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The Mark of Gideon: Directed by Jud Taylor. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Sharon Acker. Kirk beams down to the planet Gideon and appears to find himself trapped on a deserted Enterprise.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Jud Taylor
- 1969-01-17
"The Mark of Gideon" is the sixteenth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by George F. Slavin and Stanley Adams and directed by Jud Taylor , it was first broadcast on January 17, 1969.
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Teaser
The USS Enterprise is in synchronous orbit over the capital city of Gideon, a candidate for Federation membership. This is itself unusual, as Gideon has repeatedly refused to establish diplomatic relations with the UFP before this. The physio-cultural reports the Gideons have submitted to the Federation describe their planet as a virtual paradise, with a germ-free atmosphere. Yet for the duration of the delicate negotiations, Starfleet has agreed to the Gideons' unusual stipulation that no su...
Act One
In a corridor, Kirk continues to search every part of the ship, and can find no-one. He has sustained a bruise on his arm, but has lost any recollection of the incident or, indeed, the minutes in which it occurred. While speaking to Spock via a video screen, the High Council's Ambassador Hodin denies responsibility for the loss of the captain, suggesting that the Enterprise's equipment must be faulty. Hodin repeats the coordinates for Kirk's transport that were given to the Enterprise, which...
Act Two
Meanwhile, back on the real USS Enterprise, the ambassador informs Spock that Kirk is not on Gideon after conducting a thorough search of the planet by the natives. However, Spock insists on transporting to the planet. The ambassador grants permission with the provision that a Gideon co-worker beam aboard the Enterprise. Spock agrees, and Scotty beams Krodak, a Gideon representative aboard, but when Spock begins to press for his beam-down to the planet, the Gideon ambassador prevaricates agai...
Captain's log, USS Enterprise(NCC-1701), 2268Ship's log, USS Enterprise(NCC-1701)"We must acknowledge once and for all that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis." 1. - Spock, to McCoy "Diplomats and bureaucrats may function differently, but they achieve exactly the same results." 1. - Spock, to Sulu "And just when I was beginning to think you might find a whole new career as a diplomat, Mr. Spock." "Do not give up ho...
Story and script
1. The story for this episode was co-written by Stanley Adams, who previously played Cyrano Jones in "The Trouble with Tribbles". Reportedly, Adams was deeply concerned about the issue of overpopulation and had some casual discussions with Gene Roddenberry, during the production of "The Trouble with Tribbles", in which he suggested that Star Trek do an episode reflecting that subject matter. This episode, on which his writing partner Geroge F. Slavin collaborated with him, is the evident resu...
Continuity
1. This is also the only episode showing an exterior viewing port. The only other time a window looking outside the ship is seen is on the observation deck in "The Conscience of the King". Of course, in this case, the port seen is not on the real Enterprise. The exterior viewing port from this episode is the same design as the one used to witness Marta's execution in "Whom Gods Destroy". 2. This is the second of two TOS episodes that show an empty Constitution-class bridge, the other installm...
Cast and characters
1. Among the many disembodied Gideon citizens seen on the viewscreen is frequent background performer William Blackburn. His face is pointed out in the finale of the bonus featurette "Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories", offered on the third season DVD collection of Star Trek: The Original Series. 2. Despite their playing father and daughter, David Hurst was actually only nine years older than Sharon Acker.
Starring
1. William Shatner as Capt. Kirk
Also starring
1. Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock And 1. DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
Guest stars
1. Sharon Acker as Odona 2. David Hurst as Hodin 3. James Doohan as Scott 4. George Takei as Sulu 5. Nichelle Nichols as Uhura 6. Walter Koenig as Chekov 7. Gene Dynarski as Krodak 8. Richard Derr as Admiral Fitzgerald
Kirk is kidnapped and trapped on a duplicate of the Enterprise by the Gideons, a secretive alien race. Find out how he escapes, what he learns about the Gideons, and why they are afraid of the Federation.
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"Star Trek" The Mark of Gideon (TV Episode 1969) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Gideon, a potential Federation-member planet, finally agrees to negotiate but only with Captain Kirk. Though Kirk's beam out should have put him down on the planet, he finds himself alone on the ship (unknowingly an empty copy), with himself bruised during a 9-minute memory laps.
May 8, 2018 · Upon beaming down to the planet Gideon, Kirk finds himself on a duplicate of the Enterprise, where he meets a woman named Odona (Sharon Acker) who yearns for a chance to live far away from her vastly overpopulated world—a world where no one dies.
Captain Kirk beams down to Gideon while on a diplomatic mission to allow the planet entry into the Federation, only to find himself back aboard a completely ...
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