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#48: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 3, episode 6 "Spectre of the Gun"
Written by Lee Cronin, directed by Vincent McEveety.
Stardate 4385.3 (June 2268)
"Physical reality is consistent with universal laws. Where the laws do not operate, there is no reality." - Commander Spock
The Enterprise has been sent to make peaceful contact with the Melkotians. When they reach Melkotian space, a probe intercepts the ship and communicates telepathically that they are not allowed to continue. Captain Kirk, citing the Federation's desire to make contact "at all costs," decides to ignore the probe's warning and continue towards their home planet. Once on the surface, the entire landing party is lost in a dense fog and their equipment no longer works. The Melkotians announce that they are being sentenced to death for their transgressions and that the method of execution will be taken from Kirk's mind. Kirk, Commander Spock, Commander Scott, Doctor McCoy, and Ensign Chekov find themselves in an incomplete recreation of Tombstone, Arizona in the late 1800s being addressed as members of the Clantons. Kirk eventually recalls that the Clantons were killed by the Earps in this very town during the gunfight at the OK Corral.
Originally released: 25 October 1968
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