Kirk ending up in a fake Enterprise is ridiculous. There is a missed opportunity here. It would have been so much better if Kirk beamed down to the middle of an auditorium with a million Gideons. Then show some matte paintings of other areas of Gideon with billons of Gideons.
The idea of a planet of beings who live very long lives, immune to most disease, and that revere life to prevent births and pro-life to outlaw abortion is fine. And the idea of having the Gideon leader's daughter sacrificing her life to introduce disease to the Gideon population is fine. But rather than having this done on a FAKE Enterprise, they could have done this on Gideon with the crowded people.
As others have mentioned, food resources would have dwindled long ago causing famine and death.
The acting was fine. Kirk, Spock, Hodin and Odona did well. McCoy and the rest have little to do. So this is not a great acting episode. The story idea is fine. The script sucks. The writers needed more time and help to build a solid script.
It's still Star Trek and it should be viewed.
The idea of a planet of beings who live very long lives, immune to most disease, and that revere life to prevent births and pro-life to outlaw abortion is fine. And the idea of having the Gideon leader's daughter sacrificing her life to introduce disease to the Gideon population is fine. But rather than having this done on a FAKE Enterprise, they could have done this on Gideon with the crowded people.
As others have mentioned, food resources would have dwindled long ago causing famine and death.
The acting was fine. Kirk, Spock, Hodin and Odona did well. McCoy and the rest have little to do. So this is not a great acting episode. The story idea is fine. The script sucks. The writers needed more time and help to build a solid script.
It's still Star Trek and it should be viewed.