The Corbomite Maneuver
Episode 5
Friday 3 December 2021
Star Trek: The Original Series
Series 1, Episode 10
Stardate: 1512.2
First broadcast on Thursday 10 November 1966
Tensions are running high this week, as the Enterprise is attacked by a series of regular geometric solids and the bridge crew’s morale starts to crack under the pressure. Is this a ropey and glacially paced moment of disposable 60s TV, or the beginning of something indescribably magical?