The Squire of Gothos
- Episode aired Jan 12, 1967
- TV-PG
- 50m
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7.2/10
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A being that controls matter and creates planets wants to play with the Enterprise crew.A being that controls matter and creates planets wants to play with the Enterprise crew.A being that controls matter and creates planets wants to play with the Enterprise crew.
Barbara Babcock
- Trelane's Mother
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Bill Blackburn
- Lieutenant Hadley
- (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci
- Lt. Brent
- (uncredited)
Carey Foster
- Enterprise crewmember
- (uncredited)
Bart La Rue
- Trelane's Father
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Eddie Paskey
- Lieutenant Leslie
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWilliam Campbell's first wig was a French hairpiece. He demanded that an English barrister's wig be found to fit his character. William Shatner complained that precious production time is going to be wasted for something he found to be a minor and unimportant detail. Director Don McDougall didn't want a conflict with the series star, so he called producer Gene L. Coon to the set to arbitrate the matter. Coon decided in favor of Campbell, and filming was halted until the English wig was found.
- GoofsThere seems to be some confusion as to the pronunciation of Lt. Jaeger's surname. Spock pronounces the name in the German manner, i.e. "Yay-ger", but later on, McCoy and DeSalle both use the "J"" pronunciation, i.e. "Jay-ger". However, this is not uncommon. Many European names are mispronounced by English-speaking people, bit the fastidious Spock is more likely to pronounce them properly.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits are set against a combination background of stills from that episode and previous episodes.
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsFeatured in William Shatner's Star Trek Memories (1995)
- SoundtracksTheme From Star Trek
Written by and credited to Alexander Courage
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Brilliant idea, but still not one of the best of TOS season 1
General Trelayne is a super-being who wants to play a little game with the crew of the Enterprise. A lot of extremely unlikely and nonsensical stuff seems to be happening, and Trelayne seems obsessed with the human practices of warfare and murder. He seems to need to experience what he imagines to be a thrill and has created a human environment (though a few hundred years out of date) in which to play out his fantasies. The environment is subtly inauthentic, and the crew immediately begins to spot the inconsistencies. Pretty soon it becomes clear that Trelayne is not just an immature god, but a very fallible one. Regardless of how you feel about this one, stick around for the Twilight Zone-like ending. It is well worth it.
As many have pointed out, Trelayne's character inspired the more developed and amusing on-going character Q - and you can see in John DeLancie's construction of that personality more than just shades of Campbell's Trelayne. It is fun to compare how the four captains we have seen coping with Q all deal with him so radically differently.
As many have pointed out, Trelayne's character inspired the more developed and amusing on-going character Q - and you can see in John DeLancie's construction of that personality more than just shades of Campbell's Trelayne. It is fun to compare how the four captains we have seen coping with Q all deal with him so radically differently.
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