during post-production. The reshoots involved calling back actors and rebuilding sets which had been struck. Director Ralph Senensky was dissatisfied with the initial reading of the Companion's lines by Elizabeth Rogers and had them re-recorded by Lisabeth Hush. Cochrane reappears as the focal character of the movie Star Trek: First Contact (1996), in which he is played by James Cromwell. This episode was the first time in the original series that Kirk does not appear on board the Enterprise at any point. In 2009, the [A.V. Club] rated this episode as a "B." See also Immortality in fiction References External links "Metamorphosis" Remastered version at TrekMovie.com Star Trek: The Original Series (season 2) episodes 1967 American television episodes Television episodes written by Gene L. Coon Television episodes directed by Ralph Senensky