2x20 Return to Tomorrow - Star Trek: The Original Series Episode Guide

Star Trek: The Original Series

- Episode 02x20

Episode: 02x20
Title: Return to Tomorrow
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 60351
First Aired: Feb. 09, 1968

Season 2 » Episode #20 - Return to Tomorrow

Star Trek: The Original Series - 02x20 Return to Tomorrow

Summary: The Enterprise receives a distress call from a planet that is too far away from Earth to have been visited by the Federation. When the Enterprise reaches the planet, a telepathic voice address the crew as his children and directs them to assume orbit around the planet. The planet's energy source is a hundred miles below the surface and Kirk and a landing party go and investigate.

Who appeared in this episode?

Mr. Spock

Guest Stars:

Sargon	played by William Shatner
Captain James T. Kirk	played by William Shatner
Henoch	played by Leonard Nimoy
Dr. McCoy	played by DeForest Kelley
Ann Mulhall	played by Diana Muldaur
Thalassa	played by Diana Muldaur
Sargon	voiced by James Doohan
Scott	voiced by James Doohan
Uhura	played by Nichelle Nichols

Season 2 / Episode 20: - Return to Tomorrow

Capt. Kirk: They use to say if mankind could fly, he'd have wings, but he did fly. He discovered he had to. Do you wish that the first Apollo mission hadn't reached the moon, or that we hadn't gone on to Mars and then to the nearest star? That's like saying you wish that you still operated with scalpels and sewed your patients up with catgut like your great-great-great-great grandfather used to. I'm in command. I could order this, but I'm not because Doctor McCoy is right in pointing out the enormous danger potential in any contact with life and intelligence as fantastically advanced as this, but I must also point out that the possibilities - the potential for knowledge and advancement is equally great. Risk! Risk is our business. That's what this starship is all about. That's why we're aboard her. You may dissent without any prejudice. Do I hear a negative vote?

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAKE: After Kirk/Sargon faints and Dr. McCoy says he's dead, they pan down back to Kirk/Sargon and if you watch the neck of Kirk/Sargon you can clearly see his neck moving indicating the heart is beating.

TRIVIA

The voice of Sargon was played by James Doohan. Sargon of Akkad was a Mesopotamian king, who by most accounts, began ruling around 2269 B.C. In the show the year is around 2268 A.D.
Scriptwriter John Kingsbridge used a pen name. His real name was John T. Dugan.
In Kirk's speech on risk, the states "Do you wish that the first Apollo mission hadn't reached the moon"? At the time of the original airing, only one year after the launch pad fire that killed the Apollo 1 crew, reaching the moon was far from certain and the risks were enormous.