For the historical novel by English author Alfred Duggan, see Conscience of the King.
13th episode of the 1st season of Star Trek: The Original Series
"The Conscience of the King"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Episode no.
Season 1 Episode 13
Directed by
Gerd Oswald
Written by
Barry Trivers
Featured music
Joseph Mullendore
Cinematography by
Jerry Finnerman
Production code
013
Original air date
December 8, 1966 (1966-12-08)
Guest appearances
Arnold Moss – Anton Karidian / Kodos
Barbara Anderson – Lenore Karidian
Bruce Hyde – Lt. Kevin Thomas Riley
William Sargent – Dr. Thomas Leighton
Natalie Norwick – Martha Leighton
Karl Bruck – King Duncan
Marc Adams – Hamlet
Eddie Paskey – Lt. Leslie
Episode chronology
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"The Conscience of the King" is the 13th episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Barry Trivers and directed by Gerd Oswald, it first aired on December 8, 1966.
The episode takes its title from the concluding lines of Act II of Hamlet: "The play's the thing/Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."[1]
In the episode, Captain Kirk crosses paths with an actor suspected of having been a mass-murdering dictator 20 years earlier.
^""The Conscience of the King" Treknation Review". Treknation. August 19, 2005. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
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