" Catspaw " is the seventh episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek [1] Written by Robert Bloch and directed by Joseph Pevney, it was first broadcast October 27, 1967. [2] The crew of the Enterprise encounter two aliens from another galaxy with magical-seeming powers.

The title of this episode, "Catspaw", is a term that describes a person used by another as a dupe; as McCoy points out, Scott and Sulu are used as catspaws to lure more crewmen down.

Catspaw: Directed by Joseph Pevney. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Antoinette Bower. Very alien visitors to our galaxy attempt to connect with human consciousness but miss, winding up tapping into the regions of human nightmares instead.

Kirk, Spock, and Bones beam down to a planet to investigate the death of a crewman scout who beamed up from the planet, well, dead. What they find is literally a Halloween setting, complete with a ghostly greeting that seems to be straight out of a haunted house parody.

When Korob aids Kirk and company to escape, Sylvia changes into a gigantic black cat and crushes him. Kirk destroys the "magic wand" transmuter device, causing the castle to vanish and the aliens to resume their actual forms. In reality, they are fragile creatures, and are destroyed by the planet's atmosphere.

Oct 29, 2021 · THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts are back as MARK A. ALTMAN (showrunner, Pandora; The Librarians, Agent X, Castle) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (VFX supervisor, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) have cat scratch fever as they celebrate Halloween with Sylvia and Korob.

Jan 15, 2025 · On the planet Pyris VII, two beings known as Korob and Sylvia have been sent on a mission of conquest by their home world. Using a matter transmuter, they assume human form to welcome the U.S.S. Enterprise landing party.

Oct 2, 2018 · The 1967 Halloween episode of Star Trek TOS known as “Catspaw” was written by famed horror writer Robert Bloch (“Psycho”), directed by Trek veteran Joseph Pevney and originally broadcast on October 27th, 1967.

Feb 18, 2013 · [TOS] Season 2, Episode 7 (Netflix: S2 E7): Catspaw Rating: 1 This episode seems to just be intended as a Halloween episode. Maybe you should watch it on Halloween? – Read more at Memory Alpha – Notes:

Opinionated Star Trek Episode Guide celebrates Halloween with Catspaw. Ghosts, castles, dungeons, and black cats all hint at magic at work, but as always they can't stand up to the power of Kirk's aura of sex appeal.