Star Trek.

[sam]

OK, I now this one has probably been done before but not for a while. I started watching 'The Original Series' from the beginning and am now at series 2. It's a great programme, isn't it? I always dismissed it as a bit of a joke. But I have to admit that it very good. Nice jokey humour in it. I even have a little crush on Mr Spock. Captain Kirk-firm but fair. Never realised that he was not the original Captain before.

[Micah68]

Brilliant

My favourite is

	"The Trouble with Tribbles" - Title of a Star Trek television episode.

[sam]

Brilliant

My favourite is

	"The Trouble with Tribbles" - Title of a Star Trek television episode.

Yet to get to that one yet. It's not an entirely serious episode, though is it?

[TOBYSGRAPHICGOKART]

I love that Tribbles one too. They make a reappearance in an excellent episode of Deep Space 9.

[Micah68]

Yet to get to that one yet. It's not an entirely serious episode, though is it?

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- it is very Humourous

Very very funny

[Micah68]

I always felt sorry for Captain Pike

[sam]

My favourite so far has been 'The Galileo Seven. Really interesting philosophical concept about the rash decision being the only decision to make. Great sci-fi. Makes you think.

[sam]

I always felt sorry for Captain Pike

That was a great episode where he went back to the planet featured in the pilot. Very moving.

[Micah68]

"The Galileo Seven" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, broadcast by NBC on January 5, 1967. It was written by Oliver Crawford and directed by Robert Gist. The plot was inspired by the film Five Came Back.^{[citation needed]}
Overview: First Officer Spock leads a scientific team from the Enterprise aboard the shuttlecraft Galileo on an ill-fated mission.

Contents 1 Plot 2 40th Anniversary remastering 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links

Plot

On stardate 2821.5, the starship USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, is en route to Makus III, delivering much needed medical supplies to be distributed at the New Paris Colony — a plague-ridden world. The ship passes close to a quasarlike formation of four star systems identified as Murasaki 312, which Kirk's standing orders require him to study. Since the Enterprise is not scheduled to rendezvous for five days, Kirk decides to send a science team composed of Science Officer Mr. Spock, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy, Chief Engineer Scott, and four other specialists from the crew out in the #7 shuttlecraft, Galileo, to investigate the formation.
Soon after launch, the shuttle is pulled off course and out of the Enterprise's sensor range. Spock makes an emergency landing on the planet Taurus II, a rocky, fog-shrouded world in the middle of the Murasaki phenomenon. Crewmembers Latimer and Gaetano scout the area, eventually encountering Taurus II's native inhabitants: giant ape-like men armed with enormous spears and shields.
Latimer is killed when he is impaled by one of the creatures' giant weapons. The others soon come running to investigate, chasing off the creature with phaser fire. When Spock shows more interest in the archaic weapon than Latimer's death, Lieutenant Boma begins to criticize Mr. Spock's methods of command. The crew retreat to the Galileo only to discover that the creatures seem to be preparing for an organized attack. Despite objections from the others, Spock insists that it should only be necessary to frighten the creatures, not kill them.
Meanwhile, Kirk turns the Enterprise around and heads back to search for the shuttle, despite concerns from Commissioner Ferris, who strongly reminds Kirk of his obligation to deliver the supplies to Makus III as soon as possible. The shuttlecraft Columbus is dispatched to search the planet from orbit. One of the three landing parties sent to search the planet surface returns to the Enterprise with casualties and reports being attacked by the large, furry creatures. Lieutenant Kelowicz, leader of the landing party, explains that the creatures are similar to creatures on Hansen's planet, but are much larger.
Between boulder-throwing attacks by the primitive giants and quarrels amongst themselves, the crew attempt to make repairs on the shuttle. Mr. Scott concludes that he will need to siphon the energy from all the phaser power packs in order to fuel the ship. Being told to give up their only way to defend themselves is something the frightened crew do not want to hear, but they reluctantly hand over the powerpacks.
Scott's repair to the engine is successful and Spock barely manages to get the Galileo off the ground and back into orbit, however by this time the Enterprise has given up the search and is heading back on course to Makus III. However, Kirk decides to follow his orders 'to the letter' - and orders the Enterprise to proceed at space-normal speed, hoping to catch the Galileo at the last moment.
The shuttle is too low on power to escape the planet's gravity or even to achieve a stable orbit. With communicators scrambled by the ionization from the phenomenon, the Galileo has no way to call the Enterprise for help before it falls back into the atmosphere and burns up.
Spock gets an idea and decides to dump and ignite all the remaining fuel from the shuttle's engines. This produces a giant flare that is easily spotted by the sensors. Once again, Kirk turns the ship around and transports the survivors out just moments before the shuttle is destroyed on re-entry.
Back on board the Enterprise, Kirk questions Spock on his seemingly emotional solution, attempting to get him to admit to having an "emotional outburst." After Spock gives a rather stoic response, Kirk and the rest of the bridge burst into hysterical laughter.
40th Anniversary remastering

This episode was remastered in 2006 and aired September 15, 2007 as part of the remastered Original Series. It was preceded after a several week break by "This Side of Paradise" and followed a week later by the remastered version of "The Conscience of the King." Aside from remastered video and audio, and the all-CGI animation of the USS Enterprise that is standard among the revisions, specific changes to this episode also include:

• The Murasaki object has been recreated with a swirling disk and ejecta streamers more reminiscent of a black hole.

• All Galileo and Columbus shuttle take off and flight animations have been redone in CGI.

• The planet Taurus II has been given a rocky surface with cloud layers and now resides in a cloud of green gases instead of appearing as a green blob.

• The shuttle plasma streamers have been redone in CGI. The shuttle now appears to burn up in the atmosphere upon re-entry.

Reception

Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club gave the episode an 'B' rating, noting that it "raises some interesting issues" but described it overall as watching a "fixed fight".^[1]
References

^ Handlen, Zack (5 March 2009). ""Shore Leave" / "The Galileo Seven"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 5 September 2009

[Meng]

My series One blu-ray is winging its way.

My favourite so far has been 'The Galileo Seven. Really interesting philosophical concept about the rash decision being the only decision to make. Great sci-fi. Makes you think.

That's one of the worst imo. The attitude of the crew (Scotty excepted) towards their mission commanding officer, particularly McCoy, is unforgivable (as is Spock explaining himself, which no commanding officer should do).

They would all have been court-martialled.

... and pay special attention to the final scene where, as the end credits are coming up, we see Uhura laughing and pointing at the funny alien with the pointy ears.

[Meng]

I love that Tribbles one too. They make a reappearance in an excellent episode of Deep Space 9.

One of the very best DS9s that one.

[sam]

My series One blu-ray is winging its way.



That's one of the worst imo. The attitude of the crew (Scotty excepted) towards their mission commanding officer, particularly McCoy, is unforgivable (as is Spock explaining himself, which no commanding officer should do).

They would all have been court-martialled.

... and pay special attention to the final scene where, as the end credits are coming up, we see Uhura laughing and pointing at the funny alien with the pointy ears.

That would be Mr Spock?

[sam]

A strange coincidence happened. I'd been reading about the band 'Spock's Beard' and the same night watched the 'Mirror Mirror' episode where the Captain Kirk and some others got beamed back to the ship in a parallel universe where Spock had a beard. I thought: bet where that is where they got their name from.

[Meng]

A strange coincidence happened. I'd been reading about the band 'Spock's Beard' and the same night watched the 'Mirror Mirror' episode where the Captain Kirk and some others got beamed back to the ship in a parallel universe where Spock had a beard. I thought: bet where that is where they got their name from.

Now that is a corker of an episode, second only to City On The Edge Of Forever imo.

I believe Morse has admitted that's where they got the name from.

[Meng]

That would be Mr Spock?

Yes it would - Uhura's ranking officer.

[sam]

Now that is a corker of an episode, second only to City On The Edge Of Forever imo.

I believe Morse has admitted that's where they got the name from.

'City' was brilliant, I really enjoyed that one. I really enjoy the time paradox ones-even if it is a bit hard to get my head around!

[Micah68]

A strange coincidence happened. I'd been reading about the band 'Spock's Beard' and the same night watched the 'Mirror Mirror' episode where the Captain Kirk and some others got beamed back to the ship in a parallel universe where Spock had a beard. I thought: bet where that is where they got their name from.

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Yep - you got it

[RelayerI]

For any really keen (or sad) Trekkers I would suggest :

http://www.trekbbs.com/

I'm easy to find there - I'm Relayer1 !

[The Whale]

One of the very best DS9s that one.

Your kidding... I can think of a truck load of better DS9 episodes. It is the the most under rated star trek there is.

[The Whale]

As for the the original series I think "The Omega Glory" will always be my favorit episod.