[Note: All three leading stars, who experienced troubled lives of their own, suffered premature deaths under unusual and ragic circumstances - a car crash at age 24 in 1955, a mysterious drowning at age 43 in 1981, and a stabbing-murder at age 37 in 1976.Avant-garde director Mike Nichols, following his debut success ofWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)with his second film, instantly became a major new talent in American film after winning an Academy Award for his directorship.Batman tracked down the Joker and rescued Vicki from the insane madman with his gadgets (a steel gauntlet projecting metal spikes on wires), prompting the Joker to remark: "Where does he get those wonderful toys?", and whisked her away in his high-powered, remote-controlled Batmobile with afterburners.Meanwhile in theEnterprise's Medbay, saddened crew members (including Dr.McCoy, Dr.Marcus, and Scotty) - with subdued silence, gathered around an open body bag holding Kirk's corpse.McCoy sat down next to the previously-dead tribble and noticed that it was breathing and regaining its life.