"The Mark of Gideon" is a third season episode of the original science fiction television series, Star Trek, and was broadcast on January 17, 1969. It is episode #71, production #72, written by George F. Slavin and Stanley Adams (who portrayed Cyrano Jones in "The Trouble With Tribbles"), and directed by Jud Taylor. In this episode, a race of aliens from an overpopulated planet abduct Captain Kirk to solve their problem.