What civilization under stress does not find solace in an earlier time. The success of HAPPY DAYS portraying the social unity of the 1950s in the turbulence of the 1970s tells it all. The search for a glorious past crops up in STAR TREK several times, most notably in L'Andrew.
In ALL OUR YESTERDAYS Kirk Spock and McCoy visit a planet about ready to explode in a supernova in search of its inhabitants. All are gone. The only person they find is a librarian who sets them up with disks projecting images of a past.
Attracted by a woman screaming, Kirk departs the library to find himself in a late middle ages witch hunt. Kirk is locked up as a witch. Also attracted by the screams, McCoy and Spock find themselves in the ice age where they're rescued by a political prisoner from freezing to death.
A sympathetic time traveller inquiring into the accusation of witchcraft lodged against Kirk sends Kirk back to the library where he manages to rescue Spock and McCoy before the world explodes.
The interesting part is the theme of seeking a refuge in the past to avoid the problems of the present. To borrow Spock's favorite word: It was fascinating.
In ALL OUR YESTERDAYS Kirk Spock and McCoy visit a planet about ready to explode in a supernova in search of its inhabitants. All are gone. The only person they find is a librarian who sets them up with disks projecting images of a past.
Attracted by a woman screaming, Kirk departs the library to find himself in a late middle ages witch hunt. Kirk is locked up as a witch. Also attracted by the screams, McCoy and Spock find themselves in the ice age where they're rescued by a political prisoner from freezing to death.
A sympathetic time traveller inquiring into the accusation of witchcraft lodged against Kirk sends Kirk back to the library where he manages to rescue Spock and McCoy before the world explodes.
The interesting part is the theme of seeking a refuge in the past to avoid the problems of the present. To borrow Spock's favorite word: It was fascinating.