Product Details

• Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Julie Newmar, Tige Andrews
• Directors: Joseph Pevney
• Writers: Gene Roddenberry, D.C. Fontana
• Producers: Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, Robert H. Justman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: CBS Paramount International Television
• VHS Release Date: April 15, 1994
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300213366
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,065 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Our favorite Starfleet trio, Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) beam down to Capella IV to persuade the resident warrior race to sign up with the Federation. Unfortunately, a Klingon agent named Kras (Tige Andrews, the captain of TV's Mod Squad) has preceded them and set enough doubt into play that the take-no-prisoners Capellans decide to give Kirk and company a hostile reception. Written by story editor D.C. (Dorothy) Fontana, "Friday's Child" has the broad outlines of a Western, with the good guys getting rebuffed by hostile Indians and a final showdown with crude weapons set up in the barren hills. Julie Newmar's guest role as Eleen, wife of a former ruler and a pawn in the barbed politics between Kirk, Kras, and the Capellans, even has something of the frightened but stoic native princess about it. Viewers hoping to catch Newmar in a Capellan catsuit, however (an extension of her iconic, sleek presence as Catwoman in the old Batman TV series), will be sorely disappointed: Eleen is quite pregnant, fit to burst and placed in McCoy's capable hands. Trek stalwart Joseph Pevney directed this action-adventure piece, which contains one of the good doctor's most memorable utterances, spoken when Eleen expects McCoy to carry her up a steep hill: "I'm a doctor, not an escalator!" --Tom Keogh

From the Back Cover

A heroic deed by Kirk on Capella IV proves to be his undoing when the Capellan natives and an interfering Klingon agent turn against him.

TREK TRIVIA
Julie Newmar (Eleen) was one of three actresses to portray Catwoman in the original Batman TV series. Another former Catwoman, Lee Meriwether, appeared in a third season Star Trek episode, as did fellow Batman alums Frank Gorshin (The Riddler) and Yvonne Craig (Batgirl).

"Friday's Child" features a favorite Dr. McCoy quote- "I'm a doctor, not an escalator!" -and was the first Star Trek episode to show childbirth.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The sky changes colors, February 9, 2001

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Mark McKinney (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 32: Friday's Child [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The first half of this episode was filmed on Capella 4 and the second half was filmed in Calfiornia, thus the changing sky and landscape. No, actually this is a fine episode that really plays on the strengths of the big three more than many other episodes. The big three try to deal with a fight for leadership that puts them on the run and Scotty and the ship try to deal with Klingons out in space. The episodes that show the constants in emotions and feelings in other beings are some of the best and this episode plays it out beautifully. Seeing Spock and Kirk fight with bow and arrow is also a big plus.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exciting adventure with a few twists, June 12, 2000

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jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 32: Friday's Child [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Friday's Child" is one of the best episodes of the original Star Trek. Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy must beam down to Capella IV in order to get some rocks from the planet for their ship. However, there is a major obstacle in their way, a Klingon. Kirk must prove to the new leader of Capella IV that he's worthy of the rocks that he needs. But first, he must do something with the Klingon that has gotten their first.

In "Friday's Child," you will see an exciting adventure while Kirk and the crew try to stay away from the approaching Klingon and the people of Capella IV. In addition to the Enterprise crew, they have brought a woman from Capella IV with them.

If you're a fan of Star Trek, "Friday's Child" is one of the episodes you need to get. Dr. McCoy puts on one of his best performances of the series and you'll see him perform one of the biggest deeds of being a doctor. At the end of the episode, there are many funny lines that you'll remember from the series. "Friday's Child" is one of the best overall episodes of the original series that any Trekkie needs to own.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome episode, September 26, 2009

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Stonesundial - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 32: Friday's Child [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Lots of good one-liners and an unusually coherent intrigue/diplomacy plot. Scotty takes command while the big three negotiate with the aliens for resources and get pulled into a local power struggle. Kirk and Spock go native, Bones argues with a recalcitrant patient and accidentally becomes a daddy. Up in the sky, Chekov reminds everyone why Russia rocks. Bonus for guest star Julie Newmar.