"While on a survey mission, the U.S.S. Enterprise discovers a comet is going to strike an inhabited planet. They try to re-route the comet, only to find that an ancient alien relic buried on the comet’s icy surface is somehow stopping them. As the away team try to unlock the relic’s secrets, Pike and Number One deal with a group of zealots who want to prevent the U.S.S. Enterprise from interfering."

Photos

Captain Pike cooking.

Hemmer cooking.

Uhura, La’an Noonien-Singh, Samuel Kirk and Spock in the transporter.

Transporter chief Kyle.

Videoclip

• Sneak Peek

Side notes:

Another character's tragic past is revealed in this episode. Uhura's parents and older brother died in a shuttle accident. Who caused it? The Gorn, the augments, some unknown?

Spock in another duet. Last time it was with Una. Now it's ♪Uhura and Spock - they sing together to make 'the comet' lower its shields.

See also: Comet's message: Can Pike avert his future...?