Trivia: Banned in Germany until mid 1990.
Trivia: Stock footage of the White Rabbit's footprints from "Shore Leave" were used for the mugato footprints.
Trivia: This was the first time in the original series that Captain Kirk does not appear on board the Enterprise at any point.
Trivia: All the footage of the shuttlecraft in outer space was reused from Star Trek: The Galileo Seven.
Trivia: Nancy Crater's scream from "The Man Trap" is reused as Kara's scream when she is killed.
The Trouble With Tribbles - S2-E15
Trivia: This is the first time in the series the Klingon language is mentioned.
A Piece of the Action - S2-E17
Trivia: This is the only episode that ends with a freeze-frame.
A Piece of the Action - S2-E17
Trivia: James Doohan provided the voice of the radio announcer.
Trivia: Neither Nichelle Nichols nor Walter Koenig appear in this episode.
Trivia: When Kirk is donning the Gestapo uniform, Spock says, "You should make a very convincing Nazi." Although the look Kirk gives him is funny, it should be remembered that both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy were both Jewish.
Trivia: The events and description of the Planet Killer in this episode are referenced in The Next Generation novel "Vendetta." It was in the records Data was examining for a report for Picard. The first one was called a prototype, and the one Picard and crew face is the finished model. Larger, more powerful, and warp capable, this machine was driven by the vendetta of a person that wants revenge on the Borg.
Where No Man Has Gone Before - S1-E4
Trivia: As the Enterprise encounters the field, Gary Mitchell is affected, and his eyes glow with an unknown, alien force. In the Star Trek The Next Generation novel "Q Squared", Q engages Trelane in a fight and is blasted backwards into the past, into a formless mass of energy. When the Enterprise encounters the energy at the edge of the galaxy, Q enters into Mitchel, giving him the power of Q.
Trivia: This episode (which first aired on October 27, 1967) was the only "holiday-themed" episode of Star Trek TOS. It was supposed to be a Halloween-ish story with witches, a spooky castle, black cats, skeletons and zombies, and there are repeated references to Halloween and "Trick-or-Treat" throughout the episode.
Trivia: Before being cast as Dr. McCoy, DeForest Kelley was offered the role of Mr. Spock.
The Ultimate Computer - S2-E24
Trivia: In this episode, when brooding about M5, Kirk quotes John Masefield, "All I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by." In Star Trek V, on approach to the Enterprise-A, he again uses the quote.
Chosen answer: If they're in orbit, they're being pulled along by the planet's gravity well, therefore, impulse engines would only be used for minor corrections and would be "on standby" while in orbit, but not active. (Like keeping your car idling without revving the engine and creating plumes of exhaust).
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