This date in 1968 Fans of Star Trek were watching the second-season episode “By Any Other Name”. The episode was written by D.C. Fontana and Jerome Bixby, and directed by Marc Daniels. The title is taken from a line spoken by Juliet in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet: “that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.”
Plot Summary
Beings from another galaxy steal the Enterprise in an attempt to return home.
“Patterns of Force”, a second season episode of Star Trek, and was broadcast on February 16, 1968. It is episode #50, production #52, written by John Meredyth Lucas, and directed by Vincent McEveety.
Plot Summary
The crew of the Enterprise visits a planet dominated by a “Naziesque” regime.
Star Trek‘s second-season episode “Return to Tomorrow” was first broadcast February 9, 1968 and repeated August 2, 1968. It is episode #49, production #51, written by John T. Dugan, under the pen-name “John Kingsbridge”, and directed by Ralph Senensky.
Plot Summary
Telepathic aliens take control of Kirk’s and Spock’s bodies.
“A Private Little War” is the nineteenth episode of the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast February 2, 1968 and repeated on August 23, 1968. The screenplay was written by Gene Roddenberry, based on a story by Jud Crucis, and directed by Marc Daniels. It was intended as an allegory about America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.
Plot Summary
The crew of the Enterprise discovers Klingon interference in the development of a formerly peaceful planet and joins them in what becomes an arms race.
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This week in 1968, Star Trek was pre-empted by a dramatic special, “Flesh & Blood”. In keeping with our effort to post episode reviews on the anniversary of the episode first airing, we were unable to write one this week.
Have a Trektacular week. 