By Any Other Name

For other uses, see By Any Other Name (disambiguation).

"By Any Other Name"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 22
Directed byMarc Daniels[1][2]
Story byJerome Bixby[1][2]
Teleplay byD. C. Fontana[1]
Jerome Bixby[2][3]
Featured musicFred Steiner[4]
Cinematography byKeith C. Smith
Production code050
Original air dateFebruary 23, 1968 (1968-02-23)
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"By Any Other Name" is the 22nd episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by D.C. Fontana and Jerome Bixby (based on Bixby's story) and directed by Marc Daniels, it was first broadcast February 23, 1968.

In the episode, beings from another galaxy commandeer the Enterprise in an attempt to return home.

The title is taken from a line spoken by Juliet in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet: "that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet",[5] a line quoted by Captain Kirk during the episode.

  1. ^ a b c d e Mark Phillips, Frank Garcia (1996), Science Fiction Television Series, McFarland, p. 413, ISBN 9780786400416
  2. ^ a b c d e Sam Sloane, Michael Okuda (March 7, 2008), "By Any Other Name" Premieres This Weekend — Star Trek Remastered, Slice of SciFi
  3. ^ Gene Roddenberry (1977), The Star Trek Reader, vol. III, p. 179
  4. ^ Jeff Bond (1999), The Music of Star Trek, p. 26, Steiner's final score of the season was written for "By Any Other Name"
  5. ^ Romeo and Juliet, II.ii.43–44.