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On this episode of Star Trek, Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura are among several Enterprise members who are lured to a planet inhabited by Platonians (named in honor of the Greek philosopher Plato). The Platonians seem to possess telekinetic powers and use them to overpower Kirk and Uhura as well as Spock. While under the Platonians’ spell, Kirk and Uhura are forced to perform for the Platonians wearing Greek garb and are made to kiss — what is now popularly known as the first interracial kiss on television. Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura, said of the kiss, “It was originally written as being between Uhura and Spock. But Bill Shatner said ‘Oh no! If anyone is going to get to kiss Nichelle, it’s going to be me!’ And so they rewrote it, and we all laughed about it.”