I saw that one recently too. They did a good job on the salt vampire Imho. I think that episode was a little different than many of the others because there was a little bit of time with the secondary characters. Rand would disappear after the first season and Sulu pretty much stayed at his spot on the bridge beyond a couple of episodes. The shows main characters were the big three and that was probably smart but I always liked liked the episodes that gave us a little more focus on the secondary characters. Growing up in a very rural area the minority cast was the only ones I would see outside of Sesame Street and Little Rascals for a long time. And I wonder how different comic titles like Legion of Superheroes or X-men would have been in the 70’s without Trek?
