Bem (Star Trek: The Animated Series)

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Star Trek: The Animated Series episode
"Bem"
Ari bn Bem
Episode no.	018
Prod. code	018
Airdate	September 14, 1974
Writer(s)	David Gerrold
Director	Hal Sutherland
Guest star(s)	none
Year	2270
Stardate	7403.6
Episode chronology
Previous	"The Pirates of Orion"
Next	"The Practical Joker"

"Bem" is an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series.

Contents 1 Plot outline 2 See also 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Plot outline

The Enterprise crew is conducting a series of exploratory missions with Commander Ari bn Bem, a representative from the newly-contacted planet Pandro, who is working for his government as an independent observer of the Federation.

Bem accompanies a landing party on a mission to a newly discovered planet, but, instead of observing, begins to interfere with the mission.

Before long, Kirk and his people are captured by primitive natives. They soon learn that these primitives are under the guardianship of a powerful noncorporeal entity who is upset that the Enterprise crew has come to her planet.

[edit] See also

• List of Star Trek: The Animated Series episodes

[edit] Trivia

Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines. The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.

• The idea of a native species being under the protection of a non-corporeal life form was also seen in the Star Trek: TNG episode "Justice". The non-corporeal entity there also expressed unhappiness at the presence of Starfleet officers among their "children", and the question of punishment vs understanding were also debated. David Gerrold worked extensively on the first season of Next Generation, suggesting his using elements of his previous story for "Justice."
• In science fiction, BEM is an acronym for Bug Eyed Monster, although this particular alien Bem does not quite meet that criterion.
• This episode marks the first time that it is revealed what Captain James T. Kirk's middle initial stands for: Tiberius, after the Roman emperor.

[edit] External links

• Bem article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
• Bem (Star Trek: The Animated Series) at StarTrek.com

v • d • e Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1 (1973–1974) "Beyond the Farthest Star" • "Yesteryear" • "One of Our Planets is Missing" • "The Lorelei Signal" • "More Tribbles, More Troubles" • "The Survivor" • "The Infinite Vulcan" • "The Magicks of Megas-tu" • "Once Upon a Planet" • "Mudd's Passion" • "The Terratin Incident" • "The Time Trap" • "The Ambergris Element" • "The Slaver Weapon" • "The Eye of the Beholder" • "The Jihad " Season 2 (1974) "The Pirates of Orion" • "Bem" • "The Practical Joker" • "Albatross" • "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" • "The Counter-Clock Incident"