History Trivia / StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever

* RecycledSet: The New York exteriors were shot on the Mayberry set from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', complete with Floyd's Barber Shop still being labeled as such. The Mayberry set had previously appeared in the episodes "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri Miri]]" and "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E21TheReturnOfTheArchons The Return of the Archons]]." Although best recognized as Mayberry, the town set was actually originally built in the 1930s to represent antebellum UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}} for ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', and it would stand until the 1970s, when the land was sold to developers.

* RecycledSet: The New York streets that Kirk and Edith walk down are the Mayberry set from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''.

* WagTheDirector: According to Creator/HarlanEllison, Creator/WilliamShatner counted how many lines he had in the script and demanded a change when Creator/LeonardNimoy had more lines than him.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: The ''Star Trek Crucible'' trilogy was a series of novels dealing with how the three central male protagonists of the episode, Spock, [=McCoy=], and Kirk, each dealt with their experiences in 1930 New York after returning home.

** In ''The Star to Every Wandering'', Kirk attempts to move on from Edith's death, but is forced to confront his repressed guilt after he his subconscious refuses to let him live a perfect fantasy life with Edith in the Nexus.

"Ah, yes!" I said. "Mister Spock, the one the ears? The children love that show!" \\

** Interestingly the completed episode won the Hugo Award in 1968 for Best Dramatic Presentation & Ellison’s original script won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama on Television.

* EditedForSyndication: Rodent's death is deleted in some rebroadcasts, but is intact in home video editions. When F meets Rodent holding the milk bottle, the scene ends with [=McCoy=] collapsing, then cuts to [=McCoy=] meeting Keeler in the Mission. In the complete scene, after [=McCoy=] collapses, Rodent picks [=McCoy=]'s pocket and takes his hand phaser (which he took from the transporter chief) and accidentally sets it on overload, killing himself.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: The ''Star Trek Crucible" trilogy was a series of novels dealing with how the three central male protagonists of the episode, Spock, [=McCoy=], and Kirk, each dealt with their experiences in 1930 New York after returning home.

** In Spock, who originally felt self-assured in his logic that Keelor

* EditedForSyndication: Rodent's death is deleted in some rebroadcasts, but is intact in home video editions. When [=McCoy=] meets Rodent holding the milk bottle, the scene ends with [=McCoy=] collapsing, then cuts to [=McCoy=] meeting Keeler in the Mission. In the complete scene, after [=McCoy=] collapses, Rodent picks [=McCoy=]'s pocket and takes his hand phaser (which he took from the transporter chief) and accidentally sets it on overload, killing himself.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: The ''Star Trek Crucible" trilogy was a series of novels dealing with how the three central male protagonists of the episode, Spock, McCoy, and Kirk, each dealt with their experiences in 1930 New York after returning home.
** In ''Provenance of Shadows'', McCoy reckons with the idea that, in an alternate timeline, he saved Edith and lived an entire life in the past while WW2 raged.

** In ''Provenance of Shadows", McCoy reckons with the idea that, in an alternate timeline, he saved Edith and lived an entire life in the past while WW2 raged.
** In ''The Fire and the Rose", Spock reckons with his guilt over not deducing a way to save Edith, having realized that it may have been possible after his experiences in ''Yesteryear", and comes to conclude he may have traumatized Kirk for no reason.
** In "The Star to Every Wandering", Kirk attempts to move on from Edith's death, but is forced to confront his repressed guilt after he his subconscious refuses to let him live a perfect fantasy life with Edith in the Nexus.

-->'''Spock''': You could not stop Beckwith. I understand that. But… Beckwith… Amoral, evil, a killer, selfish and capable of anything. Why—\\

* ValuesDissonance: Kirk's very lame attempt to explain Spock's ears to a police officer could possibly be explained in universe as Kirk attempting to fit in by imitating the racist values of 1930s America.
-->'''Kirk''': My friend is obviously Chinese. I see that you've noticed the ears. Well, they're quite easy to explain. He got his head caught in a mechanical. . .rice picker. Fortunately, there was an American missionary living nearby who was a skilled plastic surgeon in civilian life so...

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/GeneRoddenberry named this as one of his ten favourite episodes, Creator/WilliamShatner named it as his second favourite[[note]]his number one was "The Devil in the Dark"[[/note]] and Creator/LeonardNimoy named it as one of his top five. Creator/GraceLeeWhintey named it as one of her favourites. Yeah, this episode's pretty damn good.

* The original finale also included a YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious moment when Spock calls his captain "Jim" for the first time, then gently invites him to come to Vulcan to rest, saying it is peaceful there, "the nights are very long. In the morning, there is the sound of silver birds against the sky." Most fans encountered this poetic line via James Blish's adaption. FanFic about Vulcan often includes those silver birds; there have even been songs written about them. The epic ''[[http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/kraith/ Kraith]]'' series by Jacqueline Lichtenberg has Kirk at last accepting that invitation, in "[[http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/kraith/kc001/kc01_11.html Spock's Mission]]."

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JoanCollins, both at the time (she made her name playing ingenue bombshells in TheFifties) and in retrospect (her most famous role is as the amoral, conniving diva Alexis from ''Series/Dynasty1981'', just about the polar opposite of Edith Keeler in every way). Collins herself likes to comment on her {{Typecasting}} as a villainess by reminding everyone that she played Edith, who to be fair remains one of her most famous roles. Ironically, in a 1983 interview in ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'', Collins had difficulty remembering the details of her role, even when the interviewer reminded her of her character's romance with Kirk.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/GeneRoddenberry named this as one of his ten favourite episodes, Creator/WilliamShatner named it as his second favourite[[note]]his number one was "The Devil in the Dark"[[/note]] and Creator/LeonardNimoy named it as one his top five. Creator/GraceLeeWhintey named it as one of her favourites. Yeah, this episode's pretty damn good.