| Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 34: Amok Time [VHS] | ![Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 34: Amok Time [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516JEN1PTDL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Joseph Pevney
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Celia Lovsky, Arlene Martel
Studio: CBS Paramount International Television
Category: Video
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Running Time: 46 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6300213382
UPC: 097360003437
EAN: 9786300213388
ASIN: 6300213382
Release Date: April 15, 1994
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| Editorial Reviews:
Easily one of the best episodes from the original Star Trek series, "Amok Time" was written by the novelist Theodore Sturgeon, who came up with a story about a Vulcan mating cycle that occurs every seven years and drives the normally stolid, logical, pointy-eared humanoids wild. When Spock (Leonard Nimoy) is suddenly caught in the grip of pon farr, a crazy-making urge to mate, he sets a course for his home planet despite orders to the contrary from Captain Kirk (William Shatner). Kirk comes around, however, and accompanies Spock and Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) to Vulcan, where Spock is to wed T'Pring (Arlene Martel) in an arranged marriage. But T'Pring formally rejects Spock, forcing a duel in which the captain must participate or let Spock die. There's high drama galore in this one, beginning with Spock's feverish savagery and extending to the fascinating complexity of Vulcan rituals, set against the eerie emptiness of the planet's landscape. For good measure, there's also the startling sight of Kirk and Spock fighting it out to the death. Supporting performances are terrific, including that of Celia Lovsky (the real-life wife of Peter Lorre) as the matriarch T'Pau. This is also the episode that gave birth to the split-fingered Vulcan salute (inspired by Nimoy's memories of the kohanin blessing at Jewish temples) and the phrase "live long and prosper." One of Trek's more highly charged episodes, you can feel a certain spontaneous energy here--indeed, some of the more inspired actors even made up their own lines. --Tom Keogh
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