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Old 24th July 2006, 06:11 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: The Prime Directive: Why It Should Be Abolished

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Originally Posted by I, Brian
I'm curious - when did the Prime Directive become a part of Star Trek?

Simply because I was watching an episode from the original series at the weekend, where the Enterprise is on a diplomatic to a world that - unknown to them - is at war with another close planet. The different being, instead of actual warfare by weapons, computers simply designate that a target has been hit, and for people in the area to report to a disintegration chamber.

Kirk has no problem at all interfering with this, in order to try and create peace between the warring planets.

No sign of the Prime Directive.
I just found out that the name of the episode where they first introduced the Prime Directive was "The Return of the Archons".

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