Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 reviews (1968)

Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3

1968

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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All 26 episodes from the third season of the classic science fiction series that boldly goes where no man has gone before. In 'Spock's Brain', the Enterprise's indomitable Vulcan science officer has his brain stolen by a beautiful and mysterious female humanoid. In 'The Enterprise Incident', a moody Kirk (William Shatner) orders the Enterprise into the Romulan Neutral Zone. In 'The Paradise Syndrome', Kirk, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and McCoy (DeForest Kelley) beam down to a planet which is a precise duplicate of Earth. While on the planet surface, the captain is stranded, rendered unconscious and suffers a severe case of amnesia. 'And the Children Shall Lead' sees Kirk and crew answering a distress call from the planet Triacus, only to find all the adults dead and the children calmly indifferent. In 'Is There in Truth No Beauty?', a Medusan ambassador boards the Enterprise. The Medusan appearance is so fearful that it can drive men insane - and Spock is the unfortunate who happens to glimpse the ambassador. In 'Spectre of the Gun', Kirk ignores warnings from an alien culture, so they punish him by transporting him and some of his fellow officers to a bizarre Wild West shootout. 'Day of the Dove' sees an alien entity which breeds on hatred attempting to spark off a war between the Klingons and the Federation. In 'For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky', Doctor McCoy discovers that he has a terminal illness, and submits to enslavement by an alien queen. In 'The Tholian Web', Kirk is stranded on the devastated USS Defiant, while the Enterprise is trapped in another universe. In 'Plato's Stepchildren', the crew of the Enterprise are enslaved by telepathic aliens when they answer a distress call. In 'Wink of an Eye', the crew of the Enterprise uncover a mystery concerning an abandoned city and disappearing crew-members. 'The Empath' sees Kirk, Spock and McCoy being tortured by aliens on a doomed planet. In 'Elaan of Troyius', the Enterprise crew find themselves working for peace between two warring planets. They carry with them a gift to cement the peace - but she is a wild, wild woman. In 'Whom Gods Destroy', the Enterprise delivers a new drug for the insane to a lunatic asylum, only for Kirk and Spock to be captured by the inmates. In 'Let That Be Your Last Battlefield', the Enterprise is en route to a rescue mission when the crew finds a stolen Federation shuttlecraft. They recover the craft and the hijacker - and find themselves in the middle of a feud between bigoted aliens. 'The Mark of Gideon' sees Kirk's crew go missing after he beams down to the planet of the secretive Gideons. In 'That Which Survives', a beautiful young woman appears on the Enterprise and warns the crew not to travel to the nearby planet. However, her warning is too late to stop an away-team being stranded on the geologically unstable world. In 'The Lights of Zetar', Lieutenant Mira Romaine (Jan Shutan) encounters a dazzling natural phenomenon. In 'Requiem for Methuselah', Kirk has to beam to a nearby planet to find the cure for a disease that is wiping out the crew. On the planet's surface he meets a mysterious, immortal genius. In 'The Way to Eden', the crew come across a stolen space ship filled with space hippies. In 'The Cloud Minders', the Enterprise is sent on a mercy mission to recover a drug that will aid a plagued planet. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the planet where the vital drug is found are very unhelpful. In 'The Savage Curtain', Starfleet order an investigation into a persistent space legend. When the crew of the Enterprise arrive on the scene, they are scanned and then greeted by Abraham Lincoln (Lee Bergere). In 'All Our Yesterdays', Kirk, Spock and McCoy find themselves living in the past of a doomed planet that they were trying to evacuate. Finally, in 'Turnabout Intruder', the last original episode, Kirk finds a former acquaintance amongst the survivors of a mysterious catastrophe.

Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 details

Formats:	PG DVD, Blu-ray
Starring:	Walter Koenig, DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy
Directors:	Marc Daniels, John Meredyth Lucas, Jud Taylor
Genres:	Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Star Trek, Sci-fi - General, Television - American, Sci-Fi, Series/Miniseries
Studio:	PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Name	Discs
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Disc 1	TBC Disc 1
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Disc 2	TBC Disc 2
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Disc 3	TBC Disc 3
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Disc 4	TBC Disc 4
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Disc 5	TBC Disc 5
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Disc 6	TBC Disc 6
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Disc 7	TBC Disc 7

DVD Information

Run time:	21 hours 7 minutes
Rental release:	06 Dec 2004
Main languages:	English

Name	Discs
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Complete - Disc 1 - Blu-ray	PG Disc 1
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Complete - Disc 2 - Blu-ray	PG Disc 2
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Complete - Disc 3 - Blu-ray	PG Disc 3
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Complete - Disc 4 - Blu-ray	PG Disc 4
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Complete - Disc 5 - Blu-ray	PG Disc 5
Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 3 - Complete - Disc 6 - Blu-ray	PG Disc 6

Blu-ray Information

Run time:	22 hours 30 minutes
Rental release:	22 Mar 2010
Main languages:	English

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Classic Trek

By Gary from Lancs , 25 Oct 2005

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Even if your not a fan, its almost worth watching just for how bad the sets are; the acting leaves a bit to be disired, but who cares? enjoy the classic capers with all the faults. It really highlights how far program making and those special effects have really come. The picture is now great, the sound is improved as well, but don't expect any wonders in that department.

Sit back, relax, and visit a real time machine in the shape of this series. Enjoy.
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Golden Oldie Trekkie Updated

By MrGiles2 (62 reviews) from Middlesbrough , 20 Nov 2010

I remember very well watching these episodes of the final season of the original Star Trek series quite a few years back now. Watching them again on Blu-Ray, I am pleased at the visual quality of the remastered discs and the enhanced 5:1 audio sound. Of course, they look dated, especially the 1960s ladies costumes, but that is part of the charm which the original Star Trek excudes.

Of the five episodes of disc one, I liked four of them, the first one Spock's Brain is a little dull, lacking in sparkle and excitement. And The Children Shall Lead is a fine episode, with some minor horrors being perpetuated by children who have been influenced by an evil alien. Is There No Truth In Beauty? is perhaps the best episode of disc one. A fine episode, one of the best in the series, exploring the relationship between Miranda (Diana Muldaur) and Kirk and the strange alien being who lives in a metal box because the aliens energy is too powerful and ugly to be seen by human eyes, and who can drive men mad by a glimpse.

I will be looking forward to seeing the rest of the series, and bearing in mind it was the last of the three series made of the original series, it remains enjoyable viewing today, especially with digitally enhanced effects.
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Star Trek Series 3

By a customer from Macclesfield , 25 Nov 2008

Typical ST fare,only for Trekkies.
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Pure Juice!

By Gazza89 (39 reviews) from Hoddesdon , 15 Oct 2008

People knock it because of the special effects but they aren't half as bad as they say they are and what do you expect for the budget anyway. They are brilliant, good acting, great chemistry and lots of action, romance, laughs and tears. Recommended to anyone.
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TOP RETRO SERIES

By a customer from iPSWICH ENGLAND , 21 Dec 2006

HI FANTASTIC SERIES. SO NOSTALGIC, I CANNOT SAY THAT IT IS THE BEST EVER BUT IT WAS THE BEST AT THAT TIME,BECAUSE IT WAS DONE ABOUT 30 YEARS BEFORE NEXT GENERATION SO HOW CAN YOU COMPARE?. WAKE UP PEOPLE
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Classic

By Len Ross from Highlands of Scotland , 23 Nov 2006

Yes the sets are shaky. Yes some of the dialogue has dated. Yes, its 40 years old! but... This was the original and best Star Trek that launched a 40+ year run. Do you really think any other sci fi shows of the time will be as readily available on DVD. That says something. You've got to watch these.
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