jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry Aguirre) (09/26/84)
Regarding the episode where the Enterprise travels back in time and
accidently intercepts Gary 7.
If more people would LISTEN to those captain's log entries at the begining
of the show! The captain starts out by saying:
Using the sling-shot principle the Enterprise has traveled back
in time to observe history .... and is currently in EXTENDED
orbit using DEFLECTORS to avoid detection.
Remember all that junk from Scotty about there "still being time to
desend low enough to blast the missle". Knowing what we do about the
range of the Enterprises phasers do you think she was only a few
thousand miles up!
As to detection: If we, using 20th century technology, can develop the
stealth bomber don't you think the Enterprise could avoid detection by
some "primitive radar".
I thought this show was interesting in that it is one of the few that
uses the discoveries made in previous shows. I mean how about the one
where Spock's brain is stolen and used as a environmental control
computer. In another show we see the previous captain of the Enterprise
paralized. His brain in working order, but unable to speak or move.
If the technology existed to interface to Spock's disembodied brain, why
not the other man's. I am sure all of us can think of discoveries on
one show that could have solved the problems in the next.
Jerry Aguirre
{hplabs|fortune|idi|ihnp4|ios|tolerant|allegra|tymix}!oliveb!jerryajf@pyuxa.UUCP (A Figura) (10/02/84)
Several people have recently mentioned something to the effect that "why couldn't Capt. Pike's brain be put in a box like Spock's was..." Well... if you remember, Spock's brain was stolen for use in the environmental control system that had been set up by a now-dead race of super-advanced people (I believe they were called the Teachers). It was they who had developed the technology to take a brain out of someone's head and attach it to a computer, not the federation. If you remember, McCoy had to be "taught" how to put Spock's brain back in his body, and one of his arguments for using the "teacher" device was to gain this incredible knowledge so he could bring it back to the federation. As it turned out, his new-found genius was only short-term, and he just barely got Spock's brain back in place (with a little help from Spock himself). Thus, the reason that Pike's brain couldn't be so used was because the technology was lost forever when McCoy forgot what the teachers had taught him. (I won't even start to get into the moral questions involved.)
marc@wlcrjs.UUCP (Marc Lavine) (10/05/84)
> I thought this show was interesting in that it is one of the few that > uses the discoveries made in previous shows. I mean how about the one > where Spock's brain is stolen and used as a environmental control > computer. In another show we see the previous captain of the Enterprise > paralized. His brain in working order, but unable to speak or move. > If the technology existed to interface to Spock's disembodied brain, why > not the other man's. I am sure all of us can think of discoveries on > one show that could have solved the problems in the next. If I recall properly, in the episode in which Spock's brain was transplanted, the knowledge of how to do so, was not common knowledge, but was available to the race of females on the planet by use of a "teaching" helmet. McCoy used the helmet, but began to forget all the complex information in the middle of his operation. I suppose they could have borrowed that knowledge for the Federation, but no where did it state that they did. So, my point is that they did not have the knowledge to transplant Captain Pike's brain. Another thing I'm not sure of is which episode came first. Can anyone fill us in on that. -- Marc Lavine uucp: ...ihnp4!wlcrjs!marc
red@ukma.UUCP (Red Varth) (02/26/85)
Well, I gotta admit, there doesn't seem to be a concensus about the episode I asked about. I broke down and looked it up, and the winner is Edward the Big Bird from here in Lexington. Now, for the $20,000.00\ question: I have a limited edition collection of short-stories about Star Trek. Well, it's actually 3/4 of the series. I'm looking to either get rid of what I have, or get the fourth and sell as a set. The series is "Showcase", vol. I, II, and III. From what I understand, vol. IV is out of print, and no one seems to know who has the rights to it (if any). If you're interested in buying the first three, mail me a msg. If you know where I can find, acquire, steal, beg, or borrow the fourth, PLEASE mail me a msg. The Red Wizzard