Star Trek: "Patterns of Force"

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Title: Star Trek: “Patterns of Force”
Year: 1968
Network: NBC
Episode: the twenty-first (of twenty-six) from season two; 50 minutes
Creator: Gene Roddenberry
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
Starring: William Shatner
With: Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Richard Evans, Valora Noland, Skip Homeier, David Brian, Patrick Horgan, William Wintersole
Cinematography: Gerald Perry Finnerman
Music: Alexander Courage (theme); George Duning
I saw it: on video and TV several times, most recently yesterday (have on DVD)
Synopsis: a rogue historian has recreated Nazi Germany on an alien planet

My reaction
Concept: Why? WHY??
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Subjective Rating: 5/10 (Indifferent, ). WHY!?!?
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