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« on: September 06, 2012, 04:16:30 AM »

Mine has always been Errand Of Mercy with the great John Colicos as Commander Kor.

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« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2012, 05:31:17 AM »

Original series: CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
TNG: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
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« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2012, 06:34:14 AM »

Original series: CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER

I watched that last night on Fox Retro, believe it or not.  TeddyR
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« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2012, 06:35:35 AM »

Mine has always been Errand Of Mercy with the great John Colicos as Commander Kor.

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And judging by my bad typing, I don't trtsut poeple whooo mak typeoes either  Wink
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« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2012, 07:17:22 AM »

Balance of Terror - okay so it's a WWII warship vs. submarine movie, but the performance from the Romulan commander (Mark Lenard, who would go on to play Spock's father in later episodes) and the whole cat-and-mouse scenario combined to make a truly unforgettable episode.

The Doomsday Machine - an extremely dramatic episode with a fantastic performance by William Windom as Commodore Decker make this another unforgettable one for me.

There are a bunch of other standout ep's but those are my two favorites.
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« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2012, 09:19:57 AM »

I like the one where the spaceships go 'pew! pew!'

I can't think of any off hand that I would consider a favourite, though I am a very casual fan of the series. 


That said I read a Star Trek novel that my folks had at home once that was pretty interesting, about some planet which had Devil-like aliens in it and it was pretty interesting and introduced me to Sci-fi novels [it was the first 'set in space' book I read when I was very young.]

I can't remember the exact plot, but I remember one of the aliens seducing someone with their 'devil' ways and something about the lead alien possibly being a vegan [or at least having a particular diet of some sort]

Very hazy, yes, but I remember enjoying it all the same.




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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2012, 09:24:57 AM »

I like the one where the spaceships go 'pew! pew!'

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« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2012, 12:45:24 PM »

Long time Star Trek fan here....these are among my very favorites from the original series:

The Enemy Within
The Corbomite Maneuver
Balance of Terror
Errand of Mercy
The City on the Edge of Forever
Amok Time
The Doomsday Machine
I,Mudd
Journey to Babel
The Trouble With Tribbles
For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
The Tholian Web
Let This Be Your Last Battlefield

I really liked Star Trek-The Next Generation but these folks will always be my favorites:

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« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2012, 07:58:00 PM »

The Inner Light.
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« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2012, 09:53:48 PM »

I have a lot of favourites so I'll break them up into different parts:

Must-see Classic Trek:

Balance of Terror
Space Seed
This Side of Paradise
The Devil in the Dark
The City on the Edge of Forever
Amok Time
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
The Naked Time
Journey to Babel
The Enterprise Incident
The Tholian Web
All Our Yesterdays

Notable for great acting/dialogue:

The Conscience of the King
The Ultimate Computer
For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
Plato's Stepchildren
Requiem for Methuselah
Errand of Mercy

Personal Favourites That Just Resonate With Me:

Charlie X
The Enemy Within
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
The Galileo Seven
The Squire of Gothos
Arena
The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Immunity Syndrome
By Any Other Name
Bread and Circuses
Assignment: Earth
Wink of an Eye
Let This Be Your Last Battlefield
The Way to Eden
The Cloud Minders
Shore Leave
Spectre of the Gun

Fun cheese:

Catspaw
Spock's Brain
The Lights of Zetar
The Savage Curtain
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« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2012, 06:39:54 AM »

^ Oh yeah, I loved Catspaw, great episode to watch around Halloween.  The Galileo 7 was another fav'e of mine too.
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« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2012, 08:03:42 AM »

Tough question. I've been watching TOS again for the first time in a few years, and I keep getting reminded of great episodes.

I would have to put The Doomsday Machine high on the list. Not only a great performance by William Windom, but I always thought the planet killer itself was a really cool machine.

Spock's Brain is good. Kind of a funny episode with some neat ideas, and Deforest Kelley is at his scenery-chewing best.

The City on the Edge of Forever has lots going for it. A solid time-travel story with humour, drama and lots of insane Bones.

And the funniest episodes, A Piece of the Action and The Trouble with Tribbles both have a lot going for them.

Also, A Wolf in the Fold, That Which Remains, The Squire of Gothos, By Any Other Name, The Naked Time and certainly more.
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« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2012, 11:27:18 AM »

I haven't watched TOS in a long time, I should get on that again. I remember some years ago, a friend had borrowed me his DVDs, and I was really surprised at how good this one episode was. I had expected the show to be much more campy...which, I guess, some episodes will deliver. Anyway, in said episode, Kirk lands on some planet, loses his memory, and becomes part of what I remember as being an indian tribe. Anyone know the name of that ep?
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« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2012, 02:16:13 PM »

That was The Paradise Syndrome.
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« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2012, 03:40:45 PM »

TOS- Balance of Terror
TNG- Inner Light- where Picard lives a whole life as someone else in a few minutes.
DS9- The Die is Cast- Where the Cardassiana nd Romulans attack the Dominon, and get stepped on.
Voyager- two of them
  Equinox- Where Voyager discovers a ship who didn't take teh high road to get home.
  Basics I/II- The Season 2 fanale where the crewman who murdered is required to save the ship.
Enterprise- Never got into it (I blame the theme song) But I did like the role the Andorians played (Jeffry Combs!)
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