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Frank White wrote:

Spock WAS using his tricorder as a base; but I agree, it was
a masterful demonstration of scientific acumen.

FW

Spock was trying to make the first mnemonic memory circuit using
"stone
knives and bear skins". The episode is called 'City on the Edge of
Forever', written by Harlan Ellison. It's regarded by many as the
best
one of the original series.


No question about it. "City One the Edge" It is one of the best, if
not
the
best of all the original series episodes. IMO, it is one of the best
Trek
episodes of ANY of the Trek series. It had everything. Good sci-fi
components, great acting, romance, suspense, mystery... I found seeing
Mr.
Spock and Kirk all dressed up in depression era clothing while working
to
get the time line fixed up to be uniquely powerful in its dreary yet
hopeful
way. To me that was the most amazing thing about that episode. There
you
had Kirk and Spock that came from a highly advance social and
technological
time of human advancement, all the way back in time to the depression
ear
to
save the future of mankind from the hands of nazis with nukes.
It is altogether spooky and surreal when Mr. Spock uses his mnemonic
memory
circuit and tricorder to review the past events and you see the clips
of
the
V-2 rocket. To add to all of that, you now have the drama of knowing
that
the alluring and beautiful Edith Keeler, who remains hopeful for the
future
of mankind (Joan Collins), must die to set things right.

I have known people that dont like Trek or Sci-Fi that have watched
that
episode and have been affected by it.

Michael

It also has some of the best quotes of any episode. In one scene when
Spock realizes he could have recorded all of earth history from the
tricorder play back, he says succinctly, "I am a fool".


Also... To explain Spocks ears... His "unfortunate accident as a child"
"He
accidently got his head caught in a mechanical rice picking machine"

And at the very end of the episode "Lets get the hell out of here"

That last one was bold language for a TV show back then. I wondered how
they got it past the censors. Maybe it was because Kirk said it with a
sense of sadness after losing Edith to save the world.



Yep.. Star Trek sure broke a lot of social ground on TV. They had women in
positions of importance, they had minorities in positions of importance,
they had a Russian guy on during the cold war, the first interracial kiss
ever seen on TV and so on...

Michael