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The Conscience Of The King
"The Conscience of the King" is the 13th episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Barry Trivers and directed by Gerd Oswald, it first aired on December 8, 1966. The series, which was later subtitled ''The Original Series'', follows the adventures of the starship and its crew led by Captain James T. Kirk (portrayed by William Shatner) through the galaxy. The episode is a murder mystery where, after Kirk is alerted that a theater actor ( Arnold Moss) might in fact be a mass-murdering dictator, and investigates as disturbing events unfold. The episode takes its title from the concluding lines of Act II of ''Hamlet:'' "The play's the thing / Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." The play is performed in-universe in the episode. Plot The USS ''Enterprise'' is called to Planet Q by Dr. Thomas Leighton, a friend of Captain Kirk's, ostensibly to investigate a possible new synthetic food source. Leighton' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Original Series
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew. It acquired the retronym of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (''TOS'' to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, 2266–2269. The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), First Officer and Science Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Chief Medical Officer Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening credits stated the starship's purpose: Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship ''Enterprise''. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. Norway Productions and Desilu Productions produced the series from September 1966 to December 1967. Paramount Television pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
