"'Fascinating' is a word I use for the unexpected, 'interesting' shall
suffice here."
--Spock
"I object to you. I object to intellect without [...], to power without
constructive purpose."
-- Spock
"[Spock,] you have one saving grace after all: you're ill mannered."
--Trelane
"You cheated!"
--Trelane
"I woulda won! I woulda!"
--Trelane
PLOT
The crew of the Enterprise are made unwilling guests of the powerful but
capricious General Trelane (retired). This weapon-happy person made the
planet Gothos a copy of the Earth as he sees it (900 years ago since he is
900 light years away) - Napoleonic. Kirk destroys his power source hidden
behind a mirror, which only makes Trelane more angry. Eventually, his
parents tell him to come home; that he is being a naughty boy.
FACTS
James Doohan does the voice of Trelane's father.
The salt-sucker suit from "The Man Trap" shows up in Trelane's
collection.
They got their math wrong on this episode with respect to how long it
has been since the time of Napolean.
Trelane knows what kind of gun killed Alexander Hamilton, who hadn't
been killed in the time he was viewing Earth.
OPINIONS
Trelane appears to be an earlier version of the ever-popular "Q" character
from "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
