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We've got to keep going. Come on, get up.

lt's no use. They're everywhere.

The captain gave us the order to find some clue.

lt's no use. Look, there's one of them.

There's another one.

- Scouting party to Enterprise. Come in. - What is it, Mr Sulu?

Captain, beam us up. Emergency.

Transporter room, lock onto Sulu and O'Neil. Beam up immediately.

We've got to make a run for it. We can't just stand here.

- They'll beam us up any minute. - Run!

- You know what they're capable of. - O'Neil!

Sulu, what is it? Where's Lieutenant O'Neil?

- What? Who? - Lieutenant O'Neil. Where is he?

You...

You're not of the Body.

Dr McCoy.

- Dr McCoy. Transporter room. Quickly. - You. You did it.

They knew we were Archons.

These are the clothes they wear. Not these.

Sulu, take it easy.

Landru... Landru.

Sit down.

- What happened? - They're wonderful.

They're the sweetest, friendliest people in the universe.

lt's paradise, my friend. Paradise.

- Lieutenant O'Neil. Where is he? - Paradise.

Paradise.

Space - the final frontier.

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.

lts five-year mission, to explore strange new worlds,

to seek out new life and new civilisations,

to boldly go where no man has gone before.

Captain's log, stardate 31 56.2.

While orbiting planet Beta lll,

trying to find the starship Archon that disappeared here 1 00 years ago,

a search party of two officers was sent to the planet below.

Mr Sulu has returned, but in a highly agitated mental state.

His condition requires l beam down with an additional search detail.

Materialisation completed. Kirk out.

Odd. The expression on that man's face.

Mindlessness. Vacant contentment.

Like Sulu.

lf everybody on this planet is like him...

Let's go.

- Joy to you, friends. - Joy to you.

You be strangers.

- Come for the Festival? - Yes.

Got a place to sleep it off yet?

Go round to Reger's house. He's got rooms.

But you'll have to hurry. lt's almost the Red Hour.

This Festival, it starts at six o'clock?

Tula!

These folks come for the Festival. Your daddy can put them up, can't he?

- You're from the Valley? - We've just arrived.

My father will be glad to put you up.

lt's right over there.

Tula, come!

Let's get out of here!

l'm sorry to break in. We didn't expect that kind of a welcome.

- Welcome? You are strangers? - Yes, we're from the Valley.

- You came for the Festival? - Yes.

- Then how come you're here? - You're Reger?

Yes.

- You have a daughter named Tula? - Yes.

You'd better do something. She's outside.

l know. lt's Festival. lt's the will of Landru.

These are young men. They're not old enough to be excused.

- They're visitors. - Have they no lawgivers in the Valley?

Why be they not at the Festival?

We heard that you might have rooms for us.

They've merely come looking for a place to rest afterwards.

The Red Hour has already struck.

These be strangers. The Valley has different ways.

You say that Landru is not everywhere?

No. lt's simply that they may have different ways.

They've come looking for shelter. Can l turn them away?

Come, please.

- But the girl, out there... - She is in Festival. As you should be.

Come, please hurry.

The lawgivers should know.

Surely they already know. Are they not infallible?

You mock them! You mock the lawgivers.

And the strangers are not of the Body. You will see.

But Hacom...

Return here at close of Festival. lt's quiet. You'll have need of rest.

We have no plans to attend the Festival.

The hour has struck. You can hear.

l'd like to hear more about this Festival. And Landru.

Landru? You ask...

You're strange. You scorn Festival?

Are you...?

- Are you...? - What about Landru?

Festival! Festival!

Landru.

We have until morning. Let's put the time to good use.

Doctor, atmospheric readings to see if the air accounts for this.

Mr Lindstrom, correlate what you've seen with sociological parallels.

Mr Spock...

We have some serious thinking to do.

When we leave tomorrow, l want to have a plan of action.

Spock.

Lindstrom.

Doc.

lt's all over now.

lt's all over now, child. lt's all right, quiet.

lt's all right.

lt's all over.

He'll give her a shot. lt'll calm her down. Trust us.

You didn't even try to bring her back. What kind of father are you?

- lt's Landru's will. - What about Landru? Who is he?

lt is true, then. You did not attend the Festival.

No.

Then you're not of the Body. You couldn't be.

She's asleep.

Are you...?

Are you...Archons?

What if we are?

lt was said more would follow. lf you are indeed...

We must hide them. The lawgivers...

- We can take care of ourselves. - Landru will know. He will come.

He is the one. He mocked the lawgivers. l heard him.

No, it was a jest.

The others were here, but they scorned the Festival. l saw it.

Tamar, stand clear.

l hear and obey the voice of...Landru.

You attacked the Body.

You have heard the Word and disobeyed.

- You will be absorbed. - What do you mean?

There, you see? Not of the Body.

You will be absorbed.

The Good is all. Landru is gentle.

You will come.

- We're not going anywhere. - lt is the law. You must come.

l said we're not going anywhere.

They're not prepared to deal with disobedience. How did you know?

Everything we've seen here so far

seems to indicate some compulsive involuntary stimulus.

Your analysis seems logical.

lt is clear that you simply did not understand.

l will re-phrase.

You are ordered to accompany us to the absorption chambers.

- Why did you kill that man? - Out of order.

You will obey. lt is the word of Landru.

You tell Landru that we'll come in our own time

and that we'll speak to him.

You cannot.

- lt is Landru. - Landru!

Fascinating. This is merely a hollow tube.

No mechanism.

- They're communing. Come with me. - Where to?

A place where you'll be safe. We must hurry. Landru will come.

- Quite a festival they had. - Peace.

- What do you make of all this? - Totally illogical.

Yesterday, without apparent reason, they wrought havoc.

- Yet today, now... - Now, they're back to normal.

- Morning, friends. - Morning.

- That's the man. - No, it was Landru.

Let's hurry. We haven't much time.

lt's too late. Look.

What is it?

- Landru. He's summoning the Body. - Telepathy, Captain.

Phasers on stun.

- Which way? - Perhaps through there, but Landru...

We'll handle Landru. Just get us out of this.

- l don't want to hurt them. - They're in the Body. lt's Landru.

Phasers on stun. Wide field. Fire.

Fire.

- Security. - Captain.

- O'Neil. He's one of our men. - Not any more. He's been absorbed.

- Bring him along. - He's one of them.

Landru will find us through him. Leave him, he's our enemy.

- We have O'Neil. Let's beam up. - We still don't know about the Archons.

Bring him along.

- Put him over there. - A lighting panel.

Amazing in this culture.

- Comes from a time before Landru. - Before Landru?

- How long ago was that? - Nobody knows positively.

Some say as long ago as 6,000 years.

lt took advanced technology to construct this.

- lnconsistent with this environment. - But not with what we've seen.

Those staffs. Hollow tubes. Antennae for some sort of broadcast power.

- What is it? - Strong power generations near here.

- Radiating in all directions. - He'll be coming around soon.

He must not! He's been absorbed.

- Absorbed? - The Body absorbs its enemies.

lt only kills when it has to.

When the first Archons came, they were out of control, opposing Landru.

Many were killed, many more were absorbed.

When he regains consciousness, Landru will find us.

- And if the others come... - What others?

Those like you and me, who resist Landru.

- An underground? - How are you organised?

ln threes. Myself, Tamar, who's dead now, and one other.

- Who? - l don't know.

Tamar was my contact.

Give me a decision, Captain. He's coming out of it.

He must not regain consciousness. He'll destroy us all. He's of the Body.

Give him a shot. Keep him asleep.

l want some answers.

This underground... lf Landru is so powerful, how do you survive?

l don't know. Some of us escape the directives.

Not many, but a few. lt was that way when the first Archons came.

The Archons. Tell me about them.

They had invaded the Body, but they resisted the will of Landru.

You see, Landru had pulled them down from the skies.

From the skies? A starship?

Mr Spock, those power readings. Are they...?

Powerful enough to destroy a starship? Affirmative.

- Kirk to Enterprise. Come in. - Captain, we're under attack.

Heat beams are coming from the planet.

- Status report. - Our shields are taking all our power.

lf we try to warp out or move on impulse,

we'll lose our shields and burn up.

- Orbit condition. - Checking.

We're going down.

Unless we can get the beams off us, we'll hit atmosphere in 1 2 hours.

Keep your shield up. Try to maintain orbit.

We'll try to locate the beam and stop it.

lmpossible to break away. The emergency bypass circuits won't work.

Captain.

- What is it? - Sensor beams, very strong.

- We're being probed. ln this direction. - Landru.

- Block them out. - Too strong. Can't be blocked.

Oh!

l am Landru.

Projection, Captain. Unreal.

But beautiful, with no apparatus at this end.

You have come as destroyers. You bring an infection.

You are holding my ship. Release it.

You have come to a world without hate, without fear, without conflict.

No war, no disease, no crime.

None of the ancient evils.

Landru seeks tranquillity.

Peace for all. The universal good.

We mean you no harm. Ours is a mission of peace and goodwill.

The good must transcend the evil.

lt shall be done. So it has been since the beginning.

- He doesn't hear you. - Maybe he'll hear this.

Put that away!

- Landru, listen to me. - You will be absorbed.

Your individuality will merge into the unity of good.

And in your submergence into the common being of the Body,

you will find contentment and fulfilment.

You will experience the absolute good.

Oh!

Captain's log, stardate 31 57.4.

The Enterprise, still under attack by heat rays from the surface of Beta lll,

is being commanded by Engineering Officer Scott.

The shore party has been taken by the creature called Landru.

Mr Spock.

Wake up.

Mr Lesley.

Where's Dr McCoy?

He was gone when l woke up, along with the other guard and Mr O'Neil.

l should say they've been here and removed.

- Where is here? - A maximum security establishment.

- Are you armed? - All the phasers are gone, l checked.

That's locked.

Oh, does my head ache!

The result of being subjected to a hypersonic.

- ls that what it was? - Sound waves.

- Stronger, they might have killed us. - Enough analysis.

Let's think of a way to get out of here.

What about the lawgivers' inability to cope with the unexpected?

We shouldn't depend on that again.

A society as well organised as this

cannot conceive of such an oversight going uncorrected.

lnteresting, however.

Their reaction to your defiance was similar

to that of a computer when fed insufficient or contradictory data.

You're suggesting the lawgivers are computers?

- That they aren't human? - Quite human, Captain.

Simply that all the facts are not yet in. There are gaps.

- Doc. - Hello, friend.

We were told to wait here.

Doc!

Can l help you, friend?

- Don't you know me? - We all know one another and Landru.

Like Sulu.

Think, man!

The Enterprise, the ship! Remember?

You speak very strangely, friend. Are you from away?

You do remember!

Ask Landru. He remembers. He knows and he watches.

You are strange.

Are you not of the Body?

- Come. - No.

Then you will die.

They've been corrected. You'd better go.

All right.

Work on Bones. See if you can't...

Come.

Dr McCoy. What will happen to him?

He goes to joy, peace, tranquillity.

He goes to meet Landru.

Happiness is to all of us, blessed by Landru.

l am Marplon. lt is your hour.

- Happy communing. - With thanks. Happy communing.

Well?

lmpossible. He's under extremely powerful control.

- Are we just going to stand here? - There's little else we can do.

Unless you can think of a way to get through that door.

lt's ridiculous. Stone Age characters in robes.

And commanding powers far beyond our comprehension.

Not simple, not ridiculous. Very, very dangerous.

You...

Come.

Joy to you, friend. Peace and contentment will fill you.

You will know the peace of Landru.

Have no fear, friend. The effect is harmless.

My name is Marplon. l was too late to save your friends.

They've been absorbed. Beware of them.

- What about the captain? - He is unharmed, unchanged.

l am the third man in Reger's triad.

- We have been awaiting your return. - We are not Archons.

Whatever you call yourselves, you are in fulfilment of prophecy.

- We ask your help. - Where is Reger?

He will join us. He is immune to absorption.

- Hurry. We have not much time. - Who is Landru?

l cannot answer your questions now. Landru, he will hear.

Here are your weapons, you may need them.

Behave as you saw your captain behave.

lt is done.

Joy be with you. Peace and contentment.

- Captain. - Peace and tranquillity to you.

- You're all right? - Quite all right.

- Careful of Dr McCoy. - l understand.

- Landru... - l am formulating a theory.

- And? - Not here. The doctor.

You speak in strange whispers. This is not the way of Landru.

Joy be yours, and tranquillity, my friend.

And peace and harmony. Are you of the Body?

The Body is one.

Blessed be the Body, and health to all of its parts.

My friends...

- What is your theory? - This is a soulless society.

lt has no spirit, no spark. All is indeed peace and tranquillity.

The peace of the factory and machine. All parts working in unison.

And when something unexplained happens...

- Their routine is disrupted. - Until new orders are received.

- The question is, who gives the orders? - Landru.

There is no Landru, not in the human sense.

You're thinking the same thing l am.

- Mr Spock, the plug must be pulled. - Sir?

Landru must die.

Our Prime Directive of non-interference...

That refers to a living, growing culture. Do you think this one is?

- Joy to you all, friends. - lt is the gift of Landru.

l've brought your signalling devices. You may need them.

We need more information about Landru.

You said you wanted us to help you.

- The prophecy says... - Never mind the prophecy.

lf you want to be liberated, we'll need your help.

Captain.

- You're not of the Body! - Peace to you, friend.

- Joy and tranquillity. - Lawgivers!

Lawgivers! Traitors!

- Doc, l don't want to hurt you. - Traitors!

Oh, Doc.

Spock!

lsn't that somewhat old-fashioned? Robes.

- Where's Landru? - No, no.

Where do we find him?

We do not see him.

We hear him, in the Hall of Audiences.

ln this building?

- Yes. - You're going to take us there.

Spock, call the Enterprise.

Snap out of it! Start acting like men.

- Spock to Enterprise. Status report. - l've been trying to reach you.

- Report, Scott. - Orbit's still decaying.

l give it six hours. The beams are on us. You've got to cut them off or we'll...

Scotty, stand by. We're doing the best we can.

- How's Mr Sulu? - Peaceful enough, but he worries me.

- Put a guard on him. - On Sulu?

That's an order. Watch him. Captain out.

Captain.

All right.

About Landru.

There was war. Convulsions. The world was destroying itself.

Landru was our leader. He saw the truth.

He changed the world. He took us back, back to a simple time.

- A time of peace and tranquillity. - What happened to him?

He's still alive. He's here now. He sees, he hears.

We have destroyed ourselves. Please, no more.

You said you wanted freedom.

You'll learn that freedom is never a gift. lt has to be earned.

Come on, we're going to find Landru.

No, l was wrong! l submit, l bare myself to the will of Landru.

- lt's too late for that. - No! Lawgivers!

Help! Help me!

All right. lt's up to you. Take us to Landru.

This is the Hall of Audiences.

- Open it. - But this is Landru.

Open it.

Landru speaks here.

Landru.

Landru! We're the Archons.

We are the Archons. We want to talk to you.

Landru! He comes!

Despite my efforts to save you,

you've invaded the Body and are causing harm.

- We have no intention of causing harm. - Obliteration is necessary.

The infection is strong.

For the good of the Body,

you must die.

- lt is a great sorrow. - We do not intend to die.

All who saw you, all who know of your presence here,

must be excised.

The memory of the Body will be cleansed.

- Listen to me... - Useless, Captain.

A projection.

Yes, Mr Spock. Let's have a look at the projector.

Of course. lt had to be.

- Landru. - A machine.

This society is a machine's concept of perfection.

- Peace, harmony... - But no soul.

l am Landru. You have intruded.

Pull out its plug, Mr Spock.

Your devices have been neutralised. So it shall be with you.

l am Landru.

Landru died 6,000 years ago.

l am Landru. l am he.

All that he was, l am. His experience, his knowledge.

But not his wisdom.

He may have programmed you, but he could not have given you a soul.

- You are a machine. - Your statement is irrelevant.

You will...be...obliterated.

The good of the Body is the Prime Directive.

The good of the Body. That's the key.

Yes.

- What is the good? - l am Landru.

Landru is dead. You are a machine. Answer the question.

The good is the harmonious continuation of the Body.

The good is peace, tranquillity.

The good of the Body is the directive.

Then l put it to you, that you have disobeyed the Prime Directive.

- You are harmful to the Body. - The Body is...

- lt exists, it is healthy. - The Body is dying.

- You are destroying it. - Do you ask a question?

What have you done to do justice to every individual of the Body?

lnsufficient data.

Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity, there is no life.

The Body dies. The fault is yours.

Are you aiding the body or destroying it?

l am not programmed to answer that question.

Guide us, Landru!

Not necessary. They have no guidance.

Possibly for the first time in their lives.

Landru... Answer the question.

Peace, order and tranquillity are maintained.

The Body lives, but l reserve creativity to me.

Then the Body dies. Creativity is necessary for the health of the Body.

This is impossible.

- ls this truly Landru? - What's left of him.

After he built and programmed this machine 6,000 years ago.

You must create the good. That is the will of Landru.

- But there is evil. - Then the evil must be destroyed.

That is the Prime Directive. And you are the evil.

l think. l live.

You are the evil. The evil must be destroyed.

Fulfil the Prime Directive. You are the evil.

- Fulfil the Prime Directive. - Help me! Help me!

Well, Marplon, you're on your own now. l hope you're up to it.

And you can get rid of those robes. lf l were you, l'd look for another job.

- Kirk to Enterprise. Come in. - Are you all right?

- What about the ship? - The rays have gone.

And Mr Sulu is back to normal.

- Relieving you. - Excellent, Scotty.

Stand by to beam up landing party.

Let's see how the others are doing. Marplon can finish up here.

Captain's log, stardate 31 58.7.

The Enterprise is preparing to leave Beta lll in star system C-1 1 1 .

Sociologist Lindstrom is remaining behind with experts

who will help restore the planet's culture to a human form.

- Marvellous. - What?

The late Landru. A marvellous feat of engineering.

A computer directing the lives of millions.

But only a machine. Landru programmed it with his knowledge,

not with his wisdom, compassion, understanding, or his soul.

Predictably metaphysical. l prefer the concrete and the provable.

You'd make a splendid computer, Mr Spock.

- That is very kind of you, Captain. - Captain? Mr Lindstrom.

- Yes, Lindstrom. - l just wanted to say goodbye.

- How's it going? - Couldn't be better.

We've had domestic quarrels and two genuine knock-down drag-outs.

- lt may not be paradise, but it's human. - Sounds most promising. Good luck.

How often mankind has wished for a world

as peaceful and secure as the one Landru provided.

And we never got it.

Just lucky, l guess.