The Conscience of the King (Episode)

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The Conscience of the King
"The Conscience of the King" (TOS 12)

"The Conscience of the King" (TOS 12)
Series Star Trek
Season 1
Episode 13
Production Number 13
Release Date 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.

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{{TableRow|title=Astrometrics|data=Antares; Arcturus; Benecia; Cygnia Minor; Earth; [[Planet Q]; Tarsus IV}}
Chronology Prime Timeline; 2247; 2248; 2267; Stardate 2817.6-2825.3
Culture Arcturian; "Beyond Antares;" checkers; chess; cocktail party; ghosts; God; gods; Good Samaritan; The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet; music; Neptune; Shakespeare; theatre; The Tragedy of Hamlet; The Tragedy of Macbeth; Vulcan lyre
Education doctor; doctorate; physician
Food alcohol; cocktails; milk; Saurian brandy; synthetic food
People Caesar, Julius; Cleopatra; Daily, Jon; Eames, D.; Harrison; Karidian, Anton; Karidian, Lenore; Kirk, James T.; Kodos; Leighton, Martha; Leighton, Thomas; Leslie; Matson, Larry; McCoy, Leonard; Moulton, E.; Rand, Janice; Riley, Kevin; Uhura, Nyota
Politics murder; Starfleet; Starfleet Ranks (Ensign, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain); Starfleet Regulations
Science & Technology biobed; biomonitor; communicator; companel; computer; deflector dish; eugenics; food slot; impulse drive; knife; light year; microtapes; nacelle; orbit; PADD; phasers (Type 2); poison; tetralubisol; time (year); transporter; tricorder; viewscreen; voice recognition; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles S.S. Astral Queen; Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; shuttlecraft
Xenology flowers; fungus; Humans; hybrids; Vulcans
Miscellaneous bridge; briefing room; logs; Main Engineering; observation deck; rec room; Red Alert; shuttlebay; sickbay; Starfleet Uniforms (2266)
Credits
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