Continuity mistake: On the planet surface, in the scene where the three security men walk around the rock, Garrovick has his arm up with his phaser. When the camera angle cuts to him alone, his arm is suddenly down.
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11th Aug 2021
Star Trek (1966)
14th Jun 2021
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: At the end, on the Bridge, when the warning marker explodes, Kirk's arm shifts position between shots.
14th Jun 2021
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: When Scotty inhales the gas, the amount of smoke changes between shots.
12th Jul 2020
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: Gary Seven pushes a pen holder over to open the doors. The pen wasn't returned to the upright position, but was up when Kirk came in.
20th Mar 2020
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: When the computer opens and begins operation in Gary Seven's office, it's white. In the close up, it goes from white to purple when asking for identification. Afterwards, the color continues to change.
15th Mar 2020
Star Trek (1966)
The Immunity Syndrome - S2-E18
Continuity mistake: At the shuttle craft deck, Spock is standing on the same side of the door as McCoy, then moves to the other side. When McCoy looks at Spock, he is standing on McCoy's side of the door again, then is back on the other side when the door opens.
5th Jan 2020
Star Trek (1966)
The City on the Edge of Forever - S1-E29
Continuity mistake: In the beginning, the ship is shaken, and McCoy is injected with cordrazine, and falls down. As he lays, the hypo is lying under his body. After the cut, he's on his knees, holding the hypo.
25th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
A Piece of the Action - S2-E17
Continuity mistake: When Kirk is talking to Oxmyx across the pool table, the yellow 1 ball is shown close to Kirk, then Oxmyx, and back.
4th May 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: As Veena (as the Orion Slave Girl) dances, the water in the pool is still, then in the Observation room, as Kirk and party watch, the water is disturbed. A moment later, it's flat calm.
23rd Apr 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: The first time we see the ship travelling at Warp Nine, it is moving in a level, straight path. Next time, the rear end is elevated above the line of flight. The next time, it's moving in level flight again.
6th Feb 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: As Gary Seven starts to talk to the computer, it has a light gray exterior. When it first talks, the trim turns purple, then it's back to light gray.
15th Jan 2019
Star Trek (1966)
The City on the Edge of Forever - S1-E29
Continuity mistake: When trying to catch McCoy, Kirk's pants get dirtied. After coming out of the Guardian's time portal in the Depression, his pants are clean.
5th Oct 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: The second time McCoy is shown in the Sickbay, he is first shown sitting and writing. A moment later, he's standing bent over the terminal.
18th Aug 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: When the "evil" Kirk appears, the Enterprise emblem is missing from his shirt. Then later, when he gets the brandy, the insignia is there. (00:04:45 - 00:06:20)
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Suggested correction: When Kirk and Sulu are on the planet, they're shown not wearing the insignia. When "good" Kirk beams up, he too doesn't have the insignia. We just don't know where it came from, it could have been in their pocket.
The insignia is not removable, it's permanently attached. They wouldn't be able to remove it. The idea of a removable insignia wasn't introduced until STTNG.
While it might have been sewn on for production purposes, I saw this episode as indicating it was removable given the fact that they weren't wearing one on the planet. Plus, there have been other officers whose insignia is not sewn on in TOS.
3rd Jul 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: In the finale of the fight between Kirk and Finney, Kirk's shirt is torn, exposing his right shoulder and arm. As Kirk (the stunt double) goes for the knock out blow, the shirt is only a little torn in the front. Then the close up on Kirk catching Finney, his shoulder is exposed again.
1st Jul 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: In the opening, the crewman gets a few drops of the infectant on his hand, but the reddish mass on the wall remains. On the ship, when the spectral view is shown, the red mass is nowhere to be seen.
9th Jun 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: In the dining hall, Korab leans over to listen to his cat. As he does, his right hand is at seat level. A second later, his right hand is up by his shoulder. (00:22:20)
9th Jun 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: In most shots, the Constellation's impulse engines are lit up orange, but when moving to meet the Enterprise, they're not lit up, though the ship is moving.
9th Jun 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: Spock nears the command chair, where a seated Decker is leaning on the left armrest. A second later he is leaning to the right.
19th Mar 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: The chain symbol on Kirk's shirt goes from dark to light and back several times.
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