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Spectre of the Gun

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EPISODE DATA

Title -------------------- Spectre of the Gun
Writer --------------------------- Lee Cronin
Director -------------------- Vince McEvetty
Original Air Date ---------- October 25, 1968
Order of Filming ----------------------- 56th
Order of Broadcasting ----------------- 61st
Filmed ---------------------- Late May 1968
REGULAR CAST

Captain James T. Kirk -------- William Shatner
Lieutenant Cmdr. Spock ------ Leonard Nimoy
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy -- DeForest Kelley
Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott -- James Doohan
Lieutenant Uhura ------------ Nichelle Nichols
Ensign Pavel Chekov ---------- Walter Koenig
GUEST CAST

Morgan Earp -------------------- Rex Holman
Wyatt Earp ---------------------- Ron Soble
Virgil Earp ------------------ Charles Maxwell
Doc Holliday -------------------- Sam Gilman
Johnny Behan ------------------- Bill Zuckert
Ed ---------------------------- Charles Seel
Sylvia ---------------------- Bonnie Beacher
Barber ------------------------ Ed McCready
Rancher ---------------------- Gregg Palmer
Rider ---------------------- Richard Anthony
Man in bar / stuntman ------- Gregory Reece
Man in bar / stuntman ---------- Paul Baxley
Man in bar / stuntman ---------- Bob Orrison
Melkotian Buoy voice -------- James Doohan
Melkot's voice ------------- Abraham Sofaer
TITLE REFERENCE

"Spectre of the Gun"
None


ORIGINAL TITLES

The Last Gunfight
Execution, 1872
Execution
Last Gunfight
UNUSUAL FOREIGN TITLES

Germany ---------------- Wild West in Space
Japan ------- Crisis! Gunfight at the OK Corral
Portugal --------------------------- The Gun
STORY SYNOPSIS

Kirk ignores an alien buoy that warns the U.S.S. Enterprise that it is trespassing into Melkotian space and continues forward when the Melkots transport Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and Chekov to a recreation of Earth's wild west. Here their instruments will not function and they are forced to relive, in "a manner befitting their heritage for trespassing," the shoot-out in Tombstone, Arizona on October 26, 1881.

The U.S.S. Enterprise party is transported to the OK Corral, but as they will not fire on the "Earps," the gunfighters cannot hurt them. Chekov, in the role of Billy Claiborne, is killed and Spock realizes that these events are not really transpiring. Through a series of mind melds, Spock is able to reject the illusions of the hostiles enabling the crew to succeed without shooting at the others. The Melkots are impressed by the peaceful behavior of the U.S.S. Enterprise party and return them, including Chekov, who had been killed in an earlier altercation, to the U.S.S. Enterprise. The Melkots agree to establish contact with the Federation.



SPECTRE OF THE GUN

Click the name of the WAVs to listen

Total WAVs: 33
(1) Melkot ------------------- 16.5 KB
Melkotian

Not very hospitable are they?

(2) UFP ---------------------- 15.8 KB
Captain Kirk
(3) Guest -------------------- 6.41 KB
Mr. Spock
(4) Transporter -------------- 13.5 KB
Dr. McCoy
(5) Keptin ------------------- 4.63 KB
Mr. Chekov
(6) Town -------------------- 20.6 KB
Mr. Spock

Spock knows a lot of American history.

(7) Dangerous --------------- 6.92 KB
Mr. Spock
(8) Really -------------------- 3.11 KB
Mr. Spock
(9) Impossible --------------- 7.43 KB
Scotty

(10) Dead ------------------- 10.2 KB
Mr. Spock - Dr. McCoy

Spock and McCoy actually agree on something!

(11) Suggest ---------------- 9.20 KB
Mr. Spock
(12) Virgil -------------------- 4.38 KB
Captain Kirk
(13) Dispute ----------------- 12.2 KB
Mr. Spock

Ya think?

(14) Boys -------------------- 18.6 KB
Johnny Behan (Sheriff) - Mr. Spock
(15) Natives ----------------- 15.0 KB
Mr. Chekov

Chekov has some good lines in this episode.
He even gets the girl . . . sort of.

(16) Ensign ------------------ 4.63 KB
Mr. Spock
(17) Ike --------------------- 5.65 KB
Captain Kirk

That's true . . . But you ARE Kirok!!!
Sorry, I couldn't resist.

(18) Shoots ----------------- 8.70 KB
Mr. Chekov

Those guns may be primitive compared
to a phaser, but they can still kill.

(19) Snakes ----------------- 9.71 KB
Mr. Chekov
(20) Grenade ---------------- 20.6 KB
Mr. Spock
(21) Joke -------------------- 16.8 KB
Dr. McCoy - Doc Holliday
(22) Marry ------------------- 22.9 KB
Mr. Chekov
(23) Hands ------------------ 10.7 KB
Mr. Chekov
(24) Nothing ----------------- 4.63 KB
Dr. McCoy

Instead of, "He's dead, Jim!"

(25) Attention --------------- 18.0 KB
Mr. Spock
(26) Tranquilizer ------------- 27.2 KB
Mr. Spock

It's not like Spock to use such imprecise words like "should."

(27) Ingenuity --------------- 28.7 KB
Mr. Spock - Dr. McCoy

Wow!  Spock gives a compliment to McCoy!

(28) Painless ----------------- 21.1 KB
Scotty - Mr. Spock
(29) Function ---------------- 40.4 KB
Mr. Spock

Hmmm... I think he's on to something

(30) Reality ------------------ 36.8 KB
Mr. Spock

Very logical Mr. Spock.

(31) Ticker ------------------ 17.5 KB
Dr. McCoy
(32) Girl --------------------- 22.6 KB
Mr. Chekov - Captain Kirk
(33) Kill ---------------------- 53.8 KB
Mr. Spock - Dr. McCoy - Captain Kirk

An unusual ending to an unusual episode.

It's not on many people's top 10 lists but it's an
interesting episode with some great dialogue.

I like it.
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