In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider The Man Trap, which aired on September 8, 1966, Star Date 1515.1.
In this episode, a landing party from the Enterprise beams down to perform an annual checkup of scientist Bob Crater and his wife Nancy, who have been living on the planet M113 for 5 years. Dr. Crater and Nancy both appear to be in good health, but Dr. Crater goes out of his way to request an additional supply of salt See more +
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider The Man Trap, which aired on September 8, 1966, Star Date 1515.1.
In this episode, a landing party from the Enterprise beams down to perform an annual checkup of scientist Bob Crater and his wife Nancy, who have been living on the planet M113 for 5 years. Dr. Crater and Nancy both appear to be in good health, but Dr. Crater goes out of his way to request an additional supply of salt from the Enterprise’s stores. A crewman wanders off and dies under mysterious circumstances. Further test show that his body is completely devoid of salt.
A scan of the planet’s surface reveals only a single life form, so Spock and Kirk realize that Nancy must have beamed aboard the Enterprise and start searching for her. They question Dr. Crater and learn that Nancy is dead and that her form has been taken over by the last remaining indigenous creature of the planet, which is capable of assuming any form and requires salt to live.
Kirk and Spock then beam Dr. Crater aboard the Enterprise, who then prevents Kirk from killing the creature (which he still sees as Nancy Crater), and then stands idly by as she begins to drain the salt from Kirk’s body. At this juncture, Spock rushes in and demonstrates to McCoy that the woman attacking Kirk could not possibly be Nancy by striking her repeatedly and forcefully. Nancy does not even flinch and then sends Spock flying across the room with a single counterblow. When the creature attacks Kirk again, its true alien form is revealed, and Bones kills it with a phaser, even after it reverts to Nancy’s form.
Compliance Takeaways:
1. Be sure and introduce yourself to as many co-employees as you can do so.
2. Get out of the corporate office and into the field.
3. Use facts not suppositions to support your decisions. See less -
