January 3, 1969 –
Captain Kirk visits an asylum where he is held hostage by an insane starship captain who believes that he is destined to control the universe in the Star Trek series episode Whom Gods Destroy, which aired on NBC TV on this date.
The plot of inmates taking over the asylum and impersonating the warden closely resembles Dagger of the Mind, right down to the “agony chair” prop which is reused from that episode. In his memoir I Am Not Spock, Leonard Nimoy shares a memo that he wrote to the producers to complain about the similarities.
The Haus of Dcaligari 