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WRITER: Art Wallace

GUESTS: Robert Lansing (Gary Seven)
	Terri Garr (Miss Lincoln)
	Jim Keefer,
	Morgan Jones
	Lincoln Demyan

AIRED:	March 29, 1968

HACK-MAN rating: .650
Usenet rating:   .709

QUOTES:
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 - "And a large star-shaped mole on her..."  --Gary Seven's computer,  just
   before Miss Lincoln manages to shut it up.


			   ASSIGNMENT:  EARTH

PLOT:
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The Enterprise  travels  back  in  time  ("using the  light speed breakaway
method") to 1968 on a historical  research mission.   A  plot develops when
they accidentally   intercept   a   long-range  (1000   light  years  away)
transporter beam.

Gary Seven, along with  his cat  Isis, were  on their  way to  Earth from a
hidden planet to check  on the  development of  his fellow  agents who were
supposed to sabotage  and destroy  a U.S.   nuclear  warhead [or  was it an
orbiting nuclear platform?] to prevent World War Three.  He  claims to have
been taken from Earth ages ago by another planet.   Kirk must  decide if he
is telling the truth or if he  is a  time-travelling saboteur.   Gary Seven
finds out that  his fellow  agents died  in a  car accident  and decides to
finish their mission.  Miss Lincoln  is a  bimbo secretary  of his deceased
agent cohorts.

FACTS:
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 - The Bridge Crew at Princeton claim the Enterprise went back to 1969, but
   I checked--it's 1968.
 - Gary Seven uses  a talking  computer with  a round  screen  (like  round
   screens are more high-tech;  remember  how long  it took  us to  get  to
   square screens?)
 - Spock's neck pinch doesn't work on Gary Seven.
 - Large wall safe is a transporter portal.
 - Use Enterprise deflector shields to avoid being seen from the planet.
 - This was supposed to be the pilot  for a new show that never made it off
   the ground (which explains all the strange remarks at the end).
 - Nominated  for  "Outstanding Achievement in Film  Editing" Emmy in 68-69
   (Donald R. Rode).  Weird, since it was a 67-68 episode.
 - Kirk somehow makes a log entry with no communicator and a gun is trained
   at his head (just after a commercial).

OPINIONS:
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 - Good  idea for  a plot,  and a  fairly  decent execution.   Some of  the
   writing for Teri's part was pretty bad, however.