Episode
Star Trek: Is There in Truth No Beauty?
Overview
The Enterprise travels with an alien ambassador whose appearance induces madness.
Details
- Series
- Star Trek
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1968-10-18
- Runtime
- 51 min
Episode context
Is There in Truth No Beauty? is Episode 5 in Season 3 of Star Trek. It aired on 1968-10-18. The runtime is 51 min.
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