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* [[Magnum Opus Dissonance]]: Although "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 favorite episode. |
* [[Magnum Opus Dissonance]]: Although "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 favorite episode. |
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* [[The Other Darrin]]: Shatner's predecessor, Jeffery Hunter, played Captain Pike in "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. |
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Shatner's predecessor, Jeffery Hunter, played Captain Pike in "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. |
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* [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]]: The episode "[[Star Trek/Recap/S2/E26 Assignment: Earth|Assignment: Earth]]" ends with Kirk and Spock assuring everyone that they are sure Roberta Lincoln (played by then-unknown [[Teri Garr]]) and her super-spy boss Gary Seven (played by [[Robert Lansing]]) will have many more interesting adventures to come. Sadly, they didn't; the most they got was an occasional appearance in the [[Expanded Universe]]. The episode was originally written as a straight pilot and then [[Dolled-Up Installment|reworked to include the ''Trek'' characters when a buyer couldn't be found]]. Note how Kirk and Spock are rather awkwardly shoehorned into a storyline to which they contribute very little. As Kirk himself put it in the episode, "I have never felt so helpless." |
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* [[Reality Subtext]]: Scotty's refusal to lower the shields against orders in "A Taste of Armageddon" is based on an actual story from James Doohan's military service. |
* [[Reality Subtext]]: Scotty's refusal to lower the shields against orders in "A Taste of Armageddon" is based on an actual story from James Doohan's military service. |
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* [[Real Life Relative]]: Many of the Onlies in "Miri" are children of various members of the cast and crew. The little girl Kirk picks up is played by William Shatner's daughter, Melanie Shatner. |
* [[Real Life Relative]]: Many of the Onlies in "Miri" are children of various members of the cast and crew. The little girl Kirk picks up is played by William Shatner's daughter, Melanie Shatner. |
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