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"The Counter-Clock Incident" was the 22nd episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series, in the show's second and final season, first aired on 12 October 1974. The episode was written by John Culver^MA, directed by Bill Reed^MA and novelized in Log Seven by Alan Dean Foster.

Description

Another exciting episode from television's most popular science fiction series

Complete in this volume:

The Counter-Clock Incident

Commodore Robert April, first Captain of the Enterprise, was traveling at warp-speeds toward retirement... a fate worse than death for a seasoned sailor of the spaceways.

There didn't seem to be any way to turn back the hands of time - but then nothing is ever certain in the outer reaches of the galaxy.

Nothing, that is, except that a Klingon in pursuit means trouble... especially when that Klingon is the wily Commander Kumara!

References

Characters

Episode characters

Robert April • Sarah Poole-April • Arex Na Eth • Karla Five • Karl Four • Karl Six • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura

Novelization characters

Robert April • Sarah Poole-April • Arex Na Eth • Christine Chapel • Char Delminnen • Van Delminnen • Gemas • Kanndad • Karla Five • Karl Four • Karl Six • Kattrun dek Prenn • James T. Kirk • Korreg • Kritt • Kumara • Kursley • John Kyle • M'aart • M'arrt • Leonard McCoy • Mendez • Nobis • Po • Montgomery Scott • Sen • Shundresh • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Sven van Anling • Werthel

Referenced only: Bresica Celli • Franz Joseph IV • Karau • Karhammur the Fortieth • Great Kinkuthanza • Shiboline M'Ress • Rembrandt

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • Karla Five's ship • Klathas

Locations

Antimatter universe • Arret • Babel • Beta Niobe • Amphion

Races and cultures

Human • Klingon • Edosian or Triexian • Vulcan • Wanderers Who Play

States and organizations

Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Appendices

Background

This is the seventh of Alan Dean Foster's TAS adaptation collections which have been reprinted a number of times, often in omnibuses with other Star Trek Log books. Most recently in 2006 by Del Rey Books, an imprint of the original Ballantine Books publishers, as part of Star Trek's 40th Anniversary celebrations.
This is also the first of the Star Trek Log books to feature the adaptation of a single 30 minute episode. The remainder of the Star Trek Logs series was in this format.
April is stated as having never commanded a starship before the Enterprise. This is later contradicted by the comic Flesh of My Flesh where April is stated to have commanded a USS Tiberius.
Much of USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) is stated to have been designed by Chief Construction Engineer Franz Joseph IV.
The Klingon God of Gods is identified as the Great Kinkuthanza.
In Foster's essay (preface of the 2006 trade reprint omnibus of Logs Seven and Eight), he explains that the Kumara adventure in Log Seven is based on a two-part Klingon-themed script he prepared for Roddenberry for a potential Season Four of the original series.

Images

Episode images

Novelization images

Connections

Timeline

published order
Previous novelization: Log Six	Star Trek Logs	Next novelization: Log Eight
Previous episode: How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth?	TAS episode produced	Next episode: Final Episode
Previous episode: How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth?	TAS episode aired	Next episode: Final Episode
chronological order
Previous Adventure: How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth?	Pocket	Next Adventure: The Eye of the Beholder
Previous Adventure: How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth?	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)	Next Adventure: The Trellisane Confrontation
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2270. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe:
Previous Adventure: Seeds of Rage Chapters 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21	2244 Chapter 1, Section 1	Next Adventure: The Better Man Chapter 1, Section 6

External link

The Counter-Clock Incident (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Star Trek Log 7 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

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+'''"The Counter-Clock Incident"''' was the 22nd [[episode]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'', in [[tAS season 2|the show's second and final season]], first aired on [[12 October]] [[1974]]. The episode was written by {{ma|John Culver}}, directed by {{ma|Bill Reed}} and novelized in ''[[Log Seven]]'' by [[Alan Dean Foster]].
+==Description==
-==Introduction ([[wikipedia:blurb|blurb]])==
-Another exciting episode from television's most popular science fiction series
+:''Another exciting episode from television's most popular science fiction series''
-Complete in this volume
+:''Complete in this volume:''
-The Counter-Clock Incident
+:''The Counter-Clock Incident''
-Commodore Robert April, first Captain of the Enterprise, was traveling at warp-speeds toward retirement... a fate worse than death for a seasoned sailor of the spaceways.
+:''Commodore Robert April, first Captain of the Enterprise, was traveling at warp-speeds toward retirement... a fate worse than death for a seasoned sailor of the spaceways.''
-There didn't seem to be any way to turn back the hands of time - but then nothing is ever certain in the outer reaches of the galaxy.
+:''There didn't seem to be any way to turn back the hands of time - but then nothing is ever certain in the outer reaches of the galaxy.''
-Nothing, that is, except that a Klingon in pursuit means trouble... especially when that Klingon is the wily Commander Kumara!
+:''Nothing, that is, except that a Klingon in pursuit means trouble... especially when that Klingon is the wily Commander Kumara!''
-==Summary==
+==References==
+===Characters===
-{{stub}}
+====Episode characters====
+:[[Robert April]] • [[Sarah Poole-April]] • [[Arex Na Eth]] • [[Karla Five]] • [[Karl Four]] • [[Karl Six]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Spock]] • [[Hikaru Sulu]] • [[Nyota Uhura]]
+====Novelization characters====
-==Characters==
+:[[Robert April]] • [[Sarah Poole-April]] • [[Arex Na Eth]] • [[Christine Chapel]] • [[Char Delminnen]] • [[Van Delminnen]] • [[Gemas]] • [[Kanndad]] • [[Karla Five]] • [[Karl Four]] • [[Karl Six]] • [[Kattrun dek Prenn]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Korreg]] • [[Kritt]] • [[Kumara]] • [[Kursley]] • [[John Kyle]] • [[M'aart]] • [[M'arrt]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • {{dis|Mendez|specialist}} • [[Nobis]] • [[Po (Lieutenant)|Po]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Sen]] • [[Shundresh]] • [[Spock]] • [[Hikaru Sulu]] • [[Nyota Uhura]] • [[Sven van Anling]] • [[Werthel]]
-===Regulars===
-*[[James T. Kirk]]
+{{ref}} [[Bresica Celli]] • [[Franz Joseph IV]] • [[Karau]] • [[Karhammur (Emperor)|Karhammur the Fortieth]] • [[Great Kinkuthanza]] • [[Shiboline M'Ress]] • [[Rembrandt]]
-*[[Spock]]
-*[[Leonard McCoy]]
+===Starships and vehicles===
-*[[Montgomery Scott]]
+:{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{class|Constitution}}) • [[Karla Five's ship]] • ''[[Klathas]]''
-*[[Hikaru Sulu]]
-*[[Nyota Uhura]]
-*[[Arex]]
-===Others===
-*[[Robert April]]
-*[[Sarah April]]
-*[[Karl Four]]
-*[[Karla Five]]
-*[[Kumara]]
-==References==
-===Starships===
-*[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)]] - [[Constitution class]]
 ===Locations===
-*[[Antimatter universe]]
+:[[Antimatter universe]] • [[Arret]] • [[Babel]] • [[Beta Niobe]] • [[Amphion]]
-**[[Arret]]
-*[[Babel]]
-*[[Beta Niobe]]
-===Species===
-*[[Human]]
-*[[Klingon]]
-*[[Triexian]]
-*[[Vulcan]]
-===States and Organisations===
-*[[Starfleet]]
-*[[United Federation of Planets]]
+===Races and cultures===
-==Information==
+:[[Human]] • [[Klingon]] • [[Edosian]] or [[Triexian]] • [[Vulcan]] • [[Wanderers Who Play]]
-* This is the seventh of Alan Dean Foster's TAS adaptation collections which have been reprinted a number of times, often in [[omnibus]]es with other Star Trek Log books. Most [[Star Trek Logs Seven and Eight|recently]] in [[2006]] by [[Del Rey Books]], an imprint of the original [[Ballantine Books]] publishers, as part of [[Star Trek]]'s [[40th Anniversary]] celebrations.
-* This is also the first of the Star Trek Log books to feature the adaption of a single episode.
+===States and organizations===
-* April is stated as having never commanded a starship before the ''Enterprise''. This is later contradicted by the comic [[Flesh of My Flesh]] where April is stated to have commanded a [[USS Tiberius]].
+:[[Starfleet]] • [[United Federation of Planets]]
-* Much of [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)]] is stated to have been designed by Chief Construction Engineer [[Franz Joseph IV]].
-* The [[Klingon]] God of Gods is idenified as the [[Great Kinkuthanza]].
+==Appendices==
-===Related Stories===
+===Related stories===
 *'''The Enterprise under April''' - Captain April's command of the ''Enterprise'' had been depicted in the following stories:
 ** "[[Though Hell Should Bar the Way]]" (''TOS'' [[short story]])
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 ** ''[[Best Destiny]]'' (''TOS'' novel)
 ** ''[[Crisis on Vulcan]]'' (''TOS'' novel)
-*'''[[Star Trek: Early Voyages]]''' - Captain April also appeared in several EV comics "[[Flesh of my Flesh]]", "[[Nemesis (comic)|Nemesis]]" and "[[Thanatos]]" and is referenced in several other issues of the series.
+*'''[[Star Trek: Early Voyages]]''' - Captain April also appeared in several EV comics "[[Flesh of My Flesh]]", "[[Nemesis (comic)|Nemesis]]" and "[[Thanatos]]" and is referenced in several other issues of the series.
-==Images==
+===Background===
+* This is the seventh of Alan Dean Foster's TAS adaptation collections which have been reprinted a number of times, often in [[omnibus]]es with other Star Trek Log books. Most [[Star Trek Logs Seven and Eight|recently]] in [[2006]] by [[Del Rey Books]], an imprint of the original [[Ballantine Books]] publishers, as part of [[Star Trek]]'s [[40th Anniversary]] celebrations.
+* This is also the first of the Star Trek Log books to feature the adaptation of a single 30 minute episode. The remainder of the ''Star Trek Logs'' series was in this format.
+* April is stated as having never commanded a starship before the ''Enterprise''. This is later contradicted by the comic [[Flesh of My Flesh]] where April is stated to have commanded a {{USS|Tiberius|23rd century}}.
+* Much of [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)]] is stated to have been designed by Chief Construction Engineer [[Franz Joseph IV]].
+* The [[Klingon]] God of Gods is identified as the [[Great Kinkuthanza]].
+* In Foster's essay (preface of the 2006 trade reprint omnibus of Logs Seven and Eight), he explains that the Kumara adventure in Log Seven is based on a two-part Klingon-themed script he prepared for Roddenberry for a potential Season Four of the original series.
+===Images===
+====Episode images====
 <gallery>
-Image:Robert April, young.jpg|[[Robert April]] at around age 45
+robert April, young.jpg|[[Robert April]] at around age 45.
-Image:Robert April, old.jpg|Old Robert April
+robert April, old.jpg|Old Robert April.
-Image:SarahApril.jpg|[[Sarah Poole-April]]
+sarahApril.jpg|[[Sarah Poole-April]].
+starMapAntimatterUniverse.jpg|Atimatter universe galaxy map.
+karlaFive.jpg|[[Karla Five]].
+karlaFivesShip.jpg|[[Karla Five's ship]].
+aprils1.jpg|The Aprils.
+sarah April.jpg|Sarah.
+aprils2.jpg|The Aprils.
 </gallery>
+====Novelization images====
-==Connections==
+<gallery>
-* {{memoryalpha}}
+log seven.jpg|Cover image.
-* {{memoryalpha|Star Trek Log 7}}
+log 7.jpg|Cover image.
+ent1701bridge-log7.jpg|The bridge.
+ent1701log7.jpg|''Enterprise''.
+</gallery>
+===Connections===
-{{Timeline|
+====Timeline====
-type1=novelization|
+{{timeline
+| type1 = novelization|
 series1=other|
 other1=[[TAS novelizations|Star Trek Logs]]|
 format1=none|
-before1=[[Star Trek Log Six|Log Six]]|
+before1=[[Log Six]]|
-after1=[[Star Trek Log Eight|Log Eight]]|
+after1=[[Log Eight]]|
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+timeframe=Timeframe1|
+primary=[[2270]]|
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+prevdate1=[[Seeds of Rage]]{{bsmall|Chapters 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21}}|
+nextdate1=[[The Better Man]]{{bsmall|Chapter 1, Section 6}}|
 voyages2=|
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-adafter2=|
+adafter2 =
 }}
+===External link===
-[[Category:TAS Episodes|Counter-Clock Incident, The]]
-[[Category:TAS Novelizations|Counter-Clock Incident, The]]
+* {{memoryalpha|The Counter-Clock Incident (episode)|The Counter-Clock Incident (episode)}}
+* {{memoryalpha|Star Trek Log 7|Star Trek Log 7}}
+[[category:tAS episodes]]
+[[category:tAS novelizations]]

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