Catspaw (Star Trek: The Original Series)

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"Catspaw"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 7
Directed by	Joseph Pevney
Written by	Robert Bloch
Featured music	Gerald Fried
Cinematography by	Jerry Finnerman
Production code	030
Original air date	October 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
Episode chronology
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Star Trek: The Original Series season 2
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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]