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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap" canonical | 3 |
| Star Trek episode "The Man Trap" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5214296 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap" Context triple: [Leonard McCoy, firstAppearance, Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap"]
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Star Trek episode "Amok Time"
"Amok Time" is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode best known for exploring Vulcan culture and Spock’s mating drive, featuring the iconic ritual combat on Vulcan.
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Star Trek (original series episode "The Corbomite Maneuver")
Star Trek (original series episode "The Corbomite Maneuver") is a first-season episode of the original Star Trek series in which the Enterprise encounters a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful alien adversary, testing Captain Kirk’s ingenuity and diplomacy.
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"The Changeling" (TOS)
"The Changeling" (TOS) is a first-season Star Trek: The Original Series episode in which the Enterprise encounters Nomad, a damaged Earth probe that has merged with an alien device and now threatens to destroy all imperfect life.
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Star Trek (1966 TV series) pilot "The Cage"
Star Trek (1966 TV series) pilot "The Cage" is the original, unaired pilot episode of Star Trek, featuring Captain Christopher Pike and an early version of the Enterprise crew in a cerebral science-fiction story later repurposed in the two-part episode "The Menagerie."
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Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek: The Original Series is a pioneering 1960s American science fiction television series that follows the starship USS Enterprise on exploratory missions led by Captain James T. Kirk and his crew.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap" Target entity description: "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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A.
Star Trek episode "Amok Time"
"Amok Time" is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode best known for exploring Vulcan culture and Spock’s mating drive, featuring the iconic ritual combat on Vulcan.
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B.
Star Trek (original series episode "The Corbomite Maneuver")
Star Trek (original series episode "The Corbomite Maneuver") is a first-season episode of the original Star Trek series in which the Enterprise encounters a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful alien adversary, testing Captain Kirk’s ingenuity and diplomacy.
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"The Changeling" (TOS)
"The Changeling" (TOS) is a first-season Star Trek: The Original Series episode in which the Enterprise encounters Nomad, a damaged Earth probe that has merged with an alien device and now threatens to destroy all imperfect life.
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Star Trek (1966 TV series) pilot "The Cage"
Star Trek (1966 TV series) pilot "The Cage" is the original, unaired pilot episode of Star Trek, featuring Captain Christopher Pike and an early version of the Enterprise crew in a cerebral science-fiction story later repurposed in the two-part episode "The Menagerie."
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Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek: The Original Series is a pioneering 1960s American science fiction television series that follows the starship USS Enterprise on exploratory missions led by Captain James T. Kirk and his crew.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television episode ⓘ |
| antagonistType | salt vampire ⓘ |
| broadcastOrder | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| 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
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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
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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
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illusion versus reality ⓘ |
| writer | George Clayton Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap" Description of subject: "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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Star Trek episode "The Man Trap"