The Savage Curtain

"**The Savage Curtain**"
"The Savage Curtain"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 22
Directed by	Herschel Daugherty
Story by	Gene Roddenberry
Teleplay by	Gene Roddenberry; Arthur Heinemann
Featured music	Fred Steiner
Cinematography by	Al Francis
Production code	077
Original air date	March 7, 1969
Guest appearances
	Lee Bergere - President Abraham Lincoln; Barry Atwater - Surak; Phillip Pine - Col. Phillip Green; Arell Blanton - Chief Security Guard; Carol Daniels DeMent - Zora; Bob Herron - Kahless; Nathan Jung - Genghis Khan; Bart LaRue - Voice of Yarnek; Janos Prohaska - Yarnek;
Episode chronology
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"The Savage Curtain" is the twenty-second episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Gene Roddenberry and Arthur Heinemann (based on an original story by Roddenberry) and directed by Herschel Daugherty, it was first broadcast on March 7, 1969.

In the episode, aliens force Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock to join forces with beings who appear to be Abraham Lincoln and Surak to battle villains in a contest between good and evil.