For The World Is Hollow and I Have Touched The Sky

"For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" is the eighth episode of the third season of Star Trek: The Original Series. It was aired by NBC on November 8, 1968 and was written by Rik Vollaerts, and directed by Tony Leader.

Overview: The crew of the Enterprise rush to stop an asteroid from colliding with a Federation world, but discover the asteroid is actually an inhabited generation ship.

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