Whom Gods Destroy
- Episode aired Jan 3, 1969
- TV-PG
- 51m
Kirk and Spock are taken prisoners by a former starship captain named Garth, who now resides at, and has taken over, a high security asylum for the criminally insane.Kirk and Spock are taken prisoners by a former starship captain named Garth, who now resides at, and has taken over, a high security asylum for the criminally insane.Kirk and Spock are taken prisoners by a former starship captain named Garth, who now resides at, and has taken over, a high security asylum for the criminally insane.
- Andorian
- (as Richard Geary)
- Lieutenant Hadley
- (uncredited)
- Lt. Brent
- (uncredited)
- Elba II Inmate
- (uncredited)
- Lt. Lemli
- (uncredited)
- Yeoman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe plot of inmates taking over the asylum and impersonating the warden closely resembles Dagger of the Mind (1966), right down to the "agony chair" prop which is reused from that episode. In his memoir 'I Am Not Spock', Leonard Nimoy shares a memo that he wrote to the producers to complain about the similarities.
- GoofsGovernor Cory explains to Kirk that Garth can change his appearance at will due to his control of his body cells, but that does not explain how his clothing changes as well (a typical hitch with sci-fi shape-shifters).
- Quotes
Marta: [reciting a poem she has written] Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate/Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May/And summer's lease hath all...
Garth: [shouts] You wrote that?
Marta: Yesterday, as a matter of fact.
Garth: It was written by an Earthman named Shakespeare a long time ago!
Marta: Which does NOT alter the fact that I wrote it again yesterday!
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsFeatured in Atop the Fourth Wall: Batman: Jazz #3 (2015)
Queen to Queen's Level Three anyone?
This episode brings in Lord "Garth" of Izar (Inhat) and the framework of a story about a great Starfleet battle at "Axenar" - A story that was to be finally told in a Fan Film production. We at least got a great "Prelude to Axenar" that sets up how and why the Constitution Class ships were built. Garth was part of that, when he was a respected Starship Captain.
But the process that healed him has also driven him mad, and has also given him the ability to shape shift.
And when Kirk and Spock deliver a needed medication to the colony, they are cleverly tricked by Garth. What ensues is a tale to make sane minds go mad, because when there is a Shape Shifter around, you just don't know who's who.
Queen to Queen's level 3.
We get to see the proper use of the Neural Neutralizer here, which Bookends "Dagger of the Mind", and maybe that is referenced by the fact that "Marta" (Craig) has one (A Dagger).
Dagger of the Mind was about how a Doctor was assaulting people with the Neutralizer, under the guise of an "all is well" appearance. Here, the kooks have taken over Arkham Asylum, an even more secured institution that Tantalus 5. Where in "Dagger of the Mind", Spock could not get in, in this, Spock cannot get out. Both institutions had a planetary shield, which work both ways.
This episode was partially written by science fiction author Jerry Sohl, who wrote "The Transcendent Man" and some other novels.
Queen to King's Level 1!
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