crewman Guard #1 ------------------ Garrison True
Transporter Chief --------------------- Larry Anthony
Beauregard puppeteer ------------------- Bob Baker


STORY SYNOPSIS

The U.S.S. Enterprise arrives at planet M-113 to deliver supplies to Dr. Robert Crater and his wife, Nancy, whom Doctor Leonard McCoy was once romantically involved with. The Craters have been on M-113 for five years conducting an archeological survey of the planet's ruins. They are the only known inhabitants of the planet.

Crater tells Kirk that the only thing they need are salt tablets. Otherwise, they want to be left alone. Kirk debates this, insisting they must need other supplies and must at least allow McCoy to give them physicals. While this is happening, Darnell, one of Kirk's landing party, meets a beautiful young woman and wanders off with her.

When Kirk goes looking for the young man, he finds him dead, his body scarred with suction cup-shaped marks. The Captain orders the Craters to beam aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. On ship, Dr. McCoy is amazed at how little Nancy has changed since he last saw her, several years earlier. Her close proximity on board the starship begins to reawaken old feelings for the doctor that somewhat shadow any suspicions of her that he might normally have had.

However, the woman McCoy sees as Nancy Crater is a shape-shifting creature, the last survivor of M-113, and can literally appear as a different being to each person 'she' meets. By reaching into their minds and drawing on their memories, the creature can lull her potential victims into a false sense of security before she kills them.

The problem facing the M-113 creature is the need for sodium chloride ... salt. Without it, the being will die and its home planet is running out. The rest of its race died due to this shortage, and this final survivor formed a symbiotic relationship with Professor Crater. Crater provided the M-113 creature with the needed salt and the creature in turn gave the professor companionship ... something he had craved since the salt creature murdered his wife, the real Nancy Crater, for her body's salt.

Let loose on board the U.S.S. Enterprise, the M-113 creature begins killing members of the crew, first luring them by posing as someone they know and trust, then draining their bodies of their precious salt. Finally, the creature kills Crater and changes into Nancy Crater, nearly killing McCoy. Kirk and Spock, who have figured out the creature's secret, rush to the doctor's quarters and convince him that this is not the real Nancy. In an emotionally painful move, McCoy kills the creature, saving himself and the U.S.S. Enterprise crew.

THE MAN TRAP

Total WAVs: 27
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1
Flowers - 26.4 KB
Captain Kirk - Dr. McCoy




2
Pleasure - 32.5 KB
Crewman Darnell - Dr. McCoy




3
Plum - 27.9 KB
Nancy Crater - Captain Kirk - Dr. McCoy




4
Different - 41.2 KB
Captain Kirk




5
Book - 12.7 KB
Dr. McCoy




6
Yours - 5.90 KB
Captain Kirk




7
Cry - 29.0 KB
Lt. Uhura - Mr. Spock




8
Frequency - 39.9 KB
Mr. Spock - Lt. Uhura




9
Moon - 47.8 KB
Lt. Uhura - Mr. Spock




10
Assistance - 17.3 KB
Mr. Spock




11
Lost - 14.5 KB
Captain Kirk




12
Supplies - 30.5 KB
Lt. Uhura - Captain Kirk




13
Salt - 18.0 KB
Mr. Spock - Dr. McCoy - Captain Kirk




14
Belly Ache - 11.4 KB
Captain Kirk




15
Glands - 20.3 KB
Captain Kirk




16
Asteroid - 5.90 KB
Yeoman Janice Rand




17
Bless - 8.44 KB
Mr. Sulu




18
Nipping - 6.16 KB
Yeoman Janice Rand




19
Pills - 15.3 KB
Captain Kirk - Dr. McCoy




20
Echo - 12.0 KB
Captain Kirk




21
Difficult - 7.17 KB
Mr. Spock




22
Creature - 12.5 KB
Captain Kirk




23
Lover - 48.5 KB
Captain Kirk




24
Spawned - 15.8 KB
Mr. Spock




25
Killing - 7.68 KB
Mr. Spock - Dr. McCoy




26
Sorry - 5.40 KB
Captain Kirk




27
Buffalo - 12.0 KB
Mr. Spock - Captain Kirk





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