Assignment: Earth (episode)

   

"Assignment: Earth" was the 55th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 26th and final episode of the show's second season, first aired on 29 March 1968. The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and Art Wallace, directed by Marc Daniels and novelized in Star Trek 3 by James Blish.

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CharactersEdit

Episode charactersEdit

Beta 5 computer • Clifford Brent • Charley • Pavel Chekov • Cromwell (launch director) • Jerry Freeman • Bill Hadley • Isis • James T. Kirk • Roger Lemli • Ryan Leslie • Roberta Lincoln • Lipton • Leonard McCoy • Jack Nesvig • Montgomery Scott • Gary Seven • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura

Novelization charactersEdit

Isis • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Gary Seven • Spock • USS Enterprise computer

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)

LocationsEdit

811 East 68th Street • Asia minor • Earth • McKinley Rocket Base • New York City • Omicron III • Southeast Asia • United States of America

Races and culturesEdit

Human • Vulcan

States and organizationsEdit

Klingon Empire • United Federation of Planets • Aegis

Other referencesEdit

automobile • cat • force shield • Hydrogen bomb • Siamese cat • telephone

AppendicesEdit

Related mediaEdit

"Assignment: Earth" was originally intended to be a back door pilot episode for a spin-off TV series from Star Trek: The Original Series. The series never made it into production but Gary Seven has subsequently been featured in numerous stories in other spin-off media. Assignment: Earth finally became a series of sorts in 2008 when IDW Publishing produced a comics miniseries inspired by the original idea of a TV series: Star Trek: Assignment: Earth, detailing the adventures of Gary Seven in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

AdaptationsEdit

Novelized in Star Trek 3.

Novelized in Star Trek 3 reprint.

Novelized in Star Trek 3 reprint.

Novelized in Star Trek 3 reprint.

Novelized in Star Trek 3 reprint.

German language novelization translation in Spock Läuft Amok.

German language novelization translation in Spock Läuft Amok.

Italian language novelization translation in La Pista Delle Stelle 3.

Novelization collected in The Star Trek Reader.

German language novelization translation collected in Der große Sammelband.

Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes 2.

Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes.

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ImagesEdit

Isis, appearing as a cat.

Isis, appearing as a humanoid.

Gary.

Gary.

Roberta.

Beta 5.

Gary and Roberta.

Kirk.

Uhura.

Spock.

The crew.

Enterprise.

Enterprise.

The USS Enterprise.

The crew.

The crew.

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ConnectionsEdit

TimelineEdit

published order
Previous episode: The Omega Glory	TOS episode produced	Next episode: Spectre of the Gun
Previous episode: Bread and Circuses	TOS episode aired	Next episode: Spock's Brain
Previous story: The Doomsday Machine	Star Trek 3	Next story: Mirror, Mirror
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Omega Glory	Pocket	Next Adventure: Spectre of the Gun
Previous Adventure: Visit to a Weird Planet Re-Visited	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)	Next Adventure: Day of Honor: Treaty's Law

External linksEdit

• Assignment: Earth (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Assignment: Earth article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.