That scene with Spock alone in the room was supposed to be cut from filming because the episode was running over budget. Nimoy fought to have it put back on the shooting schedule, and only won when he agreed to do the whole thing in one take. And of course he nailed it, which shows you what a great actor he was.
And it was that scene where Spock reveals his suppressed feelings that made the character a huge hit with the fans which in turn made him a cultural icon.
@@jamesodonnell3636 No problem. I read about that in Shatner's "Star Trek Memories." If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. It's full of stories like that and a must read for any TOS fan.
My favorite line in this episode is when Spock says about the unconscious Sulu: "Take D'Artagnan here down to the sickbay" 😂😂😂😂😂 Pretty snarky for a Vulcan.
It was Eddie Paskey's first time on camera. He was so nervous that some of his lines had to be reassigned. I suspect that that was one of them. It doesn't sound like something that a Vulcan might say, but Nimoy handled it very well.
Still to this day, I quote Scotty when someone says they need something in 30 minutes. I say to myself, I canny chan ge the laws of physics. I’ve got to have 30 minutes. Ah Childhood memories
I know you posted this comment forever ago, but I thought you'd find this amusing. Back in high school, my buddies and I started using what we called "The Scotty Method." Whenever one was asked how long something would take, we'd always say a number higher than what we really estimated. That way, you'd have additional time if something went wrong, and if/when you got it done in considerably less time than you stated, you'd look like a miracle worker. 😅
"Pretty soon, we're going to have a giant naked party at the Enterprise. Everyone's going to get infected...contaminated...It's gonna be the best episode ever.". LMAO! I wanna party one time with Bunny!
Great reaction! Favorite scene - Scotty says "he's turned the engines OFF. They're completely cold." The chill that ran down my spine the first time I saw that was as cold as the scene Scotty was describing.
Your comments about Spock in this episode reminded me of something I read long ago -- the fan mail for Spock increased dramatically after this episode aired. Apparently quite a few fans had the same reaction you did. That scene of Spock crying and talking about his regrets really struck a nerve for lots of people.
Nimoy has specifically said that after this episode aired, his/Spock's fanmail increased from dozens of letters per week, to thousands. This episode's revelation about Spock -- that he doesn't •lack• emotions, but that his claim of not having them is a smokescreen - he DOES have them, but hides them from others and from himself -- this is what hit home with huge numbers of people, and what made Spock a much more interesting character, in people's eyes.
Here's a bit of trivia for this episode: it's one of the first times those plastic trigger-spray bottles on the shelves in Med Bay had ever been seen by the public. Now everyone has half a dozen in their house.
From what I understand that plastic pump nozzle spray was a brand new invention back then and not yet commonly seen on household products like today. They therefore had a very high-tech and space age look to them back then.
Nurse Chapel is played by Majel Barrett (lovely eyes) who was Gene Roddenberry's "mistress" at the time. He later got divorced and married Majel and she played Deanna Troi's mom in Star Trek the Next Generation and she is delightful in that role.
She also voiced the onboard computer in TNG, DS9, and Voyager and executive produced "Earth: Final Conflict" and "Andromeda", two shows Gene created but didn't pitch to the TV networks.
@@Madbandit77 the premise of Andromeda was created by Robert Hewitt Wolfe (writer for DS9) as a possible Star Trek spin-off. Basically, they substituted the Magog for the Borg. Other elements came from Roddenberry. Including the name Dylan Hunt, which came from Roddenberry's pilot for Genesis II. A pilot which CBS gave a greenlight to, but when an airing of Planet of the Apes got big ratings, they opted for a Planet of the Apes TV series instead. Roddenberry had already developed plots for several episodes for Genesis II. One involved evolved robots sent to Titan by NASA that come back to Earth to meet its creator. A plot that may be familiar to Trek fans.
The navigator, in this case Ens. Riley, plots the main overall course of the ship, while Lt. Sulu, the helmsman, actively steers the ship and has control of the speed it goes. Most of the ranks and similar details are roughly based on U.S. Navy tradition.
Yes, Gene Roddenberry imagined Star Trek to be "Horatio Hornblower in Outer Space", but sold it to studio execs as "Wagon Train to the Stars", because Westerns were so popular at the time.
Roddenberry himself had been in the USAF as crew on a B-24 Liberator bomber, and later, a policeman. His informality among ranks for Star Trek is taken from that experience.
I believe it's a Trek mandate that every Star Trek series has to have at least one episode dedicated to every crew member on the ship collectively losing their shit
@@johnsavard7583 Good to know. I thought that was pretty shady. It was the 2nd episode of the 1st season. I was not too keen on the Pilot and when they pulled that that's when I decided to bail on the whole series.
Great reactions and thoughts from Bunny. This episode is VERY important to Trek canon, as it introduces a time travel element and spawned a sequel episode in Star Trek: The Next Generation. And we got some fantastic acting performances from the whole cast, but especially from Nimoy, Shatner and Takei.
It's worth noting that Nimoy received 3 consecutive Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Spock (at a time when SF acting nominations were almost impossible). This episode contains one of the earliest great character development scenes for Spock.
@@lazyperfectionist1Yes. I believe it was either the 2nd or 3rd episode of the first season. It was a nice little shout-out, back through time, to the original series, where even Picard mentions Kirk by name.
The effectiveness of quarantine procedure in the ST Universe is directly proprtional to the needs of the plot (and any other procedures , tools, and communcations for that matter)
9:27- A funny story for why Sulu is so fit for his big scene. George Takei was eating breakfast in his makeup trailer when director Marc Daniels popped in and asked him to take off his shirt. After looking Takei over for a few seconds, Daniels told him they were doing the fencing scenes shirtless. Takei never went back to his breakfast and instead spent every spare moment he had for the next three days doing pushups and perfecting his fencing technique.
In the scene when 'Kirk' said "put that thing away" and he ran his hand along the tip...see his reaction? Fencing foils & sabres have an easily seen safety blunt tip....I think they actually removed those safety tips. BTW , I was trained in fencing by the same guy who coached the 1984 Olympic US fencing team.
In this episode, the navigator is Lieutenant Kevin Riley, played by Bruce Hyde. He only appeared in two episodes, but he had a significant role in both. It seams as if the writers intended Riley to be a regular like Sulu and Uhura. I don't know why he never appeared more often; perhaps the actor wasn't available. Starting in the second season the navigation station will be manned primarily by Ensign Pavel Chekov. You might remember him from the Wrath of Khan.
I was curious about this, so I did some searching, and found an interview with him. It turns out there was no special reason: he was hired as a guest star (and it wasn't even intended the same character would be in the two episodes he was in) and so no one thought to make him a continuing character. I'll have to admit I would have much preferred him to Chekhov, who seemed to me to be a joke. I mean, if you had a German navigator in the 23rd century, he wouldn't be saying nice things about Hitler. Plus, saying "V" as "W"? Russia doesn't even have the letter W in its alphabet! (Nor does Ukraine, you have to go to Belarus to find it.) Walter Koenig may be a fine man and a fine actor, but they gave him a character which was not worthy of the show.
In the first season the navigators chair was a rotating cast of characters. I'm not sure why they did it that way but it seems to be intentional. Chekov was added because the Russians complained that there was no Russian character even though they were winning the Space Race at the time.
Fun fact: IIRC originally they were going to have Sulu imagine himself a samurai, but the actor interjected that he dreamed of being a musketeer or something to that effect as a kid.
This one’s a personal favorite. Simple, yet effective. It’s also the first episode where everything really starts coming together in regards to the show’s cinematography, tone, and characterization.
Boy this (and it’s sequel in TNG) sure hit different after 2020 don’t they. “What are you doing you taking off your safety gear this is clearly a plague situation!!”
Need to write up Tormalen for not keeping hazmat discipline. Oh, wait... That is also what you get for making your PPE gear from shower curtains. Which is actually what the props department did to make those suits.
3:15 Nurse Chapel was Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's wife, played the first officer in the pilot episode and later became the voice of nearly every Star Trek computer, even on shows made today
Thank you so much for sharing your watching of TOS. As a child I warched ST with my grandma when it first ran. Then in the 1970s i watched it in reruns and I was able to appreciate how amazing season 1 and 2 were. Watching it "with you" helps me rekindle that feeling of seeing it and realizing what a special show TOS is 🖖
I love how much you love this series! The show went over my head as a kid but it’s now one of my very favorite. The friendship between Kirk and Spock is so great. Two very different beings who truly respect and care for one another.
Right, Bun, the nakedness was metaphorical. There was once a whole show called Naked City and there was no nudity in that either. Cool to see Sulu, though. Fun side note: Sulu grabs hold of Uhura and calls her "fair maiden," but she shoots back "I'm neither!' That is to say, she is not at all "fair" in the old sense (blonde, white-skinned) nor is she a "maiden" (a virgin). Heck of a way to discover time travel, huh? Looking forward!
I read that Leonard Nimoy did the whole "breaking down" speech in one take on a closed set. Before "The Naked Time" he got his share of fan letters (hopefully not more than William Shatner!), but after the episode aired he got them by the sackload!
@@bunnytailsREACTSIt looked like you were psychologically primed to giggle & mock it when the scene began. We could see the pause, the "wait, this is...something" thought cross your mind and then you just being absorbed into the scene because of how seriously Nimoy was performing the scene.
@@bunnytailsREACTS Let's also give it up for director "Marc Daniels" (real name Danny Marcus) for pulling off a fairly-complicated tracking shot. (Those things are a bear to light.) According to Stephen Whitfield's "The Making of Star Trek", the scene was supposed to just be Spock sobbing at the table, but Nimoy suggested starting at the door, Spock losing it the moment he was alone and out of sight of the crew, and Daniels went with it, even though this made it a much more difficult shot. Two pros at work. Props to them both.
Y’know, Bunny, I find that I am enjoying the hell out of these videos; I don’t normally go in for reaction videos but these are nothing short of ADORABLE. First, I too am mourning a lost father, though it’s safe to say that our relationship was quite different, and nowhere near as positive; I deeply appreciate your desire to connect with yours through this experiment, and I see it working well. Furthermore, it’s very refreshing to see this series being seen through fresh eyes, a clean slate unencumbered by the weight of sixty years of subsequent franchise history, and you’re an intelligent and inquisitive viewer who asks the right questions as you watch; it’s an experience that reveals how smartly written and performed these episodes are, on their own, without base motivations like brand loyalty coloring our perception of them. This is thoroughly enjoyable, and I wish you continued happiness as you progress through the rest of the series!
@@mjbull5156 Technically, both Helm and navigation CAN slave control the weapons and defense systems. But there is a dedicated defense station. Plus, actual controls at each weapons emplacement (we see this established in "Balance of Terror," which we shouldn't discuss in more plot-related detail 'til she does her watch). I think of this as a limited-function "remote control" capability able to be slaved to bridge duty stations, but still REALLY occurring at the individual weapons emplacements. In theory, Spock or Uhura could also fire phasers, if necessary, in other words. I've always imagined the bridge sitting right on top of the main computer system, wired directly in. Every duty station is a reprogrammable terminal. In theory, if you had to, you could run the whole ship from one console... though inefficiently, of course.
2:07 Getting my hopes up Bunny. 😉 9:19 I guess that counts? 12:08 Not the ice cream! 15:20 The fuse has been lit to the powderkeg of Vulcan emotions. 16:08 Great acting here though. 20:28 Casually discovering time travel as a tease. I guess when your show is new you never know if you won't get a chance so might as well throw it out there.
The Naked Time was the second regular episode shot, but it appeared a few episodes later in the series. When you get to TNG, the second episode aired was "The Naked Now", and is similar to this, in that it is an early-on episode to expand on the character development. It's a great device.
Leonard Nimoy "opens up" Spock's character for the first time here, regarding his mixed lineage. At this point, it is known that he has human ancestry, with his mother human and father Vulcan, but the specific characters of his parents hadn't been conceived. They didn't appear until the second season.
The Egyptian tombs of the middle period were adorned with an Appeal to the Living: "As you love life and hate death, remember me in the Afterlife." I have this next to my late wife's urn. I'm sure that your father will always be remembered. Thanks for the review.
Interesting bit of trivia that I read a few years back regarding this episode--the 'suits' used by Spock and Lt Tormolen (Stewart Moss) when they beamed down to the base on Psi 2000 were actually made from shower curtains....
The dead woman's body on Psi 2000 was indeed a mannequin. Her torso was permanently damaged by the "ice" put on it, and after the shooting, "she" was taken by producer Bob Justman to his office and was displayed there along with the M-113 creature from "The Man Trap". Justman placed the naked mannequin under a shower to scare unsuspecting visitors in the restroom.
Great thumbnail. 😄 Sulu does the literal piloting: controlling the engines and steering. The navigator next to him charts the exact course for Sulu to follow over long distances, presumably steering around stars and other stellar phenomena between the beginning and endpoints of any given trip.
Exactly right. On an old-style sailing ship, the helmsman would be the guy spinning the wheel that steers the ship, and giving orders to the sailors to raise or lower sails. The navigator would be the one with the telescopes, sextants, and maps. Their roles are the same in today's navies. And in TOS Trek era, as well. By the TNG era, navigation us fully automated, and is normally handled by the same officer who drives the ship. (In TNG, that combined role is called "conn.")
Those types of suits where in use by CDC and other back in 60's, they are PAP (Positive Air Pressure) suits. A small machine on hip or back would filter the outside air and blow it in the suit so no unfiltered outside air could get in without needing a self-contained SCUBA type suit. Today we still use suits like those but with elastic or Velcro seals around open joints. I'm a Bunny not a Doctor dam it! Love you BT, call your man. Just tell him you were in space on the Enterprise with us and were out of cell range.
One of my favorites! I was hoping you'd catch the scene where Sulu grabs Uhura on the bridge and says, "I'll save you fair maiden!" She responds, "Sorry, neither!" It was a sly bit of dialogue they got past the censors.
@@docsavage8640 It also keeps track of what they are and where they've been; at least in the old seagoing type of Navy. In the old sailing ship days it was actually one of the most important jobs aboard the ship. After all, no one likes being lost at sea or ramming full tilt into an unseen land mass or reef at night.
19:27 I always wondered if the Enterprise could be made a person what would it say to Kirk? Gene Roddenberry had another show called Andromeda that takes place thousands of years into the future. On that show the hero ship Andromeda had extensions like an interactive hologram on the bridge and an android body that could go on adventures. Having a character embody a warship was funny. When Rommie wasn’t trying to blow up stuff she doted on her Captain.
@@docsavage8640 I tend to agree. It's as if someone pointed out hiw effective this episode was at showing the characters' inner conflucts and said "why don't we do something like that," but no one could think of a way to do so without just copying the episode... which is what they ultimately did. Not a sequel, but rather a direct rip-off. The first seaon was... underwhelming. In fact, the show didn't really take off until Roddenberry was shown the door, and Michael Pilar took on the lead writing/line producing role. Pilar was the guy who made TNG great. Granted, I'm biased... I was close to his sister, Susan, at the time, and Mike was part of how I got to know some of the TNG-era crew. Not the actors, I mean... I only ever met one of them, and him very briefly (Brent Spiner was a riot in real life, though!) But meeting Rick Sternbach, Mike Okuda, Andrew Probert, Bill Stetson... even Matt Jefferies, who was not involved but cery much revered... all derived from my connection to Mike, through Susan. But though many people today are unaware of Mike's role in making TNG great, most people recognize that the era when it was at its best was the era he was the one responsible for telling the stories. When he got sick, and started pulling back... briefly getting things started on each new series before handing it off to a hand-picked successor... quality decreased accordingly. And when he finally left entirely, not all that long before his passing (he died in 2005, though he remained active in varioys diminishing roles up until nearly that point!) that's when we started getting bad stories fairly regularly again (say, for example, "A Fistful of Datas.") Mike Pilar was the heart of TNG, and to a lesser extent, all the post-TNG, pre-Abrams series... just like Gene Coon was the heart of TOS.
Yes, Gene Roddenberry was a man with some great ideas, but frankly, not a great abundance of talent at executing them. If his own stubbornness hadn't prompted him to pull back from active production of the original series, which gave people like Gene L. Coon and Robert H. Justman the chance to step in and take over, it's doubtful the show would be remembered today as anything but a brief anomaly that never lived up to its potential. And TNG, frankly, didn't even show all that much potential until Roddenberry's was no longer the guiding hand.
It wasn't in this cut, but Sulu refers to Uhura as a 'fair maiden', she ad libs, 'sorry neither' and the network sensors missed it. Of course Uhura is not fair, but not being a maiden implies she is not... 'pure'. It shows how awesome Nichelle Nichols was!
"Tomorrow is Yesterday" was originally intended to be a direct sequel to this episode. The time warp was going to throw the Enterprise much, much further back than 71 hours, and it would've ended this episode with a cliffhanger leading into "Tomorrow is Yesterday". But after some last minute changes the two episodes ended up being two completely separate stories.
To expand in that ... without ruining the episode... they indirectly used this formula to go back in time in an episode in season 2. I won't ruin it by naming the episode, but I can say this: you will know it from the beginning of the episode. They do not make reference to the "Naked Time" but logically, as Spock would say, it can be deduced that this episode made the future one possible
@@xander66644 Actually I would think the method used in the other episode (changed from the method seen in this episode) was the one used in the season 2 episode that you are referring to. However, your assumption is still valid since this episode led to that episode which inspired that other episode, and... uhhhh... oh dear. That sounds awfully confusing, doesn't it? But you know what I mean I am sure, even if Bunny probably won't for a few months yet.
The third episode mentioned was the only time they went back intentionally. She's seen all the episodes at this point so you could name it, but I will keep your rule of not naming.
The two dudes at the front of the bridge......... they multi-task (and evolve from series to series.)........... Helm - tells the ship to go up, down, left, right Navigation - figures out how to get from point A to point B Weapons - weapons Ops (operations) - top level monitoring (and control) of ship functions. 💚💚
First appearance of Nurse Chapel, played by Majel Barrett, the same actress who played Number One in the Cage. You'll see much more of her. She'll be part of another repressed romantic relationship.
Breakfast with Bunnytails, noice! Scientific "party" is right. "no it was a fuqing butter knife," not sure why that still tickles me but I've been chuckling about that line all morning. PMSL Bunnytail's Sulu Sneaky Strut needs to be the new tik tok dance. LOL, George Takei chasing men with a long stiff rod, talk about foreshadowing. Hey, look at that, the time travel formula does in fact come up again; I never made that connection to... well, you'll see in time. I won't spoil it for ya Bunnytails, but keep that short conversation about time warping in mind.
Yes, ma'am. You're certainly getting into the character development, which is so much of what Star Trek TOS is about. And that just gets better and better with each episode. Keep 'em coming.
Navigation and helm control are two stations that not only plot the course using star charts, but implement speeds and course corrections and pilot during battles. Navigation is in charge of plotting courses to avoid planets, avoid enemy territories and dangerous areas of space, so that you end up safely at the location you intend to go. Navigation uses and updates star charts and basically maps the space areas. At warp speeds, navigation keeps the ship from going warp speed into a sun or planet. The ship enters subspace, (which really doesnt exist except in trek). But in trek, subspace is a form of space that is outside or normal space, but still has larger space bodies within it, but not smaller ones. Warp ships go into subspace when they warp. Navigation maps subspace as well as normal space. Think of subspace as a tunnel that is also a shortcut. Since it doesnt really exist, theres no real way to explain it; but the idea is, that sub space makes normal space shorter so you can get there faster, and warp is moving several times faster than light speed. You might hear "impulse power" from time to time. Impulse is sub-light speed within normal space. Starships have three drives. Warp Drive, Impulse Drive, and thrusters. You might also notice the 'antenna' on the front of the ship. That is the deflector dish. The deflector dish is an object that casts a barrier around the ship, like a shield, but it is only good for deflection of space debris such as pieces of asteroids and junk in space to keep the hull from being compromised while navigating. No one wants to fly a few hundred thousand miles per hour into a rock that is just laying in space minding its own business. The deflector is NOT a battle shield though and is more of a "windshield wiper" than anything. Helm does the steering at low speeds, enters and leaves orbit, performs maneuvers during battles and in some cases also acts as the tactical station, performing the battles. Later on, tactical was moved to another station behind the captains chair. Helm Control can interface with navigation and there is no "need" for a second officer at the Navigation station, but it is preferred because during a fight they work together to perform battle maneuvers and plan evasive and tactical maneuvers with other ships during a joined battle session with other team ships. if one of them gets hurt, the other can immediately resume control. it is very much a pilot and co pilot system.
sulu is the helmsman. he steers the ship from the left-hand station (looking forward). riley is the navigator. he maps the ship's route through space from the right-hand station.
Nice video - re their navigation system, the most important trajectory is ANSM - Away from Naked Space Madness lol - interesting to realize, when I first saw these shows as a child, how fully I simply believed in the circumstances - good point about how they ratchet up the stakes - the beginning was a bit tense (shades of The Thing?) - then it started to get monotonous and a bit cloying - then interesting again when it escalated and reached the main characters - agreed about Spock; this was a big moment - I read that Nimoy's fan mail increased enormously after this episode, as viewers' idea of him changed - also interesting how Kirk's love for his ship enabled him to override the emotional chaos, a premise that seems to echo traditional tales of sea vessels - notice how much this series is leaning on the idea of drawing out hidden qualities in the crew, and on the spectacle of the acting - I like how in the thumbnail it looks like you're also "infected" lol
This was originally planned to lead into another episode that dealt with time travel. But Roddenberry apparently didn't like two part episodes. You'll probably recognize which episode I'm refering to when it shows up.
The beginning reminds me of the investigation of the Norwegian outpost in Carpenter's 1982 'The Thing' "Yo Sweden's" - "They're Norwegian Mac". Similar plot too, they take back to the ship the problem that had decimated the outpost.
Two pieces of trivia about this episode, George Takei lied to Roddenberry and said he knew how to fence and had to take a few lessons in the week before this episode was filmed so that he could to appear to know what he was doing. This episode was planned to be a two part episode, the cliff-hanger being the Enterprise hurtling backwards through time, the beginning of part two would find the ship at Earth in 1968. The two part idea was scrapped and the time travel idea was used in a later episode in the first season.
The two things I love about this episode are, first of all, how the disease gave us insight into the deepest parts of these characters, much like a collection of back stories & otherwise hidden motivations. The 2nd thing I love is how the writers got us almost all the way to the end, but then in the remaining 3 minutes or so, decided to take all of us on an unexpected journey into a time warp, which felt very much like the opening scene of a new episode, although it could have easily been used as a set up for a part 2, or an extended storyline.
Another great review! I am continuing to really enjoy these reactions! This episode has one of my favorite examples of sassy Spock 'take D'artagnan here to Sick Bay"
Navigation on a constitution class ship sets course, using a point of origin. The other position during this series is called Helmsman. That is the one where the ship is steered and maneuvered.
Interesting trivia: this episode was originally meant to be part 1 of a 2-part episode. The plan changed and the 2nd part became a standalone episode from later in this season, "Tomorrow is Yesterday" in which the Enterprise travels back to Earth ca. 1968.
The Navigator is unique from the helmsman in that the Navigator's role is to plot the course the ship travels while the Helmsman is the person who actually pilots the ship. If you've ever used google maps in your car, then google maps would be the Navigator while you, the driver are the Helmsman. In essence, the Navigator needs to keep charge of where they are, where they going, and how to get there. In this particular episode, a Navigator doesn't have much to do as they remain in orbit almost the entire episode.
I love Lt. Riley. Bruce Hyde, who played Riley, decided to leave acting. Otherwise we might have had more of him. I navigated ships in the Navy. As people have said the navigators pre-plans the path the ship follows and determines the location of the ship while in transit. In the Navy we also take weather observations, keep the ship's log, participate in ceremonial details, among other things. No lie, I was waiting in line for the test for the "disease" of 2020. The pharmacist was in scrubs, gloves, mask, and full face shield. She reached up under her face mask to scratch her nose and I was immediately reminded of this episode.
he left star trek to take a full-time acting job. it was later in his career that he left acting. we wouldnt have had more of him. he was only in 2 episodes of trek.
there is a good vid on youtube called "redshirts are the safest". the point being that by percentage, blue and gold shirts die the most often. it seems like redshirts die the most because its the most common shirt, representing engineering, security, and operations. so while the number of deaths by redshirts is the highest (18 in the series) its the LOWEST percentage. just like the fact that kirk never says "beam me up scotty" people remember things falsely all the time. did you recognize nurse chapel as the voice of the computer, or as number one from the cage? thats majel barrett roddennberry. she's all over the entire franchise in various roles.
Sulu sits at the "helm" station. It controls steering using reaction control thrusters at sub-light speeds to orient the ship and maneuver around obstacles, space phenomena like asteroids, satellites, and other vessels. It also regulates speed by determining the power output of the impulse engines. Warp power is also engaged to propulsion from this station. Phaser targeting is also operated here. The navigation station charts the orbital, and cosmic drift of astronomical bodies and computes optimal courses for warp travel. It also controls the navigational deflector aray(the dish at the front of the secondary hull below the saucer section) which pushes debris and matter out of the pash of the ship during travel. The station is also tied into the same sensor detection suite that the science station uses.
I missed a few of your review episodes and I'm catching up. Thank you for asking about the stations on the bridge, the ships are my favourite part of Star Trek. :) The two stations at the front of the ship are Defense and Helm. Sulu is operating the Defensive and Weapons subsystems, he raises the shields and fires the phasers and photon torepedos. The Helmsman beside him, O'Riley, operates Navigation, which controls ships speed and direction. To the left of them along the wall, to the right of the turbo lift, is the Engineering station, which is usually manned by Scotty. The Engineering station controls the Enviromental, Engineering, and Bridge subsystems. Though the Engineering station isn't always manned during routine operations, as their functions are primarily controlled from main engineering Then past the turbo lift, the stations at the back of the ship are Communications and Science. As Communications Officer, Uhura mans the Communications station. And to the left of Communications is the Science station, which is manned by Science Officer Spock. Hope this helps. Cheers and live long and prosper eh. :)
Navigation vs. Helm: Navigation is screen-left, where Riley (O'Reilly) is seated. Navigation is responsible for plotting the course coordinates to arrive at their destination without running into obstacles. They must be familiar with the star-charts and able to think three dimensionally while doing it. Helm is screen-right where Sulu is seated. Helm is the person who is actually flying the ship, whether via manual controls or through the computer interface, controlling ship's speed and position via thrusters or short-range travel via impulse drive, and utilizing the course information provided by the navigator to direct ship via warp drive.
Vulcans have the capacity and the capability to suppress their emotions which is why Spock was able to function in spite of being exposed to the virus.
Thank you so much, #bunnytailsREACTS, for uploading this awesome reaction. I love your content so much because it's so amazing, and I really enjoy watching your reactions to different TV shows and movies.
Navigate is like the steering wheel of the ship and all the buttons for an airplane or a boat to drive it with all the buttons for altitude, speed, direct the coordinates for where you were and where you are heading and more.
I like the rather bold line Uhura makes when Sulu is on the bridge with the sword. He says to her "I'll protect you, fair maiden!" and she responds with "Sorry, neither!" Meaning she does not need his protection, and that she is _not_ a maiden. Aka, not a virgin. Considering Uhura is a young woman probably in her 20s, that was quite scandalous for the 1960s!
You finally watch my favorite episode. It’s really good one like part where guy was singing. And also my favorite character Spock crying. When I first saw for the first time I’ve never seen him cry before and him getting so emotional. Anyway I look forward to seeing more episodes of Star Trek the original series thanks for sharing.
A navigator plots the course of a ship from existing star maps based on coordinates and directional vectors of longitude and latitude usually a 3D plane of x axis, y axis and z axis and their opposite counterparts in the negative direction. The Star Trek series uses naval positional aspects for the helmsman who sits next to the navigator..the helmsman is the driver of the ship the bow, the front, port the left of the ship, aft the back of the ship, starboard the right side of the ship.. hard right astern and left turning the ship accordingly turn to the rear from the position ..hard to port..hard to starboard etcetera.
Yup, time travel is a thing now. And as someone who's watched every series and knows how that particular aspect plays out across the franchise, it's so interesting going all the way back to TOS. Let's just say things will get... complicated.
This is George Takei’s favorite episode of the Original Series because he was big fan since he was a child of Robin Hood and he got to hold and play with a sword.
That scene with Spock alone in the room was supposed to be cut from filming because the episode was running over budget. Nimoy fought to have it put back on the shooting schedule, and only won when he agreed to do the whole thing in one take. And of course he nailed it, which shows you what a great actor he was.
He SO nailed it!
And it was that scene where Spock reveals his suppressed feelings that made the character a huge hit with the fans which in turn made him a cultural icon.
@Asher8328 -- That's a great bit of ST TOS trivia! I think Nimoy was truly great, so thank you for adding to his legend!
@@jamesodonnell3636 No problem. I read about that in Shatner's "Star Trek Memories." If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. It's full of stories like that and a must read for any TOS fan.
@@Asher8328 After how polarizing he has been I have just always avoided anything Shatner wrote. When he came out as anti Trans later esp.
"Vulcan's gonna win a slapping contest..." LOL
My favorite line in this episode is when Spock says about the unconscious Sulu: "Take D'Artagnan here down to the sickbay" 😂😂😂😂😂
Pretty snarky for a Vulcan.
Yessiree,, a great line delivered oh so well by the late, great, Leonard Nimoy. One of my favorites as well.
It was Eddie Paskey's first time on camera. He was so nervous that some of his lines had to be reassigned. I suspect that that was one of them. It doesn't sound like something that a Vulcan might say, but Nimoy handled it very well.
Still to this day, I quote Scotty when someone says they need something in 30 minutes. I say to myself, I canny chan ge the laws of physics. I’ve got to have 30 minutes. Ah Childhood memories
I know you posted this comment forever ago, but I thought you'd find this amusing. Back in high school, my buddies and I started using what we called "The Scotty Method." Whenever one was asked how long something would take, we'd always say a number higher than what we really estimated. That way, you'd have additional time if something went wrong, and if/when you got it done in considerably less time than you stated, you'd look like a miracle worker. 😅
"Pretty soon, we're going to have a giant naked party at the Enterprise. Everyone's going to get infected...contaminated...It's gonna be the best episode ever.". LMAO! I wanna party one time with Bunny!
She is not ready for the parties on the Ritos. You don't know if its a zombie outbreak or a psychic pathogen that forces uncontrollable orgies.
Great reaction! Favorite scene - Scotty says "he's turned the engines OFF. They're completely cold." The chill that ran down my spine the first time I saw that was as cold as the scene Scotty was describing.
Your comments about Spock in this episode reminded me of something I read long ago -- the fan mail for Spock increased dramatically after this episode aired. Apparently quite a few fans had the same reaction you did. That scene of Spock crying and talking about his regrets really struck a nerve for lots of people.
Nimoy has specifically said that after this episode aired, his/Spock's fanmail increased from dozens of letters per week, to thousands. This episode's revelation about Spock -- that he doesn't •lack• emotions, but that his claim of not having them is a smokescreen - he DOES have them, but hides them from others and from himself -- this is what hit home with huge numbers of people, and what made Spock a much more interesting character, in people's eyes.
@@tranya327 Exactly. This was a pivotal episode for Spock.
Here's a bit of trivia for this episode: it's one of the first times those plastic trigger-spray bottles on the shelves in Med Bay had ever been seen by the public. Now everyone has half a dozen in their house.
Never noticed that here. And one of those spray bottles will be important, in the only other episode to include Riley.
From what I understand that plastic pump nozzle spray was a brand new invention back then and not yet commonly seen on household products like today. They therefore had a very high-tech and space age look to them back then.
Low budget lol
They seemed very futuristic at the time. A lot of things were used as props that wasn't very common at the time.
They traveled back in time and GAVE us spray bottles.
Nurse Chapel is played by Majel Barrett (lovely eyes) who was Gene Roddenberry's "mistress" at the time. He later got divorced and married Majel and she played Deanna Troi's mom in Star Trek the Next Generation and she is delightful in that role.
She also voiced the onboard computer in TNG, DS9, and Voyager and executive produced "Earth: Final Conflict" and "Andromeda", two shows Gene created but didn't pitch to the TV networks.
And Majel Berrett played Number One in The Cage/Menagerie.
She also voiced the computer aboard the Enterprise throughout the series as well as the animated series.
@@docsavage8640Her voice was used as recently as last year, in The Picard series
@@Madbandit77 the premise of Andromeda was created by Robert Hewitt Wolfe (writer for DS9) as a possible Star Trek spin-off. Basically, they substituted the Magog for the Borg. Other elements came from Roddenberry. Including the name Dylan Hunt, which came from Roddenberry's pilot for Genesis II. A pilot which CBS gave a greenlight to, but when an airing of Planet of the Apes got big ratings, they opted for a Planet of the Apes TV series instead. Roddenberry had already developed plots for several episodes for Genesis II. One involved evolved robots sent to Titan by NASA that come back to Earth to meet its creator. A plot that may be familiar to Trek fans.
The navigator, in this case Ens. Riley, plots the main overall course of the ship, while Lt. Sulu, the helmsman, actively steers the ship and has control of the speed it goes. Most of the ranks and similar details are roughly based on U.S. Navy tradition.
Thank you!
Yes, Gene Roddenberry imagined Star Trek to be "Horatio Hornblower in Outer Space", but sold it to studio execs as "Wagon Train to the Stars", because Westerns were so popular at the time.
Roddenberry himself had been in the USAF as crew on a B-24 Liberator bomber, and later, a policeman. His informality among ranks for Star Trek is taken from that experience.
*Lieutenant Riley
@@baron7755 In TOS era I don't think they had Lt. Jr. Grade. unless it was one broken braid.
I believe it's a Trek mandate that every Star Trek series has to have at least one episode dedicated to every crew member on the ship collectively losing their shit
Well, you know...actors.
Ned is right Star Trek is an equal opportunity insane asylum.
SPOILER Even Scotty, who got in trouble for supposedly killing people.
Well, the reason TNG had The Naked Now was because of a writers' strike, IIRC.
@@johnsavard7583 Good to know. I thought that was pretty shady. It was the 2nd episode of the 1st season. I was not too keen on the Pilot and when they pulled that that's when I decided to bail on the whole series.
Great reactions and thoughts from Bunny.
This episode is VERY important to Trek canon, as it introduces a time travel element and spawned a sequel episode in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
And we got some fantastic acting performances from the whole cast, but especially from Nimoy, Shatner and Takei.
It's worth noting that Nimoy received 3 consecutive Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Spock (at a time when SF acting nominations were almost impossible). This episode contains one of the earliest great character development scenes for Spock.
And you know, I don't know who else I speak for with this particular sentiment, but I really _like_ the sequel in _TNG._
@@lazyperfectionist1 Only cos of Data and Tasha you daug!
@@lazyperfectionist1The episode itself wasn't very good, but it established a few things that were used very well later.
@@lazyperfectionist1Yes. I believe it was either the 2nd or 3rd episode of the first season. It was a nice little shout-out, back through time, to the original series, where even Picard mentions Kirk by name.
The effectiveness of quarantine procedure in the ST Universe is directly proprtional to the needs of the plot (and any other procedures , tools, and communcations for that matter)
I am beginning to notice that 😅
@@bunnytailsREACTS On Enterprise it's just an excuse to get Linda Park and Jolin Blalock in their underwear.
9:27- A funny story for why Sulu is so fit for his big scene. George Takei was eating breakfast in his makeup trailer when director Marc Daniels popped in and asked him to take off his shirt. After looking Takei over for a few seconds, Daniels told him they were doing the fencing scenes shirtless. Takei never went back to his breakfast and instead spent every spare moment he had for the next three days doing pushups and perfecting his fencing technique.
I don’t fence anymore, but I did for years. Sulu’s “technique” is awful! Most TV and movie fencing is.
That's true, but on TV it's how it looks to the viewers that counts. Hollywood philosophy.
@@barreloffun10 Where was Bob Anderson when Star Trek needed him?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Anderson_(fencer)
Weel, he _was_ drunk off his ass on polywater. ;)
In the scene when 'Kirk' said "put that thing away" and he ran his hand along the tip...see his reaction? Fencing foils & sabres have an easily seen safety blunt tip....I think they actually removed those safety tips. BTW , I was trained in fencing by the same guy who coached the 1984 Olympic US fencing team.
In this episode, the navigator is Lieutenant Kevin Riley, played by Bruce Hyde. He only appeared in two episodes, but he had a significant role in both. It seams as if the writers intended Riley to be a regular like Sulu and Uhura. I don't know why he never appeared more often; perhaps the actor wasn't available. Starting in the second season the navigation station will be manned primarily by Ensign Pavel Chekov. You might remember him from the Wrath of Khan.
I always liked Riley. (When he wasn't singing, anyway.) I wish he would have been in more episodes.
@@JJ_W He's in a bunch of the novels.
He should have made a cameo in one of the movies as a First Officer of another ship, or as Captain of his own ship.
I was curious about this, so I did some searching, and found an interview with him. It turns out there was no special reason: he was hired as a guest star (and it wasn't even intended the same character would be in the two episodes he was in) and so no one thought to make him a continuing character. I'll have to admit I would have much preferred him to Chekhov, who seemed to me to be a joke. I mean, if you had a German navigator in the 23rd century, he wouldn't be saying nice things about Hitler. Plus, saying "V" as "W"? Russia doesn't even have the letter W in its alphabet! (Nor does Ukraine, you have to go to Belarus to find it.) Walter Koenig may be a fine man and a fine actor, but they gave him a character which was not worthy of the show.
In the first season the navigators chair was a rotating cast of characters. I'm not sure why they did it that way but it seems to be intentional. Chekov was added because the Russians complained that there was no Russian character even though they were winning the Space Race at the time.
Fun fact: IIRC originally they were going to have Sulu imagine himself a samurai, but the actor interjected that he dreamed of being a musketeer or something to that effect as a kid.
Excellent reaction, really enjoy these. The Sulu swordsman scene, classic, pop culture history right there. Looking forward to the next one
Thank you Nadeem!
Again loving your reactions to the original series, brings back memories from when I watched the show many, many, many years ago.
Thank you, glad to hear!
This one’s a personal favorite. Simple, yet effective. It’s also the first episode where everything really starts coming together in regards to the show’s cinematography, tone, and characterization.
Boy this (and it’s sequel in TNG) sure hit different after 2020 don’t they.
“What are you doing you taking off your safety gear this is clearly a plague situation!!”
Need to write up Tormalen for not keeping hazmat discipline. Oh, wait...
That is also what you get for making your PPE gear from shower curtains. Which is actually what the props department did to make those suits.
3:15 Nurse Chapel was Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's wife, played the first officer in the pilot episode and later became the voice of nearly every Star Trek computer, even on shows made today
As Roddenberry was already married when this episode was shot, Barrett was actually his girlfriend at the time. 😆
Thank you so much for sharing your watching of TOS. As a child I warched ST with my grandma when it first ran. Then in the 1970s i watched it in reruns and I was able to appreciate how amazing season 1 and 2 were. Watching it "with you" helps me rekindle that feeling of seeing it and realizing what a special show TOS is 🖖
I love how much you love this series! The show went over my head as a kid but it’s now one of my very favorite. The friendship between Kirk and Spock is so great. Two very different beings who truly respect and care for one another.
Right, Bun, the nakedness was metaphorical. There was once a whole show called Naked City and there was no nudity in that either. Cool to see Sulu, though. Fun side note: Sulu grabs hold of Uhura and calls her "fair maiden," but she shoots back "I'm neither!' That is to say, she is not at all "fair" in the old sense (blonde, white-skinned) nor is she a "maiden" (a virgin). Heck of a way to discover time travel, huh? Looking forward!
Sorry to pick but its sorry neither. And im sorry she cut that line.
"Vulcan's gonna win in a slapping contest" LOL!
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Except against the salt creature
Nicely done! It was hilarious that you kept expecting characters to take their clothes off. 😂
I read that Leonard Nimoy did the whole "breaking down" speech in one take on a closed set. Before "The Naked Time" he got his share of fan letters (hopefully not more than William Shatner!), but after the episode aired he got them by the sackload!
Well it was an amazing take, for sure!
@@bunnytailsREACTSIt looked like you were psychologically primed to giggle & mock it when the scene began.
We could see the pause, the "wait, this is...something" thought cross your mind and then you just being absorbed into the scene because of how seriously Nimoy was performing the scene.
@@bunnytailsREACTS, I've read, from several sources, that after completing that scene, Nimoy received and ovation from the crew.
@@CJRamos-jv3pb as he should!
@@bunnytailsREACTS Let's also give it up for director "Marc Daniels" (real name Danny Marcus) for pulling off a fairly-complicated tracking shot. (Those things are a bear to light.)
According to Stephen Whitfield's "The Making of Star Trek", the scene was supposed to just be Spock sobbing at the table, but Nimoy suggested starting at the door, Spock losing it the moment he was alone and out of sight of the crew, and Daniels went with it, even though this made it a much more difficult shot. Two pros at work. Props to them both.
Y’know, Bunny, I find that I am enjoying the hell out of these videos; I don’t normally go in for reaction videos but these are nothing short of ADORABLE.
First, I too am mourning a lost father, though it’s safe to say that our relationship was quite different, and nowhere near as positive; I deeply appreciate your desire to connect with yours through this experiment, and I see it working well.
Furthermore, it’s very refreshing to see this series being seen through fresh eyes, a clean slate unencumbered by the weight of sixty years of subsequent franchise history, and you’re an intelligent and inquisitive viewer who asks the right questions as you watch; it’s an experience that reveals how smartly written and performed these episodes are, on their own, without base motivations like brand loyalty coloring our perception of them.
This is thoroughly enjoyable, and I wish you continued happiness as you progress through the rest of the series!
Thanks so very much!
@@bunnytailsREACTS You’re quite welcome; your effort deserves all the praise!
1:56 "It's like nothing we've dealt with before."
Something that happens a _lot_ on this show.
That's why they're out there.
Navigation calculates the course the ship should take, the Helmsman steers the ship
Navigator also has tactical control over the weapons systems. At least in TOS.
@@mjbull5156 Technically, both Helm and navigation CAN slave control the weapons and defense systems. But there is a dedicated defense station. Plus, actual controls at each weapons emplacement (we see this established in "Balance of Terror," which we shouldn't discuss in more plot-related detail 'til she does her watch).
I think of this as a limited-function "remote control" capability able to be slaved to bridge duty stations, but still REALLY occurring at the individual weapons emplacements.
In theory, Spock or Uhura could also fire phasers, if necessary, in other words. I've always imagined the bridge sitting right on top of the main computer system, wired directly in. Every duty station is a reprogrammable terminal. In theory, if you had to, you could run the whole ship from one console... though inefficiently, of course.
2:07 Getting my hopes up Bunny. 😉
9:19 I guess that counts?
12:08 Not the ice cream!
15:20 The fuse has been lit to the powderkeg of Vulcan emotions. 16:08 Great acting here though.
20:28 Casually discovering time travel as a tease. I guess when your show is new you never know if you won't get a chance so might as well throw it out there.
19:32 obligatory ripped shirt moment for Kirk 😅
The Naked Time was the second regular episode shot, but it appeared a few episodes later in the series.
When you get to TNG, the second episode aired was "The Naked Now", and is similar to this, in that it is an early-on episode to expand on the character development. It's a great device.
Leonard Nimoy "opens up" Spock's character for the first time here, regarding his mixed lineage. At this point, it is known that he has human ancestry, with his mother human and father Vulcan, but the specific characters of his parents hadn't been conceived. They didn't appear until the second season.
The Egyptian tombs of the middle period were adorned with an Appeal to the Living: "As you love life and hate death, remember me in the Afterlife." I have this next to my late wife's urn. I'm sure that your father will always be remembered. Thanks for the review.
19:53 One thing I just love, if you watch the viewscreen, you can see the flames are now starting to lap up in front of the outside camera.
Interesting bit of trivia that I read a few years back regarding this episode--the 'suits' used by Spock and Lt Tormolen (Stewart Moss) when they beamed down to the base on Psi 2000 were actually made from shower curtains....
The dead woman's body on Psi 2000 was indeed a mannequin. Her torso was permanently damaged by the "ice" put on it, and after the shooting, "she" was taken by producer Bob Justman to his office and was displayed there along with the M-113 creature from "The Man Trap". Justman placed the naked mannequin under a shower to scare unsuspecting visitors in the restroom.
Great thumbnail. 😄 Sulu does the literal piloting: controlling the engines and steering. The navigator next to him charts the exact course for Sulu to follow over long distances, presumably steering around stars and other stellar phenomena between the beginning and endpoints of any given trip.
Exactly right.
On an old-style sailing ship, the helmsman would be the guy spinning the wheel that steers the ship, and giving orders to the sailors to raise or lower sails. The navigator would be the one with the telescopes, sextants, and maps.
Their roles are the same in today's navies. And in TOS Trek era, as well. By the TNG era, navigation us fully automated, and is normally handled by the same officer who drives the ship. (In TNG, that combined role is called "conn.")
Those types of suits where in use by CDC and other back in 60's, they are PAP (Positive Air Pressure) suits. A small machine on hip or back would filter the outside air and blow it in the suit so no unfiltered outside air could get in without needing a self-contained SCUBA type suit. Today we still use suits like those but with elastic or Velcro seals around open joints. I'm a Bunny not a Doctor dam it! Love you BT, call your man. Just tell him you were in space on the Enterprise with us and were out of cell range.
Great reaction! This is my second favourite episode of the Original Series.
Thanks!
The navigator charts the ship's course through space. Also does a lot of sensor readings. Sometimes fires the weapons. Fun job.
Yeah, I love it. There was that time in the Rigel system when I ... wait, what the hell is that on the screen???
"I can't change the laws of physics."
Scotty's most iconic line.
One of my favorites! I was hoping you'd catch the scene where Sulu grabs Uhura on the bridge and says, "I'll save you fair maiden!" She responds, "Sorry, neither!" It was a sly bit of dialogue they got past the censors.
Thanks for reacting to one of my favorite shows growing up. I would really be engaged with these episodes and felt connected to the characters.
Nurse Chapel was number 1 in the Star Trek pilot episode The Cage. She was also married to Gene Roddenberry.
Navigation sets the course of the ship in the computer
Like navigating?
@@docsavage8640 It also keeps track of what they are and where they've been; at least in the old seagoing type of Navy. In the old sailing ship days it was actually one of the most important jobs aboard the ship. After all, no one likes being lost at sea or ramming full tilt into an unseen land mass or reef at night.
19:27 I always wondered if the Enterprise could be made a person what would it say to Kirk?
Gene Roddenberry had another show called Andromeda that takes place thousands of years into the future. On that show the hero ship Andromeda had extensions like an interactive hologram on the bridge and an android body that could go on adventures. Having a character embody a warship was funny. When Rommie wasn’t trying to blow up stuff she doted on her Captain.
"... if the Enterprise could be made a person what would it say to Kirk?"
Write that episode!!!
One of my favorite episodes of the original series, and the spiritual sequel "The Naked Now" in TNG is also very good.
The Next Generation version is pretty poor.
@@docsavage8640 I tend to agree. It's as if someone pointed out hiw effective this episode was at showing the characters' inner conflucts and said "why don't we do something like that," but no one could think of a way to do so without just copying the episode... which is what they ultimately did. Not a sequel, but rather a direct rip-off.
The first seaon was... underwhelming. In fact, the show didn't really take off until Roddenberry was shown the door, and Michael Pilar took on the lead writing/line producing role. Pilar was the guy who made TNG great.
Granted, I'm biased... I was close to his sister, Susan, at the time, and Mike was part of how I got to know some of the TNG-era crew. Not the actors, I mean... I only ever met one of them, and him very briefly (Brent Spiner was a riot in real life, though!) But meeting Rick Sternbach, Mike Okuda, Andrew Probert, Bill Stetson... even Matt Jefferies, who was not involved but cery much revered... all derived from my connection to Mike, through Susan.
But though many people today are unaware of Mike's role in making TNG great, most people recognize that the era when it was at its best was the era he was the one responsible for telling the stories.
When he got sick, and started pulling back... briefly getting things started on each new series before handing it off to a hand-picked successor... quality decreased accordingly. And when he finally left entirely, not all that long before his passing (he died in 2005, though he remained active in varioys diminishing roles up until nearly that point!) that's when we started getting bad stories fairly regularly again (say, for example, "A Fistful of Datas.")
Mike Pilar was the heart of TNG, and to a lesser extent, all the post-TNG, pre-Abrams series... just like Gene Coon was the heart of TOS.
Yeah didn't know how the first ship got the red liquid since the planet in where it came from is no more.
Yes, Gene Roddenberry was a man with some great ideas, but frankly, not a great abundance of talent at executing them. If his own stubbornness hadn't prompted him to pull back from active production of the original series, which gave people like Gene L. Coon and Robert H. Justman the chance to step in and take over, it's doubtful the show would be remembered today as anything but a brief anomaly that never lived up to its potential. And TNG, frankly, didn't even show all that much potential until Roddenberry's was no longer the guiding hand.
It wasn't in this cut, but Sulu refers to Uhura as a 'fair maiden', she ad libs, 'sorry neither' and the network sensors missed it. Of course Uhura is not fair, but not being a maiden implies she is not... 'pure'. It shows how awesome Nichelle Nichols was!
"Tomorrow is Yesterday" was originally intended to be a direct sequel to this episode.
The time warp was going to throw the Enterprise much, much further back than 71 hours, and it would've ended this episode with a cliffhanger leading into "Tomorrow is Yesterday". But after some last minute changes the two episodes ended up being two completely separate stories.
To expand in that ... without ruining the episode... they indirectly used this formula to go back in time in an episode in season 2. I won't ruin it by naming the episode, but I can say this: you will know it from the beginning of the episode. They do not make reference to the "Naked Time" but logically, as Spock would say, it can be deduced that this episode made the future one possible
@@xander66644 Actually I would think the method used in the other episode (changed from the method seen in this episode) was the one used in the season 2 episode that you are referring to. However, your assumption is still valid since this episode led to that episode which inspired that other episode, and... uhhhh... oh dear. That sounds awfully confusing, doesn't it? But you know what I mean I am sure, even if Bunny probably won't for a few months yet.
The third episode mentioned was the only time they went back intentionally. She's seen all the episodes at this point so you could name it, but I will keep your rule of not naming.
The two dudes at the front of the bridge......... they multi-task (and evolve from series to series.)...........
Helm - tells the ship to go up, down, left, right
Navigation - figures out how to get from point A to point B
Weapons - weapons
Ops (operations) - top level monitoring (and control) of ship functions.
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Take the helm Yeoman Janice. You've been promoted.
Like a glorified secretary would have any idea how to operate a starship. I always thought that was a bit fat fetched
First appearance of Nurse Chapel, played by Majel Barrett, the same actress who played Number One in the Cage. You'll see much more of her. She'll be part of another repressed romantic relationship.
I love her relationship with Spock on the new "Strange New Worlds" show which takes place before the original pilot.
Magel , was also the Test subject for the Orion Womens green Makeup.
First appearance? Surely this should have happened after "What Are Little Girls Made Of", not before! Preferably a while after.
Breakfast with Bunnytails, noice!
Scientific "party" is right.
"no it was a fuqing butter knife," not sure why that still tickles me but I've been chuckling about that line all morning.
PMSL Bunnytail's Sulu Sneaky Strut needs to be the new tik tok dance.
LOL, George Takei chasing men with a long stiff rod, talk about foreshadowing.
Hey, look at that, the time travel formula does in fact come up again; I never made that connection to... well, you'll see in time. I won't spoil it for ya Bunnytails, but keep that short conversation about time warping in mind.
@BunnytailsREACTS I have always thought that Leonard Nimoy should have got an Emmy award for his performance in this episode.
Nimoy was Emmy nominated as Best Supporting Actor all three years of the series.
Yes, ma'am. You're certainly getting into the character development, which is so much of what Star Trek TOS is about. And that just gets better and better with each episode. Keep 'em coming.
Will do!
I am so happy 😊 you are having fun with this show. :) It gives me a little hope. Thank you. :)
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Navigation and helm control are two stations that not only plot the course using star charts, but implement speeds and course corrections and pilot during battles.
Navigation is in charge of plotting courses to avoid planets, avoid enemy territories and dangerous areas of space, so that you end up safely at the location you intend to go. Navigation uses and updates star charts and basically maps the space areas. At warp speeds, navigation keeps the ship from going warp speed into a sun or planet. The ship enters subspace, (which really doesnt exist except in trek). But in trek, subspace is a form of space that is outside or normal space, but still has larger space bodies within it, but not smaller ones. Warp ships go into subspace when they warp. Navigation maps subspace as well as normal space. Think of subspace as a tunnel that is also a shortcut. Since it doesnt really exist, theres no real way to explain it; but the idea is, that sub space makes normal space shorter so you can get there faster, and warp is moving several times faster than light speed. You might hear "impulse power" from time to time. Impulse is sub-light speed within normal space. Starships have three drives. Warp Drive, Impulse Drive, and thrusters. You might also notice the 'antenna' on the front of the ship. That is the deflector dish. The deflector dish is an object that casts a barrier around the ship, like a shield, but it is only good for deflection of space debris such as pieces of asteroids and junk in space to keep the hull from being compromised while navigating. No one wants to fly a few hundred thousand miles per hour into a rock that is just laying in space minding its own business. The deflector is NOT a battle shield though and is more of a "windshield wiper" than anything.
Helm does the steering at low speeds, enters and leaves orbit, performs maneuvers during battles and in some cases also acts as the tactical station, performing the battles. Later on, tactical was moved to another station behind the captains chair. Helm Control can interface with navigation and there is no "need" for a second officer at the Navigation station, but it is preferred because during a fight they work together to perform battle maneuvers and plan evasive and tactical maneuvers with other ships during a joined battle session with other team ships. if one of them gets hurt, the other can immediately resume control. it is very much a pilot and co pilot system.
Thank you for the detailed response!
sulu is the helmsman. he steers the ship from the left-hand station (looking forward). riley is the navigator. he maps the ship's route through space from the right-hand station.
Also weapons in the latter episodes.
Sulu is master of navigation.
Nice video - re their navigation system, the most important trajectory is ANSM - Away from Naked Space Madness lol - interesting to realize, when I first saw these shows as a child, how fully I simply believed in the circumstances - good point about how they ratchet up the stakes - the beginning was a bit tense (shades of The Thing?) - then it started to get monotonous and a bit cloying - then interesting again when it escalated and reached the main characters - agreed about Spock; this was a big moment - I read that Nimoy's fan mail increased enormously after this episode, as viewers' idea of him changed - also interesting how Kirk's love for his ship enabled him to override the emotional chaos, a premise that seems to echo traditional tales of sea vessels - notice how much this series is leaning on the idea of drawing out hidden qualities in the crew, and on the spectacle of the acting - I like how in the thumbnail it looks like you're also "infected" lol
This was originally planned to lead into another episode that dealt with time travel. But Roddenberry apparently didn't like two part episodes. You'll probably recognize which episode I'm refering to when it shows up.
Isn't that the episode where a "black star" gets blamed, in the introduction? (I take it we weren't calling them "black holes" yet.)
@@JJ_W yeah. It's the one with Captain Christopher.
The beginning reminds me of the investigation of the Norwegian outpost in Carpenter's 1982 'The Thing' "Yo Sweden's" - "They're Norwegian Mac". Similar plot too, they take back to the ship the problem that had decimated the outpost.
In the original (non-remastered) episode, the ship's chronometer was merely black numbers on revolving white cylinders.
Two pieces of trivia about this episode, George Takei lied to Roddenberry and said he knew how to fence and had to take a few lessons in the week before this episode was filmed so that he could to appear to know what he was doing. This episode was planned to be a two part episode, the cliff-hanger being the Enterprise hurtling backwards through time, the beginning of part two would find the ship at Earth in 1968. The two part idea was scrapped and the time travel idea was used in a later episode in the first season.
And that episode was also a series pilot for a spinoff that never happened. Plus, the actress, no stranger to later fame, Teri Garr was in it.
@@johnsavard7583, excuse me, but no. The episode that would have been the part two is "Tomorrow Is Yesterday ", the 17th episode of the first season.
Navigation:
They point the ENTERPRISE in the right direction, and drive it!!
The late Nichelle Nichols played the vulgar, money-hungry Dorinda in Truck Turner(1973).
"It's like nothing we've dealt with before... again."
"To boldly go where no man has gone much."
The two things I love about this episode are, first of all, how the disease gave us insight into the deepest parts of these characters, much like a collection of back stories & otherwise hidden motivations.
The 2nd thing I love is how the writers got us almost all the way to the end, but then in the remaining 3 minutes or so, decided to take all of us on an unexpected journey into a time warp, which felt very much like the opening scene of a new episode, although it could have easily been used as a set up for a part 2, or an extended storyline.
The navigator plots the ship's course, Bunny. 😊
Another great review! I am continuing to really enjoy these reactions!
This episode has one of my favorite examples of sassy Spock 'take D'artagnan here to Sick Bay"
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Only shatner could make saving the ship from clinical depression seem heroic
The John Cho Sulu tells James Kirk that he studied "fencing" in the 2009 Star Trek reboot.
Thank you ! Your insights are very entertaining.
Navigation on a constitution class ship sets course, using a point of origin.
The other position during this series is called Helmsman. That is the one where the ship is steered and maneuvered.
Interesting trivia: this episode was originally meant to be part 1 of a 2-part episode. The plan changed and the 2nd part became a standalone episode from later in this season, "Tomorrow is Yesterday" in which the Enterprise travels back to Earth ca. 1968.
The Navigator is unique from the helmsman in that the Navigator's role is to plot the course the ship travels while the Helmsman is the person who actually pilots the ship. If you've ever used google maps in your car, then google maps would be the Navigator while you, the driver are the Helmsman. In essence, the Navigator needs to keep charge of where they are, where they going, and how to get there.
In this particular episode, a Navigator doesn't have much to do as they remain in orbit almost the entire episode.
Alas, Spock and Chapel only came close to their own Naked Time.
I love Lt. Riley. Bruce Hyde, who played Riley, decided to leave acting. Otherwise we might have had more of him.
I navigated ships in the Navy. As people have said the navigators pre-plans the path the ship follows and determines the location of the ship while in transit. In the Navy we also take weather observations, keep the ship's log, participate in ceremonial details, among other things.
No lie, I was waiting in line for the test for the "disease" of 2020. The pharmacist was in scrubs, gloves, mask, and full face shield. She reached up under her face mask to scratch her nose and I was immediately reminded of this episode.
Hyde died awhile back.
he left star trek to take a full-time acting job. it was later in his career that he left acting. we wouldnt have had more of him. he was only in 2 episodes of trek.
@@ice-iu3vv ah. Thanks. The reason I like Riley so much is because of his second appearance.
@@steelers6titles yeah in 2015. Matt he rest in peace.
Thank you for the reaction video😊! After watching I pulled out my season 1 TOS DVD remastered copy of the naked time in 5.1 surround sound
"A Vulcan's gonna win a slapping contest." 😆
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there is a good vid on youtube called "redshirts are the safest". the point being that by percentage, blue and gold shirts die the most often. it seems like redshirts die the most because its the most common shirt, representing engineering, security, and operations. so while the number of deaths by redshirts is the highest (18 in the series) its the LOWEST percentage. just like the fact that kirk never says "beam me up scotty" people remember things falsely all the time. did you recognize nurse chapel as the voice of the computer, or as number one from the cage? thats majel barrett roddennberry. she's all over the entire franchise in various roles.
Sulu sits at the "helm" station. It controls steering using reaction control thrusters at sub-light speeds to orient the ship and maneuver around obstacles, space phenomena like asteroids, satellites, and other vessels. It also regulates speed by determining the power output of the impulse engines. Warp power is also engaged to propulsion from this station. Phaser targeting is also operated here.
The navigation station charts the orbital, and cosmic drift of astronomical bodies and computes optimal courses for warp travel. It also controls the navigational deflector aray(the dish at the front of the secondary hull below the saucer section) which pushes debris and matter out of the pash of the ship during travel. The station is also tied into the same sensor detection suite that the science station uses.
It took 10 hours for the butter knife to slice skin!
Gotta admit. Sulu looked pretty amazing with the fencing foil
8:45 A bit surprised there wasn't some joke about a Paddy wagon slipped in there.
The time the Enterprise went crazy, or as Charlton Heston so eloquently put it in Planet of the Apes, "It's a Madhouse! A MADHOUSE!".
The "Why don't we get drunk and..." episode.
I missed a few of your review episodes and I'm catching up. Thank you for asking about the stations on the bridge, the ships are my favourite part of Star Trek. :)
The two stations at the front of the ship are Defense and Helm.
Sulu is operating the Defensive and Weapons subsystems, he raises the shields and fires the phasers and photon torepedos.
The Helmsman beside him, O'Riley, operates Navigation, which controls ships speed and direction.
To the left of them along the wall, to the right of the turbo lift, is the Engineering station, which is usually manned by Scotty. The Engineering station controls the Enviromental, Engineering, and Bridge subsystems. Though the Engineering station isn't always manned during routine operations, as their functions are primarily controlled from main engineering
Then past the turbo lift, the stations at the back of the ship are Communications and Science.
As Communications Officer, Uhura mans the Communications station.
And to the left of Communications is the Science station, which is manned by Science Officer Spock.
Hope this helps. Cheers and live long and prosper eh. :)
Navigation vs. Helm: Navigation is screen-left, where Riley (O'Reilly) is seated. Navigation is responsible for plotting the course coordinates to arrive at their destination without running into obstacles. They must be familiar with the star-charts and able to think three dimensionally while doing it. Helm is screen-right where Sulu is seated. Helm is the person who is actually flying the ship, whether via manual controls or through the computer interface, controlling ship's speed and position via thrusters or short-range travel via impulse drive, and utilizing the course information provided by the navigator to direct ship via warp drive.
Uhura: "Sir a disturbance in corridor 3 sir... Mr. Sulu chasing crewmen with a sword!"
Cpt. Kirk: "Sounds about right." 😏
Mr. Sulu: "Oh my!" 😶🌫😏
Navigation determines heading, bearings, plotting courses. Helm is the one that controls the direction and speed. It's based on Naval ships.
This was an important episode because we learn more about each character. The time travel from the engine implosion was a big bonus to this episode.
Vulcans have the capacity and the capability to suppress their emotions which is why Spock was able to function in spite of being exposed to the virus.
Thank you so much, #bunnytailsREACTS, for uploading this awesome reaction. I love your content so much because it's so amazing, and I really enjoy watching your reactions to different TV shows and movies.
You're welcome!
Nurse chapel, was also in the eposide: The Cage, as Pike's first officer, who he called Number one.
Navigate is like the steering wheel of the ship and all the buttons for an airplane or a boat to drive it with all the buttons for altitude, speed, direct the coordinates for where you were and where you are heading and more.
I like the rather bold line Uhura makes when Sulu is on the bridge with the sword. He says to her "I'll protect you, fair maiden!" and she responds with "Sorry, neither!"
Meaning she does not need his protection, and that she is _not_ a maiden. Aka, not a virgin. Considering Uhura is a young woman probably in her 20s, that was quite scandalous for the 1960s!
You finally watch my favorite episode. It’s really good one like part where guy was singing. And also my favorite character Spock crying. When I first saw for the first time I’ve never seen him cry before and him getting so emotional. Anyway I look forward to seeing more episodes of Star Trek the original series thanks for sharing.
A navigator plots the course of a ship from existing star maps based on coordinates and directional vectors of longitude and latitude usually a 3D plane of x axis, y axis and z axis and their opposite counterparts in the negative direction.
The Star Trek series uses naval positional aspects for the helmsman who sits next to the navigator..the helmsman is the driver of the ship the bow, the front, port the left of the ship, aft the back of the ship, starboard the right side of the ship.. hard right astern and left turning the ship accordingly turn to the rear from the position ..hard to port..hard to starboard etcetera.
Yup, time travel is a thing now. And as someone who's watched every series and knows how that particular aspect plays out across the franchise, it's so interesting going all the way back to TOS. Let's just say things will get... complicated.
This is George Takei’s favorite episode of the Original Series because he was big fan since he was a child of Robin Hood and he got to hold and play with a sword.