The following year, spock had departed new vulcan before the enterprise returned when the younger spock entered pon farr. Written by science fiction author theodore sturgeon, scored by gerald fried, and directed by joseph pevney, it first aired on september 15, 1967. The original series are, according to the fans over at imdb. If this season turns into a distorted kirkspock pon farr. Nov, 2011 the kaliffee or challenge is an ancient vulcan tradition. When the show begins, trip and archer are attacked and archer is taken prisoner by a tellarite. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, celia lovsky.
Block, lists this episode as one of ten essential episodes from the original star trek series. After darkness, part 2 spock died in january of 2263 on new vulcan. Spock speaks of pon farr as a closely guarded secret among vulcans, yet future works will treat the mustreturntovulcantospawneveryseven. For spock to have survived, it is indeed fortunate that saavik was available, as it is considered unusual for a vulcan to survive pon farr without the support of other vulcans at least before the reboot of the trek universe in the abrams star trek 2009 timeline. During pon farr, a vulcan lost all emotional control and had to address the condition or risk death. Spock has reached his time, the pon farr, and if he doesnt return to vulcan. The kaliffee or challenge is an ancient vulcan tradition. Written by science fiction author theodore sturgeon, scored by gerald fried, and directed by joseph pevney, it first aired on september 15, 1967 the episode features first officer spock returning to his homeworld for a brutal vulcan wedding ritual. Spock speaks of pon farr as a closely guarded secret among vulcans, yet future works will treat.
These clips are from the star trek episode amok time. However, in the cloud minders in the third season, spock talks about it casually to a local. Discovery, fans know hes coming and hes been the subject of several conversations already. The genius of this episode is how it uses spock as a device to witness firsthand the physical effects. In the ensuing years between the episode and the movie, has the pon farr now become common knowledge. Spock prime is about to go in pon farr and alerts his younger counterpart that the council ruled he is to do it by himself, through meditation if he can manage. Kirk walked into spock s quarters, where spock was sitting behind his desk, practicing the lute. Pon farr also features in fan videos or vids, such as the wellknown closer, and in fanart, though perhaps less often than in fic. Amok time season 2, episode 5 spock, going through the biological urges for vulcan sexual mating known as pon farr, returns to his home planet to marry his betrothed, tpring, or he.
I suppose the question is whether or not pon farr is a purely biological drive, or if it has psychological components to it. I would say the first pon farr would start at age 21. September 8ths star trek day is just the first of many milestones star trek celebrates each fall. The original series second season opener amok time is the first and last tos episode to take. It requires another member of my race or someone with whom i have shared an empathetic bond. The box has tpring in the foreground and spock in the background. If a woman does not wish to wed the man to whom she is betrothed she can request the kaliffee so two men will have to fight to the. He is her mentor, but he is also younger than her in this moment.
Spocks backstory has been explained during the course of several episodes of star trek. As the first ever star trek episode to feature any vulcan characters other than. Due to this mixed race heritage spock had to be removed from amandas body and. The dynamics of this relationship are incredibly awkward. Only after mccoy deceived spock by injecting kirk with a substance that simulated death did spock return to his normal, logical demeanor. The rather strong implication is that saavik has sex with spock so that he can get through pon farr. The pon farr was a vulcan time of mating, and the rituals following it were shrouded under a. Spock is forced to explain that he is undergoing pon farr, a condition male vulcans experience. Captain kirk and his spiritual successor commander riker show alien women what this thing called love is, spock literally goes into heat, klingon sex apparently incorporates poetry and throwing things, and the cutest alien of all, the tribble, lives only to breed. I hate this theory about michael and spock on star trek.
The original series amok time tv episode 1967 imdb. The search for spock there were three options open to. In 2014, gizmodo ranked amok time as the 12th best episode of star trek, out of the over 700 ones made by that time. Spock played by leonard nimoy was introduced in the first, unaired pilot of the original star trek tv series and starred in all three seasons and six subsequent movies. The bottle has a neat star trek look with the idici think. No graphic details, just people struggling with their own expectations of logical behavior be prepared for lots of humor. Mating was the most usual way to successfully resolve pon farr, but ritual combat and intensive meditation were also used. Its because of star trek iii that i knew about pon farr at a young age long before fandom had taken over but amok time is a far better into to the vulcan ritual. They tell us that volcans go through the pon farr every 7 years of their adult life. In the throes of his pon farr mating period, spock must return. The next generation and in the 2009 film star trek. Amok time is the second season premiere episode of the american science fiction television. Spock was born to the vulcan sarek and the human amanda grayson.
The original series episode amok time and the film star trek iii. Amok time is the second season premiere episode of the american science fiction television series star trek. How long is pon farr supposed to last for vulcans in the. Star trek and all related trademarks are owned by cbsparamount. A part of the reproductive cycle of vulcans, pon farr features in the canonical tv series as well as in various spinoffs and fan fiction. We have recently arrived at barradas iii at the request of starfleet intelligence. Im watching the original star trek series and the last episode was a bit confusing to me. Spock being challenged by tpring during pon farr youtube. Ponfarr lasts seven 7 days and that is all and is every seven 7 years for both male and female vulcans. While spock has yet to appear in an episode of star trek.
Spock experiences pon farr and is returned to his home planet vulcan by captain kirk and dr. Spock appears ready to return to the planet vulcan and mate with his intended, a female vulcan named tpring. It made spocks heart stutter, the sensations of attraction no doubt multiplied by the demands of pon farr, but still, it made spock reach out towards the mans face, running careful fingers along his cheek, kirk looking up at him in confusion. Kirk must fight spock in combat on vulcan while hes under the blood fever. The concept made its first appearance in the star trek original series episode amok time, which was written by theodore sturgeon. We took the time to find out what the 10 best episodes of star trek.
Spock speaks of pon farr as a closely guarded secret among vulcans, yet future. Pon farr memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Bounty, in which pon farr is attributed to both sexes. Spock comes down with pon farr, some kind of vulcan version of being in heat. The series began with a dancing, greenskinned woman and clad its cast at various points in miniskirts and leotards. Onscreen, the pon farr will be seen again on voyager in the episodes blood fever. Anniversaries pepper the months of september and october, including this years 52nd birthday of amok time an episode that marked many important firsts in trek history.
Enterprise mostly because the show seems highly sensationalistic and titillating instead of being intelligently written. As i recall, there is a scene where chapel sneaks into spocks quarters, as he is supposed to be napping, to clear up his soup. Star trek, the original series, season 2, amok time. Ksals essay a logical look at amok time argues that this episode subversively writes the kirkspock sexual relationship into canon.
Mccoy to undergo the mating ritual and save his life. Spock continued, kirk going uncharacteristically quiet. At the time of amok time, spock was trying very hard to deny his human half, repress all emotions, and function as a 100% vulcan. Enterprise journeyed to vulcan, where his betrothed mate chose another champion to fight for her captain kirk. If you have seen the tos episode amok time you know all about tpring, pon farr, and all. The search for spock state that pon farr is particular to vulcan males. The vulcan pressed a hand to the strings, silencing them, and looked up at kirk. The original series seemed destined to be a forgotten relic before syndication brought it a whole new fanbase in the 1970s, relaunching the franchise to grand new heights that continue to this day. It seems that the smuggler ship named the argo has been seen in this system recently and starfleet is eager to get their hands on her and her crew. This episode was nominated for a hugo award in 1968 as best dramatic presentation. Kirk walked into spocks quarters, where spock was sitting behind his desk, practicing the lute. In 1996, using the title pon farr, the episode was redubbed, restoring the original story.
Spock looked over his shoulder at the captain, a look of confusion, followed shortly by a shaky realization crossing his face. Pon farr was the vulcan time of mating and was thus a major part of the reproductive cycle. Vorik on star trek voyager looks as though he is about 21 to 28 years old. He is ready to go through with it without anyone to help him, but suddenly there is jim at his door. Fans of star treks original series are familiar with the episode amok time, written by science fiction author theodore sturgeon who also wrote season ones shore leave.
In star trek iii when the young spock enters pon farr, saavik nonchalantly tells david about pon farr without so much as batting an eye. The original series, the 2009 film star trek and the episode yesteryear of star trek. In the star trek episode amok time, why didnt spock. In the throes of his pon farr mating period, spock must return to vulcan to meet his intended future wife, betrothed from childhood. We see this in the case of saavik and regenerated spock in star trek iii.
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