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Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 5, Episodes 10 & 11: What Are Little Girls Made Of?/ Dagger of the Mind

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: Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 5, Episodes 10 & 11: What Are Little Girls Made Of?/ Dagger of the Mind
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0097366000577
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 14, 1999
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 122359
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1966



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Description:
'What are Little Girls Made Of?' Ep. 10 - Kirk and company are horrified to learn that famed scientist, Dr. Roger Korby has developed the ultimate android in hopes of populating the universe with them. 'Dagger of the Mind,' Ep. 11 - Kirk must beam down to a penal colony after a doctor escapes to the U.S.S. Enterprise, hinting at the horrors commited against the colony's patients.

Amazon.com:
Volume 5 from the DVD collection of original Star Trek programs includes 'What Are Little Girls Made Of?' Written by Robert Bloch (author of the novel Psycho, the basis of Hitchcock's film), the episode finds Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and nurse Christine Chapel (Majel Barrett) beaming down to planet Exo III, where Christine is to be reunited with her fiancé, Dr. Roger Korby (Michael Strong). The meeting is less than joyful, however, when it becomes clear that Korby has been developing androids that he intends to spread throughout the galaxy--using the Enterprise as his delivery vehicle. This was certainly the first significant performance for Majel Barrett in the Trek family; longtime fans know she went on to play Lwaxana Troi on The Next Generation (and Mrs. Gene Roddenberry in real life). An entertaining episode all around, with the notion of an android Kirk somehow amusing. (Maybe it was the android who sang on that notorious Shatner album.) Fans of '60s TV will also enjoy the performance of Ted Cassidy (the original Lurch from TV's The Addams Family) as the giant android, Ruk.

Also on this DVD is 'Dagger of the Mind,' another mad-doctor drama. This time, Kirk delivers supplies to a penal colony on Tantalus V, where he meets the renowned Dr. Tristan Adams. Adams has been working on the development of a neural neutralizer to control and manipulate dangerous patients. When Kirk threatens to expose him as a dangerous megalomaniac, Adams uses the technology on the unfortunate captain. This tense piece set in a madhouse atmosphere makes for a riveting episode, with a few unhinged performances adding to the fun.--Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - "It's hard to believe someone could die from loneliness"

What are Little Girls Made Of? A touch of horror here with 'Rok'. This episode stands up very ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Keeper! Two of the Better Episodes of the First Season!
No less a brilliant horror/sci-fi writer then Robert Bloch himself wrote the screenplay to the first ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Kirk vs. the mad scientists
The crew of the Enterprise faces off against a couple of mad scientists in this pair of middling episodes ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Breakout performance by Morgan Woodward
Dagger of the Mind
After exchanging cargo with the penal colony on planet Tantalus Five the Enterprise ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Pretty good, but not one of my top favorites
Both episodes were pretty good. Both cases, they really shined due to the choice of female cast...the characters ... Read More

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