Space Seed

"**Space Seed**"
"Space Seed"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 22
Directed by	Marc Daniels
Story by	Carey Wilber
Teleplay by	Gene L. Coon; Carey Wilber;
Featured music	Alexander Courage
Cinematography by	Jerry Finnerman
Production code	023/024
Original air date	February 16, 1967
Guest appearances
	Ricardo Montalbán as Khan Noonien Singh; Madlyn Rhue as Lt. Marla McGivers; Blaisdell Makee as Spinelli; Mark Tobin as Joaquin; Kathy Ahart as Crew Woman; John Winston as Transporter Technician;
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"Space Seed" is the 22nd episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. It was first broadcast by NBC on February 16, 1967. "Space Seed" was written by Gene L. Coon and Carey Wilber and directed by Marc Daniels.

In this episode, the Enterprise crew encounter a sleeper ship holding genetically engineered superpeople from Earth's past. Their leader, Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán), attempts to take control of Enterprise. The episode also guest stars Madlyn Rhue as Lt. Marla McGivers, who becomes romantically involved with Khan.

The 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan serves as a sequel to this episode. Plot elements of the episode and The Wrath of Khan were also used in the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness, and references to it appear in episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

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