Philana (Star Trek)

Philana (Barbara Babcock) was the wife of Parmen, leader of the Platonians. Like the other Platonians, she possessed psychokinetic powers. She was born on the planet Sahndara in 32 BC. She stopped aging when she was thirty years old. The couple married when she was 117 years old. .Philana was the product of a mass eugenics program on the planet Sahndara. She was bred for contemplation, self-reliance, and longevity. The number of individuals generated by the program was pared down to thirty-eight. Before the planet's star went nova, this group resettled on Earth where they were exposed to the Greek civilization. When this civilization died, they moved on to Platonius where they founded their republic.In 2268, Philana requested medical treatment for her husband Parmen, who was dying from a leg wound. The USS Enterprise responded, and McCoy saved her husband's life. The "Plantonians" were ancient being 2,500 years old. Their mental powers came from eating a natural chemical on Platonius; unforently they have become lazy and vicious with the single exception of their dwarf court jester Alexander whose body cannot syentize the chemicals to posses psychokinetic powers. The other Platonians first amuse themselves by forcing Mr Spock to kiss Norse Chapel and Captain Kirk to kiss Lt Uhura. When the Platonians try to force Kirk and Spock to hurt Uhura and Chapel, Kirk and Spock turn the tables on the Platonians after having injested a higher concentration of the psychokinetic powers chemical; they warn Parmen and the others that of they try any more sadistic tricks they be back and destroy them. Alexander who alone of them retains Humanity leaves with Kirk Spock and McCoy to begin a new life.(TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren")
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