The fourteenth episode of the first season of the original Star Trek series, Balance of Terror, aired December 15, 1966. The episode is a classic since it introduced audiences to a new race: Romulans. It also was the first appearance of Mark Lenard, who went on to play Sarek, Spock's father and a Klingon in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. That makes him the first actor to play three major aliens: Romulan, Vulcan and Klingon.
The plot was inspired by two WWII-era submarine movies: The Enemy Below and Run Silent, Run Deep. Robert Wise directed Run Silent, Run Deep and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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