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Landru was a mytho-historical leader of the Betans of Beta III. Circa 3733 BC, war threatened to destroy Beta III and its inhabitants. The leader at that time was a gifted engineer and philosopher, Landru.
An episode of Star Trek: The Original Series where Kirk and Spock encounter a computer-controlled society on Beta III. The episode introduces the Prime Directive, a rule of non-interference in alien cultures, and features Landru, a reclusive dictator.
The Return of the Archons: Directed by Joseph Pevney. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Harry Townes, Torin Thatcher. Seeking the answer to a century-old mystery, Kirk and crew encounter a vacantly peaceful society under a 6000-year autocratic rule that kills all those it can't absorb.
Landru was a computer that ruled Beta III for 6,000 years, until it was challenged by Captain Kirk in 2267. Learn about its history, abilities, paradox, and appearances in Star Trek episodes and novels.
The Enterprise crew investigates a planet where the population obeys the will of Landru, an unseen entity that controls them. They face a threat from the lawgivers, the robed servants of Landru, and try to stop the heat beams that endanger the ship.
It is one of the franchises first attempts to deal with dystopian subjects and takes place almost entirely on a planet inhabited by people whose lives are regulated in all respects by the mysterious force known as Landru. Sulu sets this up by becoming the first member of the crew to become absorbed by 'the body'.
Kirk and Spock discover that Landru is actually a computer sealed inside an ancient chamber (The Return of the Archons)
When one member of a two-man landing party disappears and the other (Sulu) returns in a strangely blissful state, Kirk beams down with a larger party to investigate. They arrive right at the onset of "Festival" - a time of wild abandon in an otherwise vacantly placid society.
Landru was a leader on Beta III. He resolved the wars that had ravaged his world by creating a computer in his image that overrode the minds of everyone "absorbed" into "the Body," forcing them to live a simpler life with no free will.
May 17, 2009 · A video on YouTube discussing the character Landru from the Star Trek TOS episode "Return of the Archons."
