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Release year: 1968

Storyline

Looking for a missing Federation cultural observer, Kirk and Spock find themselves on a planet whose culture has been completely patterned after Nazi Germany.

Top credits

Directors

Vincent McEveety

Writers

Cast

William Shatner — Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy — Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley — Dr. McCoy
Richard Evans — Isak

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Did you know

• Due to the post-war German ban on Nazi-related imagery and paraphernalia, this was the only Star Trek episode that was not shown on German TV until 1996, when these restrictions were gradually relaxed to allow for artistic expression.

• Leonard Nimoy refused to have any publicity photos taken of him in Nazi uniform. He was due to attend Hanukkah services later that month (filming took place in December), and did not want any controversies to arise.

• All the Nazi uniforms used in this episode are taken from Paramount's costume storage, and were previously featured in many of the studio's World War II-era films. Many of them featured mismatched epaulets, collar tabs, and other rank-identifying insignia. However, McCoy's collar tabs, bearing a single silver oak leaf, correctly identify him as a colonel, as Kirk had ordered.