Assignment: Earth

Production: 55
Original Airdate: March 29, 1968
Stardate: Unknown
Synopsis: Kirk's crew time-treks back to observe how 1960's Earth survived the tense nuclear era when they intercept a human-appearing man with superior technology about to sabotage an orbiting nuclear platform due to launch. The man claims to be Gary Seven, a human raised by aliens and sent to help his people through the brinkmanship and other crisises of the Cold War. With Seven's ditsy but supportive secretary Roberta Lincoln in the way as well, Kirk and Spock never know when to trust the enigmatic agent -- but their hand is forced after he successfully dooms the nuclear platform to fall out of orbit. Now the Starfleet crew have to decide in a hurry if Seven is an unknown facet of normal history or out to doom the planet and their own future history.

Guest Cast:
Robert Lansing as Gary Seven
Teri Garr as Roberta Lincoln

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