<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 breeding stock . </P> <P> In answer to a distress call, the Federation starship USS Enterprise arrives at the planet Scalos . Captain Kirk beams down with a landing party to a city with no evidence of life, except for an intermittent insect - like buzzing . Suddenly, Crewman Compton disappears before Dr. McCoy's eyes, and Kirk orders the away team back to the Enterprise . Upon their return, the ship begins to experience strange malfunctions, and Engineering reports the sudden appearance of an unknown device attached to the ship's life support systems . Kirk and Spock attempt to disconnect the device but are prevented from doing so by an unseen force . </P> <P> Back on the bridge, Kirk decides to allow the unseen enemy to take the next step, and asks for coffee . As he sips it, the bridge crew appear to become motionless . A woman appears, who introduces herself as Deela, "the enemy". She explains that Kirk has been placed in a state of hyperacceleration, rendering him invisible to the rest of his crew, but allowing him to see and hear the Scalosians . Kirk, she says, is to be their "king". </P>

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