The Return of the Archons (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 21 |
| Production Number | 22
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| Previous | Tomorrow is Yesterday (TOS21) |
| Next | A Taste of Armageddon (TOS23) |
| Released | 9 Feb 1967 |
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Stardate 3156.2: The Enterprise crew finds a world run by a computer named Landru.
The Enterprise visits planet Beta III in System C111 to learn the fate of the Archon, a Federation ship that had visited the planet a century before. After beaming down to explore the planet, Sulu is hit by a strange ray. Transported back aboard the Enterprise, he is found to be under the influence of a controlling force. A landing party beams down and sees the planet's populace suddenly begin going mad, which lasts exactly twelve hours. Reger, a native whose daughter Tula was a participant in "the Red Hour," tells them that monklike Lawgivers roam the planet serving the ruling mystical figure, Landru. Outsiders—such as the crew of the Archon and Sulu—are "absorbed" and transformed into a part of "the body." Reger and Marplon, two members of the anti-Landru underground, prevent Kirk and Spock from being absorbed. Kirk then learns that Landru is a computer, programmed by a scientist and leader thousands of years before to protect his people. Kirk destroys the computer, freeing the people of Beta III to rule themselves.
Image Gallery
Surface of Beta III
Related Data
Credits
Starring
William Shatner
Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
Directed by
Joseph Pevney
Teleplay by
Boris Sobelman
Story by
Gene Roddenberry
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
Harry Townes as Reger
Torin Thatcher as Marplon
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
| Featuring | ||
| Brioni Farrell | … | as Tula |
| Sid Haig | … | as First Lawgiver |
| Charles Macaulay | … | as Landru |
| Jon Lormer | … | as Tamar |
| Morgan Farley | … | as Hacom |
| and | ||
| Christopher Held | … | as Lindstrom |
| with | ||
| George Takei | … | as Sulu |
| James Doohan | … | as Scott |
| Nichelle Nichols | … | as Uhura |
| Sean Morgan | … | as O'Neil |
| Ralph Maurer | … | as Bilar |
| David L. Ross | … | as Guard |
Music Composed and Conducted by
Alexander Courage
Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman
Art Directors
Rolland M. Brooks
and
Walter M. Jefferies
Film Editor
Fabien Tordjmann
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
Jim Henrikson
Sound Editor
Douglas H. Grindstaff
Sound Mixer
Jack F. Lilly
Photographic Effects
Film Effects of Hollywood
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
