Title: Patterns of Force

Season: TOS2

Production Number: ST:TOS 52

Original Airdate: 2/16/1968

Stardate: 2534.0

Synopsis:

The U.S.S. Enterprise investigates the disappearance of an old Academy professor of Kirk's—John Gill. Kirk and Spock discover that Gill had "gone native" and violated the Prime Directive by patterning the planet of Ekos after Nazi Germany prior to World War II. It was Gill's belief that, under the right direction, this type of patriotism could be used to positive purpose in the advancement of the planet's culture. The results turn out to be disastrous—the Ekosian people turn on their neighbors, the Zeons, and place John Gill in the role of the Fuhrer! When Kirk and Spock reveal a power-seeking Ekosian has been controlling Gill, they are able to help him recall a large scale attack and begin the process of restoring peace to both cultures.

Credits:

Cast: William Shatner as James T. Kirk Leonard Nimoy as Spock DeForest Kelley as Leonard H. McCoy James Doohan as Montgomery Scott Nichelle Nichols as Uhura Walter Koenig as Pavel Andreievich Chekov Guest Cast: David Brian as John Gill Skip Homeier as Melakon Richard Evans as Isak Valora Norland as Daras William Wintersole as Abrom Creative staff: Director: Vincent McEveety Written By: John Meredyth Lucas