Spectre of the Gun
- by Gene L. Coon, directed by Vincent McEveety
- TV Episode
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Time Phenomena
- English
- “Spectre of the Gun,” as by Lee Cronin, directed by Vincent McEveety (NBC-TV, USA, 25 October 1968).
After barging into the space of the reclusive Melkotians, Kirk and his crew find themselves facing the Earps and Doc Holliday in a second-rate simulation of the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
—Michael Main
History has been changed in the fact that Billy Claiborne didn’t die, but Chekov is lying there dead.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1800 to 1899: simulation of 26 October 1881
- Circa AD 2200 to 2299
- Themes
- Simulation: It’s unclear whether any time passes for those on the Enterprise while Kirk et al. are in the simulation.
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- “Spectre of the Gun,” as by Lee Cronin, directed by Vincent McEveety (NBC-TV, USA, 25 October 1968).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Gene L. Coon as by Lee Cronin