TREKCORE > TOS > EPISODES > THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS > Behind the Scenes

	Jon Lormer, who plays Tamar, had previously played Dr. Theodore Haskins in "The Cage". (and "The Menagerie, Part I".) He would later play an old man in "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky".
	Ben Stiller, admittedly a big "Star Trek" fan, named his production company "Red Hour Films" after this episode. Stiller also incorporated the Kirk vs. Spock scene from "Amok Time" as a parody into his movie "The Cable Guy". (see Behind the Scenes entry for "Amok Time" also)
	When Landru appears in the dungeon, one of the security guard actors misses his cue and covers his ears a couple of seconds before Landru starts his sonic bombardment and everyone else reacts.
	"The Red Hour" and much of the episode draws parallels with George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four." In "Star Trek: The Next Generation's" episode "Chain of Command, Part II", Gul Madred's infamous "how many lights" torture of Captain Picard is also a reference to Orwell's novel.