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- ↑ STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES--SEASON 3 (Skybox, 1999)--Behind-The-Scenes insert #B125
- ↑ Dave Eversole Story outline of "The Empath" Archived 2008-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Orion Press/Fast Copy website
- ↑ Herbert Solow and Robert H. Justman, Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, Pocket Books, 1996, p.404
