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* [[Banned in China]]: The first BBC broadcast of "Miri" led to protests over its allegedly over-horrific nature (since it involved children in peril and adults getting killed), and as a result it and three later episodes — "Plato's Stepchildren", "The Empath", and "Whom Gods Destroy" — were suppressed from BBC broadcasts of the show until the 1990s due to being considered excessively violent and horrific. |
* [[Banned in China]]: The first BBC broadcast of "Miri" led to protests over its allegedly over-horrific nature (since it involved children in peril and adults getting killed), and as a result it and three later episodes — "Plato's Stepchildren", "The Empath", and "Whom Gods Destroy" — were suppressed from BBC broadcasts of the show until the 1990s due to being considered excessively violent and horrific. |
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* [[Blooper]]: In "The Enemy Within", the scratches on Evil Kirk's face change side during his [[Villainous Breakdown]] near the end. |
* [[Blooper]]: In "The Enemy Within", the scratches on Evil Kirk's face change side during his [[Villainous Breakdown]] near the end. |
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* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: The Talosians in "The Cage"/"The Menagerie" are played by female actors but their voices are dubbed by male actors, most notably, Malachi Throne, who voices the lead Talosian. |
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* [[Trope Namer]]: This series named the following tropes: |
* [[Trope Namer]]: This series named the following tropes: |
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** [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] |
** [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] |
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Revision as of 23:31, 17 April 2015
- Acting for Two: Kirk in two episodes and the 6th movie.
- Actor Shared Background:
- Both DeForest Kelley and Bones are natives of Georgia and have Irish sounding names.
- James Doohan had a degree in Engineering and even used it to save Gene Roddenberry from danger when they went out boating and ran into trouble. No record exists of him saying that the boat "cannae take much more of this" though.
- Banned in China: The first BBC broadcast of "Miri" led to protests over its allegedly over-horrific nature (since it involved children in peril and adults getting killed), and as a result it and three later episodes — "Plato's Stepchildren", "The Empath", and "Whom Gods Destroy" — were suppressed from BBC broadcasts of the show until the 1990s due to being considered excessively violent and horrific.
- Blooper: In "The Enemy Within", the scratches on Evil Kirk's face change side during his Villainous Breakdown near the end.
- Cross-Dressing Voices: The Talosians in "The Cage"/"The Menagerie" are played by female actors but their voices are dubbed by male actors, most notably, Malachi Throne, who voices the lead Talosian.
- Trope Namer: This series named the following tropes:
- Beam Me Up, Scotty
- Beard of Evil
- Boldly Coming
- Captain's Log
- Fascinating Eyebrow
- All three components of the Freudian Trio:
- Green-Skinned Space Babe
- He's Dead, Jim
- I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder
- Kirk's Rock
- Kirk Summation
- Mirror Universe
- Red Shirt
- Scotty Time
- Space Whale Aesop: From Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
- Spock Speak
- Straw Vulcan
- Vulcan Has No Moon
- Wagon Train to the Stars