GUEST STARS...
Ken Lynch, Barry Russo

PLOT SUMMARY...
On a mining planet, Kirk and company discover a "monster" that turns out to be something else entirely.

QUICK SCAN...
This episode features a great mystery: who or what is killing Federaion miners. This episode is a favorite among many Trekkers. The alien Horta in this episode is unusual, because it's first seen as a monster, but later we realize that its a mother protecting her young. Ken Lynch ("The Winds Of War") offers sturdy support as Chief Engineer Vanderberg.

SYNOPSIS...
The Enterprise arrives at a mining planet. Beaming deep into the planet, Kirk and gang consult with the mining camp head, who is losing miners to a mysterious alien.

Kirk and Spock encounter a Horta, the creature responsible for the deaths. Kirk and Spock fire phasers at it, but it gets away. Spock does a mind meld, and finds out the "alien monster" is actually a mother protecting its young.

An agreement is worked in which the creature will work with the miners, boring holes in solid rock for them. In return the creature's children, silicon spheres, will be left alone.

BEST BETS: The Man Trap, Obsession, Operation: Annihilate

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