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** S. Bar-David's original script had more pointed criticisms of 20th-century penology, including a rather leaden line from Kirk that the reforms at Tantalus "at last make me proud to be a human being".

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** S. Bar-David's original script had more pointed criticisms of 20th-century penology, including a rather leaden line from Kirk that the reforms at Tantalus "at last make me proud to be a human being". These were included as late as the revised final draft, suggesting that they were cut during filming, possibly for time.
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** S. Bar-David's original script had more pointed criticisms of 20th-century penology, including a rather leaden line from Kirk that the reforms at Tantalus "at last make me proud to be a human being".
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** Scotty appeared in the original script, operating the transporter in the first scene, when Van Gelder is beamed aboard. His appearance was nixed by Bob Justman, who saw this as a way of saving costs by eliminating Creator/JamesDoohan, who would have been paid $890 for the episode, and replacing him with a random performer (Larry Anthony, playing Lieutenant Berkeley), hired for a much lower salary.

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** Scotty appeared in the original script, operating the transporter in the first scene, when Van Gelder is beamed aboard. His appearance was nixed by Bob Justman, who saw this as a way of saving costs by eliminating Creator/JamesDoohan, who would have been paid $890 for the episode, and replacing him with a random performer (Larry Anthony, playing Lieutenant Berkeley), hired for a much lower salary.[[note]]Doohan's contract obliged the producers to cast him in five out of the first thirteen episodes produced, of which this was one, and he had already met that quota by this point.[[/note]]
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The script originally called for Spock to hypnotise van Gelder, but NBC sent a caution:
--> In accordance with our precautions to avoid hypnotizing a viewer, the act of hypnotizing must be either out of context or done off-camera. Further, since you are portraying hypnotism as a legitimate medical tool, Van Gelder should be hypnotized by ''Dr.'' [=McCoy=] rather than ''Mr.'' Spock unless ''Mr.'' Spock can be established as being qualified in the use of this technique.
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** The part of Helen Noel was originally written for Janice Rand. However, the producers wanted to avoid showing Kirk becoming involved with her, and Grace Lee Whitney was already on the verge of leaving the show due to personal problems on the set. In any event, from a dramatic point of view, it made more sense for a trained psychotherapist, rather than a yeoman, to accompany Kirk to the Tantalus rehabilitation colony.

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** The part of Helen Noel was originally written for Janice Rand. However, the producers wanted to avoid showing Kirk becoming involved with her, and Grace Lee Whitney Creator/GraceLeeWhitney was already on the verge of leaving the show due to personal problems on the set. In any event, from a dramatic point of view, it made more sense for a trained psychotherapist, rather than a yeoman, to accompany Kirk to the Tantalus rehabilitation colony.



* YouLookFamiliar: Woodward would later play Captain Ron Tracey in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E23TheOmegaGlory}} The Omega Glory]]".

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* YouLookFamiliar: Woodward would later play Captain Ron Tracey in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E23TheOmegaGlory}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E23TheOmegaGlory The Omega Glory]]".

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* EditedForSyndication: During the syndication run, the following scenes were typically cut from broadcast
** A log entry by Kirk in which he recaps the situation of Van Gelder's escape and then states that he (Kirk) will get to meet Doctor Adams after all.
** A log entry by Spock in which he explains the Vulcan mind meld in some detail. While the mind meld later became a common plot device, at this early stage of Star Trek production, the viewing audience had not yet seen the meld on camera, leading to Spock's need to explain the nature of the meld. When the episode was syndicated, this scene was frequently cut, since it was assumed that most viewers already knew what the mind meld was.
** A more lengthy recovery scene by Kirk after his first neural neutralizer session.



* RetroactiveRecognition: Dr. Adams is played by character actor James Gregory. About a decade after this appearance, he would land his most famous role, that of Inspector Luger on ''Series/BarneyMiller''.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The original plan was for Spock to hypnotize Van Gelder. NBC's Broadcast Standards office sent a memo that it would be better to have ''Dr.'' [=McCoy=] do this rather than ''Mr.'' Spock unless he could be established to have appropriate credentials; they also warned the production team against showing anything that might ''accidentally'' hypnotize any easily-suggestible viewers. Creator/LeonardNimoy thought up the Mind Meld to get around these things. This is why he says "This will not affect you, Doctor, only the person I touch. It is not hypnosis."

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Dr. Adams is played by character actor James Gregory. About a decade after this appearance, he would land his most famous role, that of Inspector Luger on ''Series/BarneyMiller''.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The original plan was for Spock to hypnotize Van Gelder. NBC's Creator/{{NBC}}'s Broadcast Standards office sent a memo that it would be better to have ''Dr.'' [=McCoy=] do this rather than ''Mr.'' Spock unless he could be established to have appropriate credentials; they also warned the production team against showing anything that might ''accidentally'' hypnotize any easily-suggestible viewers. Creator/LeonardNimoy thought up the Mind Meld to get around these things. This is why he says "This will not affect you, Doctor, only the person I touch. It is not hypnosis."
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* PlayingAgainstType: Morgan Woodward was a veteran of Western series and films (much like Creator/DeForestKelley, in fact, though surprisingly they'd never shared a credit before this) who took the opportunity to play the very different role of Dr. Simon van Gelder and went into it with gusto. After viewing the finished product when it aired he was embarrassed by what he perceived as his overacting but mellowed in subsequent years after being praised repeatedly for the intensity of his performance. He still regards it as the most challenging role of his very long career.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Morgan Woodward was a veteran of Western series and films (much like Creator/DeForestKelley, in fact, though surprisingly they'd never shared a credit before this) who took the opportunity to play the very different role of Dr. Simon van Gelder and went into it with gusto. After viewing the finished product when it aired he was embarrassed by what he perceived as his overacting but mellowed in subsequent years after being praised repeatedly for the intensity of his performance. He In his later years, he still regards regarded it as the most challenging role of his very long career.

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* PropRecycling:
** Some of the colony interiors are reused (and redressed) sets left over from "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E7WhatAreLittleGirlsMadeOf What Are Little Girls Made Of]]".
** The surface of the PenalColony uses the same matte-painting of Delta Vega in "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

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PropRecycling: The surface of the PenalColony uses the same matte-painting of Delta Vega in "Where No Man Has Gone Before", slightly modified.
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Some of the colony interiors are reused (and redressed) sets left over from "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E7WhatAreLittleGirlsMadeOf What Are Little Girls Made Of]]".
** The surface of the PenalColony uses the same matte-painting of Delta Vega in "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
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** The surface of the PenalColony uses the same matte-painting as "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

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** The surface of the PenalColony uses the same matte-painting as of Delta Vega in "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

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* PropRecycling: Some of the colony interiors are reused (and redressed) sets left over from "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E7WhatAreLittleGirlsMadeOf What Are Little Girls Made Of]]".

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** The surface of the PenalColony uses the same matte-painting as "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The original plan was for Spock to hypnotize Van Gelder. NBC's Broadcast Standards office sent a memo that it would be better to have ''Dr.'' [=McCoy=] do this rather than ''Mr.'' Spock unless he could be established to have appropriate credentials. Also, they warned "avoid hypnotizing the viewer". Creator/LeonardNimoy thought up the Mind Meld to get around these things. This is why he says "This will not affect you, Doctor, only the person I touch. It is not hypnosis."

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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The original plan was for Spock to hypnotize Van Gelder. NBC's Broadcast Standards office sent a memo that it would be better to have ''Dr.'' [=McCoy=] do this rather than ''Mr.'' Spock unless he could be established to have appropriate credentials. Also, credentials; they also warned "avoid hypnotizing the viewer".production team against showing anything that might ''accidentally'' hypnotize any easily-suggestible viewers. Creator/LeonardNimoy thought up the Mind Meld to get around these things. This is why he says "This will not affect you, Doctor, only the person I touch. It is not hypnosis."
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* PlayingAgainstType: Morgan Woodward was a veteran of Western series and films (much like Creator/DeForestKelley, in fact, though surprisingly they'd never shared a credit before this) who took the opportunity to play the very different role of Dr. Simon van Gelder and went into it with gusto. After viewing the finished product when it aired he was embarrassed by what he perceived as his overacting but mellowed in subsequent years after being praised repeatedly for the intensity of his performance. He still regards it as the most challenging role of his very long career.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Dr. Adams is played by character actor James Gregory. About a decade after this appearance, he would land his most famous role, that of Inspector Luger on ''Series/BarneyMiller''.
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* PropRecycling: Some of the colony interiors are reused (and redressed) sets left over from "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E7WhatAreLittleGirlsMadeOf What Are Little Girls Made Of]]".

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* YouLookFamiliar: Woodward would later play Captain Ron Tracey in "The Omega Glory".

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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The original plan was for Spock to hypnotize Van Gelder. NBC's Broadcast Standards office sent a memo that it would be better to have ''Dr.'' [=McCoy=] do this rather than ''Mr.'' Spock unless he could be established to have appropriate credentials. Also, they warned "avoid hypnotizing the viewer". Creator/LeonardNimoy thought up the Mind Meld to get around these things. This is why he says "This will not affect you, Doctor, only the person I touch. It is not hypnosis."
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The part of Helen Noel was originally written for Janice Rand. However, the producers wanted to avoid showing Kirk becoming involved with her, and Grace Lee Whitney was already on the verge of leaving the show due to personal problems on the set. In any event, from a dramatic point of view, it made more sense for a trained psychotherapist, rather than a yeoman, to accompany Kirk to the Tantalus rehabilitation colony.
** Scotty appeared in the original script, operating the transporter in the first scene, when Van Gelder is beamed aboard. His appearance was nixed by Bob Justman, who saw this as a way of saving costs by eliminating Creator/JamesDoohan, who would have been paid $890 for the episode, and replacing him with a random performer (Larry Anthony, playing Lieutenant Berkeley), hired for a much lower salary.
* YouLookFamiliar: Woodward would later play Captain Ron Tracey in "The "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E23TheOmegaGlory}} The Omega Glory".Glory]]".
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* HeyItsThatGuy: The asylum is run by [[Series/BarneyMiller Inspector Luger]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: The asylum is run by [[Series/BarneyMiller Inspector Luger]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Dr. Adams is James Gregory (Inspector Luger from ''Series/BarneyMiller'', [[Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes General Ursus]], and both [[WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons Bryagh and Smrgol]]).
** Van Gelder is Morgan Woodward (Jock Ewing's old buddy Punk Anderson from ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and [[Film/BattleBeyondTheStars Cayman]]).
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* YouLookFamiliar: Woodward would later play Captain Ron Tracey in "The Omega Glory".
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** Dr. Adams is James Gregory (Inspector Luger from ''Series/BarneyMiller'', [[PlanetOfTheApes General Ursus]], and both [[WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons Bryagh and Smrgol]]).

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** Dr. Adams is James Gregory (Inspector Luger from ''Series/BarneyMiller'', [[PlanetOfTheApes [[Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes General Ursus]], and both [[WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons Bryagh and Smrgol]]).
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* YouLookFamiliar: Woodward would later play Captain Ron Tracey in "The Omega Glory".
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** Van Gelder is Morgan Woodward (Jock Ewing's old buddy Punk Anderson from ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and [[BattleBeyondTheStars Cayman]]).

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** Van Gelder is Morgan Woodward (Jock Ewing's old buddy Punk Anderson from ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and [[BattleBeyondTheStars [[Film/BattleBeyondTheStars Cayman]]).

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Dr. Adams is James Gregory (Inspector Luger from ''Series/BarneyMiller'', [[PlanetOfTheApes General Ursus]], and both [[FlightOfDragons Bryagh and Smrgol]]).

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Dr. Adams is James Gregory (Inspector Luger from ''Series/BarneyMiller'', [[PlanetOfTheApes General Ursus]], and both [[FlightOfDragons [[WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons Bryagh and Smrgol]]).



*** YouLookFamiliar: Woodward would later play Captain Ron Tracey in "The Omega Glory".

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*** * YouLookFamiliar: Woodward would later play Captain Ron Tracey in "The Omega Glory".
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Dr. Adams is James Gregory (Inspector Luger from ''Series/BarneyMiller'' and [[PlanetOfTheApes General Ursus]]).

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Dr. Adams is James Gregory (Inspector Luger from ''Series/BarneyMiller'' and ''Series/BarneyMiller'', [[PlanetOfTheApes General Ursus]]).Ursus]], and both [[FlightOfDragons Bryagh and Smrgol]]).
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Dr. Adams is James Gregory (Inspector Luger from ''Series/BarneyMiller'').
** Van Gelder is Morgan Woodward (Jock Ewing's old buddy Punk Anderson from ''Series/{{Dallas}}'').

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Dr. Adams is James Gregory (Inspector Luger from ''Series/BarneyMiller'').''Series/BarneyMiller'' and [[PlanetOfTheApes General Ursus]]).
** Van Gelder is Morgan Woodward (Jock Ewing's old buddy Punk Anderson from ''Series/{{Dallas}}'').''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and [[BattleBeyondTheStars Cayman]]).
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** Van Gelder is Morgan Woodward (Jock Ewing's old buddy Punk Anderson from ''Series/{{Dallas}})''.

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** Van Gelder is Morgan Woodward (Jock Ewing's old buddy Punk Anderson from ''Series/{{Dallas}})''.''Series/{{Dallas}}'').
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** Van Gelder is Morgan Woodward (Jock Ewing's old buddy Punk Anderson from ''Series/{{Dallas}}''.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Dr. Adams is James Gregory (Inspector Luger from ''Series/BarneyMiller'').
** Van Gelder is Morgan Woodward (Jock Ewing's old buddy Punk Anderson from ''Series/{{Dallas}}''.
*** YouLookFamiliar: Woodward would later play Captain Ron Tracey in "The Omega Glory".
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