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)
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- 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)
The idea of an eclectic gang of insane villains causing havoc for Kirk and Spock has the potential to be a lot of fun, especially with the leader being able to assume any identity, and for a while it is just that: silly but entertaining nonsense, with Ihnat chewing the scenery and Yvonne Craig adding some va va voom as sexy but seriously mad slave girl Marta (who does a sexy dance routine to help pad out the run time, and is blown up towards the end). However, the plot soon stagnates, the entire episode comprising of Garth's attempts to trick or torture Kirk into revealing the code phrase required to beam aboard the Enterprise (how fortunate that the captain had the foresight to arrange this). Ihnat's ranting soon becomes tiresome and irritating, so it's a blessed relief when he assumes the forms of Spock, and then Kirk, to try and discombobulate the captain and his first officer - if anything, this episode gives us a classic example of the now popular 'Spot the imposter' trope and the oft-used "shoot us both" gambit.
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- Jun 20, 2022
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