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German TV boldly shows 'Nazi' Star Trek episode
Published: 4 Nov 11 11:02 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20111104-38661.html
An episode of the original Star Trek series in which Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock dress up as Nazis to infiltrate a far-right alien regime is to be aired on public television in Germany for the first time ever Friday night.
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The episode, part of the second season of the immensely popular science fiction franchise, sees the Starship Enterprise visit the planet Ekos in the M34 Alpha System to investigate the disappearance of John Gill, Federation historian and one of Kirk’s erstwhile professors at Starfleet Academy.
The Ekosians, at war with the nearby planet Zeon, are intent on wiping out all the Zeons living on their planet – and destroying Zeon itself - in what they call a “Final Solution.” The Ekosians refer to the Zeons as “Zeonist pigs.”
Kirk and Spock (played by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, both Jewish) discover that the Ekosians have adopted all the features and institutions of Nazi Germany – including the salute, brown-shirted Stormtroopers, the SS, and the Gestapo, from their “Führer” – none other than John Gill.
Both Kirk and Spock then steal Nazi uniforms to infiltrate the regime and call Gill to account. At one point Spock comments that Kirk "should make a very convincing Nazi."
The episode was originally considered unfit for German audiences because it referred to Nazi Germany as “the most efficient society” ever created.
As a result, “Patterns of Force” was excised from the series when ZDF first broadcast the original Star Trek in the mid-1970s, and was also removed when private channel Sat 1 aired the show in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The episode was only dubbed into German in 1995 and was first shown on German pay TV in 1996.
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By the way, Shatner and Nimoy are not just "of Jewish descent" (jüdischer Herkunft), as the Germans euphemistically say. They are Jews. Yes, actual Jews. The children and grandchildren of Thomas Mann and Katia Pringsheim are "of Jewish descent." The descendants of Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric are "of Jewish descent." Shatner and Nimoy are Jews and self-identify as such.
Are you sure it´s always interesting and not.............Fascinating?
He still is. He will give the eulogy at his own funeral.
It's a pretty funny episode which I think will have most Germans laughing their asses off. "Zeonist Pigs", LOL....
I think America would be better off if Jane Fonda had been hit by a truck.
City on the Edge of Forever, to me seemed like it could have been a stand alone movie.
Arguably the most complete episode, having co-writer Harlan Ellison doesn't hurt either.
Despite that probably being the best episode, my personal favorite has to be "Mirror, Mirror". Kirk's speech to the "evil" Spock as they are transporting back to their own parallel universe is surely one of the best in the entire series.
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Agreed, William Shatner over-does it (but check out "Boston Legal" -- he's brilliant as Denny Crane and is very self-mocking for being over the top); also, Keanu Reeves (born in Lebanon, but widely regarded as being Canadian) is an over-actor. Other than these two, I think Canadians in general, produce some of the best acting talent in the world.
@jcbayley Michael Hogan, who played Saul Tigh on Battlestar Galactica, is Canadian and very talented (imo)
@freechoice probably because of the difference between stating facts (documentary), since it is absolutely not forbidden to learn history, versus the fictionalization and perceived romanticized views this ST episode reflects, such as the pro-Nazi statement that it was the most efficient society ever created (which isn't true, but a point frequently used by modern neo nazis).