Trivia / Star Trek S2 E9 "Metamorphosis"

• Creator's Favorite Episode: Ralph Senensky named this episode as his favorite among those he directed. Senensky recalled, praising the work of Gene L. Coon:
  I just thought the script was absolutely wonderful. As I remember Gene [Coon], he was the least author-y type of person. He just didn't seem like an author. He didn't present that kind of sensitivity that his writing had expressed. It was just a deep, deep script and scene after scene had so many angles to come at it from. It was a complex script.
• Deleted Scene: Commissioner Hedford accuses Kirk of faking the hijacking of the shuttlecraft, in order to conceal a navigation error which led them to being diverted to the Gamma Canaris N planetoid.
• The Other Marty: The original voice of the Companion was too emotionless and robotic, and all of her dialogue had to be re-recorded by another actress (Elizabeth Rogers, uncredited; Rogers also portrayed communications officer Lt. Palmer in two episodes when Nichelle Nichols was unavailable).
• What Could Have Been:
  • In the first draft script, Scotty is also on board the shuttlecraft, (here called the Edison), with Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Hedford. Originally he encountered the Companion while attempting to repair the shuttlecraft.
  • In the first draft, the Enterprise is temporarily commanded by Sulu, and the helmsman is an officer with an African background, named Lieutenant Ackrumba. The character later appeared in the novel Mission to Horatius.

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