Summary[]
References[]
Characters[]
Episode characters[]
- Arex Na Eth • James T. Kirk • Kukulkan • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Nyota Uhura • Jo van Dreenan • Dawson Walking Bear • Capellan power-cat
- Referenced only
- Devil • Quetzalcoatl • William Shakespeare
Novelization characters[]
- Arex Na Eth • James T. Kirk • Kukulkan • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Jo van Dreenan • Dawson Walking Bear • Capalent power-cat
- Referenced only
- Johannes Brahms • Devil • M. C. Escher • God • Charles Edward Ives • Shiboline M'Ress • Myoka Mbowe • Polyphemus • Quetzalcoatl • William Shakespeare • Karlheinz Stockhausen • J. M. W. Turner
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • Kukulkan's probe • Kukulkan's starship
Locations[]
- bridge • Earth • engineering • the galaxy • Luna • sickbay
- Referenced only
- American Southwest • Baja • Capella IV • Central America • Chichén Itzá • China • Hong Kong • Indus River • Istanbul • Michaya • Mohenjo-daro • Monomotapa • New York • North America • rec room • Southeast Asia • Starbase 21 • Starfleet Headquarters • Sumer • Titan • Tulum • Uxmal • Yoolian Worlds • Zimbabwe
Races and cultures[]
- Human (African • American Indian • Asian • Aztec • Chinese • Comanche • Egyptian • Inca • Indian • Mayan • Olmec • Swahili • Terran • Toltec • Zapotec) • Kukulkan's species • Edosian or Triexian • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Caitian • Klingon • Romulan
States and organizations[]
- Federation • Federation Council • Starfleet • Starfleet Central
Ranks and titles[]
- anthropologist • architect • artist • bureaucrat • captain • chief engineer • crewman • doctor • engineer • ensign • first officer • gunfighter • helmsman • hunter • jeweler • junior clerk • lieutenant • logician • navigator • officer • philosopher • relay runner • saint • science councilor • security specialist • senior officer • slave • superior officer • warrior • yeoman
Other references[]
- alien • alloy-netting • amoeba • animal • anthropology • artificial gravity • atmosphere • aurora • baroque • Basic Ethnics • battery • battle compensator • bat • belt medkit • beryllium • bird • birthday • blackboard • black hole • butterfly • calendar • Capellan power-cat • carnivore • cat • century • chime pipe • Chinese dragon • cilia • city • clothing • cobra • command chair • communicator • computer • corn • day • demon • detector drone • diagnostic bed • dog • dragon • electric eel • electricity • energy • energy weapon • engine • feline • fern • fire • flute • force field • gas • geometry • ghost • glass • goose • government • grape • gravity • heart • hippopotamus • history • homeworld • hurricane • hypospray • impulse engine • indicator • ink • insect • Jefferies tube • kilometer • knife • library computer • light-year • lithium • mammal • medical tricorder • metal • meter • millennia • minute • month • mosaic • music • mynoquintistrycnite • obelisk • oil • orbit • organ • ozone • palm tree • phaser • physics • planet • plant • platypus • poison • predictor • primate • probe • pyramid • quartz • radiation • rainbow • red alert • reptilian • rock • saucer section • scanner • science • scythe • seal • second • sensor • serpent • snail • snake • soap • solar power • South Pacific frilled lizard • space • star • starbase • starfield • star system • tiger • tin • torpedo • Tower of Babel • tractor beam • tranquilizer • transmitter • transporter • tree • tricorder • universe • viewer • viewscreen • vine • violin • warp drive • warp nacelle • wasp • water • weed • week • woodwind • xenarium • year • yellow alert • ziggurat • zoo
Information[]
- In the Log Six novelization of the episode, the Capellan power-cat is misspelled as "Capalent" power-cat.
Appendices[]
Related stories[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: The Practical Joker |
TAS episode produced | Next episode: The Counter-Clock Incident |
| Previous episode: Albatross |
TAS episode aired | Next episode: The Counter-Clock Incident |
| Previous story: The Practical Joker |
Log Six
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Next story: last story |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Practical Joker |
Next Adventure: The Counter-Clock Incident | |
Images[]
Translations[]
- 1994
- German : Schmerzvoller denn einer Schlange Zahn. (Goldmann)
- 1995
- Romanian : Mai dureros ca mușcătura unui șarpe, translated by Max Felix. (Editura Cristian)
External link[]
- How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth review at TrekToday.
- How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth discussion at the Mission Log podcast.