"Dagger of the Mind" was the 11th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 10th episode of the show's first season, first aired on 3 November 1966. The episode was written by S. Bar-DavidMA, directed by Vincent McEveetyMA and novelized in Star Trek 1 by James Blish.
References[]
Characters[]
Episode characters[]
- Tristan Adams • Berkeley • Eli • Fields • James • Karl • James T. Kirk • Ryan Leslie • Lethe • Leonard McCoy • Helen Noel • Spock • Nyota Uhura • Simon Van Gelder • Vinci[1] • unnamed Humans • unnamed 2260s USS Enterprise personnel (USS Enterprise personnel)
Novelization characters[]
- Tristan Adams • James T. Kirk • Lethe • Leonard McCoy • Helen Noel • Spock • Nyota Uhura • Simon Van Gelder
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
Shipboard areas[]
- USS Enterprise
- bridge • transporter room • medical lab • sickbay
Planetary locales[]
- Tantalus V
- Tantalus colony
Races and cultures[]
Technology and weapons[]
- communicator • intercom • starship • viewscreen • medical kit • medical tricorder • sensors • transporter • tricorder • electroencephalograph • library computer • neural neutralizer • phaser pistol
Materials and substances[]
- atmosphere • blood • gas • oxygen
States and organizations[]
Ranks and titles[]
- assistant • captain • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • crewman • director • doctor • engineer • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • helmsman • medical practitioner • navigator • officer • scientist • science officer • weapons officer • tactical officer • medical officer
Other references[]
- anatomy • arm • boot • clothing • Federation members • five-year mission • government • humanoid • language • lifeform • logic • matter • memory • nation-state • orbit • pants • quadrant • races and cultures • rank • space • star • stardate • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2260s) • technology • title • tunic • uniform • universe • weapon • Christmas • communicator • delta rhythm • delta wave • electroencephalograph • neural neutralizer • phaser • radiology • schizophrenia • brandy • Christmas • delta wave • penal colony • tranquilizing drug
Chronology[]
- prior to 2266
- Kirk attends the Christmas party. (prior to episode/novelization)
- stardate 2715.1, 2266 (2260s chronology, 2264–2270 Enterprise voyages)
- Enterprise travels to Tantalus.
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- Decipher RPG module: Worlds
- Depicts maps of Tantalus.
Adaptations[]
Video releases[]
Images[]
Episode images[]
Adaptation images[]
Timeline[]
published order | ||
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Previous episode: What Are Little Girls Made Of? |
TOS episode produced | Next episode: Miri |
Previous episode: Miri |
TOS episode aired | Next episode: The Corbomite Maneuver |
Previous story: Charlie's Law |
Star Trek 1 |
Next story: The Unreal McCoy |
chronological order | ||
Previous Adventure: River of Blood Errand of Vengeance |
Next Adventure: Miri | |
Previous Adventure: River of Blood Errand of Vengeance |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Miri |
Translations[]
- 1969
- Japanese : 精神の剣, translated by Mamoru Nakagami. (Hayakawa)
- 1972
- German : Tantalus, translated by Janis Kambulis. (Williams)
- 1973
- Turkish : Yalnızlık Makinesi, translated by Reha Pinar. (Altın Kitaplar)
- 1975
- Dutch : Dolk van de geest, translated by Jan Koesen. (Luitingh)
- 1978
- Italian : La spada nel cervello, translated by Rosella Sanità. (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore)
- 1991
- French : Un esprit tranchant, translated by Paul Couturiau. (Lefrancq)
External link[]
- "Dagger of the Mind" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Dagger of the Mind article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- ↑ The character Vinci was not named in the episode but the same actor, wearing the same operations division Starfleet uniform, was addressed as Vinci in TOS episode: "The Devil in the Dark". The same actor also played the character of Clifford Brent.