The "green men" aren't little, they are fairly large, their women are however often quite petite, but then they are also usually pirates and fairly unpleasant, Orions are like that.
This was my favourite program when I was a little boy. I’m 61 now and every time I see an episode I’m transported back in time to a wonderful age of fun and innocence.
This episode, besides being a very good story, is the best example of how comfortable William Shatner became in his iconic role. He's so laid back and understated yet obviously in complete command of the ship and this tricky situation. Usually he's accused of overacting and being over the top but not in this show. It's one of his best performances.
Let them say what they want about Star Trek. It's been way more popular, for way longer, and made way more money, than that other Franchise. Thank you Lucie.
One of my favorite episodes. My son was three when this was on TV, and we watched the last two years of ST in color, a very big deal back then. These days my son is a grandfather, and still a fan of fine space yarns. As am I.
Sound like may papaw. He was a backwoods pulp wood lumberjack, but we used to watch this on the B&W television. Also hee haw, perry mason, and johnny of course, he'd let me stay up late.
I watched the reruns in the 70s (I was five) on a small black and white tv with my mom in New York City apartment. Star Trek is a beautiful show and a warm memory from my childhood.
The comment about never having believed in "little green men" followed by Spock walking over and saying "Neither have I", followed by Captain Christopher's "Wait ... WHAT ...." look 😆 And there's that little Spockian smirk again, as he nods and says, "Captain ..."
This scene is a nice reminder of how much I enjoyed repeatedly watching classic Star Trek when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s. Thanks for posting it. 🖖🏻
@@missylou725 I can remember Grace Lee as Janice Rand being an attraction for me and I wish that she could have stayed with the classic series after the first season.
@@KlaaismActually this is an early film lighting technique designed to highlight a character's emotion, usually in melodrama, or to be used as a glamour lighting.
@@epiendless1128...it did that Intentionally, because it Over-wrote the original Directors directions. 🤔 It became self aware like HAL 🤖 ...after talking with Skynet.
Why do people think that changing the subject's position is so surprising? THey beemed people out of many kinds of circumstances, like from shutle craft on several occasions, directly to a standing position - none of you objected THEN. WHy did you not object to that? And if they had a computer so powerful, and technology so advanced that it could: Determine the quantum state of every atom in the body. Tear those atoms apart, beem them physically to another location with no machine at the distant end. Re-assemble them and do so in such a way that the heart and brain and all organs continued to function. WHAT is so "out there" about reconfiguring the body to a standard, standing position?
@@NihongoGuyWell it's one thing to record the positions of all those atoms and reassemble in the same positions. It's an entirely different level to change all those positions and still get them right. That's like a photocopier that could copy the Gettysburg address and have it come out of the paper slot a perfect print but like an origami pterodactyl that can flap its wings when you wiggle its nose. Ever used a spell checker/corrector? NO THANK YOU!
That was used to effect in the TOS episode "The Doomsday Weapon" when the captain of a ship whose crew was killed by an alien weapon tried to use a shuttle to go into the front to try and blow it up. When Kirk got the news the captain died, his head tilted forward and his face was in darkness.
I grew up in the Old South. A bait and tackle shop we frequented still had "White" and "Colored" restrooms with signs to match. My grade school wasn't integrated until 1966. My family was rather progressive by local standards, but we Whites and Blacks seldom associated socially. Nichelle is totally responsible for making me realize as a teenager that Black women could be sexy as hell. After the series ended, when she started giving interviews and TV was courageous enough to air them, I realized they could be rather smart, too. Star Trek was a social game changer and Nichelle was the prettiest piece on the board.
@@growleym504 I grew up in the 70s watching Star Trek re-runs. I had no concept that the show was 'progressive' or pushing boundaries. It just seemed normal to me. Captain in charge, he had crew, men & women who reported to him. didn't matter what race they were.
This show is pure magic, and the magic is in the chemistry between the actors, especially the dynamics between Shatner and Nimoy, how they play off of each other’s characters. Such magical chemistry is rare in a television series, but also rare in personal relationships.
Also chemistry between Kirk and McCoy. And between other members of the cast, especially in the movies. One of the assets of the series is the ensemble acting, even though Shatner was supposedly difficult at times.
I wish they had not downplayed Captain Christopher's role. He was intelligent, thorough and exactly what Kirk said: "He was the kind of man Starfleet needs and can't get enough of". He really with time would have belonged there. But if it wasn't for John Christopher, the legendary Colonel Sean Jeffery Christopher would not have been born. And Sean plays a HUGE role in the advancement of Earth's space exploration.
'John Christopher' - the pen name of Sam Youd, author of books including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods.
Plus he needed to go back to the 20th century so he could become headmaster of Eastland, where Blair, Jo, Tootie, and Natalie would attend under the supervision of Mrs. Edna Garrett.
Pilot: You speak English. Kirk: That's right. Better response: Not only me, but practically everywhere we go in the galaxy, even if no human has been there before, most all speak fluent English.
How I loved Star Trek when it came out! Vastly entertaining …. Even watching reruns fifty years later! And the many movies that followed the TV series…Wow…
When I read the title "Captain Christopher" first thing I thought was Christopher Pike. But this Captain Christopher seems to be a quite interesting character as well.
Always liked this episode. Captain Christopher was a very good character. I also remember the computer was having some problems in this episode. The computer kept calling Captain Kirk "Dear ".
The whole "dear" subplot was misogynistic even by 1960's standards. And it had no connection to what passed for the main plot. But without the completely irrelevant subplot, it would still have been the worst-ever episode of the entire Star Trek franchise.
Remember at the time of airing women didn’t serve in combat units, so seeing them would’ve been a major deviation from the norm! It would be over a decade before women would begin to be assigned to ships in the United States Navy and then only on auxiliary ships such as tenders!
@@blueeyedsoulmanSoooooo cool to be able to teach you that here. There's a Trek Convention in Seattle next month...wanna go? I need some fresh enthusiasm in my life.
This story was based on real incident in 1952 when a National Guard pilot, Captain Mantell tried to intercept a skyhook balloon over Kentucky mistaken for a UFO . He crashed when his P51 exceeded the altitude he could fly without oxygen. Many people pretend it was a UFO, but the description of the flight characteristics and the fact that a Skyhook balloon, a top secret project Mantell was unaware of, had been launched from another airbase that day, points to Mantell dying chasing a top secret project neither he nor his commander were informed about.
He landed near Franklin KY where he was raised near the present day Cracker Barrell by just a short distance. Franklin's other claim to fame is where June Carter and Johnny Cash were married in the local Methodist Church.
@@mrtrek2117Well, 'Skyhook' was a secret, back in the early 50's, but so were Satellites, and the SR-71,in the Late 50's, and mid-to-late 60's, respectively. The ONLY 'Person' to have a wrist radio, was the fictional Detective, "Dick Tracy", while street cops, had belt carried, walkie-talkies, which some cops found to be a cross between a short night stick, and a communication device. NOW, A 10-year old, is an "Abused/Deprived Child", if they don't have the BEST Cell-Phone/Camera, in the Neighborhood !! (As Irving Forbush, would say, "Who-da-thunk-it ?") AND, The ONLY PEOPLE, IN THE WORLD, who run for their "Binkies, & Comforter Blankies", when you mention ⚡ UFO's, and Extra-Terrestrial Beings ⚡, are the "MORE Intelligent than Thou", U{unlimited}. S{upressors}. MILITARY/GOVERNMENT !
@@GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr. Yes, absolutely. I love how Kirk can mop the floor with 3 airforce guys. The other great Kirk badass moment is from the second season, when he flips Hengist in the briefing room in "Wolf in the Fold".
Christopher and Uhura in the background, with Nichelle Nichols doing soundless dialog so the foreground action can be recorded cleanly. One of the many skills not highlighted in many acting schools now.
Assuming the Enterprise returned to Earth in the mid 60's and Captain Kirk says "Welcome aboard the Enterprise" The pilot should have assumed he was aboard the Aircraft carrier Enterprise which was active at that time.
Not really, he was an USAF pilot but would have been familiar with naval aviation and its carriers. He would have likely assumed it was a Soviet/Communist mind trick.
Not really, he was an USAF pilot but would have been familiar with naval aviation and its carriers. He would have likely assumed it was a Soviet/Communist mind trick.
And totally unnecessary. Anything a time traveler does in the past is already part of history, even if unknown/unrecorded history. Spock's comment that Cpt. Christopher could change the future to the point that the Enterprise might not exist is illogical, because if it never existed then it couldn't have picked up Cpt. Christopher, who then couldn't have gained knowledge that would put the future at risk. This is something that almost all time-travel stories get wrong. An exception was the early episodes of 'The Time Tunnel,' such as the premier episode where Tony and Doug tried to warn the captain of the Titanic that they were going to hit an iceberg, but he didn't believe them until it was too late.
@@seikibrian8641 also, if Christopher was such a threat to change the future, especially if he turned out to be unscrupulous, why did Scotty give an unscrupulous businessman the formula for transparent aluminum in the movie The Voyage Home, and just brush it off by saying that businessman might have invented it? I know they needed the plexiglass but to be that careless?
@@seikibrian8641 I both agree AND disagree with you dude. I definitely understand the point you're making about a 'Time Paradox', and from one perspective you're absolutely correct. If the past was changed to the point that the Enterprise and her crew didn't exist, then they wouldn't have been able to go into the past thus creating the events that changed history. On the other hand however, there's a plausible explanation for this: Alternate Time-line. Meaning that if the past was changed so that the Enterprise and her crew never existed, then that would be true to the extent that the alteration of history created an 'Alternate Time-line' that diverges from the Original Time-line at the point where history is changed. So while neither the Enterprise or her crew would exist in the new branching Time-line, they WOULD still exist in their own ORIGINAL Time-line. And I can't remember what the theory is called, but I remember watching an episode of a show where a Theoretical Physicist (I think it was Dr. Michio Kaku, but I could be wrong) actually explained the underlying idea about this possibility, and if I remember correctly he referred to the 'Grandfather Paradox' as an example of this theory.
The set interior showcasing the Enterprise in this early TOS episode is so....earthlike. I could've swore they're using the same set where they shot other 1960s hits like "I Dream of Jeannie" or "Get Smart" or something else 😆
Tragically, after this episode aired, Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through their Apollo One spacecraft during a launch rehearsal. The cause of the accident was due to frayed wiring that arched and ignited the pure oxygen environment.
I was 8. When the names of the astronauts were read, it was like three daggers going through my heart. Gus Grissom was from our area, Ed White the first U.S. space walker, and Roger Chaffee a rookie. Three tragedies in one moment. 💔💔💔
At the risk of being pedantic, oxygen is an oxidizer, not a fuel. The pure oxygen environment certainly contributed to the severity of the fire, but it's not what burned. Things that would be only marginally flammable in a normal air mixture can become highly flammable in a pure oxygen environment. That's one of several things that to be addressed in the redesign of the Apollo Command Module following the Apollo One fire.
@@Turboy65 I enjoy the show, I don't think people will remember it 50 years from now the way TOS is remembered - particularly the Kirk, Spock, Scotty and Bones - and that doesn't even account for Uhura, Chekov and Sulu
really? So Ortega defying orders is somehow good writing to you? or talking back to a superior officer? or throwing in the bullshit about January Sixth leading to World war 3? ARe you dense or something???@@Turboy65
I remember around 1974 when they had reruns I saw a commercial for this upcoming episode the next day. I couldn't even do my school work waiting to get home to watch this!
I've heard that his commitment to the role took something of a minor toll on him. At one point, after shooting wrapped for the day, he confessed to weeping uncontrollably for some time in private. He later attributed the event to the stress of portraying an emotionless character on a demanding schedule for long periods of time.
A highly priceless moment (to say the least) when Capt. Christopher said he didn't believe in "little green men" & Spock replied "neither do l"... Christopher's comment of "interesting" should've been more like "interesting is an understatement"..!!
I miss this old series. Used to watch it with my dad when I was a kid way back when...many moons ago. It was my dad who got me into sci-fi. Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, etc. After watching Star Trek with him, i was suddenly into Lost In Space, and everything sci-fi. It was my dad who took me to see Star Wars at the drive in when it first released, and it was my dad who took me to see the other 2 sequels to that movie. We also hit a theater for the Wrath of Khan. I didn't have a good childhood, it was mostly bad memories, but the good memories i have come from watching sci-fi with my dad before I lost him. The one thing definitely stuck was the love of sci-fi that he introduced me to . I've been all about sci-fi for over 50 years because of him . I wish he could see the stuff that has come since. He'd LOVE Halo....the lore and the game. He would totally be into the video games, Halo, Mass Effect, etc because his job was repairing video games and pinball machines. The old arcade games, Galaga, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Tron, all of these were in his repair shop, and I spent plenty of time in that shop on those machines while he refurbished and repaired games for arcades
I had the same feeling the first time I walked in the flight deck of a KC-130J. I was blown away and even commented I felt like I was on the Starship Enterprise.
His F-104 was breaking up, according to Spock. Since the scene shows the Capt. being beamed up while still in his ejector seat, he should have been seated, even if he was ejecting at the time. Whether or not the transporter would pick him out of the seat, or take them together, is speculative, but I agree, being standing is WRONG. However, facing away from the console when he re-materializes wouldn't necessarily be a problem.
@@mrtrek2117 The transporter also materialises one of Mudd's women facing the back of the transporter although I suspect that was for a different reason.
An Air Force Captain is not the same as a Star Fleet Captain because Starfleet ranks are based on the Navy, not the Air Force. Captain Kirk commands a ship with dozens of officers and hundreds of crewmen. Captain Christopher commands only a single person craft and at most would only command three or four people on a C-130 Hercules. Captain Kirk is a superior officer.
Even as a kid I noticed the technical error of bringing the pilot onboard in the transporter. He should have appeared in the seared position. Also the backwards pratfall would have been priceless.
@@technopirate304I always wondered why the transporter robbed him of his parachute harness and g-suit but decided to let him keep his helmet and O2 mask.
I liked seeing a practical (if I may USE that adjective) demonstration of the fact that the 🛗 turbo-lift cars are air-tight (in "Star Trek: Beyond). I'd forgotten about that, and that fact saved both Bones's AND Spock's lives! (Kudos to Starfleet Corps Of Engineers.)
@@Z1gguratVert1go "Whatchu talking about, Willis?" --- Arnold Drummond, 1983. Jar Jar *who*? (I never heard of the guy.) [*LAST SECOND EDIT:* I SEEM to recall of a Sith Lord with those first two initials, but his surname was "Binks".]
No such thing as a "perfectly good" F-104. Short range kept it from intercepting attackers at a distance. Lack of maneuverability limited its ability to reattack targets if the initial attack failed and kept it from dogfighting to protect itself. Fuel limited, it could only stay up for battle a very short time. Yes, it was a very attractive aircraft but being attractive doesn't defend America.
lmao. it was so superficial for the network to add that. The guy literally knew nothing about where he was or what was going on. but even so women were working in big companies all over the US for more than a generation at the time of TOS.
Listened to Gene Roddenberry speak for 2 hrs back in ?1971 at the base of Diamond Head crater on Oahu. He was magnificent. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HIS HOPE FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THE WORLD WAS CONTAGIOUS. GOD, I LOVED TO HEAR HIM SPEAK! Thank you sir, for your vision ~ for humanity!
@@jeanneserrano3397Roddenberry personally produced Next Gen during its first two years, and it’s commonly agreed that the show got much better after his death. I say this with no disrespect; like you, I enjoyed attending several of his talks during the ‘70s, which I always found very inspiring.
I didn’t get to watch Star Trek until about 1972 when it was syndicated. There was these new big screen projection tv’s just coming out then at this electronics appliance store at the mall. Me and my friend were eleven then , the salesmen let us come every night at 8pm to watch Star Trek in color on one of the jumbo screen tv’s. This was a very big deal because hardly anyone could afford almost $1000 for one of those. Good times from 52 years ago.
One thing they never explained was, when they beamed Christopher and the security guard back down during the reverse time warp, why didn't they still remember what had happened to them? For that matter, how did they beam them back into their already existing bodies?
Good thing that Captain John Christopher managed to maintain control of himself when he and Kirk had passed by a woman on their way to the elevator to get to the bridge as Captain Christopher took a good look at the woman with her legs uncovered, Good that Christopher is not only an officer but also a gentleman and he hasn't forgotten that he's a married man.
Yes! The so sexy music that played as she walked by the Captains really got attention. Kirk was so smooth, you could tell he had already boldly been "around!"
So the equivalent is for a woman, irrespective of marital status or anything, reining in their sensibilities when they regard an influential and/or affluent man
I'm not what you call a Trekkie, more a casual watcher since a kid in the 1970's. I still catch the odd episode on tv here in the UK from time to time. However, this is my favourite episode as it's the one I enjoyed most back when I was a small boy.
The bit where the female in the cocktail dress walks by and we hear lounge music on the soundtrack is hysterical. Star Trek was as stuck in the 60s as I Dream Of Jeanie.
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"I don't believe in little green men." "Neither do I." Not quite my favorite line in the series, but in the top five.
The "green men" aren't little, they are fairly large, their women are however often quite petite, but then they are also usually pirates and fairly unpleasant, Orions are like that.
It a shame the next episode didn't have little green men.
@@DavidKnowles0 Well to be fair we only meet tall Orions. I'm sure there are short ones somewhere.
- Customer to merchant: I don't believe in credit cards.
- Merchant: And yet, they exist; i've seen them.
Captain Christopher looks at spock,lol
This makes me think of that great line from Star Trek 4
"Don't tell me, you're from outer space?"
"No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space".
This was my favourite program when I was a little boy. I’m 61 now and every time I see an episode I’m transported back in time to a wonderful age of fun and innocence.
I’m 66 y.o. And I so fondly remember this show and those days even though Iook like Lt. Uhuru.
I too am 61. This program deeply angered my father.
I'm sorry to hear that.@@user-ug2hk3go6i
I'm 40 and grew up in the 90s watching the Star Trek TOS reruns on Swedish television. I loved it back then and I still do.
@@jockejocke1 Were they presented in your own language or in English?
This episode, besides being a very good story, is the best example of how comfortable William Shatner became in his iconic role. He's so laid back and understated yet obviously in complete command of the ship and this tricky situation. Usually he's accused of overacting and being over the top but not in this show. It's one of his best performances.
If you ever find yourself in the transporter room on the Enterprise, treat yourself and try the chicken soup. Trust me, It’s delicious 🤤 🍜
nothing like chicken soup right before a mission
You're spot-on, those old-school fabricators are PRIMO!
F that! I’m running to a window for the view first.
GM foods.
@@DavidThomas-fb8bq
So...General Motors was the contractor for the fabricators?
😉
Let them say what they want about Star Trek. It's been way more popular, for way longer, and made way more money, than that other Franchise. Thank you Lucie.
Yeah! Lost In Space can kick rocks!!! 🤨
@@charliehammer8780 I like them both, but for very different reasons.
The sexy trumpet when the female crew member walks by.
Louis Armstrong?
That would be defined as toxic these days
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Crewman....
Where can I enlist....??
:) :) LOL
One of my favorite episodes. My son was three when this was on TV, and we watched the last two years of ST in color, a very big deal back then. These days my son is a grandfather, and still a fan of fine space yarns. As am I.
Sound like may papaw. He was a backwoods pulp wood lumberjack, but we used to watch this on the B&W television. Also hee haw, perry mason, and johnny of course, he'd let me stay up late.
I've heard the chicken salad is not bad either. But no tribbles, please!
I watched the reruns in the 70s (I was five) on a small black and white tv with my mom in New York City apartment. Star Trek is a beautiful show and a warm memory from my childhood.
My all-time favorite is "The Trouble With Tribbles" 🤣
What happened to the captain?
I love how Kirk goes from accommodating to "we'll tell you what we decide to tell you..."
I went and watched this episode - it really is great
@@jeffreyabelson7171you’re great!!
Yes, very accommodating but always in command!
temporal prime directive before they thought up of the concept!
How could he tell him more than he had already seen!?
The comment about never having believed in "little green men" followed by Spock walking over and saying "Neither have I", followed by Captain Christopher's "Wait ... WHAT ...." look 😆
And there's that little Spockian smirk again, as he nods and says, "Captain ..."
What about little green Orion slave girls.
This scene is a nice reminder of how much I enjoyed repeatedly watching classic Star Trek when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s. Thanks for posting it. 🖖🏻
You're welcome. 😀Have a good day.
My parents recorded every episode on VHS. I had such a crush on Capt Kirk back then lol.
@@missylou725 I can remember Grace Lee as Janice Rand being an attraction for me and I wish that she could have stayed with the classic series after the first season.
Kirk believes in Green women, though. Boldly hitting anything that moves.
Yeah. I’m still lookin for one
"Jim, I would strongly suggest not pursuing that green woman" says Spock "but Spock, I'm just a man"...and so on...
Kirk really respects Capt Christopher from the 20th century. He sees himself if roles were reversed.
NO matter WHERE Kirk stood in this scene, he always had that strip of light across his eyes and shadow on the rest of his face!! 🤣
Yeah what was that? lol 😂😂🤣🤣
Early soap opera style lighting. He insisted on it. Shatner was kind of an asshole then: hog the screen time, steal good lines, etc.
Classic Trek lighting!
@@KlaaismActually this is an early film lighting technique designed to highlight a character's emotion, usually in melodrama, or to be used as a glamour lighting.
@@gabelogan5877 aye common to early soap operas.
The lighting on Shatners face & hundreds of other scenes was brilliant.
Unmistakably Classic Trek!
Nice to know the transporter can change you from a sitting position to standing while in transport.
But can't turn you to face the front..
@@epiendless1128...it did that Intentionally, because it Over-wrote the original Directors directions. 🤔 It became self aware like HAL 🤖 ...after talking with Skynet.
Why do people think that changing the subject's position is so surprising? THey beemed people out of many kinds of circumstances, like from shutle craft on several occasions, directly to a standing position - none of you objected THEN. WHy did you not object to that?
And if they had a computer so powerful, and technology so advanced that it could:
Determine the quantum state of every atom in the body.
Tear those atoms apart, beem them physically to another location with no machine at the distant end.
Re-assemble them and do so in such a way that the heart and brain and all organs continued to function.
WHAT is so "out there" about reconfiguring the body to a standard, standing position?
@@NihongoGuyWell it's one thing to record the positions of all those atoms and reassemble in the same positions. It's an entirely different level to change all those positions and still get them right. That's like a photocopier that could copy the Gettysburg address and have it come out of the paper slot a perfect print but like an origami pterodactyl that can flap its wings when you wiggle its nose. Ever used a spell checker/corrector? NO THANK YOU!
Haha, Calmness. It ain't real 😎
"Did the navy...?" No captain, the navy will appear in one of the movies.
Actually starfleet uses naval ranks. And the NCC on the hull stands for naval construction contract.
Star Trek and time travel seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly.
Star Trek, time travel, and epic music!
I say bacon and eggs!
3:00....the way he said "don't touch anything"....Shatner was a DAMNED GENIUS!!
Yeah and the first thing he does, is go fiddling with Uhura’s station.
@@coolcucumber372 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
"Don't touch anything....including my communications officer."
@@markwaldron8954haha
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It's the 1960s, he didn't want to touch her.
The thin lighting strip on Kirk’s face is almost magical. 😆
That was used to effect in the TOS episode "The Doomsday Weapon" when the captain of a ship whose crew was killed by an alien weapon tried to use a shuttle to go into the front to try and blow it up. When Kirk got the news the captain died, his head tilted forward and his face was in darkness.
A headlight?
Classic Trek lighting, matched only by Classic Trek sound effects. Pure magic!
yes😂
Captain Christopher must stay
Can never get enough of this show!
It is a one-of-a-kind classic masterpiece!
It should have gone on forever!
I love the lighting on Kirks face, almost a physical representation of Captain Christophers distrust and suspicion of Kirks intent.
Nichelle looks so beautiful and present in this scene. She says so much without saying a word. ❤
Totally, they all had such great screen presence!
That is because she cannot help it
That look she gives Christopher at the very end......
I grew up in the Old South. A bait and tackle shop we frequented still had "White" and "Colored" restrooms with signs to match. My grade school wasn't integrated until 1966. My family was rather progressive by local standards, but we Whites and Blacks seldom associated socially. Nichelle is totally responsible for making me realize as a teenager that Black women could be sexy as hell. After the series ended, when she started giving interviews and TV was courageous enough to air them, I realized they could be rather smart, too. Star Trek was a social game changer and Nichelle was the prettiest piece on the board.
@@growleym504 I grew up in the 70s watching Star Trek re-runs. I had no concept that the show was 'progressive' or pushing boundaries. It just seemed normal to me. Captain in charge, he had crew, men & women who reported to him. didn't matter what race they were.
This show is pure magic, and the magic is in the chemistry between the actors, especially the dynamics between Shatner and Nimoy, how they play off of each other’s characters. Such magical chemistry is rare in a television series, but also rare in personal relationships.
Also the friction between Spock and Dr. McCoy😊
They were good friends personally, which was complex. They were born a week apart . . . "soulmates"?
Also chemistry between Kirk and McCoy. And between other members of the cast, especially in the movies. One of the assets of the series is the ensemble acting, even though Shatner was supposedly difficult at times.
I wish they had not downplayed Captain Christopher's role. He was intelligent, thorough and exactly what Kirk said: "He was the kind of man Starfleet needs and can't get enough of". He really with time would have belonged there. But if it wasn't for John Christopher, the legendary Colonel Sean Jeffery Christopher would not have been born. And Sean plays a HUGE role in the advancement of Earth's space exploration.
'John Christopher' - the pen name of Sam Youd, author of books including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods.
Plus he needed to go back to the 20th century so he could become headmaster of Eastland, where Blair, Jo, Tootie, and Natalie would attend under the supervision of Mrs. Edna Garrett.
This is my favorite episode of Star Trek (TOS). Everything was based on the “Butterfly affect.” I love how it works its way out. Great writing.
Great writing and great acting!
This show was the best: Great Story Lines. Great special effects. Very very creative. 60’s tv was the best.
No
They did not have the computers we take for granted today. Can you even imagine how much different the original would have looked like now?!
Pilot: You speak English.
Kirk: That's right.
Better response: Not only me, but practically everywhere we go in the galaxy, even if no human has been there before, most all speak fluent English.
Translating device. You did or did not or read hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
@@nickislade5533 How can you tell?
Well, American 😂
How I loved Star Trek when it came out! Vastly entertaining …. Even watching reruns fifty years later! And the many movies that followed the TV series…Wow…
It was just pure class and has not been matched since!
Who knew back when this was new that ST would still matter? Strange New Worlds is a terrific addition, btw.
When I read the title "Captain Christopher" first thing I thought was Christopher Pike. But this Captain Christopher seems to be a quite interesting character as well.
This was such a great episode. I always liked that light they put across Kirk's eyes, looks very cool.
Always liked this episode. Captain Christopher was a very good character. I also remember the computer was having some problems in this episode. The computer kept calling Captain Kirk "Dear ".
The whole "dear" subplot was misogynistic even by 1960's standards. And it had no connection to what passed for the main plot. But without the completely irrelevant subplot, it would still have been the worst-ever episode of the entire Star Trek franchise.
@@mrbcds9108 I disagree with what you say here. You're entitled to your opinion.
@@mrbcds9108 It also had a tendency to 'giggle'.. yup
@@mrbcds9108 lol wow.
@@mrbcds9108Not a subplot, more like a side gag...
Maybe it's just me, but I've always thought that Captain Christopher was more stunned by seeing a woman creman than a Vulcan. Lol
He look even more stunned when he saw Ohura...!!!
Remember at the time of airing women didn’t serve in combat units, so seeing them would’ve been a major deviation from the norm! It would be over a decade before women would begin to be assigned to ships in the United States Navy and then only on auxiliary ships such as tenders!
@@bugattieb110ss
A white American man from the early 60s sees a black woman on the command bridge of a ship...
An alien would less shocking to him.
Yeah well, you try looking stoic when a woman in a mini-skirt walks by showing her color coordinated panties.
He was getting used to be shocked
Tomorrow Is Yesterday is one of my favorite episodes of TOS!!! 🖖
Maybe I've been sleeping under a rock. What is "TOS"?
@@blueeyedsoulman The Original Series 🖖
@@blueeyedsoulmanSo as not to be confused with "The Next Generation" (TNG).
Was this episode based on Thomas Mantell being shot down by a UFO?
@@blueeyedsoulmanSoooooo cool to be able to teach you that here. There's a Trek Convention in Seattle next month...wanna go? I need some fresh enthusiasm in my life.
I love this scene. Still makes me laugh at the end. I was a teenager when it was on, originally and I'm still at fan in my 70s.
Star trek was the one show we wouldn't miss
Just hearing the opening chords filled me with wonder as a kid, and still does!
This story was based on real incident in 1952 when a National Guard pilot, Captain Mantell tried to intercept a skyhook balloon over Kentucky mistaken for a UFO . He crashed when his P51 exceeded the altitude he could fly without oxygen.
Many people pretend it was a UFO, but the description of the flight characteristics and the fact that a Skyhook balloon, a top secret project Mantell was unaware of, had been launched from another airbase that day, points to Mantell dying chasing a top secret project neither he nor his commander were informed about.
The old adage of National security and 'compartmenatisation', and the need to know. Still good for modern times.
He landed near Franklin KY where he was raised near the present day Cracker Barrell by just a short distance. Franklin's other claim to fame is where June Carter and Johnny Cash were married in the local Methodist Church.
What I don't quite get is if the pilot and his commander didn't know about this top secret project how do you know about it?
@@mrtrek2117Well, 'Skyhook' was a secret, back in the early 50's, but so were Satellites, and the SR-71,in the Late 50's, and mid-to-late 60's, respectively.
The ONLY 'Person' to have a wrist radio, was the fictional Detective, "Dick Tracy", while street cops, had belt carried, walkie-talkies, which some cops found to be a cross between a short night stick, and a communication device. NOW, A 10-year old, is an "Abused/Deprived Child", if they don't have the BEST Cell-Phone/Camera, in the Neighborhood !!
(As Irving Forbush, would say, "Who-da-thunk-it ?")
AND, The ONLY PEOPLE, IN THE WORLD, who run for their "Binkies, & Comforter Blankies", when you mention ⚡ UFO's, and Extra-Terrestrial Beings ⚡, are the "MORE Intelligent than Thou", U{unlimited}. S{upressors}. MILITARY/GOVERNMENT !
@@mrtrek2117 A lot of these old projects were declassified many years later, once they were no longer of strategic importance.
It's definitely one of my top five episodes of Star Trek. The writers really did an excellent job with this episode as well as everyone involved.
What are your top 5 favorite episodes of the show?
This might have been the first episode I saw on a color TV. Watched them all in black and white, was thrilled with the different shirt colors.
Totally relate to that, I've loved those colors ever since!
My favorite TV show of the 1960s. Couldn't get enough of the characters. The Absolute Best!
Star Trek, the original series and Lost in Space are my favorite TV shows of the 60's.
Department of Temporal Investigation: OMFG with this guy!!
And now I have to go and binge watch the whole lot again. What a magical show.
"Interesting is a word and a half." That may be why Mr. Spock used it so much.
One of my favorite episodes.
"We're going to lock you up for 200 years!"
"That ought to be just about right."
Captain Christopher was played by actor Roger Perry. He was a character actor, who appeared on many TV shows of the 60's and 70's.
I love the fight Kirk gets in with the airmen.
"All right, Colonel, the TRUTH is, I'm a little green man from Alpha Centauri; a beautiful place, you ought to see it!" A nod to Lost in Space.
@@GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr.
Yes, absolutely. I love how Kirk can mop the floor with 3 airforce guys. The other great Kirk badass moment is from the second season, when he flips Hengist in the briefing room in "Wolf in the Fold".
Definitely in my top 10!
I love the light and shadow effect on Kirk's face when he first encounters Capt. Christopher, it gives him an air of mystery.
No matter how many times I watch it that ear tug is always funny.
I've seen that ear tug at least 50 times now!
Christopher and Uhura in the background, with Nichelle Nichols doing soundless dialog so the foreground action can be recorded cleanly. One of the many skills not highlighted in many acting schools now.
Assuming the Enterprise returned to Earth in the mid 60's and Captain Kirk says "Welcome aboard the Enterprise" The pilot should have assumed he was aboard the Aircraft carrier Enterprise which was active at that time.
I know right.
Good point!
I was thinking that too!
Not really, he was an USAF pilot but would have been familiar with naval aviation and its carriers.
He would have likely assumed it was a Soviet/Communist mind trick.
Not really, he was an USAF pilot but would have been familiar with naval aviation and its carriers.
He would have likely assumed it was a Soviet/Communist mind trick.
Nichelle Nichols was stunning. 💞
Give your head a shake...
RIP
She looked amazing in this clip.
@@jonbaker1697 Try spec savers.
@@manoo422 clown
It's amusing that the concept of "don't mess with the past" is a novel idea here.
And totally unnecessary. Anything a time traveler does in the past is already part of history, even if unknown/unrecorded history. Spock's comment that Cpt. Christopher could change the future to the point that the Enterprise might not exist is illogical, because if it never existed then it couldn't have picked up Cpt. Christopher, who then couldn't have gained knowledge that would put the future at risk. This is something that almost all time-travel stories get wrong. An exception was the early episodes of 'The Time Tunnel,' such as the premier episode where Tony and Doug tried to warn the captain of the Titanic that they were going to hit an iceberg, but he didn't believe them until it was too late.
@@seikibrian8641 also, if Christopher was such a threat to change the future, especially if he turned out to be unscrupulous, why did Scotty give an unscrupulous businessman the formula for transparent aluminum in the movie The Voyage Home, and just brush it off by saying that businessman might have invented it? I know they needed the plexiglass but to be that careless?
@@seikibrian8641 I both agree AND disagree with you dude. I definitely understand the point you're making about a 'Time Paradox', and from one perspective you're absolutely correct. If the past was changed to the point that the Enterprise and her crew didn't exist, then they wouldn't have been able to go into the past thus creating the events that changed history.
On the other hand however, there's a plausible explanation for this: Alternate Time-line. Meaning that if the past was changed so that the Enterprise and her crew never existed, then that would be true to the extent that the alteration of history created an 'Alternate Time-line' that diverges from the Original Time-line at the point where history is changed.
So while neither the Enterprise or her crew would exist in the new branching Time-line, they WOULD still exist in their own ORIGINAL Time-line.
And I can't remember what the theory is called, but I remember watching an episode of a show where a Theoretical Physicist (I think it was Dr. Michio Kaku, but I could be wrong) actually explained the underlying idea about this possibility, and if I remember correctly he referred to the 'Grandfather Paradox' as an example of this theory.
The set interior showcasing the Enterprise in this early TOS episode is so....earthlike. I could've swore they're using the same set where they shot other 1960s hits like "I Dream of Jeannie" or "Get Smart" or something else 😆
They are.
OR 'bewitched' two doors along from NATIONAL LAMPOONS CHRISTMAS VACATION HOUSE. on the UNIVERSAL LOT.
Tragically, after this episode aired, Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through their Apollo One spacecraft during a launch rehearsal. The cause of the accident was due to frayed wiring that arched and ignited the pure oxygen environment.
Actually this episode aired the day before the Apollo 1 tragedy. 😢
I was watching "The time Machine" the night it happened. I still remember the announcement... some events are never forgotten.
I was 8. When the names of the astronauts were read, it was like three daggers going through my heart. Gus Grissom was from our area, Ed White the first U.S. space walker, and Roger Chaffee a rookie. Three tragedies in one moment. 💔💔💔
At the risk of being pedantic, oxygen is an oxidizer, not a fuel. The pure oxygen environment certainly contributed to the severity of the fire, but it's not what burned. Things that would be only marginally flammable in a normal air mixture can become highly flammable in a pure oxygen environment. That's one of several things that to be addressed in the redesign of the Apollo Command Module following the Apollo One fire.
Didn't know that. RIP those guys.
Man these were days if science fi, I’m 40 and I love older Star Trek episodes. I watched the show with my grandpa when he was still alive
I can relate. I don't even watch modern Trek.
no subsequent series matched the brilliance and charisma of the TOS crew
Strange New Worlds is making a pretty good stab at it!
@@Turboy65 I enjoy the show, I don't think people will remember it 50 years from now the way TOS is remembered - particularly the Kirk, Spock, Scotty and Bones - and that doesn't even account for Uhura, Chekov and Sulu
I could totally and utterly not agree more with you, they were epic and unique!
really? So Ortega defying orders is somehow good writing to you? or talking back to a superior officer? or throwing in the bullshit about January Sixth leading to World war 3? ARe you dense or something???@@Turboy65
@@MLPDethDealr32 What in the blue fuck are you babbling about?
I remember around 1974 when they had reruns I saw a commercial for this upcoming episode the next day. I couldn't even do my school work waiting to get home to watch this!
love just how the music can convey so much that words are not needed
Amo essa série. Vi esse episódio há muito tempo. Ainda me lembro ❤❤❤❤❤❤🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖
It’s always so impressive to me how Nimoy just totally inhabited his role as Spok.
You should read his book I AM SPOCK.
@@daynechastantI’ll look for it.
I've heard that his commitment to the role took something of a minor toll on him. At one point, after shooting wrapped for the day, he confessed to weeping uncontrollably for some time in private. He later attributed the event to the stress of portraying an emotionless character on a demanding schedule for long periods of time.
@@daynechastant His first biography "I am not Spock" came out in 1975, twenty years before that.
He was Spock, all the Spocks since are just pale reflections of Nimoy.
This has ALWAYS been my favorite Star Trek episode of ALL Star Trek Series!!
Space (Navy) Captain is like a Colonel in the Air Force.
And an Air Force captain would have been a navy (space) Lt.
Space Captain sounds cool!
A highly priceless moment (to say the least) when Capt. Christopher said he didn't believe in "little green men" & Spock replied "neither do l"... Christopher's comment of "interesting" should've been more like "interesting is an understatement"..!!
Yes I agree, it would have been a better line.
Well, “fascinating” was already claimed by someone else.
@philsmith2444 Quite correct ! Whenever you think of Mr. Spock, the word "fascinating" will forever be the first one to come to mind...
I miss this old series. Used to watch it with my dad when I was a kid way back when...many moons ago. It was my dad who got me into sci-fi. Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, etc. After watching Star Trek with him, i was suddenly into Lost In Space, and everything sci-fi. It was my dad who took me to see Star Wars at the drive in when it first released, and it was my dad who took me to see the other 2 sequels to that movie. We also hit a theater for the Wrath of Khan.
I didn't have a good childhood, it was mostly bad memories, but the good memories i have come from watching sci-fi with my dad before I lost him. The one thing definitely stuck was the love of sci-fi that he introduced me to . I've been all about sci-fi for over 50 years because of him . I wish he could see the stuff that has come since. He'd LOVE Halo....the lore and the game. He would totally be into the video games, Halo, Mass Effect, etc because his job was repairing video games and pinball machines. The old arcade games, Galaga, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Tron, all of these were in his repair shop, and I spent plenty of time in that shop on those machines while he refurbished and repaired games for arcades
You’re lucky… my dad absolutely hated Star Trek… he thought it was “stupid”
@@gregbors8364 I'm sorry to hear that
I had the same feeling the first time I walked in the flight deck of a KC-130J. I was blown away and even commented I felt like I was on the Starship Enterprise.
The transporter readjusts Captain Christopher’s legs to a standing position but then materialises him facing the wrong way.
Sounds about right for a 23rd century transporter
His F-104 was breaking up, according to Spock. Since the scene shows the Capt. being beamed up while still in his ejector seat, he should have been seated, even if he was ejecting at the time. Whether or not the transporter would pick him out of the seat, or take them together, is speculative, but I agree, being standing is WRONG. However, facing away from the console when he re-materializes wouldn't necessarily be a problem.
It was just giving him time to adjust to the new environment.
@@mrtrek2117 The transporter also materialises one of Mudd's women facing the back of the transporter although I suspect that was for a different reason.
This was one of the best episodes ever.
Every episode was the best ever.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc "Balance of Terror" is my favorite
Classic Trek and time travel, always a winner!
Such excellent casting on that show. Christopher has the same qualities of a military leader as Kirk .
An Air Force Captain is not the same as a Star Fleet Captain because Starfleet ranks are based on the Navy, not the Air Force. Captain Kirk commands a ship with dozens of officers and hundreds of crewmen. Captain Christopher commands only a single person craft and at most would only command three or four people on a C-130 Hercules. Captain Kirk is a superior officer.
@@TheLarryBrown Thank you for that delineated explanation.
How handsome was captain kirk
What a fantastic show. Great seeing Kirk and Spock again.
They should have beamed him aboard without his pants on and never tell him why
Captain Christpoher.... Pikes Ancestor! =P
“Interesting is a word & a half!”😊
I used to work with a woman who was never allowed to watch Star Trek as a child. Her mother thought Spock looked too much like a demon.
That, ma’am, is illogical.
Even as a kid I noticed the technical error of bringing the pilot onboard in the transporter. He should have appeared in the seared position. Also the backwards pratfall would have been priceless.
Also pilots have a lot more gear on their person than a jumpsuit
Don't you know the transporter changes them to a standing position it has a plot convenience setting.
@@technopirate304I always wondered why the transporter robbed him of his parachute harness and g-suit but decided to let him keep his helmet and O2 mask.
@@brinsonharris9816 he had to have some accessories
The Transporter must have had a “dignified” setting, preventing an undignified pratfall.
I just noticed that they gave the turbolift double-doors, because of course the car would have its own door. Great detail!
AH! ...You're righT! ...I never noticed ...good design idea
I liked seeing a practical (if I may USE that adjective) demonstration of the fact that the 🛗 turbo-lift cars are air-tight (in "Star Trek: Beyond).
I'd forgotten about that, and that fact saved both Bones's AND Spock's lives!
(Kudos to Starfleet Corps Of Engineers.)
@@YesTHATJohnSmith Aw you had to ruin it by bringing Jar Jar Abrams into this????
@@Z1gguratVert1go
"Whatchu talking about, Willis?"
--- Arnold Drummond, 1983.
Jar Jar *who*? (I never heard of the guy.)
[*LAST SECOND EDIT:* I SEEM to recall of a Sith Lord with those first two initials, but his surname was "Binks".]
@@YesTHATJohnSmith 😆
Imagine if the past Captain's last name was Kirk or Pike or Grayson, what a wrench that would had thrown into the mix.
Who’s Grayson?
@@edsr164 Spock's Mom
Once again Shatner would have had the opportunity to shout "I'M CAPTAIN KIRK!!"
Grayson would have made Spock's raised eyebrow permanent.
Those bastards destroyed a perfectly good F-104! :(
Nope. Well yes but that was only temporary.
Just a bit premature; it would have destroyed itself soon enough anyways.
@@compmanio36 oh snap! F-104 Lawn Dart.
No such thing as a "perfectly good" F-104. Short range kept it from intercepting attackers at a distance. Lack of maneuverability limited its ability to reattack targets if the initial attack failed and kept it from dogfighting to protect itself. Fuel limited, it could only stay up for battle a very short time. Yes, it was a very attractive aircraft but being attractive doesn't defend America.
What would you expect?…. it was made of riveted aluminum, not tritanium!
He was more shocked seeing a woman crewmember than an actual alien
Shocked or intriqued!
lmao.
it was so superficial for the network to add that. The guy literally knew nothing about where he was or what was going on.
but even so women were working in big companies all over the US for more than a generation at the time of TOS.
It's "crewman", not "crewmember".
@@TedTheAtheist crewmember crewmembercrewmembercrewmembercrewmembercrewmember 😆
They're all members of the same crew!
@@CrazyNights1015 Yes, they are crewmen. "crewmember" isn't really a word.
'A woman?' 'Crewman.' Love that!
Listened to Gene Roddenberry speak for 2 hrs back in ?1971 at the base of Diamond Head crater on Oahu. He was magnificent. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HIS HOPE FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THE WORLD WAS CONTAGIOUS. GOD, I LOVED TO HEAR HIM SPEAK! Thank you sir, for your vision ~ for humanity!
I don't think he would have been very happy with modern Trek for some reason.
@@mrtrek2117 Concur! Next gen was mere lowbrow SCI SOAP characters.
Agreed. I watched TNG for a while but then it really started making me miss the class and style that was classic Trek! @@jeanneserrano3397
@@jeanneserrano3397Roddenberry personally produced Next Gen during its first two years, and it’s commonly agreed that the show got much better after his death. I say this with no disrespect; like you, I enjoyed attending several of his talks during the ‘70s, which I always found very inspiring.
I didn’t get to watch Star Trek until about 1972 when it was syndicated. There was these new big screen projection tv’s just coming out then at this electronics appliance store at the mall. Me and my friend were eleven then , the salesmen let us come every night at 8pm to watch Star Trek in color on one of the jumbo screen tv’s. This was a very big deal because hardly anyone could afford almost $1000 for one of those. Good times from 52 years ago.
Great episode
Remember when TV was good.
Capt James T Kirk (Mr William Shatner)
is easily one ot the most handsome actor ever seen on the screen.
I love Kirk's bland and nonchalant, "A crewman," when a female officer walks by.
One thing they never explained was, when they beamed Christopher and the security guard back down during the reverse time warp, why didn't they still remember what had happened to them? For that matter, how did they beam them back into their already existing bodies?
Good thing that Captain John Christopher managed to maintain control of himself when he and Kirk had passed by a woman on their way to the elevator to get to the bridge as Captain Christopher took a good look at the woman with her legs uncovered, Good that Christopher is not only an officer but also a gentleman and he hasn't forgotten that he's a married man.
Yes! The so sexy music that played as she walked by the Captains really got attention. Kirk was so smooth, you could tell he had already boldly been
"around!"
I agree. If only the men of 2023 would adopt this good attitude.
I’m pretty sure women wore panties in the 23rd century.
@@lilliansteele7165 oh shut up
So the equivalent is for a woman, irrespective of marital status or anything, reining in their sensibilities when they regard an influential and/or affluent man
Love the brass instruments whenever an attractive woman walks by....almost like a nightclub!
Was a great episode then and STILL NOW, I can only hope that STANGE NEW WORLDS can give us as fun an episode.
As fun AND WELL WRITTEN.
@@tomf3150 sure it will LOL
SNW is all Hollywood woke. I gave it a try, but couldn't get through it.
We got S2E7
@@richardlasch8400to be fair star trek was founded on woke. That ain't the issue. Its just horribly written these days
Perhaps the greatest story-telling to ever come for the original Star Trek series!
I'm not what you call a Trekkie, more a casual watcher since a kid in the 1970's. I still catch the odd episode on tv here in the UK from time to time. However, this is my favourite episode as it's the one I enjoyed most back when I was a small boy.
The time travel episodes are the best
100%
I've loved them, though they've frustrated me, though they've challenged my thinking until I could comprehend spacetime to do it.
Still watch this on a weekly bases
Me too it's on H and I every day.
@@April-dv2pb yes! 5 hours of all the Treks, 6 days a week!
@@wesmantooth5908 I am watching the original series now.
The bit where the female in the cocktail dress walks by and we hear lounge music on the soundtrack is hysterical. Star Trek was as stuck in the 60s as I Dream Of Jeanie.
Spock is like, "I love to freak people out with my ears".
I like it when Christopher looks at the chicks.
That softened him up.
In my "Top 10" list! All of the original series episodes involving time travel stand out...
And the dramatic music as they are hurled back in time! Epic!
And I love the time travel in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home".
I have fond memories of watching Star Trek with my Dad when I was young.
Great show that we enjoyed watching together. 😊
0:57 Fully lit room but somehow Captain Kirk always has the dramatic lighting on his face.
"little green men".
Spock, how could you not believe in Orion male children!
Naturally the guest went straight to Uhura.:)
He was attracted to her.