Catspaw (Star Trek: The Original Series)

"Catspaw"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 7
Directed byJoseph Pevney
Written byRobert Bloch
Featured musicGerald Fried
Cinematography byJerry Finnerman
Production code030
Original air dateOctober 27, 1967 (1967-10-27)
Guest appearances
  • Antoinette Bower - Sylvia
  • Theo Marcuse - Korob
  • Michael Barrier - Asst. Chief Engineer DeSalle
  • Eddie Paskey - Lt. Leslie
  • William Blackburn - Lt. Hadley
  • Jimmy Jones - Crewman Jackson
  • Rhodie Cogan - First Witch
  • Gail Bonney - Second Witch
  • Maryesther Denver - Third Witch
  • John Winston - Lt. Kyle
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"Catspaw" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek[1] Written by Robert Bloch and directed by Joseph Pevney, it was first broadcast October 27, 1967.[2]

The crew of the Enterprise encounter two aliens from another galaxy with magical-seeming powers. This episode was the first filmed to include series regular Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig), although it was broadcast after several other episodes with the character having already been aired; the airing was delayed to coincide with Halloween.[3][4]

  1. ^ Jason T. Eberl; Kevin S. Decker, eds. (2008). Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant. Popular Culture and Philosophy. Vol. 35 (1st ed.). Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0812696493.
  2. ^ Baker 2018, p. 218.
  3. ^ "Was the Star Trek episode Catspaw originally intended as a Halloween episode or was it just coincidence?".
  4. ^ "Remembering Star Trek's Halloween Special, "Catspaw"". Retrieved March 25, 2020.