witch-hunt theme
The religious practice, mostly Christian, of hunting down people that are believed to fraternize with the devil.
Examples
Captain Kirk was confined and nearly charged with witchcraft in tos3x23 "All Our Yesterdays".
5 total · 2 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: The Seventh Seal (1957) | major | superstitious villagers wanted to burn a woman as a witch for having caused the plague |
| tz1985e1x06b | major | The story pivoted on the activities of a depraved witch hunter in Salem. |
| movie: The Time Machine (1978) | minor | Neil used his time machine to go back to what one gathered to be Salem where he was immediately put on trial on the charge of being a wizard. |
| tas1x08 | minor | The Megans, we learned, were forced to leave Earth after they were persecuted as witches during these trials. |
| tos3x23 | minor | Kirk was nearly prosecuted for witchcraft. |