Star Trek - I Want to Touch You

A woman who is invulnerable to phaser fire appears to Sulu and hurts him (That Which Survives)

[@christinejanis6552]

"I am for Sulu" Kirk: "Well Sulu ain't for you"

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

One thing about this episode. Kirk didn't score like he did on other episodes.

[@SheldonAdama17]

Kirk: “But I am.”

[@northside7776]

That is the coolest alien way to transport: fold into a line, then disappear into a point, while a woman's voice sings.

[@gbisaga]

That always creeped me out.

[@malenor4148]

Still better than new trek.

[@gaminglord829sidious7]

I agree, I would say she is one fascinating ailen!

[@fould13]

The singing sounded like the warp whistle from Legend of Zelda 1 and Super Mario Bros. 3.

[@adaeptzulander2928]

That always stuck with me. The woman flattens from a real 3 dimensional person to a 2D one, then to 1D, then to 0D. As if you transport by entering different dimension in space.

[@flashkraft]

Sulu: I will phaser you. Woman: I am immune. But I have a power of seduction over men. Sulu: Ha. I am immune also.

[@jaco7675]

Sulu: I am immune also. To women.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Sulu is on the bridge during "The Lorelei Signal" where alien women affect the minds of the male crew and Uhura has to take command to rescue them. He doesn't seem to do or say much, then, but has a goofy look on his face.

[@HoldenNY22]

@@sandal_thong8631 - WAsn't that episode on the Animated Series?

[@sandal_thong8631]

@@HoldenNY22 Yes. He was also goofy, when Ilia showed up in _The Motion Picture;_ you know "she's Deltan." "Confirmed, Mr. Sulu, confirmed."

[@drj4749]

notice how capt kock can't resist letting the deadly woman touch him even if it meant his life

[@re1978]

This scene was based on a nightmare George Takei one had. Being pursued by a gorgeous woman and not able to fight her off.

[@sharkusvelarde]

Haha excellent!

[@neilmarquardt2049]

Most underrated comment on KZbin this year.

[@techguy3507]

Hahaha!

[@lilblackduc7312]

Sometimes, the women in Atlanta are just like that.

[@polyprinz]

The legendary Ms. Lee Meriwether. From winning Miss America to playing Catwoman, to Star Trek!

[@HoldenNY22]

I remember her most from being the Assistant and Daughter- in-Law on the TV Series- Barnarby Jones. When I think of the CatWoman Character- I defintely think of Julie Newmar. I think Lee Meriweather played Catwoman in the Batman Movie with Adam West- Is that correct?

[@thefurrybastard1964]

Don't forget Dr. Ann MacGregor in the Time Tunnel.

[@thefurrybastard1964]

@@HoldenNY22 Correct.

[@stevenpilling5318]

A good number of actresses had both Batman and Star Trek on their resumes. That included Grace Lee Whitney and Phyllis Douglas.

[@marks984]

@@stevenpilling5318- and Yvonne Craig

[@buckshot_V]

The best line of the bit is, "Are there men on this planet?" lol. He wants to speak with someone he can reason with! lol

[@james5460]

The loud phaser blast doesn't wake up Kirk, but calling his name does.

[@RobARug]

His ego is always on full alert.

[@geraldackerman1272]

Some things register better than others.

[@redblade8160]

James. Kirk has selective hearing and he purposely arrived late on the scene so that he could look like a hero!

[@annoyed707]

The loud blast started the waking process, but the calling of his name brought him the rest of the way.

[@andresberger6240]

That freaky tele-transportation. First she convert into bi-dimensional, then goes into a line, then a dot, and dissapears while siren sings a creepy music.

[@Semiam1]

It’s how the old tube televisions would turn off

[@philipchiu9835]

Actually one of the more creepier episodes when I saw it as a kid. The wailing sound of the woman disappearing freaked me out

[@JAMESLEVEE]

That, my friend, was just the musical score. If you recall, that same theme had been used in several episodes previously, all the way back to Season One. I think it's an Alexander Courage original.

[@johnbockelie3899]

When I was a kid we called this one The pencil woman episode.

[@FredPlanatia]

they way they fold sideways to disappear is creepy but a cool effect oo.

[@cmorea]

What is that sound? A theramin?

[@demcadman]

Yup. It always creeped me out 😮

[@SegaStation]

I saw this episode when I was about 7 and she scared the crap out of me - esp when she disappeared

[@LymanPhillips]

Me too. Same age back in the late 60s. Scared the bejeezus out of me. She was also the Campbell's Soup lady, so I was conflicted. Nowadays, I'd let her touch me anyday. Touch away, Lee. Touch away...

[@letolethe3344]

When I first saw it as a kid in the 70s it scared me too.

[@yodafurball]

Those damn styrofoam rocks always get in the way

[@deanfirnatine7814]

When I was little a friend of the family who worked in Hollywood brought me a giant styrofoam boulder, great times for a 5 year old

[@QuizmasterLaw]

but they make great heaters when warmed up with phasers!

[@400KrispyKremes]

She was sure barking up the wrong tree there...

[@Princess2Warrior]

*xD*

[@rodrector3038]

Laughing so hard at this!

[@barreloffun10]

Oh my!

[@ethics3]

Kirk knew that . Thats why Kirk asked if there were men on that planet / haha

[@andregodfrey3022]

LMAOOOOO

[@raraparuka]

Damn, Lee Meriwether was a very beautiful woman in her prime.

[@GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr.]

She was Miss America in 1955.

[@tomschmidt4355]

I was only 8 when this episode was sent first in Germany, and was totally leashed by the beauty of this woman. But in times without video-recorder, not to talk about the web, it should take uncounted years until i saw her again. The only picture what i had of her, was that in my brain.Times have got better, and I look for her on the web several times a year. And her beauty still touches me like half a century ago.

[@jeffclark1129]

Lee Meriwether as Commander Losira in "That Which Survives" is awesome! The hairstyle, costume or her power to kill people with the slightest touch was both beautiful and scary! This was a better-than-average for Star Trek's third season.

[@JAMESLEVEE]

She actually had to get a grip on you to disrupt all your cells. She just brushed Sulu with a finger, and wiped out a layer of cells in his shoulder.

[@davidharbaugh5688]

That goes to show you. Don't mess with a former Miss America.

[@FredPlanatia]

@@JAMESLEVEE its like the killer cells on man-o-war jellyfish

[@victorsedona9573]

This was one of the episodes that made me feel very uncomfortable (not I Dream of Jeanie uncomfortable) during my youth. Mainly due to how she would disappear and re-appear.

[@berniecioffoletti3398]

​​@davidharbaugh5688S she was Miss America the year I was born! Oh, correction, Marilyn Van Durber was Miss America in 1958. Lee Merriweather was three years before!

[@Emper0rH0rde]

If a woman that hot said she wanted to touch me, even if I knew it would kill me, I'd be conflicted.

[@berniecioffoletti3398]

​....but he pushed her away pretty forcefully! A true captain, looking out for his crew.

[@budmangt2]

That scream Sulu yells out when she touches him cracks me up LOL!

[@thefurrybastard1964]

This was an excellent episode, and Lee Meriwether could have touched me anytime she wanted.

[@natalieschannel7675]

“I want to touch you!” “Oh Myyyy!”

[@coffeeseven]

This is why I don't work in movies. I'd let her, ruin the plot and be escorted off the lot.

[@jolly7041]

If a man said this,sulu wouldn't be so angry and hostile..😏

[@arlieaustin448]

Lol, he doesn't swing that way!

[@hedgeowlinvest7902]

Beauty Wasted on a gay guy 😂

[@jolly7041]

@@hedgeowlinvest7902 unless that "beauty" is a man..😏

[@stevenpilling5318]

Lee Merriweather could have touched me to her heart's content!

[@SheldonAdama17]

“Not my thing” - George Takei

[@youreale]

Stunning and beautiful woman wants to touch Sulu. Sulu: (desperately running) CAPTAINNNN KIRK! CAPTAINNNN KIRK!

[@andregodfrey3022]

Lmao ha ha ha ha ha....please stop...lol i cant....lol ha ha ha ha

[@gorymarty56]

Sorry Lee, he not for you. Lol

[@eeeecccc]

That sound when she exits haunted me as a kid.

[@malenor4148]

The amazing things they could come up with using limited special effects and a low budget. Better than Discovery by far.

[@cqtaylor]

I think you're overreaching with that hateraide.

[@Princess2Warrior]

@@cqtaylor *Not hateraide - reality.* *ST:D sucks.*

[@cqtaylor]

@@Princess2Warrior And yet people like you keep watch it to complain. Fascinating.

[@Princess2Warrior]

@@cqtaylor *We don't - we're just describing reality - the only one complaining here is you.* :)

[@cqtaylor]

@@Princess2Warrior And yet you came to my comment. Wow, in bold type as well.

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

"I want to touch you!" Oh, yes, Lee, definitely! LOL

[@IndianOutlaw1870]

Miss America 1955

[@mdd1963]

WHen Lee Meriwether wants to touch you in 1968.....one just lets it happen! (Well, SUlu might not, of course!)_

[@AndrewChapman]

Love the way Sulu shouts "CAPTAIN KIRK!" twice at 1:18.

[@helpfulsysops3593]

You found a great Ring Tone there for text messages...

[@ALtheDoctorWho]

Star Trek was so Heavy for it's time

[@RobARug]

Losira: I want... to touch you. Sulu: Oh my!!!

[@RobARug]

@jeff nomad Don't we all?

[@thomaspick4123]

But Sulu does not want her to touch him, because Sulu is a gay.

[@RobARug]

@@thomaspick4123 That's why he screamed because she did. She's not his type.

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

@@thomaspick4123 not according to takei. Sulu was straight.

[@CaminoAir]

Is that Lee Meriwether? This was one of the better season 3 episodes.

[@srb9]

+Numinous20111 Yes.

[@MajorCaliber]

Yes, the perfect forehead and nose are a giveaway, eh wot? :D

[@Robert08010]

@Bruno56 "The other campy science fiction show" Just what are you implying? Answer carefully or you might just feel the cold steel of my sword!

[@geraldshields9035]

Yes.

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

@Numinous20111: If my memory serves me well yes that was the same Lee Meriwether who played Batman's female arch enemy - the Catwoman. Please enjoy this day to its max. February 03, 2021 @ 7:55 am ©®

[@PatrickAsti]

When I was six and saw this episode in the 60s she conflicted me and then she blinded me with science! Science!

[@scottkronenberg]

She’s poetry in motion!

[@rev.andyh.1082]

“Triquarter readings indicate the presence of hot bitches, captain.”

[@j0hndrake]

@YouthFreedomFighters She's a photonic-based life form, or a very advanced hologram. Her body is composed of photonic (light) energy, & magnetic fields are used to contain & refine her shape, which is that of a space genie. It's these same powerful magnetic fields which shield & make her invulnerable to phasers & energy weapons. In this episode, this alien genie "blinked" the Enterprise almost 1,000 light years away. She also reads minds, controls matter & energy, & can kill with a touch.

[@JAMESLEVEE]

Actually, she was only sent to selectively wipe out individual humans. The computer that generated her did the rest (hurl the Enterprise 1,000 [actually 990.7] LY away, absorb information, etc.)

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

One thing is for sure. The women of the 60s looked far more attractive than so many female actresses of today.

[@jacksonwayneputnam1599]

the meta irony is just too good

[@jamesmurphy2828]

Let's be honest It's the Music That's today's Star Trek is missing the Magic

[@WintersWar]

The sky backdrop also a unique atmosphere. gradient violet. the bejewelled rocks too.

[@deandrebaker5167]

isn't that cat woman from the 60s Batman move? wow she was armed with a double barrel camel's toe

[@johnwood406]

lol Sulu didn't want her to touch him, Kirk was ready to mix it up!

[@mahoganydenzik738]

Losira is My Favorite Character

[@SheldonAdama17]

Kirk: “Are there men on this planet? Just want to know if I have any competition for you…”

[@j.c.4145]

She must "touch me." Oh, to have met her years ago. LOL As a boy back then, I remember her most from the TV series, "The Time Tunnel." Oh, to travel back in time now and to have her say to me, "I am for you. I must touch you." LOL

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

Lee was a regular on Time Tunnel around the same time as STTOS

[@dwlopez57]

Sulu- Don't let her touch you that's how she kills Jim let's her touch him

[@Rabbithole8]

Those damn rocks!

[@Macbille]

Sulu got so scared by a woman touching him he ran back to captain Kirk!

[@ujean56]

"Are there any men on this planet?"

[@edwarddejong8025]

Lee Meriwether was a stunning beauty.

[@komradewirelesscaller6716]

This episode had a very effective sense of mystery to it!

[@edmaphet6]

Yes Bat fans this is Catwoman from the 66 Batman Movie.

[@jonearley]

Everytime I hear Lee Meriwether say that line, my thoughts drift to the Catherine Wheel song with the same name. Like Weird Al in UHF doing Beverley Hillbillies.

[@MountainRaven1960]

Kirk: ‘Haven’t you got a Time Tunnel to go to?’

[@jameslasso1690]

Kirk missed his opportunity to make with another alien chick

[@gregmiller9710]

...this gal played Catwoman on the Batman movie 1966

[@GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr.]

And was Miss America in 1955.

[@jumbles1957]

The most under rated episode of TOS

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

I remember seeing every single episode of Star Trek: The Original Series with Mr William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Deforest Kelly as Captain James T Kirk, Mr Spock and Dr McCoy respectfully very much when I was much younger and boy did I enjoy watching it very much. Please think positive at all times. ©® February 03, 2021 @ 7:45 am ©®

[@1770-p9p]

Ultimate big brother Star Trek

[@fuzzywzhe]

Lee Meriwether certainly was very beautiful.

[@flashkellam7395]

Miss America 1955.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Captain, don't let the girl touch me, she'll give me kooties!

[@bobayotte2940]

" I don't want to kill a woman " or anything else with them.

[@AflacMan13]

Crank the power on that blaster Sulu.

[@DavidThomas-fb8bq]

I've been watching Lee Meriwether on Barnaby Jones lately.

[@varunrode1223]

Beautiful lady

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

A classic beauty.

[@flashkellam7395]

Miss America 1955.

[@RuleofFive]

That happened to me! An ex girlfriend touched my wallet and disappeared!

[@williambagley5415]

😄😄😄

[@RuleofFive]

@@williambagley5415 😉

[@fidikvien7682]

Always found old treks special effects interesting. You can see to do the "fold into a line, then line to point" transport effect they have to quickly snap to a still image, I wonder how they made that effect work back in the day...

[@captmack007]

That Which Survives ... I'm an ancient Trekkie

[@MaxwellsDemon9]

Lee Meriwether - sporting of her to play this goofy character. "I am for you."

[@Walter37165]

That's one skinny Minnie getaway.

[@williambagley5415]

Lee was gorgeous 😎

[@heedmywarning2792]

Not part of this particular clip, but...."I must touch you, I beg it. It is my existence." Kinda sounds like, WEDDING VOWS.

[@mbhog8490]

loved lee meriwether

[@flyingscience]

Glitery paper machay rocks , dried grass , plain sky -ahhh quinesential Star trek sets .

[@tryscience]

This is why arranged marriages exist. Some people just aren't good for each other...

[@docmalthus]

When I think about Lee Meriwether I touch myself!

[@Starter61]

Hahahahaha !

[@j0hndrake]

Losira was an extremely advanced example of holographic & photonic technology. She was similar to the Voyager EMH, but did not require a holographic mobile emitter.

[@glenstokes3970]

Can't beat those originals

[@Romulan2469]

Sulu doesn't want to be touched by a woman. No surprises there.

[@ATamandua]

Not only that, but the three-note vocal tone which always sounded whenever she'd disappear. Sounded like it could have been done by the lady who was on the recording of the original theme song.

[@JAMESLEVEE]

I believe it was.

[@JAMESLEVEE]

The same little 3-note motive the lady sings in the soundtrack goes all the way back to the first episode ever aired, The Man Trap. It's scored differently, but it's the same theme.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Amazing how much I love this stupid show. It's so bad, yet so good.

[@jliuatl]

“I don’t want to have to kill a woman.” Yeah, Riker didn’t either but he did.

[@nathematics]

Is it a coincidence that this is episode 69? XD

[@JAMESLEVEE]

The computer SELECTIVELY defends against all life forms except for Kalandans. That's a pretty slow way to ward off 430 crewmen. Unless you sabotage the warp drive...

[@captainamerica6525]

"I want to touch you"....probably the wrong thing to say to ole James T!!

[@James-iy9oz]

Shortly after her hands on way of doing business failed, she went to work for her father-in-law.

[@voiceover-impressionist]

She forgot to mention that Sulu prefers men over women!

[@jasonwilliams4970]

If Sulu died he would not have made rear Admiral.....

[@davidmaxie8388]

In Star Trek 5, he made Captain and commanded his own star ship!!!!

[@panzerriff]

"rear Admiral" Lol

[@twofiveb]

She was just going after Sulu because he refused to switch teams.

[@arlieaustin448]

Lmao

[@179cpv]

“I don’t want to have to kill a woman.” Actually, Sulu doesn’t want to do anything with a woman 😂.

[@Romulan2469]

Takei didn't have to do much acting in this scene. He just played his usual gay self. What normal man wouldn't want to be touched by this beauty?

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

Anyone who doesn't want to die. I like women. But I like being alive even more.

[@rubiks6]

Well, imagine that - a beautiful alien woman that Capt. Kirk _doesn't_ make out with.

[@Slimjim260]

Lee was fabulous in this episode!

[@guysky3873]

This scene has so many parallels with Gilligan's Island. - Beautiful woman in a desolate location yearns to get close to a bridge officer; instead, said officer runs away in terror, calling for the Skipper. 😅

[@kevinchun5242]

One of the under-rated episode of series 3

[@CommanderBalok]

She was described as a "projection". One might assume the technology was similar to the Next Generation's holodecks, but more advanced.

[@JENDALL714]

I never noticed before, but that's not Sulu when he shoots the phaser at her. It's an Asian stunt double.

[@qdllc]

Her womanly charms had no effect.😁

[@captmack007]

That's Lee Meriwether, boys. Hottie 🔥

[@andrew_owens7680]

Sulu: "Do you come from here?" Alien: "Yes." Sulu: "Then the planet is hollow." No certain that logically follows, but OK.

[@j0hndrake]

@HammerOfTheSun That's because touching her would have killed him. But Losira's powers can only be directed for who she has "come" for. Luckily for our Captain, she was for Sulu.

[@YvonneWalrond]

She must don't know that sulu likes peanut butter. Different team.

[@78kokka]

I always liked the effect for the disappearance of Losira. Naive, maybe, but still impressive.

[@FredPlanatia]

it was a very creative effect. I like it and even many years later never forgot it.