The entire situation is reminiscent [...] of the old Star Trek episode "Patterns of Force," in which Federation history professor John Gill becomes the drugged leader of a Nazi planet.
GILL (seen on TV at a rally): If we fulfill our own greatness, that will all be ended. Working together --
SPOCK: Captain, the speech follows no logical pattern. Random sentences strung together.
MCCOY: He looks drugged, Jim, almost in a cataleptic state.
GILL: ...reach our goal, And we will reach that goal. (cheering) Every thought ... directed toward a goal. This planet ... can become a paradise, if we are willing to pay the price. As each cell in the body ... works with discipline and harmony for the good ... of the entire being --
damnit jim, i'm a doctor, not a sex machine!
(c/o tom tomorrow)
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