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Star Trek - Whom Gods Destroy
episode 3.14
Raumschiff Enterprise - Wen die Götter Zerstören
USA 1969
produced by Fred Freiberger, Gene Roddenberry (executive) for Norway Corporation, Paramount/NBC
directed by Herb Wallerstein
starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Steve Ihnat, Yvonne Craig, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Dick Geary, Gary Downey, Keye Luke
story by Lee Erwin, Jerry Sohl, screenplay by Lee Erwin, created by Gene Roddenberry, music by Fred Steiner
TV series Star Trek, Classic Star Trek, Star Trek (original crew)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) of the Enterprise pay
a visit to an asylum planet, where Captain Garth (Steve Ihnat), one of
Kirk's idols, is kept for a severe case of megalomania - and as it turns
out, Garth has since developed shapeshifting abilities, has taken on the
form of the head doctor of the asylum (Keye Luke), and in his guise taken
over the facility. And now he incarcerates Kirk and Spock and in Kirk's
guise tries to take over the Enterprise. Thing is, Kirk and Scott (James
Doohan) have agreed on a password without which Scott is not to beam him
up, so when Garth as Kirk tries to be brought back to the Enterprise but
fails to give the password, Scott immediately knows something's wrong and
refuses entry. He wants to send some security officers down, but they
wouldn't get through the planet's force field. Garth in the meantime
tries to get the password out of Kirk with torture and deception and even
has his consort Marta (Yvonne Craig) seduce him - to little effect, and
instead his tactics only help Kirk to find out his and the facility's weak
spots. But he has to act fast, as Garth's insanity comes to the fore more
and more, especially the more often he fails ... Not all of
this episode is very refined storytelling, and Garth's increasing madness
is painted in a rather simplistic way, but in all, this is slightly
chidlish fun, thanks also to Steve Ihnat's performance that really hams
everything up beyond breaking point, but it's very fitting for his
character. And Yvonne Craig's green-skinned Marta sure is a sight for sore
eyes whilen she fills the role with the right spunk. So while you probably
won't be intellectually challenged, you'll be greatly entertained.
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