Season 3, episode 23. The Enterprise goes to the planet Sarpeidon to help the people before their sun becomes a supernova. Ship's scanners indicate there is no life on the planet. Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down to investigate and run across one life, the librarian Mr Atoz. Mr Atoz scolds them for being very late. Atoz knows about the supernova and shows them the Atavachron, a time portal which he will escape into to be with his family. A woman screams and Kirk, by instinct, runs through the portal to save her, followed by McCoy and Spock while Mr Atoz yells at them to wait because they are not prepared. Kirk ends up in a place that is much like Earth's England in the 17th century. McCoy and Spock end up in the Sarpedidon's ice age. None of the 3 men can find the portal back to where they came from but they can hear one another from the area they stepped into. Spock is correct in speculating that all of the inhabitants (outside of Mr Atoz) has escaped the danger of the supernova by going into the planet's history. Now the 3 must find a way back to their own time and the Enterprise.
Excellent episode that proves that season 3 is not nearly as bad as some have tried to make it out to be. This one is quite memorable and still has a place in my heart from my teen years.
9.5/10
Excellent episode that proves that season 3 is not nearly as bad as some have tried to make it out to be. This one is quite memorable and still has a place in my heart from my teen years.
9.5/10