"Plato's Stepchildren" was the 67th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 12th episode of the show's third and final season, first aired on 22 November 1969. The episode was written by Meyer Dolinsky, directed by David Alexander and novelized in Star Trek 11 by James Blish. A remastered version of this episode was aired in syndication, premiering on 16 June 2007.
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CharactersEdit
Episode charactersEdit
- Alexander of Platonius • Christine Chapel • Dionyd • Eraclitus • Bill Hadley • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Parmen • Philana • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Nyota Uhura
Novelization charactersEdit
- Alexander of Platonius • Christine Chapel • Eraclitus • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Parmen • Philana • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehiclesEdit
LocationsEdit
Races and culturesEdit
Technology and weaponsEdit
Materials and substancesEdit
- atmosphere • blood • gas • oxygen
States and organizationsEdit
Ranks and titlesEdit
- captain • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • lieutenant commander • officer • scientist • science officer
Other referencesEdit
- anatomy • arm • boot • clothing • Federation members • finger • five-year mission • government • humanoid • language • lifeform • logic • matter • memory • nation-state • orbit • pants • quadrant • races and cultures • rank • space • star • stardate • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2260s) • technology • title • tunic • uniform • universe • weapon
AppendicesEdit
Related mediaEdit
- ST reference: Encyclopedia
- Information about this episodes production and references are consistent in the 20th century versions of this work. The 21st century Star Trek Encyclopedia also relates material about this episode.
AdaptationsEdit
Novelization in Star Trek 11.
Novelization in Star Trek 11 reprinted.
Novelization in Star Trek 11 reprinted.
Novelization in Star Trek 11 reprinted.
Novelization in Star Trek 11 reprinted.
Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes 3.
Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes.
Video releasesEdit
BackgroundEdit
The story line is an adaptation of the 1952 science fiction short story Telek by Jack Vance.[citation needed]
ImagesEdit
Episode imagesEdit
Episode image.
Philana.
Parmen.
Episode image.
Adaptation imagesEdit
ConnectionsEdit
TimelineEdit
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Day of the Dove | TOS episode produced | Next episode: Wink of an Eye |
| Previous episode: The Tholian Web | TOS episode aired | Next episode: Wink of an Eye |
| Previous story: Day of the Dove | Star Trek 11
| Next story: last story |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Klingons: Blood Will Tell Blood Reign O'er Me | Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: First Frontier Prologue, Chapters 1-22, 39, 40 & Epilogue |
| Previous Adventure: Day of the Dove | Next Adventure: First Frontier | |
| Previous Adventure: The Badlands, Part I | Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) | Next Adventure: Wink of an Eye |
External linksEdit
- Plato's Stepchildren article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Plato's Stepchildren article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
