Preservers
The ancient race that resettled endangered peoples.
The Preservers are an ancient race in the original Star Trek series who resettled endangered humanoid populations on other planets to ensure their survival. They appear through their works in "The Paradise Syndrome", the third episode of the third season, first broadcast October 4, 1968.
Quick Facts
- Role
- Resettled endangered humanoid peoples
- Device
- Asteroid deflector obelisk
- Episode
- The Paradise Syndrome (1968)
Facts from the source article.
Background
On one such planet the Enterprise finds people descended from Native Americans, and an obelisk that is really an asteroid deflector built by the Preservers.
In the episode, the obelisk's beam erases Kirk's memory and he begins a new life with the planet's people, while Spock races the Enterprise to stop the approaching asteroid. The episode was written by Margaret Armen and directed by Jud Taylor.
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