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- The natives of Gamma Trianguli VI feed the god like Vaal.

Synopsis:

When a landing party beams down to the planet Gamma Trianguli VI, they find what appears to be an idyllic paradise. They quickly discover, however, that the planet is deadly, sporting plants that shoot thorns, rocks that explode, and incredibly accurate lightning bolts.

With a much reduced party, they encounter the planet's inhabitants. They are a peaceful, child-like people who call themselves the "Feeders of Vaal." They dress in flowers and bright paint, never reproducing because they don't age or die. Each day they "feed" Vaal offerings of food. Vaal seems to be a large, serpent's head carved of rock, but is actually the terminal for an advanced, underground computer. Seeing Kirk and his party as a threat, Vaal takes them prisoner and tries to pull the U.S.S. Enterprise from orbit. 

Kirk realizes that by depriving Vaal of the native's daily offerings of food, the computer won't be able to convert the offerings into reaction mass. Thus weakened, Kirk uses the U.S.S. Enterprise's phasers to destroy Vaal. This leaves the natives on their own to discover birth, death, and the ways of human life.

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Cast:

William Shatner as James T. Kirk™
Leonard Nimoy as Spock™
DeForest Kelley as Leonard H. McCoy™
James Doohan as Montgomery Scott™
Nichelle Nichols as Uhura™
George Takei as Hikaru Sulu™
Walter Koenig as Pavel Andreievich Chekov™

Guest Cast:

Keith Andes as Akuta
Celeste Yarnall as Yeo. Martha Landon
Shari Nims as Sayana
David Soul as Makora

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