Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Deleted line(s) 219,225 (click to see context) :
* WordOfStPaul: Word of Shatner is that if Kirk had to stay in Janice Lester's body, he would have run with it and done what he always does, use seduction as a tactic to get their way.
** When asked about how Spock felt over Kirk's seduction tactics, Nimoy stated that it was less jealousy on Spock's part and more sympathy, as Kirk has to use his attractiveness to get out of bad situations, and it always happens to him instead of Scotty, Chekov, Sulu etc.
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Proving that boundaries being needed have always been a thing, Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath (and by extension fandom as a whole) were originally accepted by the Trek writers and cast, partly through their friendship with convention organizer Joan Winston. They wrote a Shatner biography (''[[https://tinyurl.com/2we974un Where No Man...]]'') and ''Star Trek Lives!'', on ''Star Trek'' as cultural phenomenon, then [[Literature/StarTrekTheNewVoyages two anthologies of the best FanFic]] (after editor Fred Pohl [[MoneyDearBoy smelled money]]). And then it turned out they had, without the authors' permission, edited the ''shit'' out of the original stories they'd been entrusted with and added slash "subtext" elements. Keep in mind that ''Star Trek'' fan fiction has ''never'' been All Slash All The Time, especially in those early days; [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Slash_Controversies the majority of fanzines refused to print slash]] or even explicit heterosexual narratives, and those that did were risking imprisonment for sending "pornography" through the U.S. Mail. On top of everything else, Marshak and Culbreath had to start pushing the idea that Kirk wanted to be raped -- by ''Spock'' -- amongst other sexual fantasies, and the crew cut ties with them, Fontana and Gerrold especially being sick of slash fans.
** Fontana is on record that there was no intended "slash subtext" in any ''Star Trek'' episode. Gerrold, who is gay, [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_K/S_Fandom_by_David_Gerrold considers the idea ludicrous and its promulgators obsessive]].
** The monumental ''[[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Kraith Kraith]]'' fanfic series ([[http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/kraith/ read it here]]) by [[Literature/SimeGen Jacqueline Lichtenberg]] and a host of co-authors was controversial for other reasons, but completely heterosexual, at least until Sondra Marshak started to contribute. Marshak is also fond of excruciatingly convoluted storylines and complicated twists within twists. She managed to completely demolish Lichtenberg's original plot plans, and ''Kraith'' was never completed.
* WriterRevolt: David Gerrold was annoyed with how much Roddenberry wanted Kirk to be an IdealHero (he wasn't the only one, Gene Coon, DC Fontana and even Shatner felt the same), so his episodes always featured Kirk being TheChewToy.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Happened to several episodes, most notably "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", "Court Martial", "Shore Leave", "Bread and Circuses", and "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" (the latter because of the Roddenberry / IDIC pin incident).
** When asked about how Spock felt over Kirk's seduction tactics, Nimoy stated that it was less jealousy on Spock's part and more sympathy, as Kirk has to use his attractiveness to get out of bad situations, and it always happens to him instead of Scotty, Chekov, Sulu etc.
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Proving that boundaries being needed have always been a thing, Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath (and by extension fandom as a whole) were originally accepted by the Trek writers and cast, partly through their friendship with convention organizer Joan Winston. They wrote a Shatner biography (''[[https://tinyurl.com/2we974un Where No Man...]]'') and ''Star Trek Lives!'', on ''Star Trek'' as cultural phenomenon, then [[Literature/StarTrekTheNewVoyages two anthologies of the best FanFic]] (after editor Fred Pohl [[MoneyDearBoy smelled money]]). And then it turned out they had, without the authors' permission, edited the ''shit'' out of the original stories they'd been entrusted with and added slash "subtext" elements. Keep in mind that ''Star Trek'' fan fiction has ''never'' been All Slash All The Time, especially in those early days; [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Slash_Controversies the majority of fanzines refused to print slash]] or even explicit heterosexual narratives, and those that did were risking imprisonment for sending "pornography" through the U.S. Mail. On top of everything else, Marshak and Culbreath had to start pushing the idea that Kirk wanted to be raped -- by ''Spock'' -- amongst other sexual fantasies, and the crew cut ties with them, Fontana and Gerrold especially being sick of slash fans.
** Fontana is on record that there was no intended "slash subtext" in any ''Star Trek'' episode. Gerrold, who is gay, [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_K/S_Fandom_by_David_Gerrold considers the idea ludicrous and its promulgators obsessive]].
** The monumental ''[[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Kraith Kraith]]'' fanfic series ([[http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/kraith/ read it here]]) by [[Literature/SimeGen Jacqueline Lichtenberg]] and a host of co-authors was controversial for other reasons, but completely heterosexual, at least until Sondra Marshak started to contribute. Marshak is also fond of excruciatingly convoluted storylines and complicated twists within twists. She managed to completely demolish Lichtenberg's original plot plans, and ''Kraith'' was never completed.
* WriterRevolt: David Gerrold was annoyed with how much Roddenberry wanted Kirk to be an IdealHero (he wasn't the only one, Gene Coon, DC Fontana and even Shatner felt the same), so his episodes always featured Kirk being TheChewToy.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Happened to several episodes, most notably "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", "Court Martial", "Shore Leave", "Bread and Circuses", and "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" (the latter because of the Roddenberry / IDIC pin incident).
Added DiffLines:
* WordOfStPaul: Word of Shatner is that if Kirk had to stay in Janice Lester's body, he would have run with it and done what he always does, use seduction as a tactic to get their way.
** When asked about how Spock felt over Kirk's seduction tactics, Nimoy stated that it was less jealousy on Spock's part and more sympathy, as Kirk has to use his attractiveness to get out of bad situations, and it always happens to him instead of Scotty, Chekov, Sulu etc.
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Proving that boundaries being needed have always been a thing, Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath (and by extension fandom as a whole) were originally accepted by the Trek writers and cast, partly through their friendship with convention organizer Joan Winston. They wrote a Shatner biography (''[[https://tinyurl.com/2we974un Where No Man...]]'') and ''Star Trek Lives!'', on ''Star Trek'' as cultural phenomenon, then [[Literature/StarTrekTheNewVoyages two anthologies of the best FanFic]] (after editor Fred Pohl [[MoneyDearBoy smelled money]]). And then it turned out they had, without the authors' permission, edited the ''shit'' out of the original stories they'd been entrusted with and added slash "subtext" elements. Keep in mind that ''Star Trek'' fan fiction has ''never'' been All Slash All The Time, especially in those early days; [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Slash_Controversies the majority of fanzines refused to print slash]] or even explicit heterosexual narratives, and those that did were risking imprisonment for sending "pornography" through the U.S. Mail. On top of everything else, Marshak and Culbreath had to start pushing the idea that Kirk wanted to be raped -- by ''Spock'' -- amongst other sexual fantasies, and the crew cut ties with them, Fontana and Gerrold especially being sick of slash fans.
** Fontana is on record that there was no intended "slash subtext" in any ''Star Trek'' episode. Gerrold, who is gay, [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_K/S_Fandom_by_David_Gerrold considers the idea ludicrous and its promulgators obsessive]].
** The monumental ''[[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Kraith Kraith]]'' fanfic series ([[http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/kraith/ read it here]]) by [[Literature/SimeGen Jacqueline Lichtenberg]] and a host of co-authors was controversial for other reasons, but completely heterosexual, at least until Sondra Marshak started to contribute. Marshak is also fond of excruciatingly convoluted storylines and complicated twists within twists. She managed to completely demolish Lichtenberg's original plot plans, and ''Kraith'' was never completed.
* WriterRevolt: David Gerrold was annoyed with how much Roddenberry wanted Kirk to be an IdealHero (he wasn't the only one, Gene Coon, DC Fontana and even Shatner felt the same), so his episodes always featured Kirk being TheChewToy.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Happened to several episodes, most notably "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", "Court Martial", "Shore Leave", "Bread and Circuses", and "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" (the latter because of the Roddenberry / IDIC pin incident).
** When asked about how Spock felt over Kirk's seduction tactics, Nimoy stated that it was less jealousy on Spock's part and more sympathy, as Kirk has to use his attractiveness to get out of bad situations, and it always happens to him instead of Scotty, Chekov, Sulu etc.
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Proving that boundaries being needed have always been a thing, Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath (and by extension fandom as a whole) were originally accepted by the Trek writers and cast, partly through their friendship with convention organizer Joan Winston. They wrote a Shatner biography (''[[https://tinyurl.com/2we974un Where No Man...]]'') and ''Star Trek Lives!'', on ''Star Trek'' as cultural phenomenon, then [[Literature/StarTrekTheNewVoyages two anthologies of the best FanFic]] (after editor Fred Pohl [[MoneyDearBoy smelled money]]). And then it turned out they had, without the authors' permission, edited the ''shit'' out of the original stories they'd been entrusted with and added slash "subtext" elements. Keep in mind that ''Star Trek'' fan fiction has ''never'' been All Slash All The Time, especially in those early days; [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Slash_Controversies the majority of fanzines refused to print slash]] or even explicit heterosexual narratives, and those that did were risking imprisonment for sending "pornography" through the U.S. Mail. On top of everything else, Marshak and Culbreath had to start pushing the idea that Kirk wanted to be raped -- by ''Spock'' -- amongst other sexual fantasies, and the crew cut ties with them, Fontana and Gerrold especially being sick of slash fans.
** Fontana is on record that there was no intended "slash subtext" in any ''Star Trek'' episode. Gerrold, who is gay, [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_K/S_Fandom_by_David_Gerrold considers the idea ludicrous and its promulgators obsessive]].
** The monumental ''[[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Kraith Kraith]]'' fanfic series ([[http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/kraith/ read it here]]) by [[Literature/SimeGen Jacqueline Lichtenberg]] and a host of co-authors was controversial for other reasons, but completely heterosexual, at least until Sondra Marshak started to contribute. Marshak is also fond of excruciatingly convoluted storylines and complicated twists within twists. She managed to completely demolish Lichtenberg's original plot plans, and ''Kraith'' was never completed.
* WriterRevolt: David Gerrold was annoyed with how much Roddenberry wanted Kirk to be an IdealHero (he wasn't the only one, Gene Coon, DC Fontana and even Shatner felt the same), so his episodes always featured Kirk being TheChewToy.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Happened to several episodes, most notably "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", "Court Martial", "Shore Leave", "Bread and Circuses", and "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" (the latter because of the Roddenberry / IDIC pin incident).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Woolseyism is a YMMV trope.
Deleted line(s) 2 (click to see context) :
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
** In "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E26AssignmentEarth}} Assignment: Earth]]", the ''Enterprise'' travels back in time to 1968. and it's mentioned that "an important assassination" will take place and that a government coup will take place in Asia. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were both assassinated later that year, and this was the year of Iraq's July 17 Revolution in which the Ba'athist Party and UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein first came to power. There was also a Saturn V rocket launch that went wrong, which given Kirk's statement about how the "real" events were never generally revealed, which would imply the actual real world events were a cover-up for what happened in the Star Trek timeline.
to:
** In "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E26AssignmentEarth}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E26AssignmentEarth Assignment: Earth]]", the ''Enterprise'' travels back in time to 1968. and it's mentioned that "an important assassination" will take place and that a government coup will take place in Asia. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were both assassinated later that year, and this was the year of Iraq's July 17 Revolution in which the Ba'athist Party and UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein first came to power. There was also a Saturn V rocket launch that went wrong, which given Kirk's statement about how the "real" events were never generally revealed, which would imply the actual real world events were a cover-up for what happened in the Star Trek timeline.
Changed line(s) 11 (click to see context) from:
** Many elements of the Spock character were improvised by Creator/LeonardNimoy during production. For instance, the "Vulcan neck pinch" was his suggestion during filming of "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin}} The Enemy Within]]" for how Spock could subdue an opponent. The "Vulcan salute" was created during the production of "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime}} Amok Time]]" using a version of a traditional Jewish religious hand gesture as a distinctive Vulcan greeting.
to:
** Many elements of the Spock character were improvised by Creator/LeonardNimoy during production. For instance, the "Vulcan neck pinch" was his suggestion during filming of "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin The Enemy Within]]" for how Spock could subdue an opponent. The "Vulcan salute" was created during the production of "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]]" using a version of a traditional Jewish religious hand gesture as a distinctive Vulcan greeting.
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
** The writer of "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E20ReturnToTomorrow}} Return to Tomorrow]]" had himself credited under a pseudonym in protest against a change that was made to the ending.
to:
** The writer of "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E20ReturnToTomorrow}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E20ReturnToTomorrow Return to Tomorrow]]" had himself credited under a pseudonym in protest against a change that was made to the ending.
Changed line(s) 73,74 (click to see context) from:
** Robert Walker was 26 years old when he played 17-year-old Charlie Evans in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E2CharlieX}} Charlie X]]".
** Michael J. Pollard (27 years old) and Kim Darby (19) play pre-pubescent children in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri}} Miri]]".
** Michael J. Pollard (27 years old) and Kim Darby (19) play pre-pubescent children in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri}} Miri]]".
to:
** Robert Walker was 26 years old when he played 17-year-old Charlie Evans in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E2CharlieX}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E2CharlieX Charlie X]]".
** Michael J. Pollard (27 years old) and Kim Darby (19) play pre-pubescent children in"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri Miri]]".
** Michael J. Pollard (27 years old) and Kim Darby (19) play pre-pubescent children in
Changed line(s) 77,78 (click to see context) from:
** In "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore}} Where No Man Has Gone Before]]", Gary Mitchell's GlowingEyesOfDoom were achieved by Gary Lockwood wearing silver contact lenses. Very primitives ones, with very small holes that he could only see through by raising his head and looking down his nose at everyone else, making his AGodAmI act more believable.
** In "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]", Creator/WilliamShatner was quite genuinely annoyed during the "Tribble waterfall" scene. The people throwing the Tribbles at him couldn't actually see what they were doing and kept it up long after it should have stopped.
** In "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]", Creator/WilliamShatner was quite genuinely annoyed during the "Tribble waterfall" scene. The people throwing the Tribbles at him couldn't actually see what they were doing and kept it up long after it should have stopped.
to:
** In "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore Where No Man Has Gone Before]]", Gary Mitchell's GlowingEyesOfDoom were achieved by Gary Lockwood wearing silver contact lenses. Very primitives ones, with very small holes that he could only see through by raising his head and looking down his nose at everyone else, making his AGodAmI act more believable.
** In"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles The Trouble with Tribbles]]", Creator/WilliamShatner was quite genuinely annoyed during the "Tribble waterfall" scene. The people throwing the Tribbles at him couldn't actually see what they were doing and kept it up long after it should have stopped.
** In
Changed line(s) 85,87 (click to see context) from:
** The original {{pilot}} episode for the original series, "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage}} The Cage]]", was considered "too intellectual" by the executives, so a new one was made. Gene Roddenberry then created the two-parter "The Menagerie" as a FramingDevice in order to utilize footage from "The Cage". "The Menagerie" won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. And in a wonderful bit of serendipity, the story also established the concept of a "Star Trek universe" spanning decades which later became one spanning centuries with later revival series and spinoffs (with the exception of soap operas, TV series of the era rarely established any sort of long-standing history of their fictional universes).
** David Gerrold suggested a subplot for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]" which would have involved two companies engaging in mutual corporate espionage, even each sabotaging the other's efforts to colonize Sherman's Planet (the tribbles would have been an element of this sabotage). This was rejected with a scrawl of "Big Business angle out" in the margin; in 1967 it was, at least in the eyes of the show's sponsors, utterly unacceptable to suggest that ''any'' corporation -- even centuries in the future -- might ''ever'' engage in behavior less than completely and shiningly ethical.
** The episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E21TheCloudMinders}} The Cloud Minders]]" was based on an outline by Gerrold, "Castles in the Sky". In his original outline, the planet's mine workers were rebelling, caught between two different leaders: a [[UsefulNotes/MalcolmX violent militant]] and a [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr revolutionary pacifist]]. The story would have culminated with Kirk literally sitting the three leaders -- the militant, the pacifist, and the overlords' leader -- down ''at phaserpoint'' and commanding them to talk to each other; the end would have had Kirk congratulating himself that at least they were now ''talking'' to each other, so given enough time they'd work things out, and [=McCoy=] answering, [[WhamLine "Yes, but how many children will die in the meantime?"]] Gerrold was profoundly disappointed when the final script established that the mine-workers were only acting the way they were because of the pernicious effects of "zenite gas" in the mines. Or as he put it, deeply sarcastically, "If we can just get them troglytes to wear gas masks, then they'll be happy little darkies and they'll pick all the cotton we need." He deeply disliked how the finished episode gave Kirk a much less dramatic choice with no hard consequences for anyone, and changed the script's intended radical political message to a watered-down gradualist one.
** David Gerrold suggested a subplot for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]" which would have involved two companies engaging in mutual corporate espionage, even each sabotaging the other's efforts to colonize Sherman's Planet (the tribbles would have been an element of this sabotage). This was rejected with a scrawl of "Big Business angle out" in the margin; in 1967 it was, at least in the eyes of the show's sponsors, utterly unacceptable to suggest that ''any'' corporation -- even centuries in the future -- might ''ever'' engage in behavior less than completely and shiningly ethical.
** The episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E21TheCloudMinders}} The Cloud Minders]]" was based on an outline by Gerrold, "Castles in the Sky". In his original outline, the planet's mine workers were rebelling, caught between two different leaders: a [[UsefulNotes/MalcolmX violent militant]] and a [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr revolutionary pacifist]]. The story would have culminated with Kirk literally sitting the three leaders -- the militant, the pacifist, and the overlords' leader -- down ''at phaserpoint'' and commanding them to talk to each other; the end would have had Kirk congratulating himself that at least they were now ''talking'' to each other, so given enough time they'd work things out, and [=McCoy=] answering, [[WhamLine "Yes, but how many children will die in the meantime?"]] Gerrold was profoundly disappointed when the final script established that the mine-workers were only acting the way they were because of the pernicious effects of "zenite gas" in the mines. Or as he put it, deeply sarcastically, "If we can just get them troglytes to wear gas masks, then they'll be happy little darkies and they'll pick all the cotton we need." He deeply disliked how the finished episode gave Kirk a much less dramatic choice with no hard consequences for anyone, and changed the script's intended radical political message to a watered-down gradualist one.
to:
** The original {{pilot}} episode for the original series, "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage The Cage]]", was considered "too intellectual" by the executives, so a new one was made. Gene Roddenberry then created the two-parter "The Menagerie" as a FramingDevice in order to utilize footage from "The Cage". "The Menagerie" won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. And in a wonderful bit of serendipity, the story also established the concept of a "Star Trek universe" spanning decades which later became one spanning centuries with later revival series and spinoffs (with the exception of soap operas, TV series of the era rarely established any sort of long-standing history of their fictional universes).
** David Gerrold suggested a subplot for"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles The Trouble with Tribbles]]" which would have involved two companies engaging in mutual corporate espionage, even each sabotaging the other's efforts to colonize Sherman's Planet (the tribbles would have been an element of this sabotage). This was rejected with a scrawl of "Big Business angle out" in the margin; in 1967 it was, at least in the eyes of the show's sponsors, utterly unacceptable to suggest that ''any'' corporation -- even centuries in the future -- might ''ever'' engage in behavior less than completely and shiningly ethical.
** The episode"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E21TheCloudMinders}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E21TheCloudMinders The Cloud Minders]]" was based on an outline by Gerrold, "Castles in the Sky". In his original outline, the planet's mine workers were rebelling, caught between two different leaders: a [[UsefulNotes/MalcolmX violent militant]] and a [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr revolutionary pacifist]]. The story would have culminated with Kirk literally sitting the three leaders -- the militant, the pacifist, and the overlords' leader -- down ''at phaserpoint'' and commanding them to talk to each other; the end would have had Kirk congratulating himself that at least they were now ''talking'' to each other, so given enough time they'd work things out, and [=McCoy=] answering, [[WhamLine "Yes, but how many children will die in the meantime?"]] Gerrold was profoundly disappointed when the final script established that the mine-workers were only acting the way they were because of the pernicious effects of "zenite gas" in the mines. Or as he put it, deeply sarcastically, "If we can just get them troglytes to wear gas masks, then they'll be happy little darkies and they'll pick all the cotton we need." He deeply disliked how the finished episode gave Kirk a much less dramatic choice with no hard consequences for anyone, and changed the script's intended radical political message to a watered-down gradualist one.
** David Gerrold suggested a subplot for
** The episode
Changed line(s) 96 (click to see context) from:
** In the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed}} Space Seed]]", Khan Noonien Singh is an Indian Sikh, played by Mexican actor Creator/RicardoMontalban.
to:
** In the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]", Khan Noonien Singh is an Indian Sikh, played by Mexican actor Creator/RicardoMontalban.
Changed line(s) 132,133 (click to see context) from:
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Although "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E6TheDoomsdayMachine}} The Doomsday Machine]]" usually places very highly in fan polls and best-of lists, certain members of the production staff were (and are) a good deal less enthused. Writer Norman Spinrad disliked the end result, complaining about the casting (he wanted Robert Ryan for Decker) and the underwhelming depiction of the planet killer (which he envisioned as having been "bristling with weapons"). In an interview for the Archive of American Television, story editor D.C. Fontana actually named it as her least favourite episode.
* TheMerch: One of the rarest of the Mego action figures to come out in the '70s (and the only one tied to a specific episode) was of a Cheron from "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E15LetThatBeYourLastBattlefield}} Let That Be Your Last Battlefield]]".
* TheMerch: One of the rarest of the Mego action figures to come out in the '70s (and the only one tied to a specific episode) was of a Cheron from "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E15LetThatBeYourLastBattlefield}} Let That Be Your Last Battlefield]]".
to:
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Although "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E6TheDoomsdayMachine}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E6TheDoomsdayMachine The Doomsday Machine]]" usually places very highly in fan polls and best-of lists, certain members of the production staff were (and are) a good deal less enthused. Writer Norman Spinrad disliked the end result, complaining about the casting (he wanted Robert Ryan for Decker) and the underwhelming depiction of the planet killer (which he envisioned as having been "bristling with weapons"). In an interview for the Archive of American Television, story editor D.C. Fontana actually named it as her least favourite episode.
* TheMerch: One of the rarest of the Mego action figures to come out in the '70s (and the only one tied to a specific episode) was of a Cheron from"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E15LetThatBeYourLastBattlefield}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E15LetThatBeYourLastBattlefield Let That Be Your Last Battlefield]]".
* TheMerch: One of the rarest of the Mego action figures to come out in the '70s (and the only one tied to a specific episode) was of a Cheron from
Changed line(s) 141 (click to see context) from:
* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/WilliamShatner's predecessor, Jeffery Hunter, played Captain Pike in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage}} The Cage]]". This footage was later re-used in "The Menagerie", with Pike himself appearing a motionless deformity in an iron lung-type device. This was primarily to disguise the fact that Hunter was unavailable; this new Pike was played by a lookalike (such as he is) named Sean Kenney. What's interesting is that Captain Pike was retconned into Kirk's predecessor, as well; He was the original Captain of the ''Enterprise'', with Mr. Spock as his science officer. This is still canon in the Abrams film, in which Bruce Greenwood plays Pike.
to:
* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/WilliamShatner's predecessor, Jeffery Hunter, played Captain Pike in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage The Cage]]". This footage was later re-used in "The Menagerie", with Pike himself appearing a motionless deformity in an iron lung-type device. This was primarily to disguise the fact that Hunter was unavailable; this new Pike was played by a lookalike (such as he is) named Sean Kenney. What's interesting is that Captain Pike was retconned into Kirk's predecessor, as well; He was the original Captain of the ''Enterprise'', with Mr. Spock as his science officer. This is still canon in the Abrams film, in which Bruce Greenwood plays Pike.
Changed line(s) 146 (click to see context) from:
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Cyrano Jones is such a similar character to Harry Mudd that a story got started that he was written as Mudd, but changed when Roger C. Carmel was unavailable. In fact, the original script for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]" does have the character of Cyrano Jones, (though his last name was originally Smith).
to:
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Cyrano Jones is such a similar character to Harry Mudd that a story got started that he was written as Mudd, but changed when Roger C. Carmel was unavailable. In fact, the original script for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles The Trouble with Tribbles]]" does have the character of Cyrano Jones, (though his last name was originally Smith).
Changed line(s) 149,152 (click to see context) from:
** Scotty's refusal to lower the shields against orders in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E23ATasteOfArmageddon}} A Taste of Armageddon]]" is based on an actual story from Creator/JamesDoohan's military service.
** Any resemblance to the Vietnam War in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E19APrivateLittleWar}} A Private Little War]]" is entirely deliberate.
** The [[AnAesop aesop]] about the destructive futility of racial hatred in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E15LetThatBeYourLastBattlefield}} Let That Be Your Last Battlefield]]" came shortly after the assassination of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr.
* RealLifeRelative: Many of the Onlies in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri}} Miri]]" are children of various members of the cast and crew. The little girl Kirk picks up is played by Creator/WilliamShatner's daughter, Melanie Shatner. (She cameoed again in ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''.)
** Any resemblance to the Vietnam War in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E19APrivateLittleWar}} A Private Little War]]" is entirely deliberate.
** The [[AnAesop aesop]] about the destructive futility of racial hatred in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E15LetThatBeYourLastBattlefield}} Let That Be Your Last Battlefield]]" came shortly after the assassination of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr.
* RealLifeRelative: Many of the Onlies in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri}} Miri]]" are children of various members of the cast and crew. The little girl Kirk picks up is played by Creator/WilliamShatner's daughter, Melanie Shatner. (She cameoed again in ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''.)
to:
** Scotty's refusal to lower the shields against orders in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E23ATasteOfArmageddon}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E23ATasteOfArmageddon A Taste of Armageddon]]" is based on an actual story from Creator/JamesDoohan's military service.
** Any resemblance to the Vietnam War in"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E19APrivateLittleWar}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E19APrivateLittleWar A Private Little War]]" is entirely deliberate.
** The [[AnAesop aesop]] about the destructive futility of racial hatred in"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E15LetThatBeYourLastBattlefield}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E15LetThatBeYourLastBattlefield Let That Be Your Last Battlefield]]" came shortly after the assassination of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr.
* RealLifeRelative: Many of the Onlies in"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri Miri]]" are children of various members of the cast and crew. The little girl Kirk picks up is played by Creator/WilliamShatner's daughter, Melanie Shatner. (She cameoed again in ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''.)
** Any resemblance to the Vietnam War in
** The [[AnAesop aesop]] about the destructive futility of racial hatred in
* RealLifeRelative: Many of the Onlies in
Changed line(s) 154 (click to see context) from:
* RecycledSet: The same backlot is used as 1930s New York in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever}} The City on the Edge of Forever]]", a Space Amish town in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E21TheReturnOfTheArchons}} The Return of the Archons]]", and a planet that coincidentally looks exactly like 1960s Earth in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri}} Miri]]". (It's actually the same backlot used as Mayberry in ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''; Kirk and Edith even walk past "Floyd's Barber Shop".)
to:
* RecycledSet: The same backlot is used as 1930s New York in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever]]", a Space Amish town in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E21TheReturnOfTheArchons}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E21TheReturnOfTheArchons The Return of the Archons]]", and a planet that coincidentally looks exactly like 1960s Earth in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri Miri]]". (It's actually the same backlot used as Mayberry in ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''; Kirk and Edith even walk past "Floyd's Barber Shop".)
Changed line(s) 179 (click to see context) from:
** During production of "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore}} Where No Man Has Gone Before]] ", Gary Lockwood found the silver contact lenses painful and difficult to see through. Gary Mitchell's imperious stare is a result of Lockwood having to look down his nose through the pinholes in the lenses.
to:
** During production of "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore Where No Man Has Gone Before]] ", Gary Lockwood found the silver contact lenses painful and difficult to see through. Gary Mitchell's imperious stare is a result of Lockwood having to look down his nose through the pinholes in the lenses.
Changed line(s) 194 (click to see context) from:
** According to legend, the stagehands didn't like Creator/WilliamShatner very much, so in the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]", they continued the avalanche of tribbles much longer than was scripted (including the final tribble that bounces off his head at the end). Shatner can clearly be seen glancing up at the prop men with annoyance.
to:
** According to legend, the stagehands didn't like Creator/WilliamShatner very much, so in the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles The Trouble with Tribbles]]", they continued the avalanche of tribbles much longer than was scripted (including the final tribble that bounces off his head at the end). Shatner can clearly be seen glancing up at the prop men with annoyance.
Deleted line(s) 225 (click to see context) :
* {{Woolseyism}}: Hikaru Sulu is meant to be Japanese, but Sulu isn't actually a Japanese surname but taken from the Sulu Sea and meant to be representative of all of Asia rather than just Japan. (The name was was chosen in tribute to Desilu executive Herb Solow, who sold this series to NBC and ''Series/MissionImpossible'' to CBS simultaneously.) The Japanese dub changed his surname to Kato, a common family name.
Changed line(s) 237,242 (click to see context) from:
** Morgan Woodward guest-starred twice, as Dr. Simon Van Gelder in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E9DaggerOfTheMind}} Dagger of the Mind]]" and as Captain Ronald Tracey in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E23TheOmegaGlory}} The Omega Glory]]".
** Bruce Mars featured as Finnegan the Irish bully in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E15ShoreLeave}} Shore Leave]]" and also appeared as a New York officer in 1968 in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E26AssignmentEarth}} Assignment: Earth]]".
** Craig Hundley appeared as Kirk's nephew Peter in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E29OperationAnnihilate}} Operation: Annihilate!]]" before featuring as Tommy Starnes in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E4AndTheChildrenShallLead}} And the Children Shall Lead]]".
** Diana Muldaur guest-starred twice, as Dr. Ann Mulhall in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E20ReturnToTomorrow}} Return to Tomorrow]]" and as Miranda Jones in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E5IsThereInTruthNoBeauty}} Is There in Truth No Beauty?]]". (And then she returned in ''TNG'', but that's beyond the scope of this page.)
** Mark Lenard first appears as the Romulan commander in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E14BalanceOfTerror}} Balance of Terror]]", then as Spock's father Sarek in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E10JourneyToBabel Journey to Babel]]". He then shows up as a Klingon in the prologue of [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture the first movie]], thus appearing as a member of three of the major galactic powers of the era.
** Skip Homeier played the main antagonist in both "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E21PatternsOfForce}} Patterns of Force]]" and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E20TheWayToEden}} The Way to Eden]]".
** Bruce Mars featured as Finnegan the Irish bully in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E15ShoreLeave}} Shore Leave]]" and also appeared as a New York officer in 1968 in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E26AssignmentEarth}} Assignment: Earth]]".
** Craig Hundley appeared as Kirk's nephew Peter in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E29OperationAnnihilate}} Operation: Annihilate!]]" before featuring as Tommy Starnes in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E4AndTheChildrenShallLead}} And the Children Shall Lead]]".
** Diana Muldaur guest-starred twice, as Dr. Ann Mulhall in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E20ReturnToTomorrow}} Return to Tomorrow]]" and as Miranda Jones in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E5IsThereInTruthNoBeauty}} Is There in Truth No Beauty?]]". (And then she returned in ''TNG'', but that's beyond the scope of this page.)
** Mark Lenard first appears as the Romulan commander in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E14BalanceOfTerror}} Balance of Terror]]", then as Spock's father Sarek in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E10JourneyToBabel Journey to Babel]]". He then shows up as a Klingon in the prologue of [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture the first movie]], thus appearing as a member of three of the major galactic powers of the era.
** Skip Homeier played the main antagonist in both "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E21PatternsOfForce}} Patterns of Force]]" and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E20TheWayToEden}} The Way to Eden]]".
to:
** Morgan Woodward guest-starred twice, as Dr. Simon Van Gelder in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E9DaggerOfTheMind}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E9DaggerOfTheMind Dagger of the Mind]]" and as Captain Ronald Tracey in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E23TheOmegaGlory}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E23TheOmegaGlory The Omega Glory]]".
** Bruce Mars featured as Finnegan the Irish bully in"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E15ShoreLeave}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E15ShoreLeave Shore Leave]]" and also appeared as a New York officer in 1968 in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E26AssignmentEarth}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E26AssignmentEarth Assignment: Earth]]".
** Craig Hundley appeared as Kirk's nephew Peter in"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E29OperationAnnihilate}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E29OperationAnnihilate Operation: Annihilate!]]" before featuring as Tommy Starnes in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E4AndTheChildrenShallLead}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E4AndTheChildrenShallLead And the Children Shall Lead]]".
** Diana Muldaur guest-starred twice, as Dr. Ann Mulhall in"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E20ReturnToTomorrow}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E20ReturnToTomorrow Return to Tomorrow]]" and as Miranda Jones in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E5IsThereInTruthNoBeauty}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E5IsThereInTruthNoBeauty Is There in Truth No Beauty?]]". (And then she returned in ''TNG'', but that's beyond the scope of this page.)
** Mark Lenard first appears as the Romulan commander in"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E14BalanceOfTerror}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E14BalanceOfTerror Balance of Terror]]", then as Spock's father Sarek in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E10JourneyToBabel Journey to Babel]]". He then shows up as a Klingon in the prologue of [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture the first movie]], thus appearing as a member of three of the major galactic powers of the era.
** Skip Homeier played the main antagonist in both"[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E21PatternsOfForce}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E21PatternsOfForce Patterns of Force]]" and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E20TheWayToEden}} "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E20TheWayToEden The Way to Eden]]".
** Bruce Mars featured as Finnegan the Irish bully in
** Craig Hundley appeared as Kirk's nephew Peter in
** Diana Muldaur guest-starred twice, as Dr. Ann Mulhall in
** Mark Lenard first appears as the Romulan commander in
** Skip Homeier played the main antagonist in both
Deleted line(s) 244 (click to see context) :
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moved from the main page.
* LicensedGame: Arcade cabinet games, [[Pinball/StarTrek pinball machines,]] text games, Atari games, flight simulators, adventure games; you name it. Let's focus on the more notable ones.
** ''Star Trek: 25th Anniversary'' is a combination flight simulatior/AdventureGame voiced by the original cast, plus one generic Redshirt who is routinely the first to perish should the player screw up. The game was followed by ''Judgement Rites'', in which Chekhov and Uhura are finally allowed to join the landing party (something they rarely did in the series).
** There was also a ''25th Anniversary'' port for the [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], though the setting and storyline are different. As exhaustively covered (and suffered) by WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, the final level deposits Kirk back on Iotia II, where Bones foolishly bet and lost his communicator in a card game. This causes a calamity in the future, forcing Kirk to complete a massive ChainOfDeals to get the communicator back.
** The Platform/GameBoy version of ''25th Anniversary'' again changes the storyline, this time involving a Doomsday Machine roaming through space. Work on a defensive weapon begins in earnest, but the weaselly Klingons dissemble the device into 12 pieces and scatter them all over space, requiring Kirk to [[GottaCatchTHemAll Catch 'Em All]].
** ''Star Trek: Starfleet Academy'' takes place in Kirk's era, though the ''Enterprise'' does not appear. It is, however, possible to beat the infamous Kobayashi Maru scenario by naming yourself "[[HelloInsertNameHere James T. Kirk]]", unlocking a prototype ship.
** There were also three {{Pinball}} games:
*** ''Pinball/StarTrekBally'' was tied to the original television series, with minor art changes to help promote ''The Motion Picture''.
*** ''Pinball/StarTrekDataEast'' was released in time for the 25th anniversary of the show.
*** ''VideoGame/StarTrekPinball'' was a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames quick cash-in]] from Interplay to recoup losses during the development of the ''Vulcan's Fury'' computer game.
** ''Star Trek: 25th Anniversary'' is a combination flight simulatior/AdventureGame voiced by the original cast, plus one generic Redshirt who is routinely the first to perish should the player screw up. The game was followed by ''Judgement Rites'', in which Chekhov and Uhura are finally allowed to join the landing party (something they rarely did in the series).
** There was also a ''25th Anniversary'' port for the [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], though the setting and storyline are different. As exhaustively covered (and suffered) by WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, the final level deposits Kirk back on Iotia II, where Bones foolishly bet and lost his communicator in a card game. This causes a calamity in the future, forcing Kirk to complete a massive ChainOfDeals to get the communicator back.
** The Platform/GameBoy version of ''25th Anniversary'' again changes the storyline, this time involving a Doomsday Machine roaming through space. Work on a defensive weapon begins in earnest, but the weaselly Klingons dissemble the device into 12 pieces and scatter them all over space, requiring Kirk to [[GottaCatchTHemAll Catch 'Em All]].
** ''Star Trek: Starfleet Academy'' takes place in Kirk's era, though the ''Enterprise'' does not appear. It is, however, possible to beat the infamous Kobayashi Maru scenario by naming yourself "[[HelloInsertNameHere James T. Kirk]]", unlocking a prototype ship.
** There were also three {{Pinball}} games:
*** ''Pinball/StarTrekBally'' was tied to the original television series, with minor art changes to help promote ''The Motion Picture''.
*** ''Pinball/StarTrekDataEast'' was released in time for the 25th anniversary of the show.
*** ''VideoGame/StarTrekPinball'' was a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames quick cash-in]] from Interplay to recoup losses during the development of the ''Vulcan's Fury'' computer game.
Changed line(s) 134 (click to see context) from:
* OutOfOrder: The original run had different production and broadcast orders. Fortunately [[StatusQuoIsGod the status quo was God]].
to:
* OutOfOrder: The original run had different production and broadcast orders. Some of this was justified ("The Corbomite Maneuver" and "Balance of Terror" needed a lot of post-production work done after they were filmed), while others were more arbitrary ("The Man Trap" was aired before "Where No Man Has Gone Before" despite the latter being the series pilot, as the network wanted something more like a typical B-movie plot to introduce the series instead of the actual pilot). Fortunately [[StatusQuoIsGod the status quo was God]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 190 (click to see context) from:
** The town of Vulcan, Alberta celebrates Spock Days in June. In April 2010 Creator/LeonardNimoy visited. The town has a space station style tourist centre and a Starship statue, along with many references through the town. Many stores sell Spock Ears. The town's nameth predates the show.
to:
** The town of Vulcan, Alberta celebrates Spock Days in June. In April 2010 Creator/LeonardNimoy visited. The town has a space station style tourist centre and a Starship statue, along with many references through the town. Many stores sell Spock Ears. The town's nameth name predates the show.
Changed line(s) 205 (click to see context) from:
** "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage The Cage]]" ran into an unusual issue with one of its scenes; despite trying out several types of green body paint on Susan Oliver, the actress playing the Orion woman that appears in the episode, whenever the test film was processed, she inexplicably showed up pink. They eventually realized that this was being done manually by one of the technicians processing the film, who thought that the green skin was some kind of error and manually painted her with a pink flesh tone.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 190 (click to see context) from:
** The town of Vulcan, Alberta celebrates Spock Days in June. In April 2010 Creator/LeonardNimoy visited. The town has a space station style tourist centre and a Starship statue, along with many references through the town. Many stores sell Spock Ears. The town's name predates the show.
to:
** The town of Vulcan, Alberta celebrates Spock Days in June. In April 2010 Creator/LeonardNimoy visited. The town has a space station style tourist centre and a Starship statue, along with many references through the town. Many stores sell Spock Ears. The town's name nameth predates the show.
Added DiffLines:
** "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage The Cage]]" ran into an unusual issue with one of its scenes; despite trying out several types of green body paint on Susan Oliver, the actress playing the Orion woman that appears in the episode, whenever the test film was processed, she inexplicably showed up pink. They eventually realized that this was being done manually by one of the technicians processing the film, who thought that the green skin was some kind of error and manually painted her with a pink flesh tone.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
I think this is what they were trying to say-looked it up online
Changed line(s) 151 (click to see context) from:
** ''Ledella spocki'' is a clam whose valves put its describes in mind of Vulcan ears.
to:
** ''Ledella spocki'' is a clam whose valves put its describes in mind of resemble Vulcan ears.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ScienceImitatesArt:
** ''Conus tribblei'', a sea snail, is an indirect version. It was named after one of its discoverers' pet cat, who was in turned named after ''Star Trek''[='=]s tribbles.
** ''Paridris gorn'', a wasp, was named after its compound eyes that resembled those of reptilian Gorns.
** ''Ledella spocki'' is a clam whose valves put its describes in mind of Vulcan ears.
** The astroid 2309 Mr. Spock is an indirect example; it was named for its discoverer's ''pet cat'', which was named after the character.
** ''Conus tribblei'', a sea snail, is an indirect version. It was named after one of its discoverers' pet cat, who was in turned named after ''Star Trek''[='=]s tribbles.
** ''Paridris gorn'', a wasp, was named after its compound eyes that resembled those of reptilian Gorns.
** ''Ledella spocki'' is a clam whose valves put its describes in mind of Vulcan ears.
** The astroid 2309 Mr. Spock is an indirect example; it was named for its discoverer's ''pet cat'', which was named after the character.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 28 (click to see context) from:
** Kirk's the TropeNamer, by omission. No, he never said it. (No, not even in ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries''--there he says "Beam ''us'' up, Scotty".) The closest he comes is in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' where he says, "Scotty, beam me up."
to:
** Kirk's the TropeNamer, by omission. No, he never said it. (No, not even in ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries''--there he says "Beam ''us'' up, Scotty".) The closest he comes is in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' where he says, says all the right words, but in the wrong order: "Scotty, beam me up."" (Ironically, ''Star Trekkin''', which is responsible for multiple instances of this, actually gets this one ''right''.)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 175 (click to see context) :
** Overlaps with a sort of physical SeinfeldIsUnfunny with communicators resembling early-2000s flip phones whose form factor was directly inspired by ''Star Trek'' communicators...
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 153 (click to see context) from:
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E6TheDoomsdayMachine The Doomsday Machine]]", the air pressure aboard the ''Constellation'' is measured in Pounds per Square Inch. kPa (kilopascal) is currently the preferred measure of pressure.
to:
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E6TheDoomsdayMachine The Doomsday Machine]]", the air pressure aboard the ''Constellation'' is measured in Pounds per Square Inch. kPa (kilopascal) is currently the preferred measure of pressure. It's also one of the few episodes to refer to distances in miles instead of kilometers.
Changed line(s) 185 (click to see context) from:
* TouristBump: Captain Kirk is born in Iowa[[note]]A fact first stated in the book ''The Making of Star Trek'' in 1968, though most people know it from the fourth movie[[/note]]. In 1985 the town of Riverside asked Gene Roddenberry for official authorization as the future birthplace of Kirk. Now there are many Trek related attractions in the area, including a big sculpture of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
to:
* TouristBump: Captain Kirk is born in Iowa[[note]]A fact first stated in the book ''The Making of Star Trek'' in 1968, though most people know it from the fourth movie[[/note]]. In 1985 the town of Riverside asked Gene Roddenberry for official authorization as the future birthplace of Kirk.Kirk (now canonized in ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds''). Now there are many Trek related attractions in the area, including a big sculpture of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* StarMakingRole: To some extent for all of the main cast, but especially Creator/LeonardNimoy. By his own account, he had never had an acting job that lasted more than two weeks before playing Spock. For the rest of his life he'd be in high demand as an actor, while also becoming a successful director.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
I know the show, so I know what was meant, but the wording could be taken as Harry Mudd
Changed line(s) 137 (click to see context) from:
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Cyrano Jones is such a similar character to Harry Mudd that a story got started that he was written as Mudd, but changed when Roger C. Carmel was unavailable. In fact, the original script for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]" does have the same character (though his last name is Smith).
to:
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Cyrano Jones is such a similar character to Harry Mudd that a story got started that he was written as Mudd, but changed when Roger C. Carmel was unavailable. In fact, the original script for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]" does have the same character of Cyrano Jones, (though his last name is was originally Smith).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 184 (click to see context) from:
* TouristBump: Captain Kirk is born in Iowa[[note]]A fact first stated in he book ''The Making of Star Trek'' in 1968, though most people know it from the fourth movie[[/note]]. In 1985 the town of Riverside asked Gene Roddenberry for official authorization as the future birthplace of Kirk. Now there are many Trek related attractions in the area, including a big sculpture of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
to:
* TouristBump: Captain Kirk is born in Iowa[[note]]A fact first stated in he the book ''The Making of Star Trek'' in 1968, though most people know it from the fourth movie[[/note]]. In 1985 the town of Riverside asked Gene Roddenberry for official authorization as the future birthplace of Kirk. Now there are many Trek related attractions in the area, including a big sculpture of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
U Lo Z only applies for Video Games, changed to a more fitting trope
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Cyrano Jones is such a similar character to Harry Mudd that a story got started that he was written as Mudd, but changed when Roger C. Carmel was unavailable. In fact, the original script for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]" does have the same character (though his last name is Smith).
Changed line(s) 200,201 (click to see context) from:
* UnfinishedEpisode: More details [[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Undeveloped_Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series_episodes here]].
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Cyrano Jones is such a similar character to Harry Mudd that a story got started that he was written as Mudd, but changed when Roger C. Carmel was unavailable. In fact, the original script for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]" does have the same character (though his last name is Smith).
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Cyrano Jones is such a similar character to Harry Mudd that a story got started that he was written as Mudd, but changed when Roger C. Carmel was unavailable. In fact, the original script for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]" does have the same character (though his last name is Smith).
to:
* UnfinishedEpisode: More details [[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Undeveloped_Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series_episodes here]].
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Cyrano Jones is such a similar character to Harry Mudd that a story got started that he was written as Mudd, but changed when Roger C. Carmel was unavailable. In fact, the original script for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]" does have the same character (though his last name is Smith).here]]
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Cyrano Jones is such a similar character to Harry Mudd that a story got started that he was written as Mudd, but changed when Roger C. Carmel was unavailable. In fact, the original script for "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles}} The Trouble with Tribbles]]" does have the same character (though his last name is Smith).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Deleted line(s) 185,216 (click to see context) :
* TropeNamer;
** AirVentPassageway
** BeamMeUpScotty
** BeardOfEvil
** BoldlyComing
** CaptainsLog
** ComputerVoice
** FascinatingEyebrow
** All three components of the FreudianTrio:
*** TheKirk
*** TheSpock
*** TheMcCoy
** GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe
** HesDeadJim
** ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder
** KirksRock
** KirkSummation
*** ShutUpKirk
** [[invoked]]MarySue: From ''Fanfic/ATrekkiesTale''.
** MirrorUniverse
** RedShirt
*** MauveShirt
*** RedShirtArmy
** ScottyTime
** SpaceWhaleAesop: From ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''.
** SpockSpeak
** StrawVulcan
** TheissTitillationTheory: Named for the show's costume designer, William Ware Theiss.
** WagonTrainToTheStars
** WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: From "[[FilkSong Star Trekkin']]".
** WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore: Shares its name with the title of the fourth season episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'', whose plot was an homage to and an AffectionateParody of everything ''Franchise/StarTrek'', particularly the original series and its movies.
** AirVentPassageway
** BeamMeUpScotty
** BeardOfEvil
** BoldlyComing
** CaptainsLog
** ComputerVoice
** FascinatingEyebrow
** All three components of the FreudianTrio:
*** TheKirk
*** TheSpock
*** TheMcCoy
** GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe
** HesDeadJim
** ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder
** KirksRock
** KirkSummation
*** ShutUpKirk
** [[invoked]]MarySue: From ''Fanfic/ATrekkiesTale''.
** MirrorUniverse
** RedShirt
*** MauveShirt
*** RedShirtArmy
** ScottyTime
** SpaceWhaleAesop: From ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''.
** SpockSpeak
** StrawVulcan
** TheissTitillationTheory: Named for the show's costume designer, William Ware Theiss.
** WagonTrainToTheStars
** WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: From "[[FilkSong Star Trekkin']]".
** WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore: Shares its name with the title of the fourth season episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'', whose plot was an homage to and an AffectionateParody of everything ''Franchise/StarTrek'', particularly the original series and its movies.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 68 (click to see context) from:
** Gary Lockwood as Gary Mitchell in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore Where No Man Has Gone Before]]".
to:
** Gary Lockwood Creator/GaryLockwood as Gary Mitchell in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore Where No Man Has Gone Before]]".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Blue Linked an episode title.
Changed line(s) 258 (click to see context) from:
** Mark Lenard first appears as the Romulan commander in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E14BalanceOfTerror}} Balance of Terror]]", then as Spock's father Sarek. He then shows up as a Klingon in the prologue of [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture the first movie]], thus appearing as a member of three of the major galactic powers of the era.]
to:
** Mark Lenard first appears as the Romulan commander in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E14BalanceOfTerror}} Balance of Terror]]", then as Spock's father Sarek.Sarek in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E10JourneyToBabel Journey to Babel]]". He then shows up as a Klingon in the prologue of [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture the first movie]], thus appearing as a member of three of the major galactic powers of the era.]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
- Put an episode title in quotes as per How To Write An Example - Italicize "Long" Work Names.
- Put an episode title in quotes as per How To Write An Example - Italicize "Long" Work Names.
Changed line(s) 254 (click to see context) from:
** Morgan Woodward guest-starred twice, as Dr. Simon Van Gelder in [[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E9DaggerOfTheMind}} Dagger of the Mind]]" and as Captain Ronald Tracey in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E23TheOmegaGlory}} The Omega Glory]]".
to:
** Morgan Woodward guest-starred twice, as Dr. Simon Van Gelder in [[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E9DaggerOfTheMind}} "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E9DaggerOfTheMind}} Dagger of the Mind]]" and as Captain Ronald Tracey in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E23TheOmegaGlory}} The Omega Glory]]".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Corrected English mistakes.
Changed line(s) 252 (click to see context) from:
*** [[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/sep/05/this-much-i-know-george-takei-getting-cast-as-lt-sulu-in-star-trek-was-life-changing Takei]] mentioned that he tried to get Roddenberry to do an allegory for homophobia, but Roddenberry said all the characters have to be straight if he wants to stay on TV.
to:
*** [[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/sep/05/this-much-i-know-george-takei-getting-cast-as-lt-sulu-in-star-trek-was-life-changing Takei]] mentioned that he tried to get Roddenberry to do an allegory for homophobia, but Roddenberry said all the characters have had to be straight if he wants wanted to stay on TV.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Changed a Characterization Tag as per Characterization Tags.
Changed line(s) 246 (click to see context) from:
** Inverted. Since Creator/GeorgeTakei has come out of the closet, many have speculated that Sulu is gay too, but Takei asserted that he had played Sulu as being straight.[[note]]Sulu is the only one of the six male regulars who never has a love interest in the show, so technically we have no canon evidence of this either way. In the movies, canon is clear that he has a daughter, but makes no mention of any spouse or partner. Interestingly, only Mirror!Sulu shows any interest in women - you know, the one from the universe where everything is the opposite of how it normally is?[[/note]] However:
to:
** Inverted. Since Creator/GeorgeTakei has come out of the closet, many have speculated that Sulu is gay too, but Takei asserted that he had played Sulu as being straight.[[note]]Sulu is the only one of the six male regulars who never has a love interest in the show, so technically we have no canon evidence of this either way. In the movies, canon is clear that he has a daughter, but makes no mention of any spouse or partner. Interestingly, only Mirror!Sulu the Sulu in the mirror universe shows any interest in women - you know, the one from the universe where everything is the opposite of how it normally is?[[/note]] However:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Corrected English mistakes.
Changed line(s) 125 (click to see context) from:
** As the third season wound down, Roddenberry started inserting things into the show that would make for nice trinkets to sell from his own mail-order merch store that he was running with his then-mistress Majel Barrett. The most blatant incidence of that was a jarringly clunky dialogue scene over Spock's never-seen-before-or-since "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination" (IDIC, the Vulcan's "civilizational" motto) pendant into the episode "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" Which was done purely so that they can sell replicas later.
to:
** As the third season wound down, Roddenberry started inserting things into the show that would make for nice trinkets to sell from his own mail-order merch store that he was running with his then-mistress Majel Barrett. The most blatant incidence of that was a jarringly clunky dialogue scene over Spock's never-seen-before-or-since "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination" (IDIC, the Vulcan's "civilizational" motto) pendant into the episode "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" Which was done purely so that they can could sell replicas later.
Changed line(s) 129 (click to see context) from:
** Also, [[StockFootage space and bridge scenes are recycled over and over]], and a few props and sets are recycled into later episodes. In the third season, the recycling of footage became much more apparent as super-fan Bjo Trimble stole all of the un-used special effect footage on Roddenberry's orders so they can be sold on the convention circuit.
to:
** Also, [[StockFootage space and bridge scenes are recycled over and over]], and a few props and sets are recycled into later episodes. In the third season, the recycling of footage became much more apparent as super-fan Bjo Trimble stole all of the un-used special effect footage on Roddenberry's orders so they can could be sold on the convention circuit.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Replaced Tardis sound effect Youtube link with one that works (for now).
Changed line(s) 106 (click to see context) from:
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gASm1AMYGHk transporter sound effect]] was based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0hs4KrkFp8#t=0m30s part of the "TARDIS taking off" sound effect]] in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
to:
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gASm1AMYGHk transporter sound effect]] was based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0hs4KrkFp8#t=0m30s com/watch?v=IOpsaGCCNww part of the "TARDIS taking off" sound effect]] in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Corrected English mistake, Blue Linked episode name.
Changed line(s) 38 (click to see context) from:
** Many parodies from Amok Time, show Spock and Kirk conversing with each other (this [[Film/TheCableGuy springs to mind]]). This never happened in the episode as Spock was deep in the blood fever and never conversed with Kirk during the battle; Spock only spoke to T'Pau at the time.
to:
** Many parodies from "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time, Time]]" show Spock and Kirk conversing with each other (this [[Film/TheCableGuy springs to mind]]). This never happened in the episode as Spock was deep in the blood fever and never conversed with Kirk during the battle; Spock only spoke to T'Pau at the time.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Myth debunked by their mutual friend, SF writer David Gerrold, on his facebook page even before Nimoy's funeral.
Changed line(s) 101 (click to see context) from:
** Creator/WilliamShatner didn't make friends easily and there was a decided FriendlyRivalry between he and Creator/LeonardNimoy during the show's run (because Nimoy played the only character more popular than Shatner's Captain Kirk, and because Nimoy got critical praise and Emmy nominations for Spock where Shatner did not), but nevertheless the two formed a legendary friendship which would last for decades and define both of their careers. Sadly they had a falling out a few years before Nimoy's death, and Shatner did not attend his funeral.
to:
** Creator/WilliamShatner didn't make friends easily and there was a decided FriendlyRivalry between he and Creator/LeonardNimoy during the show's run (because Nimoy played the only character more popular than Shatner's Captain Kirk, and because Nimoy got critical praise and Emmy nominations for Spock where Shatner did not), but nevertheless the two formed a legendary friendship which would last for decades and define both of their careers. Sadly they had a falling out a few years before Nimoy's death, and Shatner did not attend his funeral.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 37 (click to see context) from:
** Don't expect to ever hear Sulu say "''Oh, my''." That's Creator/GeorgeTakei's personal {{catchphrase}}. Sulu himself was the only regular who lacked a memorable CatchPhrase or VerbalTic, one of the reasons he didn't show up in too many parodies (and when he did, he was usually the StraightMan).[[note]]For their famous "Last Voyage of the Starship ''Enterprise''" sketch, ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' decided to cast the show's ''production designer'' in the role of Sulu, which he has reprised in every ''Star Trek'' parody the show has done ever since, including a TNG sketch with Creator/PatrickStewart.[[/note]] More recently, given Takei's predilection for AdamWesting, parodies of Sulu are basically parodies of Takei (including the CampGay antics--see below).
to:
** Don't expect to ever hear Sulu say "''Oh, my''." That's Creator/GeorgeTakei's personal {{catchphrase}}.{{catchphrase}}, originating from his first appearance on ''Radio/TheHowardSternShow'' in 1990. Sulu himself was the only regular who lacked a memorable CatchPhrase or VerbalTic, one of the reasons he didn't show up in too many parodies (and when he did, he was usually the StraightMan).[[note]]For their famous "Last Voyage of the Starship ''Enterprise''" sketch, ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' decided to cast the show's ''production designer'' in the role of Sulu, which he has reprised in every ''Star Trek'' parody the show has done ever since, including a TNG sketch with Creator/PatrickStewart.[[/note]] More recently, given Takei's predilection for AdamWesting, parodies of Sulu are basically parodies of Takei (including the CampGay antics--see below).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Requires Word Of God confirmation
Deleted line(s) 22,24 (click to see context) :
* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** While nobody caring about the {{red shirt}}s when they die is more of a CommonKnowledge thing, no death in the series ever really gets mentioned again. Until the novelisation of the movies (that have more time to dive into everyone), where Kirk’s brother and sister in law, along with Edith and Gary Mitchell, get mentioned frequently, and their losses contribute to Kirk’s PTSD and depression, giving the impression less of ForgottenFallenFriend and more Kirk doing what he usually does, ignoring everything wrong so he can look perfect. Christine Chapel also has more time, and Carol Marcus has her own arc in grieving for her son instead of just disappearing. One of Kirk's Nexus fantasies is saving ''every'' RedShirt.
** While still keeping the events the same, ''Literature/TheAutobiographyOfJamesTKirk'' has Kirk deeply ashamed of what happened in “The Enemy Within”, and Janice requests a transfer because of it, instead of it being glossed over and her disappearing.
** While nobody caring about the {{red shirt}}s when they die is more of a CommonKnowledge thing, no death in the series ever really gets mentioned again. Until the novelisation of the movies (that have more time to dive into everyone), where Kirk’s brother and sister in law, along with Edith and Gary Mitchell, get mentioned frequently, and their losses contribute to Kirk’s PTSD and depression, giving the impression less of ForgottenFallenFriend and more Kirk doing what he usually does, ignoring everything wrong so he can look perfect. Christine Chapel also has more time, and Carol Marcus has her own arc in grieving for her son instead of just disappearing. One of Kirk's Nexus fantasies is saving ''every'' RedShirt.
** While still keeping the events the same, ''Literature/TheAutobiographyOfJamesTKirk'' has Kirk deeply ashamed of what happened in “The Enemy Within”, and Janice requests a transfer because of it, instead of it being glossed over and her disappearing.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Who is "he" here? Adding that missing info
Changed line(s) 45 (click to see context) from:
* CharacterOutlivesActor: He was slated to make an appearance in ''Next Generation'', but Roger C. Carmel died before that could happen.
to:
* CharacterOutlivesActor: He Harry Mudd was slated to make an appearance in ''Next Generation'', but Roger C. Carmel died before that could happen.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Names The Same is no longer a trope
Deleted line(s) 130 (click to see context) :
* NamesTheSame: Writer Gene L. Coon got in a bit of trouble due to similarity of the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E18Arena}} Arena]]" to a short story of the same name [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptomnesia he had read and forgotten]]. The research agency spotted it immediately and contacted Creator/FredricBrown's agent, inviting him to "write something for Star Trek". After numerous improvements, Coon's work was sent to Brown, Brown okayed it and was given both money and screen credit.
