Mind meld device series#

Spock mind-melds with van Gelder to enable him to tell his story. On the Enterprise van Gelder becomes increasingly frantic, warning that the landing party is in danger, but when he tries to explain the danger and refers to the neural neutralizer, he is convulsed with pain. Noel is satisfied with his explanation, but Kirk remains suspicious. He claims that the machine, harmless at low intensity, is used only to calm agitated inmates. Adams shows Kirk and Noel the treatment device he referred to: a 'neural neutralizer'. Although he is affable and accommodating, his staff, like Lethe, all seem lacking in affect. Helen Noel.Īdams introduces them to a strangely emotionless therapist, Lethe, and gives Kirk and Noel a tour of the colony. Kirk transports down to the colony with one of the ship's psychiatrists, Dr. McCoy, suspicious, urges Kirk to investigate. Adams claims that van Gelder's testing of an experimental treatment device on himself is responsible for his disturbed condition. When they inform Tantalus of van Gelder's capture, Dr. In sickbay, the intruder identifies himself as Simon van Gelder, and a computer check reveals that he is not a patient, but Dr. Reaching the bridge, the intruder demands asylum, but Spock subdues him with a Vulcan nerve pinch. After the Enterprise delivers supplies and receives cargo from Tantalus, a man emerges from the container taken aboard and assaults a technician. Tristan Adams, a psychiatrist famous for advocating more humane treatment of such patients. The USS Enterprise, commanded by Captain Kirk, makes a supply run to planet Tantalus V, a colony where the criminally insane are confined for treatment. The title is taken from a soliloquy by the title character in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. This episode introduces the Vulcan mind meld. In the episode, the Enterprise visits a rehabilitation facility for the criminally insane where the chief doctor has been using a device which destroys the human mind. Bar-David') and directed by Vincent McEveety, it first aired on November 3, 1966. Written by Shimon Wincelberg (under the pen name 'S.

Mind meld device series#

' Dagger of the Mind' is the ninth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Star Trek: The Original Series (season 1) 9th episode of the 1st season of Star Trek: The Original Series ' Dagger of the Mind'