Factual error: Kirk, McCoy, and Spock are chained to the dungeon wall, with McCoy noticing he is next to a skeleton, also chained. This is incorrect, as a skeleton's bones are held together by cartilage, which would rot over time. Therefore, the skeleton would not be hanging intact, but would be a pile of bones on the floor.
Kaltenmeyer
3rd Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
Suggested correction: As we learn in the episode, the 2 aliens created the entire castle only recently to appeal to the human's primal fears and superstitions. A pile of bones on the floor would not have the frightening impact of a hanging skeleton.
11th Aug 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: The blood dripping from Isak's mouth changes sides.
27th Feb 2017
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: As Nomad first hears Uhura's singing, it extends antennae and leaves the room. After a quick cut scene, as it turns in the corridor the antennae is retracted, then out again on the bridge.
7th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
The Trouble With Tribbles - S2-E15
Continuity mistake: During the brawl, as Cyrano Jones watches the action, the glass he quickly raises loses most of the liquid. After he gets half way through the scene, the glass is suddenly almost full.
29th Sep 2016
Star Trek (1966)
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield - S3-E15
Revealing mistake: As Kirk turns all the way around to look at the newly arrived Bele, the shadows of the stage wiring is easily spotted at the top of the screen.
14th May 2006
Star Trek (1966)
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: The planet Cheron is blue the first two times we see it on the view screen, but when the Enterprise enters orbit, and every time we see it thereafter, the planet has mysteriously turned red. (00:44:05 - 00:46:00)
19th May 2004
Star Trek (1966)
12th May 2006
Star Trek (1966)
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield - S3-E15
Revealing mistake: Stock footage strikes again when Kirk orders the red alert. A shot of the bridge and view screen, with Kirk standing in front of his chair, once more switches Kirk out for a stand in, and Chekhov has gone and is replaced by what looks like from behind like a young woman or a man with a long neck. Also the central display between navigator and helm is now different from that earlier. (00:11:15)
19th Dec 2007
Star Trek (1966)
Revealing mistake: In the jail cell scene, when Kirk tears a strap from the bed, his left handcuff is open. It remains open for several seconds, while he tries to conceal it by moving his right hand to block the camera's view.
23rd Aug 2016
Star Trek (1966)
11th Aug 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: A stagehand's foot is visible before the party beams down. (00:09:10)
8th Sep 2016
Star Trek (1966)
Other mistake: In the cells, the particular strip of metal Kirk pulls loose has rivets that are noticeably different than the rest, making it easier to pull loose.
8th Aug 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Revealing mistake: When Kirk holds a golden egg, a seam can be seen on it. (00:43:55)
25th Jan 2005
Star Trek (1966)
The Trouble With Tribbles - S2-E15
Revealing mistake: When Kirk finds his position on the bridge occupied by the Tribbles, he calls for Dr. McCoy, and as he arrives, Kirk thrusts some of the Tribbles under his nose. In the shots where Kirk's face is seen, one of the Tribbles he is holding features a visible seam.
19th Mar 2016
Star Trek (1966)
Revealing mistake: A straight and level seam connecting the top and bottom halves of the tunnel Spock is crawling through is visible.
Suggested correction: Views of the tunnels made before the creature was wounded by Kirk and Spock appear almost perfectly smooth. It is explained that the creature exudes a powerful acid to dissolve the rock. This tunnel was made after the creature was wounded, so it is logical that the wounded portion of the creature would secrete less acid thus leaving an imperfection as the creature tunnels. This could be a case of incredible attention to detail by the set designer rather than an error revealed.
This correction is too much of a stretch to explain a perfect seam by the wounded Horta. Plus, if the Horta was secreting less corrosive substance, then that area would be less eroded, not more. If attention to detail was paid, then the area would have an outward seam, not an inward one.
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