Enterprise is thrown outside the tholians trap, several parsecs from their former position. With the tholian web nearly complete, mccoy dispenses an antidote to the effects of the local space, and spock determines the time of kirks next. Kirk and the derelict starship defiant vanish into a spatial interphase between universes. In that story, the tardigrade ephraim is pursuing the enterprise, in which she has laid her eggs, and is nearly caught in the tholian web herself. Perhaps the episode s most lasting legacy has nothing to do with those iconic crystal spiders. The original series episodes the tholian web is the ninth episode of the third season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Enterprises combined callback to the tholian web and mirror, mirror, in which we learn that defiant ended up in the mirror universe where captain archer tries to use its advanced technology to rule the empire, is one of the highlights of that flawed series, one of the few episodes ive seen and can recommend. The tholian web is, after the enterprise incident, perhaps the best episode of the final star trek season. The tholian web was conceived when writer judy burns went looking for a new angle on ghost stories. Its not a great sign when i am thinking fondly of enterprise during a tos episode.
The tholian web episode star trek, star trek original. Future tense depicts earths first contact with the tholians. Perhaps the episodes most lasting legacy has nothing to do with those iconic crystal spiders. Here debuts some colorful snapshots from the star trek episodes of star trek full episodes.
The enterprises escape from the tholian web is glimpsed in st. It is one of the few episodes to star all of the second and third season regulars. Star trek the original series season 3 episode 9 the tholian web trailer. Star trek s03e09 the tholian web video dailymotion. If you are experiencing problems, please describe them. The enterprise arrives at the last known position of the u. The remastered version of the tholian web aired in many north american markets during the weekend of 31 march 2007.
Analysis an episode full of interesting ideas and good character moments. The tholian web wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. As spock and mccoy both begin to suffer the effects of interphase space kirk finally reappears, and they are able to rescue him and escape the tholians just in time. Aug 05, 2016 indeed, the tholian web would receive a belated sequel in the final season of star trek. Id forgotten how little the tholians are in the tholian web. Star trek the tholian web episode 64 vhs used ebay. Definitely one of the best episodes of the original series. Definitely one of the better season 3 episodes and a good one for spock. The tholian web is one of three episodes that does not have a single guest star. The tholians were an extremely xenophobic, nonhumanoid civilization native to the planet tholia in the alpha quadrant.
The tholian web wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, t. The tholian web episode while trying to rescue the starfleet ship uss defiant, captain kirk disappears when the dead ship is pulled into interspace. Spock analyses the web and announces that if they dont bring kirk aboard and leave before the web is completed, they wont see home again. The teleplay deals with the apparent death of capt. The original series the tholian web tv episode 1968. Leave a comment with the exact minute and second of the shot from one of the episodes in the episode guide. When complete the web will trap the enterprise, with no possible escape. Star trek, original series, the tholian web, season 3. Shame on fred freiberger for his interference for mishandling star treks third season. The design of the tholians are simple yet striking, and their web is deservedly wellremembered. Maintenance links ma files from this episode 8 ma remastered files from this episode 63 template. Dec 02, 2010 the tholian webwritten by judy burns and chet richards directed by herb wallerstein, ralph senensky uncredited season 3, episode 9 production episode 3. Tholians are a nonplayer race from the planet tholia, capital of the tholian assembly. Kirk after he and other members of the crew discover the entire crew of the u.
This episode was mostly directed by ralph senensky, but he was. Ralph senensky began the direction of this episode but was fired and. Attack wing the tholian web episode organized play kit click to enlarge image. The original series a piece of the action one of my alltime favorite episodes. I dont usually have much to say about the remastering and fx upgrades on these episodes, but this was a real failure to use the new special effects in an episode that begged for it, and which had laterday tholian webs to draw from. The tholian web star trek original episodes plate collection star trek the next generation best of both worlds the episodes collector plate. They are known to be extremely xenophobic, rarely leaving their core territory. I storyboarded the 17 cuts of effects that the script called for, shot the raw footage and executed all of the animation plates. Enterprise aired the twoparter in a mirror, darkly. Kirk, spock, mccoy, scotty, uhura, sulu, chekov and chapel.
Kinda like when you watch trouble with tribbles and have to watch trials and tribbleations afterward. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with cbs, paramount pictures, or any other star trek franchise, and is a noncommercial fanmade film series intended for recreational use. Star trek attack wing op the tholian web episode kit sealed. To rescue him, spock must maintain position despite a growing, violent hysteria aboard the enterprise, like that which destroyed the defiants crew, as well as a force field being laid around the enterprise by tholian patrol ships. As much as i have admired the work of the remastering team, especially on my favorite episode the doomsday machine, the effects on the tholian web seem to. The tholian web is the ninth episode of the third season of the american science fiction. It might be fun to try and link some other star trek episodes to world events. Indeed, the tholian web would receive a belated sequel in the final season of star trek.
Really, i now think of this episode as something akin to journey to babel. Titlesthe tholian web yields the tholian web tos 3x09 in the original dvd release of this episode, there are about ten seconds of missing film, as mccoy answers the intercom and tells chapel. As such, the tholian web had quite a legacy beyond this troubled third season. Enterprise is thrown outside the tholian s trap, several parsecs from their former position. The tholian web, the enterprise incident, day of the dove, let that be your last battlefield, and whom gods destroy which you should definitely watch if youre at all interested in the upcoming fanfilm axanar. If you are using adblocking software, please disable it and reload the page. The more vessels that were used to generate the web, the faster it was deployed. Star trek episode the tholian web back on defiant, chekov and mccoy have the fun part of the mission. Together, two tholian ships can literally spin a web of energy in space in order to trap an enemy vessel, after which the web is then drawn together, constricting and finally destroying the vessel inside. Published on nov 16, 2018 this video showcases almost all of the visual effects changes between the original 1968 version of the episode the tholian web and the so called digitally enhanced.
Up for auction here is a star trek attack wing the tholian web episode organized play kit. The tholian web ralphs cinema trekralphs cinema trek. The tholian web star trek funny, star trek episodes. In the tholian web, we think kirk is dead and i see him floating. The enterprise is then attacked by a mysterious local race, the tholians. The ships fiveyear mission may have only lasted three seasons on nbc, but its impact has proved timeless. A physics student suggested she somehow use the theory of infinite dimensions, and out of that came burnss script, which finds captain kirk william shatner trapped between different kinds of space, floating in and out of view of the enterprise crew. When the defiant appears on the viewing screen enshrouded in a strange green glow, spock is unable to scan the vessel on his sensors. Visual effects comparison the tholian web redux youtube. A tholian web, also known as a tractor field, was an energy net that was spun by tholian 22nd and 23rd century spacecraft around an immobilized enemy vessel. Attack wing the tholian web episode organized play. Enterprise ncc1701 made first contact with this species. Jul 19, 2019 the enterprise is totally mystified by the tholian web, which seems to be one of their goto moves, but then spock talks about the renowned tholian punctuality, as if starfleet is familiar with them from previous encounters.
Enterprise tractor beam when they changed position, was brought with them. The tholians and the defiant have appeared many times throughout star trek since their introduction in the tholian web. Mccoy and the uss enterprise crew seek out new civilizations in this seminal scifi series. Which is quite unusual, as william shatner insisted throughout the shows run on having the most lines in every script. The tholian web was a bitterly disappointing throw. Defiant have murdered one another and the defiant transitions into another universe. Overview the enterprise discovers the missing uss defiant in unknown space, its crew dead from apparent madness. Minor said of his work on this installment, finally, the tholian web came up. Some of the effects shots were virtual recreations of the original footage, whereas others were more dynamic and showed angles of both starships never before seen. Tholians are mostly made of a crystalline material. Add let that be your last battlefield for star trek at its most obvious, but a decent enough episode.
Written by judy burns and chet richards and directed by herb wallerstein, it was first broadcast on november 15, 1968. The defiant has been missing for three weeks, they find it glowing in an unexplored area of space which the sensors report is breaking up, and because no one is answering hails, kirk has decided to take several people and just blindly beam over there. S03e09 the tholian web posted on december 19, 2014 by mark oshiro in the ninth episode of the third season of star trek, an attempt to locate a missing ship strands captain kirk in a strange place, pitting spock and bones against one another as they try to get him back. The thing i love about episodes in the trek universe like this. Star trek had its share of brilliant influential classics like space seed, amok time, the corbomite maneuver, and charlie x, but it had its stinkers too so were ranking all 79 episodes. Spock takes command when kirk vanishes and is feared dead in a hostile segment of space where matter disintegrates, and men are seized by madness. Elon musks starlink satellites and the star trek tholian. While responding to a distress signal in an uncharted sector, you quickly learn that it was a trap and find yourself engaged in combat. Enterprise, with in a mirror, darkly, part i and in a mirror, darkly, part ii. An uncredited barbara babcock provided the voice of the tholian. The revisiting of multiple universes is good scifi. The tholian web there was one good episode in season three luckily it was really quite good. Im not an authority on tos, but i can tell you there are some from season 3 that i liked.
Tags conspiracy elon musk science space star trek starlink tholian web uss. At the last minute, spock orders full power against the web and the u. It probably sounds from the summary above like the tholian web is a plotheavy episode full of technobabble about interphasic space, but the heart of this episode is the relationship. When the enterprise investigates the disappearance of another starship, the crew loses kirk in a dimensional interphase.
Kirk is trapped in interphase, while the enterprise is trapped by a powerful energy web. The original series the tholian web tv episode 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Sure, it can get corny, and more than a little leading, but the simple fact that the tholian web and platos stepchildren are as much interested in understanding the dilemmas at their heart as they are in the more visceral setpieces is thrilling and, for a show four decades old, fresh. In this case, the barrier is to keep the enterprise in. Nov 16, 2018 this video showcases almost all of the visual effects changes between the original 1968 version of the episode the tholian web and the so called digitally enhanced version of the episode. The original series screencaps the tholian web season 3, episode 9 209 screencaps online episode details. The tholian interstellar state was the tholian assembly, which neighbored the klingon empire and the united federation of planets.
The tholian web is the finest episode of star treks third season. But as a result of the battle, we must accept the fact that captain kirk is no longer alive. As it turns out, the tholian web, one of the stronger episodes of the original series third season, was actually a mirror universe episode all along. No commercial exhibition or distribution is permitted. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. The tholian web is the ninth episode of the third season of the american science fiction television series star trek. The tholian web memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki.
On the other hand, most of us would prefer that the coronavirus, the lockdown and the bingewatching were over and we could all boldly go back to that comfortable charted space known as work. While the plot is indeed slow moving, it certainly cannot be called boring. This was always one of my favorite episodes as a kid, so it was really disappointing to sit and watch it now. The tholian web there are few accounts of federation observers actually coming facetoface with a tholian, with the vast. Once again, its time for another installment in the agony booths ongoing look at the star trek mirror universe episodes that gave the site its name. Mccoys space suit from the tholian web was sold on 7 october 2006 as lot 978 in the 40 years of star trek. Defiant ncc1764, an area of uncharted space, to search for the missing starship. Tholian memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. If it means anything, i thought the tholian web was an excellent episode. Star trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by cbs studios inc. Enterprise is thrown outside the tholians trap, several parsecs from their former. Kirk is trapped in interphase, while the enterprise is trapped by a powerful energy web air date. Especially during the bridge scene where chekov snapped.
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