"Friday's Child" was the 32nd episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.
References
Characters
Episode characters
- Akaar • Leonard James Akaar • Pavel Chekov • Deem • Duur • Eleen • Grant (Lieutenant) • Bill Hadley • Keel • James T. Kirk • Kras • Ryan Leslie • Maab • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • unnamed Klingons
Novelization characters
- Akaar • Leonard James Akaar • Eleen • Frost • Keel • James T. Kirk • Maab • Leonard McCoy • Raal (Cerean) • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu
- Referenced only
- Devil
Starships and vehicles
- Referenced only
- SS Deirdre • USS Carolina • Klingon scout ship
Locations
- Capella IV
- Referenced only
- Altimara • Ceres • Earth • Lorigan
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Other references
- Sabbath • Harper's Weekly • robe • topaline • iron • gold • silver • wool • zakdir • phaser • communicator • sword • knife • boomerang • klugat • hawk • uniform • clothing • English • Old High Martian • Latin • Greek • fortran • calculus • Vegan language • makeen • sound bomb • bloodhound • pigeon • bow • arrow • throwing stick • starfish • ox • kligat • magnasite-nitron tablet • shale • signal booster • sympathetic vibration • teer • topaline
Appendices
Related media
- TOS novel: From the Depths
- TOS comic: "The Peacekeeper" - In this Comic, Dr. McCoy reminds Captain Kirk on the events of this episode in order to help him with a difficult decision, which might violate the Prime Directive.
- DS9 novel: Twilight - Admiral Akaar mentions what happened after "Friday's Child".
- TOS eBook: Seasons of Light and Darkness - Features McCoy's first visit to Capella IV in 2254.
Adaptations
Background
- In the original version of the episode the Enterprise encounters an unidentified Klingon scout ship. In the 2007 remastered version of the episode a D7 class like vessel is added in its place. The comic "Against Their Nature" establishes a smaller D7-like scout vessel in operation in this era, this scout could be of this class.
- In the novelization, the planet was Ceres rather than Capella IV.
- There were no Klingons on Ceres in the novelization.
- The novelization states that the locals were Human decendants.
- Star Trek: Myriad Universes novel: A Less Perfect Union states that the locals were very Human-like.
Images
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Metamorphosis |
TOS episode produced | Next episode: Who Mourns for Adonais? |
| Previous episode: Journey to Babel |
TOS episode aired | Next episode: The Deadly Years |
| Previous story: Mirror, Mirror |
Star Trek 3 |
Next story: Amok Time |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Chaotic Response |
Next Adventure: Invasion!: First Strike | |
| Previous Adventure: Metamorphosis |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Invasion!: First Strike |
Translations
- 1971
- Japanese : 金曜日の子供, translated by Tetsu Ito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
- 1972
- German : Das Unglückskind, translated by Hans Maeter. (Williams)
- 1973
- Turkish : Robenson'un Cuma'si, translated by Reha Pinar. (Altın Kitaplar)
- 1976
- Dutch : Vrijdagkind, translated by Jan Koesen. (Luitingh)
- 1978
- Italian : Nato di venerdì, translated by Rosella Sanità. (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore)
External links
- "Friday's Child" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Friday's Child (TOS episode) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.