Trelane

Trelane is an antagonist from the Star Trek franchise, appearing in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Squire of Gothos."

He is played by William Campbell, who also played Koloth in the TOS episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" as well as two episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

As the USS Enterprise passes by the planet Gothos, Captain James T. Kirk and Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu suddenly disappear from the ship's bridge, and strange messages transmitted from the planet's surface draws the attention of a landing party consisting of Dr. Leonard McCoy, LaSalle and Yeager that beams down to the surface, where they find a large castle. Entering, they find Kirk and Sulu frozen in place, and Trelane appears and introduces himself, releasing Kirk and Sulu.

Trelane then tells the Starfleet officers that he is responsible for abducting Kirk and Sulu, saying he saw their starship passing by and just couldn't help himself. He then tells them that they are guests or, more accurately, captive playmates for himself. Kirk refuses to go along with Trelane's wishes, and he and company manage to beam back aboard the Enterprise.

Unfortunately for them, Trelane suddenly appears aboard the ship's bridge and teleports them, along with Commander Spock, Lieutenant Uhura, and a yeoman, back down to his castle, where he verbally spars with Spock (whom he dismisses as "ill-mannered"), offers the captive party a lavish meal, enchants Uhura to play his piano, and dances with the yeoman, for whom he fashions a proper dress.

As Trelane dances happily with the yeoman, Kirk, McCoy, and Spock surmise that Trelane, despite his immense power, has limits, since the food and drink he conjured contains no substance. Guessing that Trelane draws his power from a mirror he constantly stands in front of, Kirk confronts and challenges him to a duel. Trelane agrees, and arms himself and Kirk with pistols. Kirk shoots the mirror behind Trelane, damaging it and crippling Trelane long enough to allow himself and his comrades to beam back aboard the Enterprise.

Once back aboard the Enterprise, Kirk orders an escape course away from Gothos, only to find that the Enterprise keeps ending up on a collision course with the planet. Kirk then leaves the bridge, only to find himself inside a courtroom where Trelane presides as the judge. Trelane sentences Kirk to death by hanging, and Kirk, fed up with his antics, agrees. Kirk then tells Trelane he's missing out on an opportunity to indulge in the victory of killing someone for sport, and Trelane agrees to pursue him in a chase.

Trelane teleports Kirk to the surface of Gothos, and the chase begins. Kirk is eventually cornered, but he takes Trelane's sword and breaks it half, then slaps Trelane a few times. Enraged, Trelane vows to "fix" Kirk, only for his "parents" to arrive and chastise him for his actions before stating he's going to come home with them. As he fades away, Trelane forlornly insists he would have won against Kirk, and his parents apologize to Kirk for their son's behavior.