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EPISODE DATA

Title --------------------- Assignment: Earth
Story ------- Gene Roddenberry & Art Wallace
Teleplay ------------------------ Art Wallace
Director ----------------------- Marc Daniels
Original Air Date ------------- March 29, 1968
Order of Filming ------------------------ 55th
Order of Broadcasting ------------------ 55th
Filmed --------- Late Jan. and early Feb. 1968

This is the final episode of season #2

Historical note: This episode was to be
the pilot for a new series by Gene
Roddenberry, but it was never picked
up by any of the networks.

REGULAR CAST

Captain James T. Kirk -------- William Shatner
Lieutenant Cmdr. Spock ------ Leonard Nimoy
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy -- DeForest Kelley
Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott -- James Doohan
Lieutenant Sulu --------------- George Takei
Lieutenant Uhura ------------ Nichelle Nichols
Ensign Pavel Chekov ---------- Walter Koenig
Nurse Christine Chapel --------- Majel Barrett

GUEST CAST

Gary Seven ------------------ Robert Lansing
Roberta Linclon -------------------- Teri Garr
Mr. Cromwell -------------------- Don Keefer
Colonel Nesvig ---------------- Morgan Jones
Sergeant Lipton ------------- Lincoln Demyan
McKinley base crewman --------- Paul Baxley
Policeman #1 (Charlie) ---------- Ted Gehring
Policeman #2 -------------------- Bruce Mars
Lieutenant Leslie --------------- Eddie Paskey
Isis (voice) ----------------- Barbara Babcock
Isis (woman) ------------- Unknown bit player
Exceiver computer voice ---- Barbara Babcock
Beta 5 computer voice --------- Majel Barrett

TITLE REFERENCE

"Assignment: Earth"

The task, or assignment, given to Agents 201 and 347, then to Gary Seven, was to save the Earth from self-destruction.

ORIGINAL TITLES

None

UNUSUAL FOREIGN TITLES

France --------------------- Mission to Earth
Germany --------------- A Planet Called Earth
Italy -------------------------- Mission Earth
Japan - Mr. Seven, the Messenger from Space
Portugal -------------------- Voyage to Earth

STORY SYNOPSIS

Sent back in time to find out how Earth managed to survive without destroying itself, the U.S.S. Enterprise inadvertently beams aboard a space traveler, Gary Seven, along with his black cat, Isis. Seven claims to be a 20th-century human raised and trained by unknown and unnamed aliens to prevent Earth from destroying itself. Before Kirk can determine whether or not the man is telling the truth, Seven escapes to the planet below. Kirk and Spock follow him to Earth. Meanwhile, Seven has tried to contact two fellow agents, who are discovered to have recently died in an auto accident. Instead, he contacts Roberta Lincoln, who becomes his reluctant cohort.

An orbital bomb is about to be launched by the United States and it is Seven's mission to make sure the rocket explodes somewhere over Asia, thereby frightening the governments into not launching future bombs into space.

When the rocket goes out of control, Seven barely succeeds in stopping it, despite Kirk and Spock's well-meaning interference. Before Kirk and Spock leave Earth, Kirk consults the Enterprise's computer records and informs Seven and Roberta that they have a very interesting future in the offing.

ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

Click the name of the WAVs to listen

Total WAVs: 23

(1) Intercepted -------------- 5.40 KB

Gary Seven

(2) Beaming ----------------- 40.6 KB

Gary Seven - Captain Kirk

These aliens must have MEGA range transporters!

(3) Critical ------------------- 13.5 KB

Gary Seven

(4) Difficult ------------------ 7.43 KB

Mr. Spock

(5) Animal ------------------- 20.3 KB

Captain Kirk - Mr. Spock

(6) Crisis -------------------- 44.7 KB

Mr. Spock

(7) Computer ---------------- 4.63 KB

Computer voice

(8) Incomplete --------------- 15.0 KB

Computer voice

(9) Costumes ---------------- 7.43 KB

Captain Kirk

(10) Lucky ------------------- 13.7 KB

Roberta Lincoln

(11) Roberta ----------------- 72.1 KB

Computer voice - Roberta Lincoln

I wonder where that star shaped mole is located.

(12) Bounce ----------------- 13.2 KB

Scotty

(13) Quit -------------------- 33.8 KB

Roberta Lincoln

(14) Beam ------------------- 8.44 KB

Scotty

(15) Gosh ------------------- 5.65 KB

Roberta Lincoln

(16) CIA --------------------- 9.71 KB

Roberta Lincoln

(17) Rebels ------------------ 26.4 KB

Roberta Lincoln

(18) Warhead ---------------- 19.8 KB

Gary Seven - Captain Kirk

(19) Facts ------------------- 16.8 KB

Mr. Spock

(20) Future ------------------ 24.1 KB

Gary Seven

(21) Correction -------------- 46.0 KB

Mr. Spock - Captain Kirk

I'm glad this never actually happened.

(22) Reveal ------------------ 38.6 KB

Gary Seven - Captain Kirk - Mr. Spock

This episode was to be the pilot episode for a
new series by Gene Roddenberry. It was to be about
the adventures of Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln.

I think it would have been an interesting series.
Too bad it never got made.

(23) Prosper ----------------- 15.3 KB

Captain Kirk - Mr. Spock

This episode doesn't usually make many
people's top 10 lists but it's one of my favorites!

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