Star Trek III The Search For Spock on DVD
Written by Harve Bennett
Directed by Leonard Nimoy
Cast: Admiral James T. Kirk-William Shatner, Mr. Spock-Leonard Nimoy, Dr. Leonard McCoy-DeForest Kelley, Montgomery Scott-James Doohan, Hikaru Sulu-George Takei, Pavel Andreivich Chekov-Walter Koenig, Nyota Uhura-Nichelle Nichols, Commander Kruge-Christopher Lloyd, Sarek-Mark Lenard, Lt. Saavik-Robin Curtis, Dr. David Marcus-Merritt Butrick, Janice Rand-Grace Lee Whitney, T'Lar-Dame Judith Anderson, Maltz-John Larroquette, Valkris-Cathie Shirriff, Captain J.T. Esteban-Phillip Richard Allen, Admiral Morrow-Robert Hooks, Captain Styles-James B. Sikking
Stardate 8210.3
Released June 1, 1984
As the U.S.S. Enterprise returns to spacedock for
repairs following the battle with Khan in 2285, Kirk continues to mourn Spock's
death. McCoy suddenly enters the Vulcan's sealed quarters, babbling
incoherently. Upon reaching Earth, McCoy is hospitalized. Scotty is reassigned
to the U.S.S. Excelsior and Starfleet Command decrees the newly formed
Genesis Planet off-limits. Kirk is then informed that the U.S.S. Enterprise
is to be decommissioned.
In Kirk's quarters, Sarek, Spock's father, confronts the
Admiral, saying that Spock's body should have been returned to Vulcan so that
his katra could have been stored in an ancient Vulcan repository on Mount
Seleya. Sarek tells Kirk that he must retrieve the coffin from the Genesis
planet and, since Spock performed a last-minute Vulcan mind-meld with McCoy,
thus transferring his "katra" or spirit, the doctor must also return
to Vulcan.
However, Starfleet refuses to allow the antiquated U.S.S.
Enterprise to leave spacedock. Released from the hospital and faced with
this news, McCoy tries to hire a craft to go back to the Genesis planet. He
then starts a brawl and is subsequently arrested, pending further psychiatric
examination. The arrest proves futile, though, when McCoy escapes with the help
of Kirk, Scott, Sulu, Uhura and Chekov. The crew then beams aboard the deserted
U.S.S. Enterprise. To avoid pursuit, Scotty removes an integral engine
part from the U.S.S. Excelsior and, knowing that they've all probably
destroyed their careers, the six friends take the Enterprise out for one
final voyage.
Meanwhile, the Klingons have learned of the new Genesis
Device and planet, and fear that it could be a new Federation weapon. Lead by
the treacherous Captain Kruge, the Klingons set out to either destroy or
capture the valuable device.
On board the U.S.S. Grissom, David Marcus and Lt.
Saavik arrive at the Genesis Planet for scientific observation. They quickly
discover a lifeform reading coming from the surface. Intrigued, the two beam to
the planet's surface to find Spock's empty coffin. Tracing the lifeform
reading, the two then find the living body of a child-Spock, aging with erratic
rapidity but lacking a consciousness or spirit.
Suddenly, the Klingons arrive, destroying the Grissom and
taking Saavik, Marcus, and the young Spock prisoner. Shortly thereafter, the U.S.S.
Enterprise arrives in the Mutara Sector and is crippled by Kruge and his
Klingon cohorts. With the Klingons threatening the lives of their prisoners,
Kirk tries a bluff to regain control of the situation, but is unsuccessful. The
Klingon landing party kills David Marcus. Faced with no other choice, Kirk
surrenders the Enterprise to the Klingons, yet in a last-ditch effort to
gain the upper hand, activates the starship's self-destruct mechanism. The
small U.S.S. Enterprise crew then beams to the surface of the Genesis
Planet, watching as their historic starship is destroyed in a streak of light,
taking with it most of Kruge's nefarious crew.
Kirk and party rescue Spock and Saavik from the Klingons
and learn that an unstable element used in the Genesis Device threatens the
stability of the planet, which is likely to explode within minutes. One factor
of this instability, however, is the rejuvenating effect it had on Spock's
body. With the planet reaching critical mass, Spock finally achieves the age he
was just before his death on the U.S.S. Enterprise. Kruge, still alive
on the Klingon Bird-of-Prey and angry at the death of his comrades, beams down
to the planet. There, he fights one-on-one with Kirk, eventually falling to his
death. The Enterprise crew, Saavik, and Spock then escape in the
Bird-of-Prey, just as the planet violently explodes, a victim of its own
dangerous growth.
Under Sarek's diplomatic protection, the Klingon ship then speeds to Vulcan. Once there, the risky ceremony fal-tor-pan is performed, fusing Spock's katra, which resides in McCoy's mind, with the Vulcan's body. With the ceremony seemingly successful, a revived Spock begins the long journey of remembering his past and his friends. He questions why the Enterprise crew risked their lives and careers to rescue him. As his friend Jim reminds him, sometimes the "needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many."
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