Ah, those colored jumpsuits from “The Devil in the Dark.” There were orange ones, at least one yellow one, and a purple one. And they were quite utilitarian, if you like your long johns in bright colors.
But what was interesting about these jumpsuits is that they were reused many times over the three seasons of Star Trek. You can occasionally find two or three uses of a costume in other episodes (For example, Commissioner Ferris’s outfit in “The Galileo Seven” shows up on Garth (oops.. that’s LORD Garth) in “Whom Gods Destroy.”) However, the jumpsuits in “The Devil in the Dark” showed up many, many episodes. And occasionally, twice in the same episode.
When the Denevan colonists show up in “Operation: Annihilate,” they are actually wearing the same jumpsuits, even though there are two new colors introduced - the olive drab green and the red.
Earlier, Kirk’s brother Sam was also wearing one when the landing party found his body.
Now this brings up an interesting discovery - It appears Elias Sandoval and the colonists on Omicron Ceti III (and Spock) wear the same green version of the jumpsuit in an earlier episode. In filming order, “This Side of Paradise” came before “The Devil in the Dark.” But the olive color was not worn by the miners on Janus VI. Which is a wonder it certainly would not show the dirt from the mines as easily. However, color TV being a new thing and all….
Zephrem Cochrane looking peachy in the jumpsuit in “Metamorphosis.”
One of the attendees of the cafe on Argelius II decided to wear the same color in “Wolf in the Fold.” For some reason, he seems more focused on his drink than the floor show.
Mr. Johnson, one of the colonists on Gamma Hydra IV in “The Deadly Years” at least looks quite sporty in the same color.
In “The Trouble with Tribbles,” a bar patron sports a purple jumpsuit.
And in the same episode, K-7 Station Manager Lurry rocks that peach one.
You catch a quick glimpse of the yellow jumpsuit in “Journey to Babel” on one of the Federation representations - she is on the right behind Captain Kirk.
We see two colors of the jumpsuit in “By Any Other Name.” Rojan appears first, wearing the peach version.
And Tomar models the purple jumpsuit (no, it’s not green).
Janus VI jumpsuits all over the place on members of the Starnes Expedition in “And the Children Shall Lead.”
Not sure which member this was - Tommy Starnes’ dad, maybe? Anyway, he has the honor of the purple jumpsuit.
And in “Spock’s Brain” Spock decides to once again don the olive drab version with the black turtleneck/tee shirt (I was never sure which). McCoy looks on in envy.
Kirk and company discover the bodies of Linke and Ozaba when they attempt to warn them about the danger of the planet’s star going nova. Well, at least they were stylishly dressed in those peachy orange and lilac purple outfits.
When Kirk leads another landing party down to investigate what happened on Memory Alpha, they discover the bodies of several staff members. Two of them are wearing the jumpsuits. Despite refusing to give up his planet’s traditional garb, the Andorian meets the same fate.
And finally in “Turnabout Intruder,” the last instance of wearing one of the “The Devil in the Dark” ever-popular peach jumpsuits falls to Dr. Coleman.
Which brings us to a total of fourteen episodes in which some variation of the Janus VI jumpsuits are worn. Probably the most cost-effective costume design William Ware Theiss ever made.
