Star Trek

Spock's Brain - S3-E1

Trivia: In any poll, "Spock's Brain" unfailingly wins the title of Absolute Worst Star Trek Episode - Ever. Gene L. Coon wrote it under his pen name, Lee Cronin, but never intended to actually produce it. His terrible script was a practical joke, a jab at Gene Roddenberry after they'd argued over where the series should go. But by season 3, both Coon and Roddenberry had left the show, and their clueless replacements filmed the thing, thinking this shark-jumping episode was great stuff.

Jean G

Trivia: For a lot of the first few seasons: When it was time to officially shoot the episodes, William Shatner would be late getting to the set, and when he finally showed up, he was drunk! But no one could really stop the filming to wait for him to be sober, so they would film the episode with Shatner in a dramatic tone (he never spoke that way on purpose, he was just so drunk he didn't realize how he was talking, and that's why it's become so infamous today).

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A Piece of the Action - S2-E17

Trivia: According to the script and audio of this episode, the first Boss is named Bella Oxmyx. But all posters of Oxmyx have the last name spelled "Okmyx." The reason is the as originally written, Okmyx would have been correct, but all material with Okmyx had already been made. Since it was a tight budget, the name was only changed at the time of filming.

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Assignment: Earth - S2-E26

Trivia: All the action in this episode revolves around McKinley Rocket Base. All footage around the base is actually of Cape Canaveral, Florida, provided to Roddenberry by NASA.

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The Empath - S3-E12

Trivia: Although the two Vians are identified as Thann and Lal in the closing credits, they are never referred to by name on screen.

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Suggested correction: Stating the obvious is hardly trivia. This is also not the only episode where members of the crew are seen but not heard.

I never knew that! While obvious if you watch the episode itself, bear in mind lots of this is just read by people browsing, reading for background info, not necessarily people watching the show, or who've seen the episode in question.

Jon Sandys

Is There in Truth No Beauty? - S3-E5

Other mistake: In the final scene, Kirk is still in the transporter room, but does not have on a visor when the ambassador transports out. Even if he did, humans can still go mad if wearing one and that's why Spock operates the transporter. Spock has his visor on, but then you see Kirk walk out of the transporter room without a visor and he is not going mad.

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Spock: Live long and prosper.

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Answer: Kirk was getting his physical and Dr. McCoy probably turned off communications, because if he hadn't, Kirk would have left and headed straight for the bridge, leaving McCoy irritated.

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