He learns that the creature is called a Horta, and that its species dies out completely every 50,000 years, save for one individual that remains alive to protect the eggs, which are the silicon nodules. By making physical contact with the creature, Spock establishes a deeper mind meld. The creature etches the ambiguous message "NO KILL I" into a rock, having gained some knowledge of human language from the meld. He attempts a mind meld with the creature, but perceives little but intense pain. Spock finds a way around the cave-in and joins Kirk. Though Spock urges Kirk to kill it, Kirk observes the creature backs off whenever he aims his phaser at it. The creature causes a cave-in that separates Kirk from Spock. Kirk and Spock happen upon a chamber containing thousands of the silicon nodules. Spock adjusts his tricorder to scan for silicon-based life, and confirms that the creature is the only such lifeform for miles. He deduces that it burrows through solid rock by secreting the same corrosive substance that has killed the miners. Spock analyzes the fragment, whose composition resembles fibrous asbestos. The creature flees by burrowing through a rock wall. They encounter the creature-which has the appearance of molten rock-and fire upon it, breaking a piece of it off. Spock, suspecting it may be a silicon based lifeform, modifies their phasers to be more effective against silicon. Kirk and his security team search for the creature. Chief Engineer Scott jury rigs a substitute, but it fails shortly thereafter, necessitating the missing part be found and reinstalled before the reactor goes super-critical in 10 hours. The part has long since gone out of production, so no replacements are available. They are alerted to a problem in the colony's nuclear reactor, and find its guard killed and the main circulating pump stolen. During the briefing, Spock's attention is drawn to a silicon nodule on Vanderberg's desk, which Vanderberg dismisses as a geological oddity. Captain Kirk, Spock, and McCoy meet with the mine supervisor, Chief Engineer Vanderberg. The USS Enterprise arrives at the pergium mining colony on planet Janus VI to help the colony deal with an unknown creature that has killed 50 miners and engineers, and destroyed equipment with a strong corrosive substance. This episode marks the second appearance of Doctor McCoy's catchphrase, " I'm a doctor, not a. Spock and Kirk go on an away mission to the facility, leading to them facing off against a deadly subterranean creature. In this episode, the Enterprise is called to investigate deaths at a planetary mining facility. Coon and directed by Joseph Pevney, the episode first aired on March 9, 1967. " The Devil in the Dark" is the twenty-fifth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Star Trek: The Original Series (season 1)
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