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The Way to Eden
Production 75
2/21/69
Stardate 5832.3

Media Archives:

- 60-second episode preview (MOV, 3Mb)
- The shuttlecraft Galileo II on the planet believed to be the mythical Eden.
- The Aurora space cruiser in search of Eden.

Synopsis:

Chasing the stolen vessel Aurora, the U.S.S. Enterprise rescues the thieves just before the Aurora is destroyed. The group is led by Dr. Sevrin in a search for a mythological planet named Eden, a planet reputed to be a paradise.

Since one of Sevrin's group is the son of a Federation ambassador, Sevrin is held in protective custody while his followers are permitted to be free aboard ship. But when Spock is able to deduce Eden's location, Sevrin's followers free Sevrin and take over the starship.

Reaching Eden, Sevrin takes his people down to the surface in a shuttlecraft. When Kirk leads a landing party in pursuit, they find that the planet's vegetation all secretes deadly acid, and the fruits are all poisonous. Madly refusing to believe Kirk, Sevrin bites a piece of fruit and dies immediately. With his death, his followers are taken back aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.

 

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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:

Skip Homeier as Dr. Sevrin
Mary-Linda Rapelye as Irini Galliulin
Victor Brandt as Tongo Rad
Charles Napier as Adam
Deborah Downey as Mavig
Elizabeth Rogers as Lieutenant Palmer

Creative staff:

Director: David Alexander
Story By: Michael Richards and Arthur Heinemann
Teleplay By: Arthur Heinemann