Well, everyone, we’ve made it. After almost three months of daily Star Trek watching, I’ve completed The Original Series. That’s not it for the great rewatch, of course – TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise and even the movies await. But for now, we must concentrate on the TOS finale, which not only is nothing special nor particularly final, but is also perhaps the most sexist and misogynistic Star Trek has ever managed. Continue reading
Whilst investigating the final hours of a planet about to be swallowed by a nova, Kirk, Spock and McCoy stumble upon a very special kind of library – one which not only records the planet’s history, but lets people travel back to it. Unable to get a clear explanation of this from the library’s curator, Kirk, Spock and McCoy end up separated in different eras of the planet’s past. Can they get back to the present before the nova destroys the library forever? Continue reading
When the Enterprise is hailed by none other than Abraham Lincoln apparently floating in space, it’s obvious that something strange is afoot. Whilst Captain Kirk insists on welcoming Lincoln aboard with full presential honours, Spock sets to work in determining the exact nature of this visitor – who is in fact an emissary from an alien race seeking to understand the concepts of good and evil. Continue reading
Desperate to cure a botanical plague on Merak II, the Enterprise heads to planet Ardana to collect a shipment of zenite – a rare mineral which is the only known cure. On Ardana, the upper class lives serenely in their beautiful cloud city, whilst the worker Troglytes must toil in the mines. But the Troglytes are no longer content with their lot, and as part of their rebellion, they withhold the Enterprise’s zenite, forcing Kirk to intervene in Ardana’s planetary politics. Continue reading
When the Enterprise intercepts a stolen spacecraft, Kirk discovers that the crew are a group of space hippies searching for the mythical planet Eden. Since one of the hippies is the son of an alien ambassador, Kirk is forced to take their group seriously, and whether the crew cooperates or not, they are determined to reach Eden, one way or another. Continue reading
When the Enterprise crew get infected with deadly Rigellian Fever, it’s a race against time to gather curative ryetalyn from a barren planet. But the seemingly lifeless planet is actually home to Flint, a secretive human who is at first gruff and inhospitable, before suddenly changing his tune and offering Kirk, Spock and McCoy a warm welcome. But just who and what is Flint, and what are his ulterior motives? Continue reading
En route to the Federation library on Memory Alpha, the Enterprise runs into a mysterious creature travelling at warp speed. The mere sight of the creature is enough to paralyse all of the bridge crew, but it has an especially potent effect on new lieutenant Mira Romaine. Has the creature formed some sort of link with Romaine, or is she just suffering the stress of her first deep space assignment? Continue reading
