Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 7, Episodes 14 & 15: The Galileo Seven/ Court-Martial
Volume 7 in this excellent DVD series of originalStar Trekprograms includes "The Galileo Seven," which teleplay writer Oliver Crawford  says was inspired by his viewing of a 1939 film calledFive Came Back. (A catty footnote: David Gerrold, scribe of the famous "The Trouble with Tribbles"  episode, called "The Galileo Seven" a rip-off of the Jimmy Stewart filmThe Flight of the Phoenix. Meow.)Five Came Backconcerned a plane crash in the Andes and the survivors who faced the constant threat of surrounding headhunters. Crawford toyed with the idea and came up with a story  line in which Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley), and a couple  of other crew members crash on the surface of a hostile planet during a shuttle mission. With communication between the small craft and theEnterprisedisrupted by quasar activity, Spock and the others must defend  themselves against a formidable threat with only primitive, handmade weapons. That's the scenario, but the real drama is in the rising conflict  between the half-Vulcan Spock's coldly logical approach to survival and the  passions of his human crew, who soon come to regard him as a hateful, unfeeling monster. This is an interesting episode, both as a taut action piece and,  somewhat indirectly, as a portrait of intolerance (specifically, an intolerance  of individual differences) developing under stress.Also on this disc is "Court Martial," a courtroom drama in which Captain Kirk (William Shatner) stands trial for negligence in the death of anEnterprisecrewman. As the proceedings rumble on, Spock investigates some  hidden truths about the dead man and the apparent computer malfunction that led to the  tragedy. While "Court Martial" is a lesser episode from theStar Trekcanon (the action is a bit mired in trial proceedings), it's still a  lot of fun and features a supporting role from veteran Hollywood character actor  Elisha Cook Jr.--Tom Keogh