"The Conscience of the King" is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It is episode #13, production #13, and aired on December 8, 1966. It was written by Barry Trivers and directed by Gerd Oswald.
The episode takes its title from the concluding lines of Act II of Hamlet: "The play's the thing/Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
Overview: Captain Kirk crosses paths with an actor suspected of having been a murderous dictator man...
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"The Conscience of the King" is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It is episode #13, production #13, and aired on December 8, 1966. It was written by Barry Trivers and directed by Gerd Oswald.
The episode takes its title from the concluding lines of Act II of Hamlet: "The play's the thing/Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
Overview: Captain Kirk crosses paths with an actor suspected of having been a murderous dictator many years before.
On stardate 2817.6, the Starship Enterprise has been called to Planet Q by Dr. Thomas Leighton, a research scientist and friend of Captain Kirk. Dr. Leighton had claimed to have discovered a new synthetic food source. As a result, the Enterprise diverted from its scheduled course to come to the planet.
Upon arriving, however, Kirk discovers that the synthetic food discovery claim was just a ruse employed by Dr. Leighton to bring Kirk to Planet Q. Leighton reveals to Kirk his true motivation is for Kirk to confirm Leighton's...
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