History Trivia / StarTrekS1E8Miri

* OldShame: Creator/WilliamShatner reportedly wasn't too fond of this episode, finding the plot both dull and confusing. Inverted, however, by Creator/LeonardNimoy and Grace Lee Whitney, who both named this among their favorite episodes of the show.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics - The much-scoffed-at exact duplication of Earth (as viewed from space) was simply because that artwork was already available, and creating an entirely new world at that level of detail was beyond the reach of both time and budget.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Grace Lee Whitney named this episode as one of her three favorites.

* RealLifeRelative: Several of the children on Miri's world were portrayed by relatives of the cast and crew. Among them were Creator/WilliamShatner's daughter Lisabeth (not surprisingly, she's the little girl Kirk picks up and holds during the climax), Grace Lee Whitney's two sons John Decker and Scott Dweck, and Creator/GeneRoddenberry's daughters Darlene and Dawn. Even the children of the cast on ''other'' Desilu shows got in on the act: Little Creator/PhilMorris, the son of ''Series/MissionImpossible'' star Greg Morris, makes his first ''Trek'' appearance here.

* RealLifeRelative: Several of the children on Miri's world were portrayed by relatives of the cast and crew. Among them were Creator/WilliamShatner's daughter Lisabeth, Grace Lee Whitney's two sons John Decker and Scott Dweck, and Creator/GeneRoddenberry's daughters Darlene and Dawn. Even the children of the cast on ''other'' Desilu shows got in on the act: Little Creator/PhilMorris, the son of ''Series/MissionImpossible'' star Greg Morris, makes his first ''Trek'' appearance here.

* RealLifeRelative: Several of the children on Miri's world were portrayed by relatives of the cast and crew. Among them were Creator/WilliamShatner's daughter Lisabeth, Grace Lee Whitney's two sons John Decker and Scott Dweck, and Creator/GeneRoddenberry's daughters Darlene and Dawn.

* ''The Cry of the Onlies'' by Judy Klass, one of the professionally published fanfic novels, has some of the onlies wanting treatments to allow them to age at a normal rate, others choosing not to, and [[Recap/StarTrekS3E19RequiemForMethuselah Flint]] having come to their world for other reasons, deciding to stay there and become kind of a mentor for them.

* BannedInChina: The episode's first broadcast in the UK caused many letters of complaint to Creator/TheBBC about violence and disturbing subject matter. As a result, it was not broadcast again on Creator/TheBBC until 1992. Three other episodes: "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E10PlatosStepchildren}} Plato's Stepchildren]]", "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E12TheEmpath}} The Empath]]", and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E14WhomGodsDestroy}} Whom Gods Destroy]]" were pre-emptively banned due to potentially disturbing content and never shown at all on British free-to-air TV until the 1990s. On the other hand, later in the 1970s and in the 1980s, the BBC was happy to include far more graphic violence in certain episodes of its own SF show ''Series/DoctorWho''.
* DawsonCasting: Miri is supposed to be 12 (in appearance), and looks it even though she's played by a 19 year old. Jahn is supposed to be the same age, but is played by a 27 year old actor - granted, one who doesn't look 27, but he clearly doesn't look like a preteen either.

** In the original script, the action is basically the same, however around 80% of the dialogue is different from Steven W. Carabatsos' rewrite and the aired episode. Janice is revealed to be 24 years old (James Blish includes this bit in the novelization), and she is considering leaving the Enterprise. (Perhaps an in-story explanation as to why she left the show soon after.) Also, the character of the "Fat Little Boy" is extended, and more emphasis is put on the older kids taking care of the younger ones.

* ActorAllusion: Janice Rand says she always wanted Kirk to notice her legs. The Starfleet costumes went from sensible slacks in the second pilot ("Where No Man Has Gone Before") to miniskirts solely because Grace Lee Whitney complained they were hiding her "dancer's legs".

* RecycledSet: The outdoor scenes of this episode were filmed on the same back lot streets that also were used to create Mayberry on ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', except that the streets were piled with debris and dirt to create the appearance that the town was in ruins. Commercials for ''Andy Griffith'' on Creator/MeTV played this up by editing the episode to make it look like Kirk and Spock landed in Mayberry itself, with clips of ''Andy Griffith'' being used to show reactions to their arrival.

* RecycledSet: The outdoor scenes of this episode were filmed on the same back lot streets that also were used to create Mayberry on ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', except that the streets were piled with debris and dirt to create the appearance that the town was in ruins.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Adrian Spies's original script draft featured a much closer relationship between Kirk and Janice Rand.

* RealLifeRelative: Creator/WilliamShatner's daughter Melanie is the girl held by Kirk as he rushes to the lab with his newly recovered communicator.
* RecycledSet: The outdoor scenes of this episode were filmed on the same back lot streets that also were used to create Mayberry on ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', except that the streets were piled with debris and dirt to create the appearance that the town was in ruins.

* DawsonCasting: Miri is supposed to be 12 (in appearance), and looks it even though she's played by a 19 year old. Jahn is supposed to be the same age, but is played by a 27 year old actor - granted, one who doesn't look 27, but he clearly doesn't look like a preteen either.

* BannedInChina: The episode's first broadcast in the UK caused many letters of complaint to Creator/TheBBC about violence and disturbing subject matter. As a result, "Miri" was not broadcast again on the BBC until 1992. Three other episodes: "Plato's Stepchildren", "The Empath", and "Whom Gods Destroy" were pre-emptively banned due to potentially disturbing content and never shown at all on British free-to-air TV until the 1990s. On the other hand, later in the 1970s and in the 1980s, the BBC was happy to include far more graphic violence in certain episodes of its own SF show ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* BannedInChina: The episode's first broadcast in the UK caused many letters of complaint to Creator/TheBBC about violence and disturbing subject matter. As a result, "Miri" was not broadcast again on the BBC until 1992. Three other episodes: "Plato's Stepchildren", "The Empath", and "Whom Gods Destroy" were pre-emptively banned due to potentially disturbing content and never shown at all on British free-to-air TV until the 1990s. On the other hand, later in the 1970s and in the 1980s, the BBC was happy to include far more graphic violence in certain episodes of its own SF show ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* BannedInCanada: The episode's first broadcast in the UK caused many letters of complaint to Creator/TheBBC about violence and disturbing subject matter. As a result, "Miri" was not broadcast again on the BBC until 1992. Three other episodes: "Plato's Stepchildren", "The Empath", and "Whom Gods Destroy" were pre-emptively banned due to potentially disturbing content and never shown at all on British free-to-air TV until the 1990s. On the other hand, later in the 1970s and in the 1980s, the BBC was happy to include far more graphic violence in certain episodes of its own SF show ''Series/DoctorWho''.