Puzzle #91
September 4, 2026
Star Trek: The Original Series
The Clues
The Setup (Clue 5)
A starship crew explores the galaxy in the twenty-third century on a mission of discovery
The Character (Clue 4)
The ship operates under a mandate of peaceful contact, but conflict finds them anyway
The Conflict (Clue 3)
A Vulcan science officer and a doctor with opposite worldviews offer a running philosophical debate
The Twist (Clue 2)
The show used science fiction to comment on race, war, and politics in 1960s America
The Spoiler (Clue 1)
Captain Kirk commands the USS Enterprise with Spock and Dr. McCoy aboard in this NBC sci-fi series