The Savage Curtain

   

"The Savage Curtain" was the 77th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 22nd episode of the show's third and final season, first aired on 7 March 1969. The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and Arthur Heinemann, directed by Herschel Daugherty and novelized in Star Trek 6 by James Blish.

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CharactersEdit

Episode charactersEdit

Pavel Chekov • Dickerson • Phillip Green (Excalbian) • Bill Hadley • Kahless (Excalbian) • Genghis Khan (Excalbian) • James T. Kirk • Roger Lemli • Abraham Lincoln (Excalbian) • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Surak (Excalbian) • Nyota Uhura • Yarnek • Zora (Excalbian) • unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel

Referenced only 

Robert the Bruce

Novelization charactersEdit

Pavel Chekov • Dickerson • Phillip Green (Excalbian) • Kahless (Excalbian) • Genghis Khan (Excalibian) • James T. Kirk • Abraham Lincoln (Excalbian) • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Surak (Excalbian) • Nyota Uhura • Yarnek • Zora (Excalbian)

Referenced only 

Robert the Bruce

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)

LocationsEdit

Excalbia II (Excalbia system, the galaxy's Alpha or Beta Quadrants)

Shipboard areasEdit

USS Enterprise 

bridge • transporter room

Races and culturesEdit

Excalbian • Human • Klingon • Tiburon • Vulcan

Technology and weaponsEdit

communicator • intercom • tape • medical tricorder • sensors • starship • viewscreen • transporter • tricorder

Materials and substancesEdit

atmosphere • blood • gas • oxygen

States and organizationsEdit

Federation • Starfleet

Ranks and titlesEdit

captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • doctor • engineer • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • helmsman • medical practitioner • navigator • officer • scientist • science officer • second officer • weapons officer • tactical officer

Other referencesEdit

anatomy • beaming • Bones • boot • captain's log • captain's log, USS Enterprise, 2268 • clothing • Federation members • five-year mission • government • homeworld • hour • humanoid • jumpsuit • language • lifeform • log entry • logic • matter • memory • nation-state • orbit • pants • planet • population • quadrant • races and cultures • rank • red zone • ship's log • ship's log, USS Enterprise • space • star • star system • stardate • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2260s) • suicide • technology • title • tunic • uniform • universe • weapon

ChronologyEdit

years prior to 2268

• Surak unites the Vulcans. (prior to episode/novelization)
• Kahless unites the Klingons. (prior to episode/novelization)
• Lincoln becomes a hero of the 19th century. (prior to episode/novelization)

stardate 5906.4, 2269 (2260s chronology, 2264–2270 Enterprise voyages) 

Enterprise travels to Excalbia.

AppendicesEdit

Related mediaEdit

• ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation
  • Depicts the coordinates and maps of the Excalbia system and homeworld, as well as the Excalbian antomy.
• "Encounter at Farpoint"
• "Rightful Heir"
• Star Trek: First Contact
• "Awakening"
• "Kir'Shara"
• "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II"
• "Demons"
• "Terra Prime"

The Excalbians later appeared in:

• "Errand of War!"
• "Deadly Allies!"

Colonel Green later appeared in:

• Federation
• "The Rules of War"

Kahless the Unforgettable later appeared in:

• Kahless

AdaptationsEdit

Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes 3.

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ImagesEdit

Kahless the Unforgettable.

Episode image.

Zora.

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Video releasesEdit

Collector's edition VHS release with "All Our Yesterdays".

Overseas VHS release with "All Our Yesterdays" and "Turnabout Intruder".

Overseas VHS release with "All Our Yesterdays" and "Turnabout Intruder".

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ConnectionsEdit

TimelineEdit

published order
Previous episode: Requiem for Methuselah	TOS episode produced	Next episode: All Our Yesterdays
Previous episode: The Cloud Minders	TOS episode aired	Next episode: All Our Yesterdays
Previous story: first story	Star Trek 6	Next story: The Lights of Zetar
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Requiem for Methuselah	Pocket	Next Adventure: All Our Yesterdays
Previous Adventure: Requiem for Methuselah	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)	Next Adventure: All Our Yesterdays

External linksEdit

• The Savage Curtain article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• The Savage Curtain article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.