GUEST STARS
Julie Newmar
Tige Andrews
Michael Dante

The rights to mine a planet substance called topaline are up for grabs, thanks to the crass intrusion of Kras, a Klingon, and thanks to Dr. McCoy (DeForrest Kelley) who has examined/touched Akaar's pregnant wife Eleen. NOBODY is allowed to touch the King's wife. Not nobody, not no how.

Maab, a rival of Akaar, decides the Klingons should win the rights, because they are a warlike people, just like the Capellans.

He proves just how warlike he is by killing Akaar. Next, he captures Eleen and it looks like she will die, along with her unborn son (the heir to the Capellan throne).

Gallantly, Dr. McCoy, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are able to rescue Eleen and flee to the hillside, where they must create primitive weapons to fight the primitive Capellans.

Dr. McCoy has to fight with Eleen, the bulky Queen who seems to think that she'd be better off killing her child and the Star Trek crew, and becoming the Bride of Maab.

Maab, meanwhile, has discovered just how difficult it is to be the King. Especially with Kras the Klingon around. There has to be a battle: Maab vs Kras (winner getting the title of least interesting alien name in a Star Trek episode).

If you haven't seen the show, and really don't want to know how this all turns out, read no further.

Hello, everyone else! Now then...when the dust settles, Eleen is now Queen, and she gives the mining rights to the Federation. Her son will someday assume power. His name? "Leonard James Akaar," in honor of Dr. McCoy, Captain Kirk and...oh yeah, her husband.

Julie's role, a pregnant Royal Pain, is quite atypical, and while it was excellently done, it wasn't exactly the casting her fans would've expected. An "out of this world" temptress would've been much more like it.