  
Title ---------------------------------
Balance of Terror
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Writer ----------------------------------
Paul Schneider
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Director ----------------------------
Vincent McEveety
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Original Air Date -------------- December 15, 1966
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Order of Filming -------------------------------------
8th
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Order of Broadcasting --------------------------- 14th
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Filmed -----------------------------
Early August 1966
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Captain James T. Kirk ------------ William Shatner
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Lieutenant Cmdr. Spock ---------- Leonard Nimoy
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Dr. Leonard "Bones"
McCoy ---- DeForest
Kelley
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Lt. Cmdr. Montomery
Scott ------- James
Doohan
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Lieutenant Sulu ----------------------- George
Takei
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Lieutenant Uhura ------------------ Nichelle
Nichols
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Yeoman Janice Rand -------- Grace Lee Whitney
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Lt. Andrew Stiles ------------------------- Paul
Comi
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Specialist Robert
Tomlinson ---- Stephen
Mines
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Specialist Angela
Martine ----- Barbara
Baldavin
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Commander Hansen --------------- Garry Walberg
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Engineer Fields ------------------------- John
Arndt
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Romulan Commander --------------- Mark Lenard
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Decius ------------------------
Lawrence Montaigne
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Romulan Centurion ------------- John Warburton
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Romulan Scanner Operator
----- Bob
Chadwick
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Romulan Crewman ------------------ Walter Davis
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Romulan Crewman ---------------- Vince Deadrick
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Romulan Crewman ------------------ Sean Morgan
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The
marriage of Angela Martine
and
Robert Tomlinson is interrupted when
a Romulan warbird attacks and destroys Outpost 4, which guards the
Neutral Zone between Federation and Romulan space. Kirk learns that the
Romulan ship has also destroyed three other outposts and is now running
at full speed towards home.
The U.S.S. Enterprise
pursues the warbird, hampered by the fact that the Romulans
have constructed an invisibility screen which shields them from view.
While the screen protects the Romulans from detection visually, it also
prevents them from using their weapons or visual aids. The Romulan
Commander, therefore, isn't sure whether his radar is detecting a
Federation ship in pursuit or a harmless space echo.
The U.S.S. Enterprise is
able to pick up a visual from the Romulan bridge, which shows the
previously unseen Romulans to look very much like Vulcans. This sparks
an old prejudice in Lieutenant Andrew Stiles, whose family fought in
the Romulan wars. He is instantly suspicious of Spock, whose physical
characteristics are remarkably similar to the Romulans they are
chasing.
After
every attempt
to lose the
U.S.S. Enterprise fails, the Romulan Commander is forced to turn and
fight. Both ships are damaged; when the U.S.S.
Enterprise's
phaser banks are damaged, they emit a poisonous gas which disables
Stiles and Tomlinson, who are manning the weapons. In a tense race
against time, Spock manages to fire the only remaining phaser manually,
disabling the Romulan ship. The Vulcan manages to save Stiles, but
Tomlinson is killed. Stiles, realizing by Spock's actions that his
bigotry was misplaced, admits that he was wrong.
The
Romulan
Commander contacts the U.S.S. Enterprise
and, in a stirring moment, tells Kirk that under other circumstances,
he suspects they might be friends. Rather than let himself and his ship
be taken prisoner, the Romulan self-destructs the warbird.
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Total WAVs: 34
(1) Ceremony ---------------------- 7.17 KB
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Scotty
(2) Wedding ----------------------- 49.8 KB
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No
dialogue, just wedding music
(3) Wooden ------------------------ 21.1 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(4) Romulans ---------------------- 22.9 KB
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Mr. Spock
(5) Bird ---------------------------- 20.6 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Lt. Stiles
Mr. Spock
Captain
Kirk
(8) Zone -------------------------- 9.46 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(9) Bigotry ------------------------- 24.6 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Lt. Stiles
Romulan
Commander - Scanner Dude
Just in case
you
didn't know, the actor playing
the Romulan Commander (Mark Lenard) is the same
actor who played Spock's father, Sarek.
But you already knew that, didn't you?
(11) Stars ------------------------- 16.8 KB
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Romulan
Commander
(12) Message ---------------------- 38.9 KB
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Romulan
Commander - Decius
Strange how
they
never gave
the 'Romulan Commander' a name.
(13) Danger ----------------------- 5.90 KB
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Romulan
Commander
(14) Superior ---------------------- 15.0 KB
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Mr. Spock
(15) Officer ------------------------ 38.9 KB
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Lt.
Stiles
I'd
court-martial
this guy!
Lt.
Stiles - Mr. Spock - Dr. McCoy
(17) Attack ------------------------ 5.14 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(18) Gamble ----------------------- 14.5 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Dr. McCoy
(19) Escape ----------------------- 4.89 KB
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Romulan
Commander
Captain
Kirk
(21) Side -------------------------- 13.2 KB
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Mr.
Spock - Captain Kirk
Captain
Kirk
(23) Disposal ---------------------- 22.4 KB
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Romulan
Commander - Decius
(24) Forgive ----------------------- 18.0 KB
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Romulan
Commander
(25) Dancing ----------------------- 23.6 KB
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Captain
Kirk
This is out
of
character for Kirk. The last place
he'd want to be is stuck on some planet.
(26) Bridge ------------------------ 29.7 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(27) Galaxy ------------------------ 73.9 KB
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Dr. McCoy
This just
might be
McCoy's best speech.
(28) Move ------------------------- 8.70 KB
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Romulan
Commander
Does this
make
good, tactical sense?
As soon as the Romulan ship moves, the
Enterprise will know exactly where she is.
Why not just decloak and fire?
(29) Praetor ----------------------- 17.8 KB
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Romulan
Crewman
If this is
the
Romulan Empire's finest ship,
then the Federation has very little to worry about.
(30) Nuclear ----------------------- 27.4 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
(31) Vulcan ------------------------ 8.44 KB
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Lt.
Stiles
I'd still
court-martial this guy.
(32) Friend ------------------------ 35.1 KB
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Romulan
Commander
Hmmm... Odd
how the
Romulans speak
English isn't it?
I know, I know... it's just a TV show!!
(33) Alright ------------------------ 6.66 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
Captain
Kirk - Dr. McCoy
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