"Turnabout Intruder" was the 79th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 24th and final episode of the show's third and final season, first aired on 3 June 1969. The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and Arthur H. SingerMA, directed by Herb WallersteinMA and novelized in Star Trek 5 by James Blish.
Summary
A self-hating woman and ex-lover of James T. Kirk has a double revenge: switch consciousnesses with Kirk and then kill Kirk in her "old body"!
References
Characters
Episode characters
- Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Arthur Coleman • David Galloway • Bill Hadley • James T. Kirk • Roger Lemli • Janice Lester • Lisa • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • unnamed 2260s USS Enterprise personnel
Novelization characters
- Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Howard Coleman • James T. Kirk • Janice Lester • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehicles
Locations
Races and cultures
Technology and weapons
Materials and substances
- atmosphere • blood • gas • oxygen
States and organizations
Ranks and titles
- captain • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • lieutenant commander • officer • scientist • science officer
Other references
- anatomy • arm • boot • clothing • Federation members • finger • five-year mission • government • humanoid • language • lifeform • logic • matter • memory • nation-state • orbit • pants • quadrant • races and cultures • rank • space • star • stardate • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2260s) • technology • title • tunic • uniform • universe • weapon
Appendices
Related media
This episode is later referenced in the TOS novel, Assignment: Eternity, as the novel takes place a week after this episode.
The Star Trek: Enterprise novel What Price Honor? implies that the mind-swapping technology seen in this episode comes from a race called the Anu'anshee.
Video releases
Collector's edition VHS release with "Requiem for Methuselah".
VHS cover.
Laserdisc cover.
Overseas VHS release with "The Savage Curtain" and "All Our Yesterdays".
VHS cover.
Overseas VHS release with "The Savage Curtain" and "All Our Yesterdays".
DVD cover with "The Cage".
Images
Episode images
Adaptation images
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: All Our Yesterdays |
TOS episode produced | Next episode: last episode produced |
| Previous episode: All Our Yesterdays |
TOS episode aired | Next episode: The Cage |
| Previous story: This Side of Paradise |
Star Trek 5
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Next story: Requiem for Methuselah |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Faces of Fire |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Captain's Personal Log |
| Previous Adventure: Faces of Fire |
Next Adventure: Assignment: Eternity | |
| Previous Adventure: All Our Yesterdays |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Captain's Personal Log |
External links
- "Turnabout Intruder" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Turnabout Intruder article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.