Stardate: 1329.8 - 13.29.2 - 13.30.1

Original airdate: 10/13/1966

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: Harvey Hart

Guest stars:

Roger C. Carmel         Harcourt Fenton (Harry) Mudd (impersonated Capt. Leo Francis Walsh who 'passed away,,,, suddenly', smuggler of stolen goods, counterfeiter, who on star date 11.16.4 had his 'masters licence'revoked. Stole a class J. cargo ship (unregistered) distroyed by an astroid by direct hit.

Karen Steele            Eve McHuron

Susan Denberg           Magda (platinum blond in the blue dress)

Maggie Three            Ruth (brunett who seduces Dr. McCoy) I could have sworen they called her Helena??????

Gene Dynarski           Ben Childress, leader of the Rigel 12 mining station
Jim Goodwin             Lt. Johnny Farrell (navigator)
Jon Kowal               Gossett, miner on Rigel 12
Seamon Glass            Benton, miner on Rigel 12

Crew appearences:
Kirk, Spock, McCoy
Sulu
Scotty
Uhura
Voice of Majel Barret as the computer
Hunters (technician in the sick bay)

Places:

Rigel 12-planet with a lithium mining operation. inhabited only by 3 miners, dusty, windy, aurora lights in the sky, severe magnetic storms.

Ophiuchus 3 a planet currently being settled: the women's original destination to become wives for these settlers

Pelajer planet- Ruth's home planet, a colony of sea ranchers

Senturnius- a place where there are harem girls (no other info)

Factoids:

Shiller rating 3- no info as to what this means but it rates something about asteroid belts

Lithium Crystals/lithium circuits- appears to be a power source for star ships. They look like quartz crystals, colorless, translucent, faceted like a large diamond, the size of a man's fist. Three out of 4 crystals burn out due to super heating when the Enterprise's shields are used to cover Mudd's ship in the asteroid belt. The fourth crystal burns out during Mudd's trail.

Double Jack-card game played by Eve (appears to be a form of solitare)

Venus Drug- an illegal substance that causes physiologic changes in the human body. Enhances feminine and masculine traits, then when it wares off makes a person very sick. It's not 'just one of those stories'.

Story:

Kirk beams aboard the crew of a vessel destroyed by asteroids but at a price. All but one of the Enterprise's lithium crystals have burned out. The commander of the destroyed transport is Harry Mudd, scoundrel and space pirate. His cargo: three hypnotically beautiful women who immediately disrupt the normal workings of the ship. Kirk heads for Rigel 12, a lithium mining colony. But Mudd secretly contacts the miners and Kirk discovers they will only trade lithium for Mudd's Women. Kirk doesn't want to be a 'white slaver'. So he shows the miners that the Venus Drug, given to them by Mudd turned plain Janes into heavenly beauties. The miners decide to take the girls as wives anyway.

Quotes:

"I look upon this work as a sacred public trust, and I have decided to devote my entire live to it....well, I'm about to devote my entire life to it." Mudd while explaining himself to the Captain.
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"Are they actually more beautiful, pound for pound, measurement per measurment than any other women you've known? or its it that they just ACT beautiful?" McCoy.
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"Is this the kind of wife you want, Ben? Not someone to help you. Not a wife to cook and sew and cry and need. This kind: selfish, vain, useless? Is this what you really want. Ok. Here it is." Eve as she gulps down the Venus Drug.
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"There's only one kind of wonam, or man, for that matter. You either believe in yourself or you dont." Kirk.
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"Smack's you right in the old heart. In your case (to Spock) it should be right about here." McCoy.

TV Guides episode description:
MUDDY WOMEN
The Enterprise takes on a troop of traveling mud-wrestlers. All the crewmen, including Kirk, immediately become infatuated, so Uhura dumps them all on an ice planet to cool them off.(copied off the net)