The landing party, he says, will be absorbed and subverted into the common good of the body. No idea who now controls things like infrastructure, food production, sewage, and so on. Written by Boris Sobelman (based on a story by Gene Roddenberry), and directed by Joseph Pevney, it first aired on February 9, 1967. Ultimately, they convince the computer that it is the evil, and that it must destroy the evil and it does so, exploding and ceasing to function. Lovell is sent to Beta III to deal with the aftermath of the Enterprises actions (aided by Scotty) in Foundations Book 2 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore. What is the Spanish language plot outline for The Return of the Archons (1967)? Lee Mailer who played Bilar was told that the colony was something like "late 19th century New England," so he affected an old New England accent: "A-yah, come for festival, a-yah-a?" ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Return_of_the_Archons&oldid=1132022099, This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 22:16. The Red Hour is potently intriguing, and its eerily depicted. Notice". Kirk leaves a team of specialists, including Lindstrom, to help restore the planet's culture "to a Human form". Trivial matters: Along with Mudds Women and The Cage, this was one of the three story outlines Gene Roddenberry originally came up with for the pilot. After subduing their captors (why they didn't do that, before, is anyone's guess, as is why Landru bothered to bring them to his inner sanctum to assimilate them instead of having the Brown Cloaks touch them with their Swiss Rolls), Kirk has Reger and Marplon take them to Landruwhich turns out to be a giant computer (what else?). '. You can see his fellow extra correcting his missed cue. The Return of the Archons The away team finds shelter at a local boarding house run by a man named Reger, who grows interested in their lack of going nuts like the rest of the town and questions if they're "Archons", referring to the crew of the ship that the Enterprise came to the planet to find; Kirk refuses to say, thanks to that pesky Prime Directive. [33][34], For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky, "The Star Trek Transcripts - the Return of the Archons", "Does 'The Purge' Sound Familiar? I prefer the concrete, the graspable, the provable., Youd make a splendid computer, Mr. Spock.. $grfb.init.done(function() { Required fields are marked *. Directed by Joseph Pevney. See production, box office & company info, Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott, Self-defense, conflicting Prime Directives and how to outsmart an omnipotent power, Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967), Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition, Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA. [13] Character actor Sid Haig has an uncredited role as one of the hooded Lawgivers who first confront the landing party in Reger's boarding house. ", "I cannot answer your questions now. //