Looks like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it. At face value, balance of terror is as straightforward as they come. Balance of terror is the fifteenth episode of the first season of the original series and introduced the romulans to the star trek universe. Picard hews closer to a modern prestige tv format, and its better at handling star treks political messaging, but. The remastered version of miri was first aired in many north american markets as a bonus episode during the weekend of 16 september 2006, alongside balance of terror. Spocks loyalties are questioned when the first romulan visual transmission is intercepted. From this point the episode continues on as televised. The romulan crewman all wore helmets to cut costs on making them all prosthetic ears. Generally enjoyable, worth watching if new to star trek.
It is certainly in the running for best episode, period. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of our romulan cousins appearing for the first time, i thought we should take a look at some important clips from the star. This is one of the most celebrated tos episodes, for good reason it introduces the romulans, and they are so memorable here that they eventually become one of the most important trek civilizations, despite the fact that in tos itself they only appear twice here and in the enterprise incident. Star trek, history, and national security star trek meets van gogh by aja apasoura. If you are using adblocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Star trek balance of terror 1966 part 2 clip youtube. The original series balance of terror tv episode 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Enterprise, one of twelve stateoftheart starships representing starfleet, the exploration branch of the united federation of planets, an alliance of alien races including earth, vulcan, tellar, and andor.
The marriage of angela martine and robert tomlinson is interrupted when a romulan birdofprey attacks and destroys outpost 4, which guards the neutral zone between federation and romulan space. Balance of terror startrek history behind the scenes. Balance of terror is one of the best episodes of star trek, movies included. Us residents can watch it for free at the cbs website. Macbeth, act i, scene v one of the best parts about revisiting the original trek, at least for me, is rediscovering the episodes that id forgotten. It involves a series of space battles between the enterprise and a romulan birdofprey around the. I must say after obtaining a cipy of the first new episode balance of terror i am disappointed. Star trek iii the search for spock the enterprises encounter with the klingon bird of prey duration. Watch star trek season 1, episode 14 balance of terror. Balance of terror is one of only two episodes that featured the romulansthey would not return until the next generations twentysixth episode, proclaiming we are back. For the best experience please update your browser. These were the first episodes to be remastered by cbs digital and featured a flawed cg. There are several other interesting behind the scenes aspects to this episode. Check the star trek rewatch index for a complete list of posts in this series.
On september 16, 2006, balance of terror became the first digitally remastered star trek episode, featuring enhanced and new visual effects, computer generated cgi spaceships, and high definition format. The episode is said to be based on two movies run silent run deep and the enemy below. The handsdown best episode of star trek is a riveting tale of time travel and altered history. Kirk and crew battle an invisible enemy a romulan warbird that has crossed the neutral zone and attacked federation outposts. Picard episode 4 contains homages to the classic tos episode balance of. Balance of terror was the 14th episode of season one. Into darkness this month, well be running through the first season of the classic star trek all this month.
In the star trek episode balance of terror, why did. This episode saw the introduction of the romulan star empire in star trek. They took off in the days before the vulcans had warp drive, and then no one ever heard of them again well, until the obvious anyway. Kirk orders full astern and as the enterprise backs up, they find that the weapon has a.
I was left thinking, what did we learn from this episode. The riverdale cast talks going full hedwig and barchie being a little more than. Kirk pits the enterprise against an invisible spaceship testing the federations defenses. If you are experiencing problems, please describe them. Star trek chronicles the 23rd century adventures of the u. Mark lenard also went on to play a klingon in star trek the. Mccoy and the uss enterprise crew seek out new civilizations in this seminal scifi series. Enterprise faces off with a romulan warbird on the edge of the neutral zone. Because no one did know what the romulans looked like.
Thetvdb is an open database, meaning that if information or images are missing, youre welcome to log in and add the information yourself this episode is considered complete. Kirk pits the enterprise against an invisible spaceship testing the. William shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, nichelle nichols. It may have flaws which the its overrated crowd likes to play up. The best and worst original star trek episodes cbs news. Memorywise, its the alienheavy stuff that tends to stick in the mind, like the gorn and the horta and the freaky midget clint howard thing.
Star trek season 1 episode 14 balance of terror watch. Discovery explicitly retcons it by giving the klingons cloaking devices in 2256, set ten years before balance of terror. Picard has more in common with discovery than you might think. As the star trek compendium puts it, think of the enterprise as a surface vessel and the invisible romulan ship as a submarine and youve got the basic concept. When filming it is sometimes wise to shoot a safety take. Balance of terror, first broadcast on december 15th, 1966and now celebrating its 50th anniversaryhas long been seen as a classic episode of the original star trek. However, since fuller left the series during its development, it is unclear what exactly this was supposed to entail. The star trek web pages on this site are for educational and entertainment purposes only. A time for war a time for peace star trekstar trek the next generationstar.
Part 1 in star treks only twoparter fans should note the remastered edition features more realistic and populated views of the starbase 11 complex, detailed graphics on kirk and commodore mendezs pursuit shuttlecraft from the base, and of course upgraded scenes. Star trek s1 e14 balance of terror recap tv tropes. Enterprise pursues the warbird, hampered by the fact that the romulans have constructed an invisibility screen which shields them from view. The characters dont change much from start to finish, but it is an incredibly expansive worldbuilding episode for star trek. But thats a minor nit in what is otherwise a brilliant episode, one of treks finest that also gave us the franchises. For the unseen namesake prop book, please see balance of terror book. Kirk learns that the romulan ship has also destroyed three other outposts and is now running at full speed towards home. The original series remastered where no man has gone before. While trek news is light, and a few of the podcast crew are off traveling, brian and matt try something a little different and record a commentary for the star trek. The episode featured the final appearance in production order of grace lee whitney yeoman janice rand. A safety is an additional take, done after a successful take, as a backup. Balance of terror is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series, star trek.
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