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Title ------- Let That
Be Your Last Battlefield
Story ------------ Lee
Cronin (Gene L. Coon)
Teleplay -------------------- Oliver
Crawford
Director ------------------------- Jud
Taylor
Original Air Date -----------
January 10, 1969
Order of Filming -----------------------
70th
Order of Broadcasting -----------------
70th
Filmed ------------------
Early October 1968
Captain James T. Kirk --------
William Shatner
Lieutenant Cmdr. Spock ------
Leonard Nimoy
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy --
DeForest Kelley
Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott -- James Doohan
Lieutenant
Sulu ---------------
George Takei
Lieutenant Uhura ------------
Nichelle Nichols
Ensign Pavel Chekov ---------- Walter Koenig
Nurse
Christine Chapel ---------
Majel Barrett
Lokai ---------------------------
Lou Antonio
Bele --------------------------
Frank Gorshin
Computer voice ---------------- Majel Barrett
Stunt double --------------------- Dick
Ziker
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
Satan
Down From Above, Up From Below
Down From Heaven
The Last Battlefield
France ------------------------
The Dilemma
Germany -------------------
Bele Hunts Lokai
Italy ------------ Let This Be Your
Last Battle
Japan ---- Confrontation on the
Planet Cheron
The U.S.S. Enterprise
intercepts a stolen Federation shuttlecraft which contains a humanoid
named Lokai. Taken aboard the ship, Lokai tells the crew he is from the
planet Cheron, and asks for asylum on the U.S.S. Enterprise. His most
distinctive feature is that he is half black and half white, starkly
separated down the middle of his body.
The U.S.S. Enterprise
tracks
another vessel, pursuing at great speed. The ship's only passenger
beams on board and is discovers to be another humanoid from Cheron. The
difference in this man, Bele, is that his black and white skin is
reversed from Lokai's. Bele claims to be Cheron's chief officer sent
out to bring in political traitors, and has been pursuing Lokai. The
more the two men are aboard the starship, the more Kirk realizes that
the basic problem between them - and their entire race, apparently - is
their opposite color. Tiring of their bigotry, Kirk decides to ignore
the two guests and concentrate on his original mission; to
decontaminate the planet Ariannus, plagued with a bacteria that
endangers billions of lives.
When Bele takes control
of the
U.S.S. Enterprise in a desperate attempt, Kirk sets the ships
auto-destruct sequence instead of allowing the hijacking to continue,
and the alien returns command to the captain. However, once planet
Ariannus is decontaminated, Bele takes back his control over the
starship and leads it back to Cheron. What they find is a long-dead
planet, annihilated by their interracial bigotry. Lokai beams down to
the surface to escape Bele, who follows. The U.S.S. Enterprise leaves
them on the surface, to decide their own fates.
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LET
THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
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WAVs to listen
Total WAVs: 40
Mr.
Spock - Dr. McCoy
(2)
Captive ------------------ 54.6 KB
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Mr. Spock
(3)
Potions ------------------ 25.7 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Dr. McCoy - Mr. Spock
Mr. Spock
(5)
Danger ------------------- 13.2 KB
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Dr. McCoy
(6)
Aboard ------------------- 4.63 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(7)
Stolen ------------------- 9.71 KB
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Captain
Kirk
Lokai
(9)
Lokai -------------------- 36.6 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Lokai
How would Kirk know
where Cheron is
if it's in an uncharted quarter?
Lokai
So now we're
monotone!
What a racial slur!
(Just kidding)
(11)
Hailing ------------------ 10.7 KB
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Lt. Uhura
(12)
Alert -------------------- 6.66 KB
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Captain
Kirk
Mr. Spock
(14)
Bele -------------------- 15.5 KB
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Bbele -
Captain
Kirk
Did you know that
the actor playing Bele is the
same actor that played the Riddler in the
original Batman TV series?
It's true!
(15)
Craft ------------------- 20.8 KB
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Mr.
Spock - Bele
That sure beats the
Romulan Cloaking Device!
(16)
Treason ---------------- 27.2 KB
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Bele
Captain
Kirk
(18)
Thought ---------------- 32.0 KB
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Bele
Wow, great dialogue
from Bele.
Frank Gorshin really made this character come alive!
Captain
Kirk - Bele
(20)
Elusive ------------------ 10.7 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
Mr. Chekov - Captain Kirk
(22)
Change ----------------- 16.3 KB
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Bele
(23)
Course ------------------ 16.8 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(24)
Destroy ----------------- 29.0 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Bele
Bele just called
Kirk's bluff
and discovered Kirk wasn't bluffing!
Captain
Kirk - Computer
This destruct
sequence was used again word
for word in Star Trek III: The Search For Spock.
Mr.
Spock - Computer
In Trek 3 this
sequence was spoken by
Mr. Chekov because he was the acting science officer.
Scotty -
Computer
(28)
Orders ------------------ 21.1 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
Captain
Kirk
Captain
Kirk
(31)
Final -------------------- 20.8 KB
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Captain
Kirk
Don't mess with
James T. Kirk!
(32)
Fast -------------------- 22.4 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock - Scotty
Can you imagine
going in a circle at warp 10?!
Scotty has a great line here.
Mr.
Spock - Scotty
(34)
Obvious ----------------- 87.9 KB
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Bele -
Mr. Spock - Captain
Kirk
Even though this
isn't considered one
of the
best episodes of classic Trek, it does a wonderful
job of exploring a very serious issue: race hatred.
By making the characters Bele & Lokai half black
and half white, the writer was able to comment on
race hatred in the 60's under cover of science fiction.
Very clever!
It shows just how stupid race hatred is.
We find ourselves thinking, "Who cares if Lokai is
white on the right side and black on the left.
He's a person and deserves to be treated as such."
Social commentary is something the original Star Trek did quite well.
(35)
Evolved ----------------- 38.1 KB
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Bele -
Mr. Spock
(36)
Trash ------------------- 36.8 KB
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Bele
The obvious racial
slur "half white" is interesting
because Bele is half white as well!
(37)
Hate ------------------- 37.1 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(38)
Chasing ----------------- 15.0 KB
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Mr. Spock
(39)
Lounge ----------------- 13.4 KB
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Mr. Spock
(40)
Sense ------------------ 29.0 KB
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Lt.
Uhura - Mr. Spock
Possibly the best
"social commentary" episode,
althought generally not on many people's "best of" list.
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