"Whom Gods Destroy" was the 71st episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.
References[]
Characters[]
Episode characters[]
- Clifford Brent[1] • Donald Cory • Gaard • Garth of Izar • Bill Hadley • James T. Kirk • Roger Lemli • Marta • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Tlollu • Nyota Uhura • unnamed 2260s USS Enterprise personnel
- Referenced only
- Alexander the Great • Napoleon Bonaparte • Julius Caesar • Adolf Hitler • Krotus • Lee Kuan • William Shakespeare • Solomon
Novelization characters[]
- Donald Cory • Garth of Izar • James T. Kirk • Marta • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Tlollu • Nyota Uhura • Wyatt
- Referenced only
- Alexander the Great • Napoleon Bonaparte • Adolf Hitler • Genghis Khan • Krotus • Lee Kuan
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
- Referenced only
- Antos IV • Axanar system (Axanar) • Earth • Izar • Starfleet Academy • Tau Ceti
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Other references[]
- ant • asylum • atmosphere • Axanar Peace Mission • cadet • cellular metamorphosis • chair • chess problem • Cochrane deceleration maneuver • consort • control room • coronation • cow • crown • crown prince • dance • dancer • doctor • environmental suit • fast • fleet captain • force field • governor • hand-to-hand struggle • heir apparent • humanitarian • insane • king • Lord • May • mile • muscle • mutiny • November • nursery school • paint • performer • poetry • poison • politics • protective dome • rehabilitation chair • sand • snake • Shakespeare's sonnets • three-dimensional chess • throne • tissue • ultrasonic wave • vein • Vulcan neck pinch • wine
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TOS comic: "Who Killed Captain Kirk?"
- TOS novel: Garth of Izar
- ST reference: The Star Trek 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.
Adaptations[]
Novelization in Star Trek 5.
Novelization in Star Trek 5 reprinted.
Novelization in Star Trek 5 reprinted.
Novelization in Star Trek 5 reprinted.
German language novelization collected in Der große Sammelband II.
Novelization collected in The Star Trek Reader III.
Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes 3.
Video releases[]
Overseas VHS release with "Plato's Stepchildren".
Collector's edition VHS release with "The Lights of Zetar".
Overseas VHS release with "The Mark of Gideon".
Overseas VHS release with "The Mark of Gideon" and "The Lights of Zetar".
DVD release with "The Mark of Gideon".
DVD release in TOS season 3.
Images[]
Episode images[]
Garth and Marta.
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Adaptation images[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield |
TOS episode produced | Next episode: The Mark of Gideon |
| Previous episode: Elaan of Troyius |
TOS episode aired | Next episode: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield |
| Previous story: first story |
Star Trek 5
|
Next story: The Tholian Web |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield |
Next Adventure: Sanctuary | |
| Previous Adventure: Crisis on Centaurus |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: The Mark of Gideon |
Translations[]
- 1972
- German : Wen die Götter zerstören, translated by Hans Maeter. (Williams)
- 1973
- Turkish : Deliler, translated by Reha Pinar. (Altın Kitaplar)
- 1978
- Italian : Il padrone della galassia, translated by Rosella Sanità. (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore)
- 1978
- Japanese : 神、だれを滅し給うや, translated by Hiroshi Saito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
External links[]
- "Whom Gods Destroy" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Whom Gods Destroy article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- ↑ The character of Clifford Brent was not named in the episode but the same actor, wearing an officer's Starfleet uniform, was addressed as Brent in TOS episode: "The Naked Time". The same actor also played the character of Vinci.