And the Children Shall Lead (Episode)

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And the Children Shall Lead
"And the Children Shall Lead" (TOS 60)

"And the Children Shall Lead" (TOS 60)
Series Star Trek
Season 3
Episode 4
Production Number 60
Release Date 11 Oct 1968
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Stardate 5041.1: A group of children is being controlled by an evil force.

Arriving at the planet Triacus, the Enterprise finds that the scientists in the Starnes Expedition have all committed suicide to escape an evil presence — "the enemy within." The colony's children are unharmed and strangely oblivious to their parents' deaths. Beamed aboard the Enterprise, the children are cared for while Captain Kirk attempts to discover the truth. Meanwhile, an entity named Gorgan, a "friendly angel" summoned by the children and made powerful by their belief in him, has come aboard the Enterprise with the intention of using the ship to take him to other planets. To prevent the Enterprise crew from fighting him, Gorgan renders Kirk incapable of giving orders, frightens the ship's officers with illusions, and convinces Spock that nothing is wrong. Kirk's distress shocks Spock back to normal. Fighting Gorgan, they show the children tricorder recordings of their parents — and of their graves. Suddenly, the children see Gorgan not as a "friendly angel" but for what he actually is: an ugly, evil force. Rendered harmless by the loss of his followers, the entity fades into nothingness.

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Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner

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

Written by
Edward J. Lasko

Directed by
Marvin Chomsky

Produced by
Fred Freiberger

Co-Producer
Robert H. Justman

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producers
Edward K. Milkis
Gregg Peters

Co-Starring
Craig Hundley as Tommy Starnes
and
James Wellman as Professor Starnes
and
Melvin Belli as Gorgan

James DoohanScott
Majel BarrettNurse Chapel
Nichelle NicholsUhura
George TakeiSulu
Walter KoenigChekov
Pamelyn FerdinMary
Caesar BelliSteve
Mark Robert BrownDon
Brian TochiRay
Lou Elias1st Technician

Story Consultant
Arthur H. Singer

Theme Music by
Alexander Courage

Additional Music Composed and Conducted by
George Duning

Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman

Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies

Film EditorDonald R. Rode
Unit Production ManagerGregg Peters
Assistant DirectorClaude Binyon Jr.
Set DecoratorJohn M. Dwyer
Costumes Created byWilliam Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Vanderveer Photo Effects
Sound Effects EditorDouglas H. Grindstaff
Music EditorRichard Lapham
Re-Recording MixerGordon L. Day, C.A.S.
Production MixerCarl W. Daniels
Script SupervisorGeorge A. Rutter
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
CastingJoseph D'Agosta
Makeup ArtistFred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair StylistPat Westmore
GafferGeorge H. Merhoff
Head GripGeorge Rader
Property MasterIrving A. Feinberg
Special EffectsJim Rugg

A Paramount Production

In Association With
Norway Corporation

Executive Vice President in Charge of Production
Douglas S. Cramer