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108			    PATTERNS OF FORCE
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WRITER: John Meredyth Lucas

GUESTS: David Brian (John Gill?)
	Skip Homeier (Mal*)
	Richard Evans
	Valora Norland (Blond spy)
	William Wintersole
	Patrick Horgan
	Ralph Maurer
	Gilbert Green	
	Bart LaRue
	Paul Baxley
	Pater Canon

AIRED:  February 16, 1968

HACK-MAN rating: .860
Usenet rating:   .648

QUOTES:
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 - "He must be dead." --McCoy (about Gill)
 - "You should make a very convincing Nazi." --Spock to Kirk
 - "The pain!" --Kirk
 - "[I'm starting to  see  why  humans  enjoy  gambling.]   No  matter  how
   [precisely one calculates the odds...]  --Spock   "Very good, Spock.  We
   may  make a  human out of you yet."  --Kirk    "I [certainly] hope not."
   --Spock
 - "I don't care if you hit the broad side of a barn." --Kirk   "Why should
   I wish to aim at such a structure?" --Spock
 - "What in blazes is this?" --McCoy
 - "Note the  [___]  eyes and  the malformed ears.   Obviously [an inferior
   race]" --Mal?k*
 - "[Note the low forehead]. The dull look of a trapped animal." --Mal?k*
 - "Is he dead, Captain?" --Spock  "Dead." --Kirk
 - "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." --McCoy
 - "[   , ]Alexander, [___], Caesar, [___] Napoleon [___], Hitler, [___] Li
   Quan." --Spock


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PLOT:
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A Federation  historian  (John  Gill  -  Kirk's instructor  at the Academy)
ignores the Prime  Directive (as  seems to  be a  prerequisite for entrance
into the Federation)  and reshapes  a planet's  society along  the lines of
Nazi Germany.  Landing party implants subcutaneous transponders under their
skin to be used as transporter locators for Kirk and Spock.

FACTS:
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 - Alternate Earth (changed to be patterned after Earth).
 - Spock's whip marks are green; Kirk's are red.
 - Vulcan mind probe.

OPINIONS:
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Another episode that's hard not to enjoy.

The transponders were a great idea in general, but this is the only episode
where they  used them,  and then  they didn't  use them  for their intended
purpose!  Of course, the real reason is that a lot of episodes would be way
too short if it were possible to beam our heroes out of trouble.

making a laser out of a transponder and a light bulb is somewhat bogus, and
especially being able to aim it as accurately as they did.