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Full Title	THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER				Season	ONE
Prod #	03	Aired	10 November 1966		Stardate	1512.2
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Writer(s):	Jerry Sohl
Director:	Joseph Sargent
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Synopsis:	While on a mapping expedition, the Enterprise encounters a warning buoy, followed by a giant spherical ship which threatens to destroy the Enterprise. After bluffing his way out, Kirk's crew may await an even worse fate.
Themes & Issues:	Adrenaline Anxiety Curiosity Examination Exploration First Contact Humanity Over-Working
Closing Stills:	"Where No Man Has Gone Before" -- Enterprise at the barrier at the edge of the galaxy. "The Corbomite Maneuver" -- Closeup of Balok Puppet with coloured lights shining upon. "The Corbomite Maneuver" -- Balok walking and holding the arms of Kirk and McCoy. "The Corbomite Maneuver" -- Crew members being tossed in the corridor when the ship shakes. "The Naked Time" -- Scotty in a Jefferies tube. "The Cage" -- Vina as dancing green Orion slave girl.
Featured Races:	Human Vulcan First Federation Member
Equipment/Misc. Objects:	Communicator (classic black base, gold foil flip-up antenna) Computer Tapes (small square shaped cassettes used in the computers, available in multiple colours) Desktop Viewer (approx. 10" tube moveable viewer sitting atop desktops) Earpiece Communicator (very short range communicator designed for listening only, fits on the ear, designed to monitor various channels, usually worn by communications officer) Foot Machine (used for physical examinations, patient lies back with his feet up pushing one at a time on resistance blocks near the cieling) PADD (classic black design, touch pad with electronic pen for notes, reports and signatures) Phaser Type I (rectangular box-shaped, classic black design, fits into Phaser Type II) Sicbay bio-bed diagnostic display (standard mid-23rd century Federation) Tractor Beam (Starfleet and First Federation) Transporter (standard mid-23rd century Federation) Tri-Viewer (triangular shaped unit centered on the briefing room table, sports 3 7" or 8" viewscreens to enable all seated to view) Wall Comm (communicator built into the walls throughout the ship)
Alien Food/Drinks:	Trenya
Sets/Locations:	Bridge Briefing Room Enterprise Corridor Exterior Space (with, w/o Enterprise) Ext. Space (with Ent. & Fesarius) Ext. Space (with Ent. & Fes. control ship) Ext. Space (with Ent. & Warning Buoy) Fesarius Interior Kirk's Office Kirk's Quarters Sickbay Transporter Room Turbolift
Flaws/ Nitpics:	Mis-Spoken Terms United Earth ship Enterprise instead of United Star Ship Enterprise or Starship Enterprise of the United Federation of Planets Recorder Marker instead of log buoy or probe Story Flaws When first going to alert status after encountering the buoy, Sulu makes a voice announcement to all decks and calls Captain Kirk to the bridge, yet the only warning indication that they get in sickbay, is just a flashing alarm light. The only reasonable explanation for this could be that McCoy disabled any audio alerts and calls, while he was examining Kirk, so he wouldn't be interrupted. In Kirk's second log entry, just before the briefing room scene, he mentions "Star maps reveal no indication of habitable planets nearby," however, Spock mentioned to Bailey in the teaser that they were the first to reach this far, so how could they have star maps of what lies ahead of them? Uniform Flaws Uhura appears in gold instead of her future red. In one shot on the bridge, Kirk's insignia is crooked on his shirt. Editing Flaws When Sulu announces "1 minute" remaining, the shot on the ship's chronometer changing from 2:01 to 1:00 to 1:59 Release Flaws On the DVD, Spock tells Bailey, regarding his adrenaline gland, "I would consider having it removed," however the captions, have Spock asking Bailey, "Have you considered having it removed?" Leonard Nimoy's delivery of this line makes no influx to sound like he's asking a question.
Miscellaneous Keywords:	Chess Flypaper Poker Timepieces
Cast:	Series' Regulars Captain James T. Kirk -  William Shatner Commander Spock -  Leonard Nimoy Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy -  DeForest Kelley Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott -  James Doohan Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu -  George Takei Lieutenant Nyoto Uhura -  Nichelle Nichols Semi-Regulars Yeoman Janice Rand -  Grace Lee Whitney Guest Cast Lieutenant Dave Bailey -  Anthony Call Balok -  Clint Howard Balok (voice) -  Vic Perrin (uncredited) Balok (puppet voice) -  Ted Cassidy (uncredited)
Editorial:	T he Corbomite Maneuver presented the first mention of poker in the series. Though not used much in the Classic Trek series, the age-old card game would become a regular staple for episodes of The Next Generation. Here it provided an excellent moment between Kirk and Spock and then later Kirk and McCoy: Spock first compares their situation to Chess in that they appear to be checkmated by Balok; later in an argument about Bailey, McCoy tells Kirk that he's not bluffing about a log entry; this brings Kirk to realize that their current dilemma with Balok may be more like poker than chess. The bluff and ploy, Kirk used to win his "hand", The Corbomite Maneuver, would be used again in the mid-second season episode, The Deadly Years. A note of confusion surrounding Spock's ancestry from Where No Man Has Gone Before, is cleared up here. Spock mentions that his mother is human. This was after another interesting moment for Spock, when he mentioned how Balok was reminiscent of his father. (Source for background information on "The Corbomite Maneuver": The Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman)