Star Trek: The Mark of Gideon Re-CutOriginal Title: Star Trek: The Original Series (1967)Faneditor: The Warlord Franchise: Star Trek
Fanedit Type: FanFix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st November 2020
Fanedit Runtime: 39
Synopsis: We focus on Kirk's storyline entirely until he finally meets Hodin and realises he is on a replica. Thus, we – the viewer – follow Kirk's story, and don't discover the truth until he does. This is one of the few episodes where I think doing something like this actually works, since the twist pays off nicely in an otherwise pedestrian episode. To me, it's probably the best way of attempting to gain something decent out of the episode – by having the reveal of the replica being a fake as much a surprise for the viewer as Kirk. Really, very little is lost by removing the bickering between Spock and Hodin, and we don't need to necessarily know how Spock eventually managed to beam down.