"Shore Leave" was the 17th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series produced in the show's first broadcast season, first aired on 29 December 1966. The episode was written by Theodore Sturgeon, directed by Robert SparrMA and novelized in Star Trek 12 by James Blish.
Summary
While on shore leave on an idyllic, Earth-like planet, James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise discover that having your every wish come true can have disastrous consequences.
References
Characters
Episode characters
- Alice (robot) • Tonia Barrows • Black Knight • Clifford Brent[1] • Caretaker • Ruth Cartwright (robot) • Sean Finnegan (robot) • Bill Hadley • Don Juan (robot) • James T. Kirk • Ryan Leslie • Angela Martine • Leonard McCoy • Esteban Rodriguez • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • White Rabbit (robot)
Novelization characters
- Alice (robot) • Tonia Barrows • Black Knight • Caretaker • Ruth Cartwright (robot) • Sean Finnegan (robot) • Don Juan (robot) • James T. Kirk • Angela Martine • Leonard McCoy • Esteban Rodriguez • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • White Rabbit (robot)
Gong photocomic characters
Starships and vehicles
Locations
Races and cultures
Technology and weapons
Materials and substances
- atmosphere • blood • gas • oxygen
States and organizations
Ranks and titles
- captain • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • lieutenant commander • officer • scientist • science officer
Other references
- anatomy • arm • boot • clothing • Federation members • finger • five-year mission • government • humanoid • language • lifeform • logic • matter • memory • nation-state • orbit • pants • quadrant • races and cultures • rank • space • star • stardate • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2260s) • technology • title • tunic • uniform • universe • weapon
Appendices
Related media
Novel adaptations
Novelized in Star Trek 12.
Novelization in Star Trek 12 reprinted.
Novelization in Star Trek 12 reprinted overseas.
Novelization in Star Trek 12 reprinted overseas.
German language translation of novelization in Jenseits der Sterne.
Reprinted German language translation of novelization in Jenseits der Sterne.
German language novelization translation collected in Der große Sammelband V.
Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes 1.
Video releases
Collector's edition VHS release with "Catspaw".
Overseas VHS release with "The Menagerie".
Images
Episode images
Adaptation images
Enterprise.
Enterprise.
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: The Menagerie, Part II |
TOS episode produced | Next episode: The Squire of Gothos |
| Previous episode: Balance of Terror |
TOS episode aired | Next episode: The Galileo Seven |
| Previous story: The Corbomite Maneuver |
Star Trek 12
|
Next story: final story |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Burning Dreams (2267) |
Next Adventure: Heart of the Sun | |
| Previous Adventure: The Menagerie, Part II |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: The Squire of Gothos |
Translations
- 1978
- German : Landurlaub, translated by Lore Straßl. (Pabel)
- 1981
- Japanese : 上陸休暇中止!, translated by Hiroshi Saito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
External links
- "Shore Leave" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Shore Leave (Star Trek) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- ↑ The character of Clifford Brent was not named in the episode but the same actor, wearing an officer's Starfleet uniform, was addressed as Brent in TOS episode: "The Naked Time". The same actor also played the character of Vinci.