The Man Trap

"The Man Trap" was the sixth episode of Star Trek: The Original Series in the show's first season, becoming the first episode of the Star Trek franchise to air on television on 8 September 1966. The episode was written by, directed by and novelized in Star Trek 1 by James Blish.

Characters

 * Robert Abrams • Barnhart • • Clifford Brent • Nancy Crater • Robert Crater • Scott Darnell • Green • Hadley • James T. Kirk • Ed Leslie • Leonard McCoy • Janice Rand • Spock • Sturgeon • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel) • Starfleet casualties

José Dominguez • M'Umbha Mahia Uhura

Starships and vehicles

 * USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) ( heavy cruiser)

Locations

 * M-113

Corinth IV • • Wrigley's Pleasure Planet

Races and cultures

 * Human • Vulcan

States and organizations

 * Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Other references

 * Beauregard • Borgia plant • Botulinus • buffalo • chili pepper • general quarters • Gertrude • Great Bird of the Galaxy • M-113 creature • medical tricorder • passenger pigeon • pentathnol • salt • Saurian brandy • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • Starfleet uniform • time • title • uniform • universe • weeper • arboretum • plum • tapioca • chili pepper • general quarters • autopsy • 1914 • copper • poison • aspirin • laser pistol • petechia • mottling • parsnip • Murasaki Index • captain's log • captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2266 • Starfleet General Orders and Regulations • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s)

Background

 * The Star Trek Concordance, Star Trek Chronology, and official website give Uhura's mother's name as "M'Umbha Mahia Uhura" based on this episode, but it never appeared on screen. The Concordance notes that the line referencing M'Umbha was spoken in the past tense.
 * This episode was titled "The Unreal McCoy" in production, and the novelization by James Blish used that title.