Nelson Galaxy

I recently watched an old episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, or ST:TOS if you are so inclined. The episode was called ‘The Conscience of the King’ and is considered to be an unrecognised classic of the series.

The episode is about Kirk crossing paths with an actor suspected of having been a murderous dictator many years before. It features genocide, eugenics and Shakespeare. There is the attempted murder of Kirk by phaser overload, Uhura singing a sing and playing a harp and Spock berating McCoy for drinking wine – McCoy tells him not to criticise him if he has never tried it.

Villain Kodos even gets a mention in an episode of The Simpsons. Some of the best dialogue is contained in the episodes’ run of double-entendres, along the lines of Kirk being in control of a huge throbbing machine. His love interest in this episode describes him as; “All this and power too, a Caesar of the stars and Cleopatra to worship you.”

The best quote is Kirk’s personal view of womanhood:
“Worlds may change, galaxies disintegrate, but a woman. . . . always remains a woman.”