And speaking of puberty, kirk gave me the creeps in this episode. The star trek transcripts miri chrissies transcripts site. May 12, 20 miri does an excellent job playing into the shows overall design. Stung, miri helps jahn, one of the boys, to lead the children in a campaign to harass the u. Join the conversation and connect with cbss star trek. Star trek does the zombie apocalypse in miri, but ekes genuine warmth and drama out of it. May 27, 2015 miri written by adrian spies directed by vincent mceveety season 1, episode 11 production episode 614912 original air date. When kirk tries to reason with the children, he is badly beaten. If you are using adblocking software, please disable it and reload the page. This page will start with images from the episode miri, if you wish to jump to images.
In this episode gerry and iain take a look at creepy kids, speedy science and the level of irritation caused by a simple bunk bunk bunking. A remastered version of this episode was aired in syndication, premiering on 16 september 2006. Star trek remastered s1 e3 where no man has gone before duration. I understood miri s devotion to himkirk is different from the other grups, he cares about others and is gentle and kind to herbut kirks efforts to befriend her made me a bit uncomfortable. The intriguing story concerns a race of children on an earthlike planet who are in fact 300 years old, kept pristine in the. Clips from miri were shown circa 1984 on the i love tv quiz show, broadcast on a rival station, possibly because the bbc did not have exclusivity on this episode. It also prompted them to look very closely at the content of all the other episodes, with the result that three more the empath, whom gods destroy and platos stepchildren were removed from the schedules. Jason isaacs also cited this his as one of his favorite star trek episodes. Whenever the production and writing staff of the original series is interviewed, they rarely forget to mention coons name and stress how important he was to the success of star trek. Great episode that leonard nimoy once called a lovely and sensitive story, and i agree with him. In my opinion this was the most interesting question in the episode and it. The original series, view video clips and full episodes on cbs. Miri is a very memorable episode for me, one that ive always liked.
The enterprise answers a distress beacon from a planet that seems to be a carbon copy of earth. In the case of miri, it is a literal death of innocence that she and her fellow onlies faced. However, as she matured in the episode she felt attracted to james t. The building miri led us to also housed an automatic transmission station, which sent out the signal that drew us to this planet. In fact, there were a handful of episodes from the series that werent shown on tv in certain countries. Mayberry that were used in 2 episodes of star trek, the orginal series. One of the older children, miri, falls in love with kirk and tries to help him with the other children until she begins to see yeoman rand as a rival for the captains affections. In this episode gerry and iain take a look at creepy kids, speedy science and the level of. Both have some great glimpses of mayberry that we normally never see in a tags episode. The episode was written by adrian spies, directed by vincent mceveety and novelized in star trek 1 by james blish. Also, when the onlies learned she was approaching the end of her childhood, miri was denounced, by them individually, as an unsuitable playmate. In their distorted reality, miri was similar to wendy from peter pan, while jahn represented the titular character from that story. The enterprise follows an earthstyle distress signal that leads them to a planet that is an exact duplicate of earth, except this earth has no clouds. Televised in these united states on thursday, 27 october 1966, the vincent mceveety directed miri was the eighth star trek episode to hit television screens.
In his first volume of star trek episode adaptations, james blish supplies a backstory that is vastly different to that of the identical earth premise. I loved miri when i was a kid because it was this amazing. The original series, in the shows first season, first aired on 27 october 1966. In his adaptation of the episode for star trek 1, james blish identified it as the fourth planet in the 70 ophiucus system.
Star trek the original series season 1 episode 8 miri trailer. Star trek was considered a childrens program and these episodes were deemed too intense for minors. But yeah, not much to say about this one except grup, lol. If you enjoyed this post, please enter your email address in the subscription box to stay tuned for more updates. There is also some strong acting in this episode all around. Beaming down, kirk, spock, mccoy and rand discover a degenerative virus has killed all the adults and left the children aging at a very slow rate.
I seem to remember hearing that the bbc, who used to have the monopoly on star trek tos broadcasts, banned or heavily edited the following episodes for the reasons stated. About all i remember of this episode is grup and what it means. Miri episode memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Following an oldstyle distress call, the enterprise enters orbit of an earth type planet. This provoked such a furor of protest from parents that it has not been shown since. It began airing in the fall season on nbc, running new episodes until the spring of 1967, and continuing in repeats until the premiere of tos season 2 in the fall of 1967. Frist of a fourparter here, with episodes of the star trek original series that were deemed unsuitable for audiences by the bbc. It just lacks a certain appeal, and i think it is perhaps a little too bizarre for its own good. Complete screencap index the landing party attempts to make friends with the children, but they vividly remember the horrible deaths of their parents and refuse to have anything to do with them. In june 1976, star trek fans launched a letter campaign petitioning the bbc to show the banned episodes. I always loved trek as a kid, but never got to see some episodes until the early 1990s. Written by adrian spies and directed by vincent mceveety, it first aired on october 27, 1966. From the episode miri description from imdb the enterprise discovers a planet exactly like earth, but the only inhabitants are children who contract a fatal disease upon entering puberty. That the blues blotches, characteristic of the unknown disease had appeared on each of us, with the exception of mister spock.
The original series was produced and filmed from may 1966 to february 1967 by desilu. I dont recall this being answered in the episode but there is a star trek reference book called the worlds of the federation, which indicates that not only the planet, but the entire solar system was an exact duplicate of the sol system and was created by the sol system passing through a temporal or spatial rift of some sort and being duplicated. Learn more about star trek the original series, vol. These children all possess a strong distrust of adults, with the exception of miri, a young girl who befriends the adults and develops a youthful crush on kirk.
Miri at, the official website miri at memory alpha, a canon star trek wiki miri at wikipedia, the free encyclopedia miri at the internet movie database. Often times the strong acting helped to cover up its flaws, but they could only do so much. The second episode to feature kirks unwholesome interactions with minors. The interactions between kirk and the eponymous young woman may, however, evoke praise from sensitive fans. Miri written by adrian spies directed by vincent mceveety. I was surprised at how much of the episode i remembered such as the excellent visual of the tricycle framed in the foreground of the street, one of many terrific shots and how much id forgotten the fact that miri has janice rand kidnapped out of. Dec 06, 2016 even though star trek was first broadcast in the uk on bbc one on july 12 1969, with the episode where no man has gone before, repeats were rare and vhs tapes were expensive, and difficult to get. There is also a connection to the inevitability of growing up. Miri is the eighth episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series, star trek.
Join us on our galactic journey to recap evert star trek the original series episode. From the episode miri description from imdb the enterprise discovers a planet exactly like earth, but the only inhabitants are children who. Miri does an excellent job playing into the shows overall design. Judy klasss novel the cry of the onlies is a sequel to this episode. Blish writes that miris planet is the fourth planet orbiting the star 70 ophiuchus, beautifully earthlike and having. I like the concept of a planet left only to people that are hundreds of years old but stuck with a childlike mentality. Miri article at memory alpha, the wiki for canon star trek. A strange group of children are discovered on an earthlike planet.
Why its impossible to beat the original star trek tv series. Star trek will deal with that theme several times again. Was it ever explained why and how was the planet from star trek tos episode, miri, was an exact duplicate of earth. Pollard who would appear in bonnie and clyde and kim darby john waynes costar in true grit.
One of the older children, miri, falls in love with kirk and tries to help him with the other children until she begins to see yeoman rand as a rival fo. Star trek rewatch, episode 11 miri sequart organization. Miri is one of the strongest and most gripping episodes of the original star trek, providing a pretty shocking spin on the ageold postapocalyptic earth scenario except for the fact that none of this takes place on earth, obviously. For many years, the episodes miri, platos stepchildren, the empath, and whom gods destroy were banned in the uk. In the episode, the enterprise discovers an exact duplicate of earth, where the only survivors of a deadly manmade plague are some of the planets children. Upon viewing the opening sequence of any random episode of the original 1960s star trek television series, such as, miri or metamorphosis, the viewer immediately knows what to expect. Season 1, episode 8 miri kirk, spock, mccoy and yeoman rand arrive on a planet resembling earth in the 1960s and discover it has been ravaged by a genetically engineered virus that kills adults. The most significant event in miri, the twelfth episode of star trek halfway through the first season was the arrival, behindthescenes, of a new producer named gene l. In this episode, kirk, spock, mccoy and rand go down to an exact duplicate earth.
Miri 8 when writing two episodes up at a time, its tempting to try and find some kind of connective tissue to link them together. Miri episode 9 this week, rachel and chris explore their childhood fantasy of living in a post apocalyptic world with no parents by covering the episode miri. Miri, one of the most popular episodes of the original star trek series, featured a couple of soontobesemiicons from two very different kinds of films from the late 1960s. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. Mayberry that were used in 2 episodes of star trek, the orginal. Miri on the surface, miri should be a good episode, but it isnt. The original series miri tv episode 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The original series as wholesome family fun, the rest of the world didnt always think that way. Its also perhaps the first in a long line of kirk, mccoy, and spock get stranded and must work together to survive shows in this case with yeoman rand.
Star trek enterprise episode transcripts miri stardate. Exploring the remnants of a plagueravaged planet, captain kirk and an enterprise landing party unexpectedly discover a number of young children who have survived the otherwise total devastation. The episodes are miri and the city on the edge of forever. I have an embarrassing amount of star trek books, manuals, scripts, histories, autobiographies, guides, art, novels. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, kim darby, michael j. Miri was the eighth episode of star treks debut season to air, with a duplicate earth populated by feral children leading the senior staff of the enterprise to contract a fatal illness. The enterprise discovers a planet exactly like earth, but the. Kirk, her mentor, and a 1995 tv guide issue featured actress kim darby as one of the many female acquaintances known to william shatners star trek role. The problem started when the bbc showed the episode miri in 1970. The enterprise discovers an earthlike planet that was devastated by a horrific degenerative disease and is now populated entirely by impossibly old children. Mar 02, 20 on the surface, miri should be a good episode, but it isnt. But i remember the things you grups did, burning, yelling, hurting people. The enterprise encounters a planet that is an exact duplicate of the earth, but a place where all the adults are dead, leaving behind children who age incredibly slowly one month every 100 years. Us residents can watch it for free at the cbs website check the star trek rewatch index for a complete list of posts in this series.