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"The Alternative Factor"
Series Star Trek
Season 1, Episode 27
Air date March 30th, 1967
Writers Don Ingalls
Director Gerd Oswald
Producers Gene L. Coon; Gene Roddenberry; Robert H. Justman
Starring William Shatner; Leonard Nimoy
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"The Alternative Factor" is the twenty-seventh episode of season one of the 1960s science fiction television series Star Trek. It was directed by Gerd Oswald with a teleplay written by Don Ingalls. It first aired on NBC on March 30th, 1967.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Actor Role
William Shatner Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy Science Officer Spock

Guest Starring[]

Actor Role
Robert Brown Lazarus

Featuring[]

Actor Role
DeForest Kelley Leonard McCoy
Janet MacLachlan Charlene Masters

With[]

Actor Role
Nichelle Nichols Nyota Uhura
Richard Derr Commodore Bartstow
Arch Whiting Assistant engineer
Christian Patrick Transporter chief
Eddie Paskey Ed Leslie

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Media

The World of Star Trek

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