as survivors from the long-dead planet of Zetar. They intend to live out their remaining existence using Romaine's body. With some difficulty, Scott succeeds in getting Romaine into the pressure chamber, and the aliens are eventually driven out and apparently destroyed. With the conclusion of the crisis, Spock, McCoy, and Scott all agree that Romaine is fit to return to duty, with a new assignment to oversee salvaging and repairs of Memory Alpha's archives. Production and reception Episode co-writer Shari Lewis was best known as a children's entertainer, being the original puppeteer of the sock puppet, Lamb Chop. She was married at the time to the episode's other credited writer, Jeremy Tarcher. Sequel novel In the non-canon novel, Memory Prime, Romaine participates in a project to rebuild the archives in a more secure structure. The project is soon thrown into turmoil by a murder plot that escalates into a looming crisis that threatens to repeat Memory Alpha's disaster. However, with the aid of the crew of the USS Enterprise, Romaine manages to avert it. Popular culture Memory Alpha, the wiki devoted to the Star Trek franchise, was named after the planetoid in this episode. Home video releases This episode was released in Japan on December 21, 1993 as part of the complete season 3 LaserDisc set, Star Trek: Original Series log.3. A trailer for this and the other episodes was also included, and the episode had English and Japanese audio tracks. The cover script was スター・トレック TVサードシーズン This episode was included in TOS Season 3 remastered DVD box set, with the remastered version of this episode. References External links "The Lights of Zetar" Startrek.com archive link. "The Lights of Zetar" Review of the remastered version at TrekMovie.com Star Trek: The Original Series (season 3) episodes 1969 American television episodes