History Recap / StarTrekS3E7DayOfTheDove

!Tropes from this episode include:

* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: Kirk tells Kang, "Go to the Devil!" (Couldn't say "Go to Hell" on TV in the 60's.) Kang replies, "We [Klingons] have no Devil... but we are very familiar with the habits of yours." Cue use of torture. In [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration later]] [[Series/StarTrekVoyager series]], it would be revealed that Klingon mythology does have a character called Fek'lhr who is much like the Judaic version of Satan, i.e., [[PunchClockVillain not necessarily evil,]] [[EverybodyHatesHades just having an unpleasant responsibility.]]

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Intraship beaming (using the transporters to get to another part of the ship). Apparently, the risk of TeleFrag is much higher at extreme close range (though they get this flaw ironed out in about 100 years).

Instead of the usual trio, it's Kirk, Chekov, Bones and an unusually long lived RedShirt who beam down to Beta XII-A, a planet of rocks and pink trees, to answer a distress beacon. While Kirk laments the hundreds of men, women, and children who have been murdered (mysteriously, without leaving any bodies or building wreckage) Spock reports a Klingon ship in orbit, apparently in distress. A small group of Klingons, led by Commander Kang (no, not [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons THAT Kang]]) and his wife Mara (the first female Klingon to be aired thus far) beam down and accuses Kirk of attacking his ship and killing his crewmen. Kirk denies doing such a thing and brings up his counter accusation. Chekov accuses the Klingons (again, he calls them "Cossacks") of murdering his hereto unmentioned brother, Piotr. Kang tortures Chekov and threatens to do more if Kirk does not surrender his ship to the Klingons. Kirk pretends to surrender, but sends a secret signal to Spock that only the ''Enterprise'' crew be beamed aboard, with the Klingon crew kept in stasis until security can handle them. Kang and his crew are detained in the lounge while a mysterious Anti-[[Literature/PeterPan Tinkerbell]] looms nearby.

** [[TranquilFury Spock says in a dry monotone that he has never much enjoyed working with humans, which is a screaming rage by Spock standards.]]

** Spock concludes that this is what the ''Enterprise'' crew and the Klings have become to the EnergyBeing.

Instead of the usual trio, it's Kirk, Chekov, Bones and an unusually long lived RedShirt who beam down to Beta XII-A, a planet of rocks and pink trees, to answer a distress beacon. While Kirk laments the hundreds of men, women, and children who have been murdered (mysteriously, without leaving any bodies or building wreckage) Spock reports a Klingon ship in orbit, apparently in distress. A small group of Klingons, led by Commander Kang (no, not [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons THAT Kang]]) and his wife Mara (the first female Klingon to be aired thus far) beam down and accuses Kirk of attacking his ship and killing his crewmen. Kirk denies doing such a thing and brings up his counter accusation. Chekov accuses the Klingons (again, he calls them "Cossacks") of murdering his hereto unmentioned brother, Piotr. Kang tortures Chekov and threatens to do more if Kirk does not surrender his ship to the Klingons. Kirk pretends to surrender, but sends a secret signal to Spock that only the ''Enterprise'' crew be beamed aboard, with the Klingon crew kept in stasis until security can handle them. Kang and his crew are detained in the lounge while a mysterious Anti-[[PeterPan Tinkerbell]] looms nearby.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Like Koloth in "The Trouble with Tribbles", Kang was made as one for Kor from "Errand of Mercy", because John Colicos was unavailable yet again.

Tempers flare as IrrationalHatred overrides good sense. Klingons and Federation had always shared an enmity, but now it's getting out of hand! [[WackySoundEffect Boing!]] The chess set, some pool cues and the phasers have all turned into swords! Rather than question this turn of events, everyone decides to start buckling the swash.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Scotty, of all people gives Spock a BLISTERING one. But he isn't himself.
* SheatheYourSword: The only way to win against the alien entity is to throw down their swords and refuse to fight.
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Kirk uses it to capture Mara and keep her docile. Apparently even a Klingon woman can be completely incapacitated just by holding her arm.

Instead of the usual trio, it's Kirk, Chekov, Bones and an unusually long lived RedShirt who beam down to Beta XII-A, a planet of rocks and pink trees, to answer a distress beacon. While Kirk laments the hundreds of men, women, and children who have been murdered (mysteriously, without leaving any bodies or building wreckage) Spock reports a Klingon ship in orbit, apparently in distress. A small group of Klingons, led by Commander Kang (no, not [[Series/TheSimpsons THAT Kang]]) and his wife Mara (the first female Klingon to be aired thus far) beam down and accuses Kirk of attacking his ship and killing his crewmen. Kirk denies doing such a thing and brings up his counter accusation. Chekov accuses the Klingons (again, he calls them "Cossacks") of murdering his hereto unmentioned brother, Piotr. Kang tortures Chekov and threatens to do more if Kirk does not surrender his ship to the Klingons. Kirk pretends to surrender, but sends a secret signal to Spock that only the ''Enterprise'' crew be beamed aboard, with the Klingon crew kept in stasis until security can handle them. Kang and his crew are detained in the lounge while a mysterious Anti-[[PeterPan Tinkerbell]] looms nearby.

* YouFool: Kirk has just explained to the Klingon captain Kang that the Enterprise is under the control of a creature that feeds on hate and wants the Klingons and humans to fight for its entertainment for the rest of eternity. Kang decides to fight Kirk anyway, at which point his wife Mara exclaims "You fool!". Later, Kang himself admits "Only a fool fights in a burning house."

* FakeMemories: If the being doesn't think the hate is strong enough, it will season it with some unhappy memories (such as Chekov believing he had a brother who was killed in a Klingon attack). [[FridgeLogic It's quite possible that the Federation colonists of Beta XII-A never even existed.]]

Instead of the usual trio, it's Kirk, Chekov, Bones and an unusually long lived RedShirt who beam down to Beta XII-A, a planet of rocks and pink trees, to answer a distress beacon. While Kirk laments the hundreds of men women and children who have been murdered (we never actually see any bodies) Spock reports a Klingon ship in orbit, apparently in distress. A small group of Klingons, led by Commander Kang (no, not [[TheSimpsons THAT Kang]]) and his wife Mara (the first female Klingon to be aired thus far) beam down and accuses Kirk of attacking his ship and killing his crewmen. Kirk denies doing such a thing and brings up his counter accusation. Chekov accuses the Klingons (again, he calls them "Cossacks") of murdering his hereto unmentioned brother, Piotr. Kang tortures Chekov and threatens to do more if Kirk does not surrender his ship to the Klingons. Kirk pretends to surrender, but sends a secret signal to Spock that only the ''Enterprise'' crew be beamed aboard, with the Klingon crew kept in stasis until security can handle them. Kang and his crew are detained in the lounge while a mysterious Anti-[[PeterPan Tinkerbell]] looms nearby.

* [[CradlingYourKill Cradling Your TKO:]] Kirk cradles Chekov as he takes him to sick bay, lamenting how he was driven to beat him senseless.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Spock and Scotty warn Kirk about the dangers of intra-ship beaming. In ''Film/StarTrek'', Spock Prime ([[WhichMe this Spock]]) reveals to Scotty that Scotty Prime eventually created a formula for interstellar beaming, which would explain how intra-ship beaming becomes commonplace by the 24th century.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Keep your Vulcan hands off me!" (see ParentheticalSwearing below). The script writer was apparently delighted when Jimmy Doohan made the decision during rehearsals to emphasise the word 'Vulcan' as if it were a swear word.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks / SheatheYourSword: Here, it's throwing your sword ''down'' that works.

* LargeHam: Everyone under the alien's influence--except for [[TheStoic Spock]], who instead has a boutique of TranquilFury.

* LargeHam: Everyone under the alien's influence.

** Uhura is usually serene, showing only mild concern when things go wrong with communications. Her hysterical freak out is combined with a wild accusation at the Klingons. Bones is known for the occasional emotional outburst, but his militant demand for the death of the Klingons is bit much.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: So many out-of-character freak outs! Chekov has expressed a strong dislike of Klingons, calling them "Cossacks" in "The Trouble With Tribbles", yet Scotty was able to talk him down (until he threw some punches himself.) Here, even Kirk has trouble holding back the enraged ensign. Kirk himself slams his HeterosexualLifePartner for being a HalfHumanHybrid. Uhura is usually serene, showing only mild concern when things go wrong with communications. Her hysterical freak out is combined with a wild accusation at the Klingons. Bones is known for the occasional emotional outburst, but his militant demand for the death of the Klingons is bit much. [[TranquilFury Spock says in a dry monotone that he has never much enjoyed working with humans, which is a screaming rage by Spock standards.]]

* UnwittingPawn: Spock concludes that this is what the ''Enterprise'' crew and the Klings have become to the EnergyBeing.

[[Theatre/TheOddCouple Can two warring species drive a hate fueled alien life form from a starship without driving each other crazy?]]

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