"The Tholian Web" was the 64th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.
Summary[]
investigating the derelict spaceship Defiant Captain Kirk is missing and presumed dead! Likewise the spaceship Enterprise is in danger of being trapped in a alien energy space web!
References[]
Characters[]
Episode characters[]
- Thomas Blair • Clifford Brent[1] • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Bill Hadley • James T. Kirk • Roger Lemli • Loskene • Leonard McCoy • O'Neil • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • USS Enterprise computer
Novelization characters[]
- Thomas Blair • Pavel Chekov • James T. Kirk • Loskene • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura
- Referenced only
- O'Neil
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Other references[]
- interphase • Tholian web • theragen
Appendices[]
Related media[]
The Tholians and the Defiant have appeared many times throughout Star Trek since their introduction in The Tholian Web:
- Depicts Earth's first contact with the Tholians.
- After passing through the interphase the USS Defiant fell into the hands of the Mirror Universe Tholians a hundred years in the past. In a Mirror, Darkly shows the fate of the Defiant and has the Tholians use their web once more.
- The Tholians, or at least their subject race the Chakuun appear in Early Voyages and an ongoing conflict with the Tholian Assembly is frequently referenced.
- The first retrieval of the Defiant, in 2288. The interphase duplicated the ship at this point, leaving one still to be rescued in 2376.
- The Tholians, the Defiant and the interphase all appear in The Sundered, this time facing off against Captain Sulu of the USS Excelsior.
- Interphase see the crew of the USS da Vinci retrieving the Defiant from the interphase.
Adaptations[]
Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes 3.
Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes.
Images[]
Captain Kirk in an EV suit
The USS Defiant entering the spatial interphase
dead crewoman on Defiant
a victim of the madness
more dead crew, one holds what appears to be a knife
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: The Empath |
TOS episode produced | Next episode: For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky |
| Previous episode: For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky |
TOS episode aired | Next episode: Plato's Stepchildren |
| Previous story: Whom Gods Destroy |
Star Trek 5
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Next story: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Legacy |
Next Adventure: The Sundered (Chapter 24) | |
| Previous Adventure: Legacy |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Windows on a Lost World |
Translations[]
- 1972
- German : Das Spinnennetz, translated by Hans Maeter. (Williams)
- 1973
- Turkish : Tholian Aği, translated by Reha Pinar. (Altın Kitaplar)
- 1978
- Italian : Ragnatela spaziale, translated by Rosella Sanità. (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore)
- 1978
- Japanese : ソリアのクモの巣, translated by Hiroshi Saito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
External links[]
- "The Tholian Web" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The Tholian Web article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- ↑ The character of Clifford Brent was not named in the episode but the same actor, wearing an officer's Starfleet uniform, was addressed as Brent in TOS episode: "The Naked Time". The same actor also played the character of Vinci.