It is the fortieth broadcast episode put into production, discounting the original unaired pilot episode, "The Cage".The episode was directed by Joseph Pevney and written by D.C. Fontana.It first aired on NBC on November 17th, 1966. Kirk goes to red alert as the ship approaches, and has Thelev brought to the bridge, but the spy has no answers for him, just smug assurances that they’re all going to die. Sarek and Amanda show affection for each other by a very simple touching of the first two fingers to each other. With Spock available for the blood transfusion, Sarek's operation is a success and he recovers. Journey to Babel Photos. Where’s the logic in not talking to your son because he made his own choice? After giving us two powerful, influential Vulcan women in “Amok Time” in T’Pring and T’Pau, we get this sexist drivel with Sarek and Amanda where the latter responds to Sarek commanding her to finish the tour with, “He’s a Vulcan, I’m his wife,” as if that explains why he treats her like an employee rather than a spouse. I’ve never liked the plot contrivances. "Journey to Babel" is the tenth episode of season two of the American science fiction/adventure series Star Trek and the thirty-ninth episode of the series overall. McCoy reports that Sarek has a heart condition, and it turns out that he’s had three attacks like this before (without telling Amanda) and been prescribed meds for it. US single-weight matte color copy photograph from the classic 1960's sci-fi television series STAR TREK, starring William Shatner and Capt. Show all Cast & Crew. Kirk calls yellow alert and he and Spock report to the bridge. Thelev, one of Shras’s aides, jumps Kirk in the corridor. I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to stand this. Captain’s log. Journey to Babel is pretty influential, as episodes of Star Trek go. Gav then confronts him, and Sarek admits that Vulcan favors admission of Coridan to the Federation. That decision estranged him from his father until this episode. Report. Can’t we just reverse the polarity? ... exploding rocks and attacks by lightning. Kirk has security search the prisoner, and Thelev attacks Josephs, but the other guard stuns him, and one antenna falls off, revealing a transmitter. But I’ve never liked this episode. It won’t be established until “Sarek” on TNG what the result of the conference was: Coridan was admitted to the Federation. New Book Star Trek: The Magic of Tribbles (Star Trek: The Original Series) Rilukiyes. The alien ship fires on the Enterprise, which doesn’t make McCoy’s job any easier. McCoy and Spock find an experimental drug that would speed up replacement of blood. Comments must first be approved and published by the moderators before they appear on the site. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, in full dress uniforms and alongside an honor guard, meet the last of the one hundred-plus delegates the Enterprise is escorting to a conference on a planetoid codenamed Babel to discuss the issue of Coridan’s admission to the Federation: Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan, along with two aides, and his wife Amanda Grayson. When Gav is later murdered, circumstantial evidence points to Sarek. Lenard previously appeared as the Romulan commander in “Balance of Terror,” and will also play a Klingon in The Motion Picture. Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Keith Andes, Celeste Yarnall, Jane Wyatt, Mark Lenard. There are still a lot of things that can go wrong, but Sarek will die if they do nothing—at least with the operation, he’ll have a chance. Being brought up to do what your daddy done is a notion based in sentiment, not logic. Kirk returns to sickbay for treatment of the knife wound caused by Thelev and McCoy gets the last word. Back in their quarters, Sarek rebukes Amanda for embarrassing Spock. Right. Uhura picks up the transmission again, and it’s coming from the brig. My biggest issue with the episode, though, is that the core conflict involving whether or not Spock will transfuse his father is presented as a dichotomy between Vulcan logic and human emotion and it so totally isn’t. The 2007 remastering of this episode included an actual design for the Orion ship, which was originally just seen as a blob of light because NBC really liked the look of the various aliens in the episode and asked that it be rushed through post-production so it could be aired sooner. Watch Star Trek: Remastered - Season 2, Episode 10 - Journey to Babel: Spock meets his estranged father when the Enterprise escorts a group of ambassadors to a conference on the planet Babel. Star Trek The Original Series S02E10 Journey To Babel. The Enterprise must transport dignitaries to a peace conference, with an assassin on the loose. Uhura is the one who traces the signal Thelev was using to keep in touch with his bosses, which proves quite useful. Watch William Shatner Shirtless - Star Trek 44 Journey to Babel - Zainin666 on Dailymotion He also admits that he had such an attack when Gav was being murdered—but there are no witnesses. A search uncovers the fact that Thelev is not Andorian, but a surgically altered Orion, put on board to disrupt the Babel Conference. Go put on a red shirt. Stardate: 3842.3. It could afford to waste power that way because it was a suicide mission anyhow…, Fascinating. Once Spock’s gone, he’ll put Scotty in command and report to his quarters. The email will only be created once you click on the "Send Email" button. Among those aboard are Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan and his human wife, Amanda — Spock's parents. Unfortunately, with Kirk out of action, Spock can no longer aid in the operation, as he is now in command. If your comment does not eventually appear please review our Moderation Policy carefully before posting again. Security actually does their job this week, starting simply by providing an honor guard for Sarek, then finding Gav’s body and reporting it, then finding the transmitter on Thelev and revealing that he’s not a real Andorian. This video compares two versions of the special effects scenes of the classic Star Trek episode Journey to Babel. The number of tie-in novels that feature Sarek and Amanda are too numerous to list here, but some of them include Sarek by A.C. Crispin, The Vulcan Academy Murders and The IDIC Epidemic by Jean Lorrah, Ishmael by Barbara Hambly, Demons by J.M. (The very next episode will add Vulcan expert Dr. M’Benga to the cast, and you have to think it’s because McCoy was so totally out of his depth in operating on Sarek—a Federation diplomat of high standing whose life was in McCoy’s hands—that Starfleet insisted that someone actually competent to work on Vulcans serve on the ship.). Amanda describes the Vulcan way as better than the human way, but it’s also much harder. According to Amanda, Vulcans find the use of force to be distasteful, and she implies that Vulcans serving in Starfleet are rare. Kirk fakes recovery and returns to the bridge, freeing Spock to go to the sickbay and assist in his father's surgery. From just this one appearance in 1967, the Andorians and Tellarites captured the imaginations of tie-in writers and game writers even though the species themselves barely appeared again as anything other than walk-ons until 2001 when Enterprise debuted and took them on. Kirk goes to sickbay, where McCoy decides to give Kirk shit about shaking the ship around while he was trying to operate. Receive notification by email when a new comment is added. Rather than be captured, it destroys itself and Thelev commits suicide. Offered here is a vintage 8x10 in. Chekov reports that there’s a ship shadowing them at extreme sensor range. However, the ship explodes before Uhura can make a surrender request. Spock reveals what he figured out during the operation: it was probably an Orion ship, deliberately overpowered as it was a suicide mission. It is an episode that really cements idea of the Federation that came to be at the heart of the franchise, suggesting that the organisation really is a diverse intergalactic alliance of diverse alien species, rather than a union between Earth and Vulcan. Amanda tweaks Sarek, saying he takes pride in Spock’s accomplishments, but Sarek doesn’t take the bait, saying only that he deserves respect as an officer. An email will not be created automatically. Dillard, Crucible: Spock: The Fire and the Rose by David R. George III, and Spock’s World by Diane Duane. Pjzr. Sarek returns to the reception, and takes medication with his drink. Season 2, Episode 15 (We’ll later learn that this isn’t the truth; then again, it’s probably more Sarek’s bias than the entire culture’s…), I’m a doctor not an escalator. Watching these remastered episodes makes me yearn for a re-cast, rebuild of the orginal. Spock is needed as a blood donor for the operation. Directed by Joseph Pevney McCoy doesn’t think it’s safe, plus the side effects could kill Sarek in his condition. Journey to Babel: It\'s chaos aboard an Enterprise full of interplanetary diplomats enroute to a conference on Babel. The transmission is encrypted, but it matches no known code, so Spock can’t do anything with it. DS9‘s “Favor the Bold” will establish that Starfleet named a vessel the U.S.S. Yes, the script casts it as Spock choosing the logical course of action, but that logic just gives him a clearer path to duty that has nothing to do with what planet he was raised on and everything to do with the braid on his cuff. Fontana chose the name “Amanda” for Spock’s mother because it means “worthy of being loved.”. Meanwhile, Uhura picks up the weird transmission again, and this time she determines that the signal came from the other ship, and was directed at the Enterprise. “Journey to Babel” The Vulcan insists that they identify and stop the vessel that is following them. The episode was directed by Joseph Pevney and written by D.C. Fontana. And the closing scene with Spock and Sarek reconnecting over making fun of Amanda and McCoy getting the last word is truly a classic. The novelization of TAS: "Yesteryear" (as published in Star Trek Log 1) describes Amanda in an image of her from circa 2237 (i.e., shortly before her death in that episode) as being pictured "in her early thirties." Amanda begs him to be human for a minute and think of his father. Keeping peace aboard his ship is complicated for Kirk by an unidentified vessel following the U.S.S. View All Photos (1) In Theaters Streaming Movies TV Shows Opening. Production episode 60344 0:06. Amanda rescues him and invites him to see Spock and Sarek, who are recovering nicely. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), © 2020 Macmillan | All stories, art, and posts are the copyright of their respective authors. In 1965, Wyatt was cast as Anne White in "The Monkey's Paw – A Retelling" on CBS's The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. No sex, please, we’re Starfleet. “Journey to Babel” Written by D.C. Fontana Directed by Joseph Pevney Season 2, Episode 10 Production episode: 2×15 Original air date: November 17, 1967 Star date: 3842.3 Mission Summary:Captai… McCoy’s preliminary exam reveals that it has something to do with his cardiovascular system. Orion smugglers have raided Coridan, and disrupting the conference, and possibly starting a war, would benefit them. Hailing frequencies open. "Journey to Babel" is the tenth episode of season two of the American science fiction/adventure series Star Trek and the thirty-ninth episode of the series overall. Shras and Sarek apologize while Gav just storms off in a huff. “Threats are illogical, and payment is usually expensive.” I’ve said this before, in my review of TNG‘s “Sarek,” and I stand by what I said four years ago: this episode is awful. Uhura reports a signal she picked up—a strong signal, with no obvious language, and with no traceable source. Kirk takes him down, but not before he’s stabbed in the side. To boldly go. There is a crew, but he can’t make out specific life-form readings. Thelev says their orders were to self-destruct rather than be captured; and then Thelev collapses, revealing that he had the same orders, as the poison he took kills him. The strain of such an accusation causes Sarek's already existing heart condition to worsen and he has the Vulcan equivalent of a heart attack. The Orion ship operates at 100% power, making it appear to be more powerful than it actually is, which both serves to disguise its origins, and also allows the ship to do more cool stuff. Science fiction fans should relish this episode for its remarkable insight into Vulcan culture, while others … The plan works up until the last part, as once Spock leaves the bridge, the alien ship starts to move closer, and so Kirk stays in the center seat. I feel like my neck's in a sling. Then the Tellarite ambassador, Gav, asks Sarek what his vote will be on Coridan, and Sarek is equally evasive. In fact, you’d never know she did anything but say “how high?” when Sarek says “jump.”. Coridan was also seen quite a bit on Enterprise, starting with “Shadows of P’Jem.”. The final act of “Journey to Babel” should be shown to anyone trying to write Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. At a cocktail party, Ambassador Gav, a Tellarite, quarrels openly with Sarek about the admission of Coridan into the Federation. Spock can’t get any solid readings on the ship shadowing them—it appears to be shielded against sensors in some way. But the actual story just is wretched. William O’Connell plays Thelev, James X. Mitchell plays Josephs, and we have recurring regulars Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, and Majel Barrett. I cannot change the laws of physics! The U.S.S. Sarek doesn’t believe one should thank logical behavior, and Amanda expresses her great frustration with logic, prompting Sarek and Spock to tease her on the subject. Spock’s parents were established as being an ambassador and a teacher in “This Side of Paradise,” also written by D.C. Fontana. "Journey to Babel" 45 "A Private Little War" 46 "The Gamesters of Triskelion" 47 "Obsession" 48 "The Immunity Syndrome" 49 "A Piece of the Action" 50 "By Any Other Name" 51 "Return to Tomorrow" 52 "Patterns of Force" 53 "The Ultimate Computer" 54 "The Omega Glory" 55 "Assignment: Earth" Reggie Nadler brings a quiet dignity to the role of Shras, while John Wheeler brings a haughty arrogance to the role of Gav (aided by his makeup, which forced him to raise his head in order to be able to see, which wound up selling the notion of arrogance). Amanda asks if Sarek wishes to thank Spock for saving his life. and of course appeared in Journey To Babel and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as Amanda Grayson, Spock's Human Mother. Wyatt portrayed Amanda Grayson, Spock's mother and Ambassador Sarek's (Mark Lenard) wife, in the 1967 episode "Journey to Babel" of the original NBC series Star Trek, and the 1986 film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. “At the time, it seemed the logical thing to do.”. Kirk and Spock try to then tease him about how much he’s enjoying bossing everyone around, but he shuts them both up, and then takes great glee in finally getting the last word. Kirk apologizes for giving offense after Spock excuses himself, and Sarek says that offense is a human emotion. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy go to the ambassador’s quarters to question Sarek, who has been meditating. William O’Connell plays Thelev, James X. Mitchell plays Josephs, and we have recurring regulars Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, and Majel Barrett. Tokyo Babel is a Visual Novel developed by Propeller and published by Mangagamer.The story of the series follows the Journey of Tendou Setsuna in Purgatory accompanied by the Demon Lilith, the Angel Raziel, and the Human Kugutsu Sorami where they are all seeking refuge along with the survivor humans, angels, and demons due to the Divine Calamity or the destruction of the Multiverse. When Kirk orders Chekov to resume original course, the ship parallels them again. Written by D. C. Fontana and directed by Joseph Pevney, it was first broadcast on November 17, 1967. When Kirk is attacked by Thelev, an Andorian, Spock assumes command of the Enterprise, and refuses to participate in McCoy's operation on his father. But, of course, the big guests are Mark Lenard and Jane Wyatt (who was credited as “Miss Jane Wyatt” out of respect for her lengthy and impressive career) as, respectively, Sarek and Amanda. They play dead until the ship comes into weapons range to check them out, and they score a direct hit, disabling the ship. All comments must meet the community standards outlined in Tor.com's Moderation Policy or be subject to moderation. 0:24. Written by D.C. Fontana Spock insists that the oath he took when he was commissioned requires him to be in command, especially given the one hundred delegates, not to mention the murder of one of those delegates, and the attempted murder of the captain. Original air date: November 17, 1967 He also mentions that Tellarite ships have been known to use Coridan dilithium crystals and makes noises about illegal mining operations. On the bridge, Kirk must deal with the unknown ship, now in contact with someone on board the U.S.S. Kahleah. An engaging study on one of Star Trek ’s greatest characters, “Journey to Babel” highlights Spock’s inner conflict in heart-wrenching detail. 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