Turnabout Intruder

"Turnabout Intruder"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 24
Directed byHerb Wallerstein
Story byGene Roddenberry
Teleplay byArthur H. Singer
Featured musicFred Steiner
Cinematography byAl Francis
Editing byDonald R. Rode
Production code079
Original air dateJune 3, 1969 (1969-06-03)
Guest appearances
  • Sandra Smith - Dr. Janice Lester / Capt. James T. Kirk (when trapped in Dr. Janice Lester's body)
  • Harry Landers - Dr. Arthur Coleman
  • Barbara Baldavin - Communications Officer Lisa
  • David L. Ross - Lt. Galoway
  • John Boyer - Guard
  • Roger Holloway - Lt. Lemli

"Turnabout Intruder" is the twenty-fourth and final episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Arthur H. Singer (based on a story by Gene Roddenberry) and directed by Herb Wallerstein, it was first broadcast on June 3, 1969.

In the episode, a woman switches bodies with Captain Kirk and then tries to take over command of the Enterprise.

Originally scheduled to air at 10pm on Friday, March 28, 1969, NBC pre-empted it with a special report on former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had died earlier that day. On June 3, 1969, after an absence of two months, Star Trek was brought back on a new night and time: Tuesdays at 7:30pm. "Turnabout Intruder" was the only first-run episode to be shown in this new time slot.

This was the last original episode of Star Trek to air on NBC.