"Mudd's Passion" was the 10th episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series. It was produced in TAS season 1 and debuted on 10 November 1973. The episode was directed by Hal SutherlandMA and written by Stephen KandelMA. It was the eighth episode to be novelized by Alan Dean Foster, appearing in Star Trek: Log Three in December 1974.
Harry Mudd returned in this follow-up to "Mudd's Women" and "I, Mudd".
Description[]
- Roger C. CarmelMA guests as the voice of Harry Mudd, the character he created on the original Star Trek television series. In this episode, the serio-comic villain returns with a love potion that actually works!
Log entries[]
Episode log entries[]
- Captain's log, stardate 4978.4.
- We are approaching the Arcadian star system on a mission to locate an old friend.
- Captain's log, supplemental.
- Harry Mudd has escaped from the Enterprise, taking Head Nurse Chapel with him, apparently as a hostage. Meanwhile, Mister Spock is acting very strange.
Novelization log entries[]
- Captain's log, stardate 5514.0
- We have entered the Arcadian system on a mission for Starfleet regional peaceforce to locate an old friend.
- Ship's log, stardate 5514.6
- We have located and made preliminary scan of a hitherto unidentified binary system with one marginally habitable world. Preparations are now underway for first advanced survey. Second advanced survey with actual landing party will probably not be carried out this trip, unless some unexpected new factor dictates in its favor.
References[]
Characters[]
Episode characters[]
- Arex Na Eth • Christine Chapel • James T. Kirk • John Kyle • Lora • Marion • Lyra Mayer • Shiboline M'Ress • Leonard McCoy • Harry Mudd • Montgomery Scott • Shu-luft • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • quadrupedal rock beast • trinocular rock beast
Novelization characters[]
- Arex Na Eth • Bell (Lieutenant) • Christine Chapel • James T. Kirk • John Kyle • Lora • Marion • Lyra Mayer • Shiboline M'Ress • Leonard McCoy • Harry Mudd • Rafe • Montgomery Scott • Shu-luft • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • rock creature
- Referenced only
- Amara • Anabella • Max Bruch • Hnisto • Biblical Magi • Florence Nightingale • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehicles[]
Episode starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • groundcars • NCC-1701/3 (II) (armored lander shuttle) • NCC-1701/4 (II) (armored lander shuttle) • NCC-1701/9 (class F shuttlecraft) • NCC-1701/12 (armored lander shuttle) • unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) shuttlecraft
Novelization starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • hovercraft • Mudd's spacecraft • unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) shuttlecraft (armored lander • atmospheric flier • long-range scout • class F shuttlecraft)
Locations[]
Episode locations[]
- Referenced only
- Ilyria VI • Mudd • Omega Cygni • Ophiucus VI
Novelization locations[]
- Referenced only
- Amusement Park planet • Darius • Ilyria VI • Milky Way Galaxy • Mudd • Omega VII • Ophiucus VI • Prometheus Science Center • Saturn • Sirius IX
Races and cultures[]
Episode races and cultures[]
Novelization races and cultures[]
- Andalusian • Caitian • Human • Edosian or Triexian • Tullinite • Ursinoid • Vulcan • unnamed races and cultures (avianoid • monopedal)
States and organizations[]
- Federation (Peaceforcer) • Starfleet (Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Science)
Science and classification[]
- artificial gravity • biochemistry • camera • chemistry • chronometer • class M • communications • communicator • computer • coordinates • drug • ecology • engine • force field • fusion bomb • gravity field generator • gun • hand phaser • intercom • laboratory • library computer • medikit • microhandler • microscope • microtape • phaser • probe • rocket • science • sensor • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • viewscreen • warp drive
Lifeforms[]
Materials and substances[]
- alcohol • blood • coal • crystal • durallium • granite • liquid • love potion • metal • opal • plastic • quartz • quartzine • scotch whisky • soil • stone
Ranks and titles[]
- captain • chief • communications officer • crewmember • criminal • doctor • engineer • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • head nurse • lieutenant • medicine man • miner • navigator • nurse • officer • painter • physician • pilot • rank • science officer • senior officer • solicitor • Starfleet ranks • transporter chief • yeoman
Other references[]
- air regeneration system • angel • artificial gravity • assignment patch • asteroid • atmosphere • automaton • bank • beam • beetle • billiards • binary star • black hole • blue star • bridge • brig • cave • civilization • corn • credit • desert • emotion • feather • Federation law • Federation Pharmaceutical Code • fox-dancer • galaxy • gambling • gravity • helm • hour • identity card • internal security • kilometer • landing party • lizard • logic • love • lynching • magic • Megasphere • meter • The Mikado • mining • minute • mirror • moon • mountain • movie • music • mustache • navigational computer • nebula • neutron star • orange star • parking orbit • quarters • radiation • recirculation grid • recreation room • reptile • second • sector • shuttle bay • sickbay • siren • space • spider • sports and games • star • star system • Starfleet regulations • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • telepathy • tentacle • three-dimensional chess • transporter room • Triexian guitar • universe • vegetation
Appendices[]
Related media[]
Chapel's love for Spock featured in
Mudd also appeared in
- TOS episodes: "Mudd's Women", "I, Mudd"
- DSC episodes: "Choose Your Pain", "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad"
- TOS novel: Mudd in Your Eye
- TOS short story: "The Business, As Usual, During Altercations"
- TOS comics: "Operation Con Game", "It's a Living", "Mudd's Magic!", "Mission: Muddled", "The Sky Above...The Mudd Below", "Target: Mudd!", "Made Out of Mudd", "The Survival Equation"
- TNG novel: The Light Fantastic
Ilyria was mentioned in
Background[]
- A different escape from planet Mudd was described in TOS comic: "Made Out of Mudd", which was set two years prior in 2267. It was possible Mudd returned to that planet, then had to engineer a second escape.
- Hikaru Sulu was given command when Kirk and Spock visited Motherlode. Montgomery Scott assumed command when Kirk and Spock visited the planet of the rock creatures.
- In the novelization, Arex Na Eth identified the shuttle Mudd stole, Shuttlecraft NCC-1701/12, as an armored lander.
- Shuttles NCC-1701/3 (II) and NCC-1701/4 (II) were also seen in the shuttle bay. Class F shuttlecraft with the same registries appeared in stories set prior to 2269 in the UK comic strips series.
Images[]
Episode images[]
Adaptation images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: One of Our Planets Is Missing |
TAS episode produced | Next episode: The Magicks of Megas-Tu |
| Previous episode: Once Upon a Planet |
TAS episode aired | Next episode: The Time Trap |
| Previous story: Once Upon a Planet |
Log Three
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Next story: The Magicks of Megas-Tu |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Once Upon a Planet |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: The Magicks of Megas-Tu |
| Previous Adventure: Once Upon a Planet |
Next Adventure: The Magicks of Megas-Tu | |
| Previous Adventure: Once Upon a Planet |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: The Terratin Incident |
Translations[]
- 1993
- German : Der Venus-Faktor, translated by Hermann Martlreiter. (Goldmann)
- 1995
- Romanian : Patima lui Mudd, translated by Max Felix. (Editura Cristian)
External links[]
- Mudd's Passion article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Mudd's Passion article at Curt Danhauser's Guide to Animated Star Trek.
- Mudd's Passion article by Keith R.A. DeCandido at the Tor Books website.
- Mudd's Passion article at The Viewscreen.
- Mudd's Passion article at Trek Today.
- Mudd's Passion discussion at the Mission Log podcast.
- Mudd's Passion discussion at the Saturday Morning Trek podcast.