Charlie X ( episode ) The " Enterprise " takes seventeen - year - old Charles Evans aboard for transport after he spent fourteen years alone on a deserted planet , but his inability to reintegrate with his fellow Humans is compounded by his very un - Human powers . Summary . Teaser . The makes a rendezvous with the " Antares " , a small cargo ship . While investigating the planet Thasus , the " Antares " discovered an adolescent boy named Charles Evans , the sole survivor of a ship crash who has lived on his own since age three . Evans transfers to the " Enterprise " , which is on its way to Colony Alpha 5 , where Evans ' only relatives live . Captain Ramart and his navigator and first officer , Tom Nellis , are eager to be on their way after beaming aboard the " Enterprise " , even refusing Captain Kirk ' s offer of Saurian brandy , as well as entertainment tape s . But they are also effusive in their praise of Charlie . Charlie interrupts Ramart and Nellis a couple of times , which prompts Kirk to say to him , " " You keep interrupting , Mr . Evans . That ' s considered wrong . " " This encounter is the first of many mysteries surrounding the young man . Yeoman Janice Rand enters the transporter room and Kirk asks her to show Charlie to his quarters and to drop off his medical records at sickbay . Innocently , Charlie asks Captain Kirk if Yeoman Rand is a girl . " " That ' s a girl , " " the captain replies . Rand escorts Charlie out , much to Kirk ' s amusement . Act One . After a routine check - up by Dr . McCoy , Charlie attempts to learn and integrate , demonstrating the effect of his years away from all Human contact . At the same time , strange incidents occur in his vicinity . Charlie is also struggling mightily with adolescence and with his first crush , the beautiful Yeoman Rand . After observing and a sciences division crewman slapping themselves casually , Charlie does the same to Yeoman Rand ' s behind in a corridor , angering her . After calming down , Rand advises Charlie to tell Captain Kirk or Dr . McCoy what he had just done and ask them for advice . Afterwards , in the " Enterprise " s recreation room on deck three , Uhura is singing " Oh , On the Starship " Enterprise " " to a rapt Rand and other crewmembers . Rand ignores Charlie ' s card trick s ; he uses his power to secretly silence Uhura ' s voice , as well as the sounds coming from Spock ' s Vulcan lute , so that he can have Rand ' s undivided attention . He then proceeds with a few card tricks that amuse Rand and others in the crews ' lounge , who applaud appreciatively . Later , in a corridor , Kirk is advising a galley chef that on Earth today it is Thanksgiving , and if the crew of the " Enterprise " has to eat synthetic meat loaf , he wants it to look like turkey . Just then , Charlie arrives and tells Kirk of the trouble he had interacting with Rand earlier . Kirk awkwardly attempts to explain that men and women do things differently but before he can elaborate further to Charlie , Kirk is asked to come up to the bridge by Uhura . At extreme range , Captain Ramart attempts to contact the " Enterprise " and speak to Captain Kirk , but before he can say more than " " I ' ve got to warn . . . " " , his ship is destroyed . Charlie advises Kirk that " " It wasn ' t very well constructed " " – a strange comment , since it comes before Spock actually confirms the " Antares " destruction . Kirk is then hailed by the " Enterprise " s chef , who tells the captain that he had put meat loaf in the oven s , but there are turkeys in them now – real turkeys . Charlie laughs at hearing this , then leaves the bridge abruptly , leaving Kirk feeling that Charlie is hiding something . Act Two . Kirk and Spock are pondering the destruction of the " Antares " during a game of three - dimensional chess when Charlie walks in and asks to play . After defeating Spock in an " illogical approach " to the game , Kirk turns it over to Charlie , during which Spock easily beats him in two moves . When Charlie gets angry , Spock leaves and then Charlie uses his powers to melt the white chess pieces . Afterwards , Rand introduces Charlie to Yeoman Tina Lawton , who is near Charlie ' s age . Charlie ignores Lawton , hurting her feelings , after which Rand tells Charlie that he was rude to her . Charlie then makes his feelings known to Rand that he wants her and only her , which makes the yeoman feel very uneasy . Rand goes to the bridge and wants Kirk to have a talk with Charlie before she asks the young man to leave her alone , which will hurt his feelings . Calling Charlie to his quarters , Kirk takes pity on the young man and attempts to befriend him , taking him to the physical training room for some light sparring . Initially refusing to participate , Charlie falls awkwardly and prompts laughter from , Kirk ' s sparring partner . Humiliated and angry , Charlie makes Sam " go away " , revealing his powers . Act Three . Kirk immediately calls for security to escort Charlie back to his quarters . But Charlie resists , knocking down the two security officers with his powers . One of them draws his phaser but Charlie makes it disappear but finally agrees to go to his quarters after Kirk tells the young man that he will personally pick him up and take him there himself if he does not . After Charlie and security leaves Kirk is informed by Uhura that ALL phasers on board the " Enterprise " have disappeared . Later , in the briefing room discussing Charlie to McCoy and Spock following the incident in the gymnasium , Kirk speculates that Charlie might be a Thasian , but McCoy doubts this based on his medical analysis results . Charlie then enters and Kirk asks him outright if he was responsible for the Antares ' destruction . Confronted , Charlie admits to destroying the " Antares " by making a warped baffle plate in its energy pile " go away " . He defends his action by claiming that the ship would have blown up anyway , and that the crew weren ' t nice to him and tried to get rid of him . He leaves and Spock tells Kirk and McCoy , " " We ' re in the hands of an adolescent . " " Charlie , his powers now common knowledge , takes over control of the " Enterprise " , starting with Charlie causing Uhura ' s communication console to explode , preventing Kirk from sending a distress signal and causing Uhura second - degree burns on her hands . He wants to go to Colony 5 ; Kirk knows that the mayhem he would create in that unstructured setting would be far worse than what he ' s done so far on the " Enterprise " . Charlie then begins his reign of terror . Passing Yeoman Lawton in the corridor , he turns her into an iguana . He enters Rand ' s quarters with a pink rose ( because he found out that pink was the yeoman ' s favorite color ) . When Rand tells Charlie to go away , he moves closer toward her , saying he only wants her . Rand is able to surreptitiously activate a communication device ; on the bridge , Kirk and Spock hear the conversation leave the bridge to rescue Yeoman Rand . Act Four . Kirk and Spock rush to Rand ' s quarters and try to stop Charlie , but the teenager throws them against the wall , breaking Spock ' s legs in the process . A shocked Rand slaps Charlie , to which he responds by making her disappear . Charlie then releases both Kirk and Spock after he realizes that he needs Kirk ' s help to run the " Enterprise " . Rigging a force field , the crew attempt to trap and hold Charlie in his own quarters , but once he realizes an attempt has been made to confine him , Charlie easily escapes . He then goes on a rampage : he turns a young crewmember into an old lady and removes a young woman ' s face , leaving her groping in a corridor and still able to vocalize her terror . Determined to stop Charlie before he can reach Colony 5 , Kirk speculates that in taking over the ship , Charlie may have reached his limit . He thus attempts , with the help of Spock and McCoy , to overload the boy ' s abilities , ordering more and more of the ship ' s systems to be activated . In the midst of this struggle , a ship from Thasus appears . It is at this point that Charlie begs to stay with the " Enterprise " crew . The Thasians restore the " Enterprise " back to normal and return a confused Rand on the bridge . The Thasian explains to the bridge crew that they granted Charlie immense powers so he could live – powers that they cannot , or will not , remove . The Thasian expresses regret at the loss of the " Antares " , but at least can assure Kirk that his own crew , and ship , have been fully restored to him . Certain it would be impossible for Charlie to live a normal life with his own people , and despite Charlie ' s own pleas to stay with the crew , and even Kirk reconsidering his position that Charlie would never fit in among Humans , the Thasians remove him to their vessel and depart . Rand , with tears in her eyes , moves over to Kirk , seated in his captain ' s chair . " " It ' s all right , yeoman . It ' s all over now , " " he says as the " Enterprise " moves on in space . Memorable quotes . " " You keep interrupting , Mr . Evans . That ' s considered wrong . " " " " Is that a girl ? " " " " That ' s a girl . " " " " There ' s no right way to hit a woman . " " " " If I had the whole universe , I ' d give it to you . When I see you , I feel like I ' m hungry all over . Hungry . Do you know how that feels ? " " " " There are a million things in this universe you can have and there are a million things you can ' t have ! " " " " Sir , I put meatloaf in the ovens . There ' s turkeys in there now . " Real " turkeys . " " " " He ' s a boy in a man ' s body , trying to be an adult with the adolescence in him getting in the way . " " " " There ' s a – Tyger , tyger , burning bright in the forest of the night . " " " " I ' m trying to – Saturn rings around my head , don a robe that ' s Martian red . " " " " Once upon a midnight dreary , while I pondered , weak and weary . " " < br ? > " " Very nice , Mister Ears . " " " " Growing up isn ' t so much . I ' m not a man , and I can do anything ! You can ' t . " " " " I ' ve waited long enough . I ' m going to take him on ! " " " " I can make you " all " go away . . . anytime I want to ! " " " " I want to stay ! STAY . . . STAY . . . Stay . . . " " Background information . Remastered information . The remastered version of " Charlie X " aired in many North American markets during the weekend of . The episode included new effects shots of the Thasian ship , replacing the blob - like object seen on screen with a torpedo - shaped vessel . Most notably , the remastered episode opens with a shot featuring the " Antares " , a new design based upon the robot grain ship s seen in the episode . Links and references . 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