Star Trek (original series episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")

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Star Trek (original series episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield") is a 1969 science fiction television episode renowned for its allegorical depiction of racial conflict through two alien characters whose faces are oppositely half-black and half-white.

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instanceOf Star Trek: The Original Series episode
television episode
antagonistsHomeworld Cheron NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Al Francis NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts racial conflict allegory
director Jud Taylor NERFINISHED
editor Fabien Tordjmann NERFINISHED
episodeNumberInSeason 15
featuresCharacter James T. Kirk NERFINISHED
Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED
Scotty NERFINISHED
Spock NERFINISHED
Sulu NERFINISHED
Uhura NERFINISHED
firstBroadcastDecade 1960s
franchise Star Trek NERFINISHED
genre allegorical drama
science fiction television
guestCharacter Bele NERFINISHED
Lokai NERFINISHED
guestStar Frank Gorshin NERFINISHED
Lou Antonio NERFINISHED
hasFandomDesignation TOS S03E15
leadActor DeForest Kelley NERFINISHED
Leonard Nimoy NERFINISHED
William Shatner NERFINISHED
medium television
musicBy Alexander Courage NERFINISHED
notableFor two aliens with half-black and half-white faces
visual metaphor for racial segregation
originalAirDate 1969-01-10
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork NBC
partOfSeries Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED
portrays Frank Gorshin as Bele
Lou Antonio as Lokai
producedBy Desilu Productions NERFINISHED
Paramount Television NERFINISHED
productionCode 72
seasonNumber 3
seriesTitle Star Trek NERFINISHED
setInCentury 23rd century
setOnStarship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED
showrunnerSeriesCreator Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED
storyBy Barry Trivers NERFINISHED
theme civil rights
prejudice
racism
writer Oliver Crawford NERFINISHED

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Frank Gorshin notableWork Star Trek (original series episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")