By Any Other Name
22nd episode of the 2nd season of Star Trek: The Original Series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see By Any Other Name (disambiguation).
"By Any Other Name" is the 22nd episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by D.C. Fontana and Jerome Bixby (based on Bixby's story) and directed by Marc Daniels, it was first broadcast February 23, 1968.
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Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 22 | ||
Directed by | Marc Daniels[1][2] | ||
Story by | Jerome Bixby[1][2] | ||
Teleplay by | D. C. Fontana[1] Jerome Bixby[2][3] | ||
Featured music | Fred Steiner[4] | ||
Cinematography by | Keith C. Smith | ||
Production code | 050 | ||
Original air date | February 23, 1968 (1968-02-23) | ||
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In the episode, beings from another galaxy commandeer the Enterprise in an attempt to return home.
The title is taken from a line spoken by Juliet in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet: "that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet",[5] a line quoted by Captain Kirk during the episode.