[Ron]

Let’s go through the episodes of Star Trek, one a week - with a new one every Saturday, and discuss anything we remember from it. Here’s a list of what’s coming up :
· TOS-1X00 The Cage (Pilot)
· TOS-1X01 The man trap
· TOS-1X02 Charlie X
· TOS-1X03 Where No Man Has Gone Before
· TOS-1X04 The Naked Time
· TOS-1X05 The Enemy Within
· TOS-1X06 Mudd's Women
· TOS-1X07 What are little girls made of?
· TOS-1X08 Miri
· TOS-1X09 Dagger Of The Mind
· TOS-1X10 The Corbomite Maneuver
· TOS-1X11 The Menagerie - Part I
· TOS-1X12 The Menagerie - Part II
· TOS-1X13 The Conscience Of The King
· TOS-1X14 Balance of terror
· TOS-1X15 Shore Leave
· TOS-1X16 The Galileo Seven
· TOS-1X17 The Squire Of Gothos
· TOS-1X18 Arena
· TOS-1X19 Tomorrow Is Yesterday
· TOS-1X20 Court Martial
· TOS-1X21 The Return of the Archons
· TOS-1X22 Space Seed
· TOS-1X23 A Taste of Armageddon
· TOS-1X24 This Side of Paradise
· TOS-1X25 The Devil In The Dark
· TOS-1X26 Errand Of Mercy
· TOS-1X27 The Alternative Factor
· TOS-1X28 The City on the Edge of Forever
· TOS-1X29 Operation: Annihilate

Pilot : The Cage

I remember Spock finding this strange plant


This first one didn't have William Shattner as the Captain. In fact nearly everyone is different except Spock and there are also bits in B/W! It is lucky that the pilot episode was a good one.
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Last Watched: The Beginning (compilation), March 2021

[BlakNo1]

You'll also notice Spock smiling when he finds the plant too.
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[Cockroach Boy]

I've just started working my way through Voyager season one. I do like the Vidians.
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[Ron]

I don't know if it was in this one or in the later episode 'The Managerie' (that reused footage from 'The Cage') but I remember a good bit when the physically weak alien is startled when the Captain tries to break the glass wall of the cage with his shoulder.
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Last Watched: The Beginning (compilation), March 2021

[Ron]

01 The man trap

This week’s episode is ‘The Man trap’. I think I saw part of this at least in a repeat run in the seventies on UK TV but no particular scene has stayed with me.

(Won’t write SPOILERS here as it’s 43 years old now) Reading the synopsis on starttrek.com, it is similar to the pilot episode in that alien telepathic power features again, but for the more basic reason of its physical survival. Obviously introducing the characters would be an important function in this first episode proper of Star Trek. Being the last of its race no explanation of the alien species future is needed. Despite it being hideously evil I can still remember having a similar feeling to when creatures on earth become extinct. The simple plot gives plenty of screen time, in comparison with later episodes where the alien situation might be more complex, to describe the leading crew members of the Starship Enterprise. Very interested in what scenes anyone remembers - as they’re usually good ones.

I’m hoping, after discussing all these first series episode memories, to watch the first series completely for the first time.
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Last Watched: The Beginning (compilation), March 2021

[Ron]

02 Charlie X

This week’s episode is ‘Charlie X’.

This is how I remembered it: An gifted young man found in space has to be taken aboard the Starship Enterprise but his eccentric behaviour starts to cause trouble especially with the women crew. There’s a scene where Kirk shouts at him about his conduct and Charlie X gets angry.

I then really enjoyed watching it again and seeing Captain Kirk explain to Charlie why he shouldn’t have ‘slapped’ a lady.

Robert Walker jnr , who played Charlie, has a slight resemblance to Patrick Duffy don’t you think?

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Last Watched: The Beginning (compilation), March 2021

[Futsie]

Blimey, he hasn't changed that much!

[Cockroach Boy]

There's quite a few evil/misguided children in OST come to think of it....
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[Cats]

The City on the Edge of Forever and The Squire of Gothos are my faves!
I was already a fan of actor William Campbell before he was Trelayne the Squire of Gothos in Star Trek
He also portarayed a Klingon in one early episode. I think David Gerrold's The Troubles With Tribbles was the episode!
He is a really decent person who does fund raising for the Actors Retirement Home in Los Angeles...

[Cockroach Boy]

I still have a massive soft spot for Operation Annhialate! Gotta love the evil space pancackes.
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[Cockroach Boy]

I still have a massive soft spot for Operation Annhialate! Gotta love the evil space pancackes.
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[Ron]

03 Where No Man Has Gone Before

This Weeks episode is ‘Where No Man Has Gone Before’.

I thought this one was a bit less exciting than the others so far, with the 'cowboy fight' type ending down on the planet. Any thoughts?
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Last Watched: The Beginning (compilation), March 2021

[Ron]

04 The Naked Time

This Weeks episode is ‘The Naked Time’

Got two episodes mixed up, so I'll just put them both up this week. This one does have some interesting bits. One of them is certainly when Nurse Christine Chappel gets the virus and is then attracted to Spock, who then is infected and becomes emotional; revealing his human side for the first time. It’s interesting, for me, how the initial characters that we think we know (in this case the logical Spock) can be developed like this.

I learnt that Christine Chappel was played by the late Majel Roddenberry, the widow of the shows creator Gene Roddenberry. It seems they were both dedicated to creating and continuing to support their ‘thoughtful entertainment’. It stands the test of time.


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Last Watched: The Beginning (compilation), March 2021

[Ron]

05 The Enemy Within

This Weeks episode is ‘The Enemy Within’

High on the fantasy scale this one, so here's some geeky trivia - Spock first uses the Vulcan Nerve pinch!


A scene : Freezing, down on the planet.
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Last Watched: The Beginning (compilation), March 2021

[Cats]

ST is on at 3a on weekends so not really sure what I am watching
followed by SG1 & Atlantis so quite an extravaganza if I can stay awake