While captain kirk investigates whether an actor is actually a presumed dead mass murderer, a mysterious assailant is killing the people who could identify the fugitive. Includes all episodes of the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager. It overlooks the shuttlebay, called here the flight deck. The star trek transcripts the conscience of the king. Decades later in the conscience of the king, kirk suspects that a shakespearean actor is actually. The pressure vent disposal drawer, into which kirk places the overloading phaser.
In the original series, this is the only appearance of the observation deck. The conscience of the king fan commentary duration. Kirk william shatner leads the crew of the uss enterprise on an intergalactic search for new worlds and new civilizations. The conscience of the king written by barry trivers directed by gerd oswald season 1, episode 12 production episode 6149 original air date. Tightly written and expertly acted, the conscience of the king foreshadows the recurring themes of shakespeare used inventively in several episodes and incarnations of star trek. Mccoys cabinet has two skulls in it for the first time in this episode. The original series the conscience of the king tv episode 1966 goofs on imdb. Written by barry trivers and directed by gerd oswald, it first aired on december 8, 1966. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, arnold moss, barbara anderson. And my library computer shows that wherever they were, on earth, on a colony, or aboard ship, the karidian. Here kirk is a thinly veiled interpretation of hamlet as he tries to determine the guilt or innocence of a suspected mass murderer and whether or not he can act on the scarce evidence at hand. The conscience of the king written by barry trivers directed by gerd oswald season 1, episode 12. William shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, nichelle. If you are experiencing problems, please describe them.
While captain kirk investigates whether an actor is actually a. Starting june 21st, were uploading a commentary video. Find out when star trek is on tv, including series 1episode 14. The conscience of the king is the thirteenth episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series star trek. To celebrate 50 years of star trek, scruffy and jinyo are challenging you to watch an episode a day of the original series. Conscience of the king, the twentytwo years before stardate 2817. The episode opens with a performance of macbeth on planet q attended by kirk and. The other times this occurs in the original series is later in the episode when kirk is.
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The use of shakespearean motifs in the original series is hardly unique, but the conscience of the king is perhaps the best use of the metaphor, with shatner making kirk an impressive quasihamlet. His intent was to address a severe food shortage on tarsus iv, and it earned him the name kodos the executioner. Star trek s01 e the conscience of the king video dailymotion. Star trek s1 e the conscience of the king recap tv. Star trek 1966 tv series dvds for sale in stock ebay. Star trek the original series season 1 episode the conscience of the king trailer. The original series the complete first season dvd star trek. The original series the conscience of the king tv episode 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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