Patterns of Force (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 2 |
| Episode | 21 |
| Production Number | 52 |
| Release Date | 16 Feb 1968 |
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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.
Writer
John Meredyth Lucas
Director
Vincent McEveety
Starring
William Shatner … Captain Kirk
Leonard Nimoy … Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley … Dr. McCoy
Also Starring
James Doohan … Scott
George Takei … Sulu
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
Walter Koenig … Chekov
Guest Starring
David Brian … John Gill
Skip Homeier … Melakon
Richard Evans … Isak
Laura Norland … Daras
William Wintersole … Abrom
Patrick Horgan … Eneg
Chuck Courtney … Davod
