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| 1966 | STAR TREK debuts. Captain James T. Kirk commands the starship Enterprise with his science officer the Vulcan Mr. Spock and his chief surgeon Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy. In the episode The Naked Time Nurse Christine Chapel confesses her unrequited love to Mr. Spock. | KING ARTHUR IN TIME AND SPACE debuts. Arthur Pendragon, High King of all British space, commands the starship Excalibur. His queen Guenevere is his chief surgeon and his first knight Sir Lancelot is his science officer. In the episode The Naked Time Guenevere and Lancelot confesse their love to each other. | Whether the affair between Guenevere and Lancelot lasts their whole lives or is a later development varies in the sources. | ||
| DOCTOR WHO: The Doctor first experiences what later becomes known as regeneration when the actor playing him departs the series and another is cast. | |||||
| Toy Story Captain Kirk first meets the Doctor's second incarnation, with whom he clashes philosophically over the Federation's non-interference Prime Directive. |
In cartoons though Arthur loves them both too much to take any action, he is still resentful enough of Guenevere and Lancelot's affair to jab at them with occasional comments to make them worry that he knows. |
Whether Arthur knows all along and nevertheless does nothing varies between sources. | |||
| In The Menagerie Spock risks court-martial carrying out his plan to kidnap Fleet Captain Pike who, victim of a radiation accident, is trapped in a wheelchair unable to communicate. |
In The Menagerie Lancelot risks court-martial carrying out the plan of his father King Ban of Benwick, kidnapping Arthur's father Uther who, victim of a wasting disease, is trapped in a wheelchair unable to communicate. |
Uther dies of a wasting disease, usually before acknowledging Arthur. Ban is one of Arthur's allies in securing his succession in the sources but not necessarily, as in KING ARTHUR IN TIME AND SPACE, one of Uther's allies before that. |
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| In Errand of Mercy Kirk and Commander Kor of the Klingons are prevented from starting a Federation-Empire war when the simple Organians turn out actually to be powerful energy beings. |
In Errand of Mercy King Lot of Lothian and Orkney (Arthur's brother-in-law and Excalibur's engineer's father) and his allies are prevented from rebelling against Arthur when the monkish Glastonburians turn out actually to be powerful energy beings. |
Lot is husband to Morgause, Arthur's sister and most often Mordred's
mother. The monastery at Glastonbury is associated with Arthur in the legends in many ways, including as the site of the brokering of Guenevere's return to Arthur in the earliest versions of the abduction story. |
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| 1967 | In Court Martial Kirk is accused of murdering an old friend. His prosecuting attourney is an old flame. |
In Court Martial Arthur is accused of murdering an old friend. His defense attourney is Merlin. There are frequent crossovers between KING ARTHUR IN TIME AND SPACE and MERLIN. |
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| In Space Seed the late twentieth century genetically-engineered despot Khan is discovered in suspended animation on a "sleeper" ship. When he tries to take the Enterprise in a coup, Kirk must exile him and his fellow revived "supermen" to an uninhabited planet. |
In Space Seed the ancient British hero Bran is discovered in suspended animation underground on the planet London. When he tries to take the Excalibur in a coup, Arthur must exile him and his fellow revived ancients to an uninhabited planet. Asked about the legend that Bran's buried body protected British space magically, Arthur replies, "I suppose I must protect British space now." |
The legendary Bran's head had been buried at London for magical protection of Britain, and Arthur removed it; either out of pride, or out of desire not to rely on magical defenses. | |||
| In Evil of the Daleks the Daleks, attempting to inject "the Dalek factor" into the Doctor, accidentally infect some of themselves with "the human factor", plunging themselves into civil war. |
In Evil of the Dragons the Dragons, accidentally infect some of themselves with "the human factor", plunging themselves into civil war. Morgan leaves the CAVE and Merlin who is unaware that she has picked up "the Dragon factor" from the same experiment that transferred some of her human factor to some of the Dragons. She begins appearing as a villain on KING ARTHUR IN TIME AND SPACE. |
Morgan is as opposed to Arthur's high kingship as is her sister Morgause. | |||
| In Mirror, Mirror Kirk, McCoy, Scott and Uhura are transported to an alternate universe, which is inhabited by dopplegangers of Kirk and Starfleet who rule by force and fear. Kirk attempts to convince the "mirror" Spock to change things for the better. |
In Mirror, Mirror Arthur, Guenevere, Gawaine and Bedivere are transported to an alternate universe, which they quickly dub Evilspace, for it is inhabited by dopplegangers of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table order who rule by force and fear. Arthur attempts to convince the Evilspace Lancelot to change things for the better. |
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| In The Apple Kirk and his crew discover a planet that seems to be a paradise ... until the computer that rules it, called Vaal by the natives, tries to kill the landing party and destroy the Enterprise. |
In The Apple Arthur and his crew discover a planet that seems to be a paradise ... until the computer that rules it, called Vaalhaalaa by the natives, tries to kill the landing party and destroy the Excalibur. |
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| Half a Worm Compelled by the spirit if not the letter of the Prime Directive, Kirk asks Vaal's followers whether they wish Vaal revived. |
Half a Worm Compelled by the spirit if not the letter of his autonomy policy, Arthur asks Vaalhaalaa's followers whether they wish Vaalhaalaa revived. |