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Star Trek (s02e26)

Assignment: Earth

by Art Wallace, directed by Marc Daniels

Release: 29 March 1968
Format: TV Episode
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

The Enterprise and her crew make their first intentional trip back in time to study historical aspects of 1968 and the Cold War, but unexpectedly, they intercept a transporter beam that brings the mysterious Gary Seven and his feline from a faraway advanced planet.

— Michael Main

Humans of the 20th century do not go beaming around the Galaxy, Mr. Seven.

DEBUT

Star Trek (s02e26), “Assignment: Earth” (NBC-TV, USA, 29 March 1968).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1960 to 1969: 1968
Circa AD 2200 to 2299

Time Travel Methods

High Speed, Angular Momentum, Gravity, Cosmic Strings, etc. Cause Time Warp: “Using the light-speed breakaway factor, the Enterprise has moved back through time . . .”

Themes

Never Change the Past!: “Following him down is a major risk, Captain. If we ourselves do anything that changes history—”

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ITTDB Work #3876: by Art Wallace, directed by Marc Daniels
Indexer: Michael Main
Curator: Michael Main
as of 5:22 p.m. MDT, 5 May 2024
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