"Turnabout Intruder" was the 79th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 24th and final episode of the show's third and final season, first aired on 3 June 1969. The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and
, directed by
and novelized in Star Trek 5 by James Blish.
Summary
A self-hating woman and ex-lover of James T. Kirk has a double revenge: switch consciousnesses with Kirk and then kill Kirk in her "old body"!
References
Characters
Episode characters
- Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Arthur Coleman • David Galloway • Bill Hadley • James T. Kirk • Roger Lemli • Janice Lester • Lisa • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • unnamed 2260s USS Enterprise personnel
Novelization characters
- Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Howard Coleman • James T. Kirk • Janice Lester • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura
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
This episode is later referenced in the TOS novel, Assignment: Eternity, as the novel takes place a week after this episode.
The Star Trek: Enterprise novel What Price Honor? implies that the mind-swapping technology seen in this episode comes from a race called the Anu'anshee.
Adaptations
Video releases
Images
Episode images
Adaptation images
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: All Our Yesterdays |
TOS episode produced | Next episode: last episode produced |
| Previous episode: All Our Yesterdays |
TOS episode aired | Next episode: The Cage |
| Previous story: This Side of Paradise |
Star Trek 5 |
Next story: Requiem for Methuselah |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Faces of Fire |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Captain's Personal Log |
| Previous Adventure: Faces of Fire |
Next Adventure: Assignment: Eternity | |
| Previous Adventure: All Our Yesterdays |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Captain's Personal Log |
Translations
- 1972
- German : Der Eindringling, translated by Hans Maeter. (Williams)
- 1973
- Turkish : Atlıkarınca, translated by Reha Pinar. (Altın Kitaplar)
- 1978
- Italian : Ammutinamento!, translated by Rosella Sanità. (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore)
- 1978
- Japanese : 生命体交換, translated by Hiroshi Saito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
External links
- "Turnabout Intruder" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Turnabout Intruder article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.