The Cloud Minders

"The Cloud Minders"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Gemini 4 photograph used to depict the surface of Ardana
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 21
Directed by	Jud Taylor
Story by	David Gerrold Oliver Crawford
Teleplay by	Margaret Armen
Featured music	Fred Steiner
Cinematography by	Al Francis
Production code	074
Original air date	February 28, 1969 (1969-02-28)
Guest appearances
Jeff Corey - Plasus Diana Ewing - Droxine Charlene Polite - Vanna Fred Williamson - Anka Ed Long - Midro Kirk Raymone - Cloud Guard #1 Jimmy Fields - Cloud Guard #2 Garth Pillsbury - Prisoner William Blackburn - Lt. Hadley Harv Selsby - Guard Marvin Walters - Troglyte #2 Louie Elias - Troglyte #1 Jay Jones - Prisoner #2 Richard Geary - Cloud City Sentinel #1 Bob Miles - Cloud City Sentinel #2
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"The Cloud Minders" is the twenty-first episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Margaret Armen (based on a story by David Gerrold and Oliver Crawford) and directed by Jud Taylor, it was first broadcast on February 28, 1969.

In the episode, Captain Kirk races against time to acquire plague-fighting minerals from a world suffering from a grievous social class disparity.