Shore Leave (Star Trek: The Original Series)
"Shore Leave" is the fifteenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Theodore Sturgeon and directed by Robert Sparr, it first aired on December 29, 1966. In the episode, the crew of the Enterprise visits a bizarre planet where the fantasies of the landing party become reality. Plot The USS Enterprise arrives at a planet in the Omicron Delta system. Scans reveal the planet is congenial, but that there is no animal or insect life of any sort. The crew is exhausted after three months of operations, so Captain Kirk announces shore leave for off-duty personnel, but first he orders survey parties to scout the planet. Dr. McCoy and Lt. Sulu form one survey party. They find a truly beautiful and peaceful planet. McCoy calls Kirk to report that he had just seen an anthropomorphic white rabbit, and that a moment later Alice, from Alice in Wonderland, appeared and asked McCoy if a rabbit had passed by. Kirk disbelieves this, thinking that McCoy is trying to get Kirk to also take shore leave, which Kirk had said that he didn't need. Science Officer Spock persuades Kirk to beam down by pointing