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132			  THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
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WRITER: Paul Schneider

GUESTS: William Campbell (Trelane)
	Richard Carlyle
	Michael Barrier
	Venita Wolf

AIRED:  January 12, 1967

HACK-MAN rating: .660
Usenet rating:   .528

QUOTES:
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 - "'Fascinating'  is a  word I use for the unexpected, 'interesting' shall
   suffice here." --Spock
 - "I object to you.  I object to intellect without [...], to power without
   constructive purpose." -- Spock
 - "[Spock,]  you have  one saving  grace after all:  you're ill mannered."
   --Trelane
 - "You cheated!" --Trelane
 - "I woulda won!  I woulda!" --Trelane


			  THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS

PLOT:
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The crew of the Enterprise are  made unwilling  guests of  the powerful but
capricious General Trelane  (retired).   This weapon-happy  person made the
planet Gothos a copy of the Earth as he sees it (900 years ago  since he is
900 light years away) - Napoleonic.  Kirk destroys his  power source hidden
behind a  mirror,  which only  makes Trelane  more angry.   Eventually, his
parents tell him to come home; that he is being a naughty boy.

FACTS:
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 - James Doohan does the voice of Trelane's father.
 - The  salt-sucker  suit  from  "The  Man  Trap"  shows  up  in  Trelane's
   collection.
 - They got their math  wrong on this episode  with respect  to how long it
   has been since the time of Napolean.
 - Trelane knows  what kind of  gun killed  Alexander Hamilton,  who hadn't
   been killed in the time he was viewing Earth.

OPINIONS:
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Trelane appears to be an earlier version of the  ever-popular "Q" character
from "Star Trek:  The Next Generation".