The Practical Joker

ST episode
name = The Practical Joker


Scotty has problems with the food replicator
series = The Animated Series
ep_num = 019
prod_num = 019
date = September 21, 1974
writer =Chuck Menville
director = Hal Sutherland
guest = none
stardate = 3183.3
year = 2270
prev =
next = Albatross

"The Practical Joker" is an episode of "".

Plot outline

When the U.S.S. Enterprise is attacked by three Romulan D-7 class battlecruisers, Kirk takes the ship into a nearby gaseous energy field to hide.

The cloud affects the Enterprise computer and it begins to play practical jokes on the crew: making glasses leak, utensils turn to rubber, and covering decks with ice. As these practical jokes become more and more dangerous, McCoy, Uhura, and Sulu get trapped in the Enterprise's malfunctioning holodeck.

In this episode, the holodeck made its first appearance in the Star Trek series and is simply called a "rec room." [ [http://www.danhausertrek.com/AnimatedSeries/PJ.html "The Practical Joker"] ] No episodes of ' showed any form of a holodeck. The holodeck was reintroduced in the pilot episode of '.

Reference

External links

*StarTrek.com link|ANI|22021