Patterns of Force (Episode)

Patterns of Force

"Patterns of Force" (TOS 52)

Series	Star Trek
Season	2
Episode	21
Production Number	52
Previous	Return to Tomorrow (TOS 51)
Next	The Ultimate Computer (TOS 53)
Released	16 Feb 1968
Advertising	Amazon

Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)

Stardate 2534.0: The Enterprise is sent to planet Ekos to investigate a disappearance of Federation historian John Gill.

Arriving at the planet Ekos, the Enterprise is fired upon by atomic missiles, although records indicate that the planet does not possess such technology. Kirk and Spock beam down to investigate. In an effort to centralize Ekos' political structure, Federation cultural observer John Gill — who was a teacher of Kirk's at Starfleet Academy — has recreated a frightening imitation of Nazi Germany. Intending only to imitate the efficient Nazi bureaucracy, Gill has been subjugated by his aide, Melakon, who runs Ekos as a police state, using the drugged Human as a figurehead. Kirk works with the underground of Zeon, a nearby planet whose inhabitants have become targets of Melakon's persecution. Infiltrating Melakon's headquarters as Gill is about to deliver a rigged speech on television, Kirk and McCoy revive the historian. Gill is able to denounce the regime before Melakon kills him. The Ekosians turn on Melakon, and Gill's misguided experiment comes to an end.

Image Gallery

Ekos
Zeon
Abrom
Daras
Eneg
John Gill
Isak
SS Lieutenant
SS Major
Melakon
SS torturer
Gestapo lieutenant
disassembled communicator
Nazi Party headquarters

Related Data

Astrometrics	Earth; Ekos; Germany; Zeon
Chronology	Prime Timeline; 1930s; 1940s; 1944; c.2220; c.2265; 2268; Stardate 4040.7
Culture	God
Education	doctor; doctorate; historian; physician; Starfleet Academy
Food
People	Abrom; Alexander the Great; Bonaparte, Napoleon; Caesar, Julius; Chekov, Pavel; Daras; Davod; Eneg; Gestapo Lieutenant; Gill, John; Hitler, Adolf; Isak; Kirk, James T.; Lee Kuan; McCoy, Leonard; Melakon; Ramses; Spock; SS Lieutenant; SS Trooper; Uhura, Nyota; Uletta
Politics	anarchy; espionage; execution; fascism; Final Solution; Führer; Gestapo; Nazi Party; Nazi Party (Ekos); Prime Directive; SS; Starfleet; Starfleet Ranks (Crewman, Ensign, Lieutenant, Starfleet Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain); United Federation of Planets; World War II
Science & Technology	audio receiver; blood; cancer; cells; communications; communicator; computer; electricity; film; hypnotism; impulse drive; kilometer; lasers; lightbulb; machine guns; microtapes; millimeter; mind meld; missiles; nacelle; nerve pinch; nuclear weapons; orbit; PADD; phasers (shipboard); physics; psychosis; radio; rubindium; sensors; stimulants; subspace; time (minute, hour, month); transponder; transporter; tricorder; turbolift; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Xenology	Ekosians; Humans; hybrids; pigs; Vulcans; Zeons
Miscellaneous	bridge; barn; Nazi uniforms; Starfleet Uniforms (2266); torture

Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner

Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
and
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Written by
John Meredyth Lucas

Directed by
Vincent McEveety

Produced by
John Meredyth Lucas

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman

Guest Stars
Richard Evans as Isak
and
Laura Noland as Daras

Special Appearance by
Skip Homeier as Melakon
and
David Brian as John Gill

James Doohan … Scott
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
Patrick Horgan … Eneg
William Wintersole … Abrom
and
Gilbert Green … SS Major
Walter Koenig … Chekov
Ralph Maurer … SS Lieutenant
Ed McReady … SS Trooper
Peter Cannon … Gestapo Lieutenant
Paul Baxley … First Trooper
Chuck Courtney … Davod
Bart La Rue … Newscaster

Script Consultant
D.C. Fontana

Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis

Theme Music by
Alexander Courage

Music Composed and Conducted by
George Duning

Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman

Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies

Film Editor … Fabien Tordjmann
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Phil Rawlins
Set Decorator … John M. Dwyer
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Westheimer Company
Sound Effects Editor … Douglas H. Grindstaff
Music Editor … Jim Henrikson
Re-Recording Mixer … Elden E. Ruberg, C.A.S.
Production Mixer … Carl W. Daniels
Script Supervisor … George A. Rutter
Casting … Joseph D'Agosta
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Makeup Artist … Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Styles … Pat Westmore
Gaffer … George H. Merhoff
Head Grip … George Rader
Property Master … Irving A. Feinberg
Special Effects … Jim Rugg
Key Costumer … Ken Harvey

A Paramount Production
In Association With
Norway Corporation

Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow