The Conscience of the King (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 13 |
| Production Number | 13
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| Previous | Miri (TOS12) |
| Next | The Galileo Seven (TOS14) |
| Released | 8 Dec 1966 |
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Stardate 2817.6: Kirk suspects a Shakespearean actor is a mass murderer.
Captain Kirk receives a message summoning the Enterprise to the home of Dr. Thomas Leighton, a brilliant research scientist whom Kirk knew many years before. The summons is a trick to lure the captain to Planet Q so that he could see and meet actor Anton Karidian. Leighton believes that Karidian is actually Kodos, the ex-governor of Tarsus IV, who oversaw a massacre that killed the doctor's entire family and part of Kirk's as well. When Leighton is killed, Kirk investigates and decides to transport the Karidian troupe on the Enterprise so that he can study the enigmatic actor. In an effort to discover the truth, Kirk romances Karidian's daughter, Lenore. During the voyage, Lieutenant Kevin Riley, another survivor of the massacre, is poisoned and nearly dies. A phaser explodes, almost killing Kirk and Spock. Riley recognizes Karidian as Kodos, but a shocked Kirk discovers the insane murderer of the survivors is Lenore — who accidentally kills her father.
Image Gallery
Credits
Starring
William Shatner
Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
Directed by
Gerd Oswald
Written by
Barry Trivers
Produced by
Gene L. Coon
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Created by
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman
Script Consultant
Steven W. Carabatsos
Guest Star
Arnold Moss as Karidian
Also Starring
Barbara Anderson as Lenore
Featuring
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
Grace Lee Whitney as Yeoman Rand
| Nichelle Nichols | … | as Uhura |
| William Sargent | … | as Dr. Leighton |
| Natalie Norwick | … | as Martha Leighton |
| David-Troy | … | as Larry Matson |
| Karl Bruck | … | as King Duncan |
| Marc Adams | … | as Hamlet |
and
Bruce Hyde as Kevin Riley
Theme Music by
Alexander Courage
Music Composed and Conducted by
Mullendore
Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman
Art Directors
Rolland M. Brooks
and
Walter M. Jefferies
Film Editor
Frank P. Keller, A.C.E.
Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis
Assistant Director
Gregg Peters
Set Decorator
Marvin March
Costumes Created by
William Theiss
Post Production Executive
Bill Heath
Music Editor
Robert H. Raff
Sound Editor
Joseph G. Sorokin
Sound Mixer
Jack F. Lilly
Photographic Effects
Westheimer Company
Script Supervisor
George A. Rutter
Music Consultant
Wilbur Hatch
Music Coordinator
Julian Davidson
Special Effects
Jim Rugg
Property Master
Irving A. Feinberg
Gaffer
George H. Merhoff
Head Grip
George Rader
Production Supervisor
Bernard A. Widin
Makeup Artist
Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Styles by
Virginia Darcy, C.H.S.
Wardrobe Mistress
Margaret Makau
Casting
Joseph D'Agosta
Sound
Glen Glenn Sound Co.
A Desilu Production
In Association with
Norway Corporation
Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow
