Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap"

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"The Man Trap" is the premiere episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, best known for introducing the crew of the USS Enterprise in broadcast order and featuring a deadly, shape-shifting creature that drains its victims of salt.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf television episode
antagonistType salt vampire
broadcastOrder 1
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developedForTelevisionBy Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED
director Marc Daniels NERFINISHED
endOfEpisodeOutcome salt creature killed by Dr. McCoy
featuresActor Alfred Ryder NERFINISHED
DeForest Kelley NERFINISHED
George Takei NERFINISHED
Grace Lee Whitney NERFINISHED
James Doohan NERFINISHED
Jeanne Bal NERFINISHED
Leonard Nimoy NERFINISHED
Nichelle Nichols NERFINISHED
William Shatner NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Christine Chapel NERFINISHED
Hikaru Sulu NERFINISHED
James T. Kirk NERFINISHED
Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED
Montgomery Scott NERFINISHED
Nancy Crater NERFINISHED
Nyota Uhura NERFINISHED
Pavel Chekov NERFINISHED
Professor Robert Crater NERFINISHED
Spock NERFINISHED
featuresStarship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED
franchise Star Trek NERFINISHED
genre science fiction
space opera
language English
missionType routine medical examination
musicBy Alexander Courage NERFINISHED
notableFor depicting a creature that drains salt from its victims
first Star Trek episode broadcast on television
introducing the USS Enterprise crew in broadcast order
originalAirDate 1966-09-08
originalNetwork NBC
plotFocus shape-shifting creature
producer Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED
productionCode 6149-06
productionOrder 5
runtimeMinutes 50
seasonNumber 1
series Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED
setInCentury 23rd century
setInUniverse Star Trek universe NERFINISHED
setting planet M-113
teleplayBy George Clayton Johnson NERFINISHED
theme endangered species and survival
illusion versus reality
writer George Clayton Johnson NERFINISHED

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Leonard McCoy firstAppearance Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap"
USS Enterprise firstAppearance Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap"
this entity surface form: Star Trek episode "The Man Trap"
George Clayton Johnson notableWork Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap"
Marc Daniels directed Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap"