<Tr> <Td> ← Previous "Plato's Stepchildren" </Td> <Td> Next → "The Empath" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "Wink of an Eye" is a third season episode of the American science fiction television series, Star Trek, first broadcast on November 29, 1968, and repeated on June 24, 1969 . It is episode #66, production #68, and was written by Arthur Heinemann, based on a story by Gene L. Coon (under the pen name Lee Cronin), and directed by Jud Taylor . </P> <P> In the episode, normally invisible time - accelerated aliens take over the Enterprise and attempt to abduct the crew for use as "genetic stock". </P>

Star trek in the wink of an eye