The Eye of the Beholder (TAS episode)

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Star Trek: The Animated Series episode
"The Eye of the Beholder"

The juvenile Lactran is curious
Episode no. 015
Prod. code 015
Airdate January 5, 1974
Writer(s) David P. Harmon
Director Hal Sutherland
Guest star(s) none
Year 2269
Stardate 5501.2
Episode chronology
Previous "The Slaver Weapon"
Next "The Jihad"

The Eye of the Beholder is an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series.

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The disappearance of a scientific team lures the U.S.S. Enterprise to investigate near Lactra VII. The starship Ariel is located there, abandoned, with its captain having transported to the planet's surface.

The Enterprise crew beams down to discover a series of unusual environments. On the planet the crew meets the Lactrans, a group of twenty foot slugs with intelligent capacities far beyond their own. The team is captured by the Lactrans to be made part of a zoo collection.

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  • This is one of several Star Trek episodes over the years to feature the idea of an interstellar zoo, with the first reference being in the original pilot episode, "The Cage".

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