Amok Time

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"Amok Time" is a classic 1967 Star Trek: The Original Series episode best known for introducing Vulcan culture and the ritual combat of pon farr between Spock and Kirk.

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Amok Time canonical 3
“Amok Time” 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Star Trek: The Original Series episode
television episode
ceremonyPresidedBy T’Pau
surface form: T'Pau
conflictType ritual combat to the death
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdForCharacter Spock
criticalReception widely regarded as one of the best Star Trek: TOS episodes
director Joseph Pevney
episodeNumberInSeason 1
executiveProducer Gene Roddenberry
featuresCharacter James T. Kirk
Leonard McCoy
Spock
Stonn
T’Pau
surface form: T'Pau

T'Pring
featuresCulture Vulcan culture
featuresLocation Vulcan ceremonial arena
planet Vulcan
featuresMusic Vulcan fight theme
featuresRitual kal-if-fee
featuresStarship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
featuresTheme duty versus personal desire
logic versus emotion
franchise Star Trek
genre science fiction
space opera
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray
DVD
VHS
hasOpening Enterprise diverted from mission to take Spock to Vulcan
influenced later depictions of Vulcan culture across Star Trek franchise
introducesConcept pon farr
musicComposer Gerald Fried
notableFor first depiction of Vulcan homeworld
first detailed exploration of Vulcan mating cycle
originalAirDate 1967-09-15
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork NBC
overallEpisodeNumber 30
partOfContinuity Prime Timeline
plotFocus Spock experiencing pon farr
ritual combat between Spock and Kirk
producer Gene L. Coon
productionCode 6009-34
resolution McCoy fakes Kirk's death to end the combat
runtimeMinutes 50
season 2
series Star Trek: The Original Series
setInYear 23rd century
teleplayBy D. C. Fontana
Theodore Sturgeon
writer Theodore Sturgeon

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Celia Lovsky appearedIn Amok Time
Pavel Andreievich Chekov firstAppearanceEpisode Amok Time
this entity surface form: “Amok Time”
Star Trek episode "Amok Time" title Amok Time
subject surface form: Amok Time
T’Pau appearsInEpisode Amok Time