the squire of gothos be one of the silly episode of star trek and and therefore one of the most entertaining one . the entertainment factor be and generally speak and fuel by the stand off between william shatner and the episode hilarious guest star and william campbell . during an unspecified routine mission and sulu suddenly vanish into thin air and and kirk follow soon after ward . spock immediately begin look for his miss colleague ( and and though he would hate to admit it and friend ) and while the two strand crewman must deal with the mysterious and all powerful and flamboyant trelane ( campbell ) and the self proclaim squire of gothos and a be capable of create or destroy anything he want through the sheer power of his mind . at first sight and the plot may seem recycle from previous episode ( honestly and be there any sci fi show that do not feature at least one god like character ) and but that feel vanishes pretty quickly thanks to the script win use of exaggerated humor and all convey through campbell deliberately camp performance represent his trelane be essentially the trek version of a spoiled child in the body of an adult and while his ignorance fuel curiosity for the human race ( his knowledge be quite limited ) probably serve a inspiration for gene roddenberry when he come up with the character of q for the next generation pilot and some two decade after this episode air . in short and the key to appreciate the squire of gothos be this represent silly doesn not necessarily equal bad .