Star Trek: The Animated Series: Albatross

Air Date

Saturday September 28, 1974

Production Code

22019

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  McCoy is blamed for causing a plague on a planet he was once on many years ago. He is also the only one who can cure this disease when the crew of the Enterprise get the disease themselves and are dying. hide show

  This is a truly amazing episode that could have been one of the original series episodes. It's writing is superb and the acting is truly great. Albatross is one of those episode that you forget that you are watching a cartoon and it really does feel like a full-fledged episode of Star Trek. The disease is interesting since it makes those who get the disease change their skin color before they die. The start off blue, then green and finally red before death. Overall, this is a highly recommended episode of this series. As I said, a great episode that truly is Trek!

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• Guest Cast

  • Lou Scheimer Demos
  • James Doohan Kol-Tai/Supreme Prefect

• Editors

  • Joseph Simon Editorial Supervision
  • June Gilham Film Coordinator
  • Doreen Dixon Editorial Supervision

• Animators

  • Reuben Timmins Animator

• Production Managements

  • Rock Benedetto General Manager

• Creators

  • Gene Roddenberry Creator

• Storyboard Artists

  • Dale Hale Storyboard Artist
  • Ken Leonard Layout
  • Christopher Lane (II) Layout
  • Maria Bennett Layout
  • Glen Keane Layout
  • Martin Muller (III) Layout
  • Wendell Washer (II) Layout
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• McCoy repeatedly has/doesn't have a black strap across his left shoulder while treating Kirk and finding a treatment for the plague. [edit]
• On beaming up from Dramia II, the pad orientation is not the usual circular pattern. It's two sets of three side by side. The people beaming in do not stand on the pads. [edit]
• When confronting Dramo on first entering the ship, Spock's insignia appears on the right side, instead of the normal left. [edit]

• This episode along with "Bem" was released on The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek: Volume 9 for VHS. [edit]
• Majel Barrett is credited and Nurse Chapel appears, but has no dialogue. [edit]
• Despite the fact that Bill Reed is credited as director at the beginning, Hal Sutherland is listed in the end credits as usual. [edit]

• Kirk: Besides, he'll probably prefer to sneak on board, seeing that we carelessly left the hangar doors open.
  Uhura: But the hangar doors aren't open, Captain.
  Kirk: Ah, yes. Take care of that oversight, will you, Mr. Sulu? [edit]
• Kirk: Now, now, Demos. You're hardly in a position to take on an entire crew.
  Demos: And you are not in authority to conduct an investigation in our star system.
  Kirk: You will remind me to report my conduct to the Federation, won't you, Mr. Spock?
  Spock: Of course, Captain. [edit]
• Scotty: You're sure it's safe, Captain?
  Kirk: Absolutely.
  Spock: Decidedly. There's a difference, Captain.
  Kirk: Now, now, Mr. Spock, you're not trying to scare our Dramian friend, are you? [edit]

• Title
  Referencing Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. In the poem a sailor kills an albatross, considered by sea men to be a sign of good fortune. The sailor is forced to wear the corpse of the bird around his neck as penance. Only suffering through immense hardship and trial does the sailor eventually find redemption and the albatross drops from his neck. Ever since the term albatross has referred to a past sin or misdeed committed by an individual that requires the individual to take some sort of personal action to correct. [edit]