Grant Woods

Crash-landing on Taurus II, the seven crewmembers aboard the Shuttlecraft Galileo are unable to communicate with the Enterprise or to escape the planet's atmosphere and its hostile, giant natives. Spock's first command finds him with a restless crew as he faces the failures of logic at every turn.

To settle a skirmish between the Enterprise and a Gorn ship, a powerful race calling itself the Metrons force Kirk and the Gorn captain to fight to the death on a empty world, using only their wits and natural materials. The captain eventually finds empathy with the Gorn, surprising not only him but the Metrons as well.

The Enterprise visits a colony where flower spores provide the settlers with peaceful contentment — and Spock finds he can experience love. The spores also offer protection from fatal stellar radiation, but Kirk's crew finds they also have a more sinister effect.

Before his murder, a scientist leaves separate parts of his formula for extracting gold from sea water with his five daughters, and the men from U.N.C.L.E. race around the world to find each of the daughters. (Part 1 of 2)

The conclusion of the search takes them to Japan, then to THRUSH central headquarters--under the Arctic ice cap. (Part 2 of 2)