Named after the central character, "Elaan of Troyius", this episode has "a name derived from Helen of Troy and a plot borrowed from The Taming of the Shrew" (AA)
This episode features, as do most, the U.S.S. Enterprise, and is named for it.
"'And the Children Shall Lead' gets its name (slightly modified) from the Old Testament, Isiah 11:6:
The wolf also shall lie down with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
"This passage actually has little to do with the episode, except perhaps the implication that Gorgan is making promises (prophecies) to the children that he can't keep." (TL)
Indeed, "Spock's Brain" is the major thrust of this episode, after it is stolen from his head and used to run a planet.
"A poem called 'Jordan' by the seventeenth-century metaphysical poet George Herbert contains the following passage:
Who says that fictions only and false hair
become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?"Jordan," st. 1
"This quote fits in well with the philosphy of IDIC--Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations--which is introduced in the Star Trek episode 'Is There in Truth No Beauty?' The Medusan is a creature considered by humans to be too ugly to bear. Dr. Miranda Jones questions whether Ambassador Kollos is, rather, too beautiful to bear. Miranda herself hides her vulnerability to avoid being pitited. The inner natures of both Kollos and Miranda turn out to be quite beautiful. The creators of Star Trek realized that things other than 'fictions and false hair' were suitable topics for drama; real or apparent ugliness and the dark side of life were dealt with often in the show, with the goal of finding meaning in diversity, and beauty in truth." (TL)
In this episode, Gem, an empath is introduced. She uses her empathy to heal Dr. McCoy (DeForrest Kelly) and her species is therefore selected for survival over another.
Named after the Tholians, who spin a web around the Enterprise, and trap it.
The dove is a traditional symbol of peace, and in this episode, the Federation and the Klngons, sworn enemies, must work together, in peace, to survive.
In this episode, Kirk drinks water from the planet of Scalos, which accellerates him, makes him extremely fast-moving. This makes him invisible to normal humans, as he passes them by in the "Wink of an Eye".
"'Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.'
"This, from the Grek dramatist Euripides, gives us the Star Trek title 'Whom Gods Destroy.' This third-season story introduces Garth of Izar, the famous starship captain who becomes insane. Garth, however, recovers; apparently, God had no plans for his destruction.
Reffering to the central threat in this episode, the "Lights of Zetar".
A pun on the Stratos-dwellers of Ardana, who live in a city in the clouds, and are in charge of mining, therefore, "the cloundminers". However, they show a disregard for the safety of the Troglytes, those who actually do the mining, on the surface, showing that their head is in the clouds as well as their homes, hence "The Cloudminders".
This episode involves a Dr. Sevrin (Skip Homeier), who has discovered a planet where Eden exists, although it turns out to be deadly. However, this title signifies his discovery, "The Way to Eden".
In this episode, Flint (James Daly) is a practically-importal man. In the past, he was Beethoven, a famous composer of music. One of the peices Beethoven composed was eneitled "Reqiuem" (was it? -akh2>"The Savage Curtain"
"[A] Shakespearean Star Trek title is the third season's 'All Our Yesterdays.' Its source is the following speech, spoken by Macbeth:
Tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded tile;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, breif candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is herad no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothingMacbeth, V.v.19-28
"This passage, one of the most familiar in Shakespeare, relates to Star Trek's 'All Our Yesterdays' in that an immenent nova has caused the people of the planet Sarpeidon to escape into their past. Kirk, McCoy and especially Spock, must live through an adventure that actually happened thousands of years before. As Spock says at the end of the episode, "YEs, it did happen. But that was five thousand years ago, and she [Zarabeth] is dead now -- dead and buried, long ago." (TL)