"Friday's Child" was the 31st episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.
References
Characters
Episode characters
- Akaar • Leonard James Akaar • Pavel Chekov • Deem • Duur • Eleen • Grant (Lieutenant) • Bill Hadley • Keel • James T. Kirk • Kras • Ryan Leslie • Maab • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • unnamed Klingons
Novelization characters
- Akaar • Leonard James Akaar • Eleen • Frost • Keel • James T. Kirk • Maab • Leonard McCoy • Raal (Cerean) • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu
- Referenced only
- Devil
Starships and vehicles
- Referenced only
- SS Deirdre • USS Carolina • Klingon scout ship
Locations
- Capella IV
- Referenced only
- Altimara • Ceres • Earth • Lorigan
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Other references
- Sabbath • Harper's Weekly • robe • topaline • iron • gold • silver • wool • zakdir • phaser • communicator • sword • knife • boomerang • klugat • hawk • uniform • clothing • English • Old High Martian • Latin • Greek • fortran • calculus • Vegan language • makeen • sound bomb • bloodhound • pigeon • bow • arrow • throwing stick • starfish • ox • kligat • magnasite-nitron tablet • shale • signal booster • sympathetic vibration • teer • topaline
Appendices
Related media
- From the Depths (TOS novel)
- The Peacekeeper (TOS comic) - In this Comic, Dr. McCoy reminds Captain Kirk on the events of this Episode in order to help him with a difficult decision, which might violate the Prime Directive.
- Twilight (DS9 novel) - Admiral Akaar mentions what happened after "Friday's Child".
Adaptations
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.
Background
- In the original version of the episode the Enterprise encounters an unidentified Klingon scout ship. In the 2007 remastered version of the episode a D7 class like vessel is added in its place. The comic "Against Their Nature" establishes a smaller D7-like scout vessel in operation in this era, this scout could be of this class.
- In the novelization, the planet was Ceres rather than Capella IV.
- There were no Klingons on Ceres in the novelization.
- The novelization states that the locals were Human decendants.
- Star Trek: Myriad Universes novel: A Less Perfect Union states that the locals were very Human-like.
Images
Baby Leonard James Akaar.
Capellans.
Kirk.
Uhura.
Spock.
The crew.
Enterprise.
Enterprise.
The USS Enterprise.
The crew.
The crew.
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Metamorphosis |
TOS episode produced | Next episode: Who Mourns for Adonais? |
| Previous episode: Journey to Babel |
TOS episode aired | Next episode: The Deadly Years |
| Previous story: Mirror, Mirror |
Star Trek 3
|
Next story: Amok Time |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Chaotic Response |
Next Adventure: Invasion!: First Strike | |
| Previous Adventure: Metamorphosis |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Invasion!: First Strike |
External links
- "Friday's Child" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Friday's Child (TOS episode) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.