rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe) (12/14/83)
The reason I've heard why Kirk did not offer to decelerate the Scalosians
was that they would probably (certainly?) die in the attempt because they
had been accelerated for so long and were thus in their now-natural state.
Of course, this brings up the question of why it was not immediately nor
necessarily harmful to be accelerated. Notice Kirk and Spock (and that
crewman--what was his name? Compton?) show no effects of fatigue from this
experience like they (or at least Kirk) did when Sargon and Henoch temporarily
took over their bodies. A more plausible explanation is that Kirk was not
sure that he and Spock could be decelerated, perhaps he even believed
that Spock was confirming that they couldn't. Of course, that would all
be for Deela's benefit, I guess. In any event, Kirk certainly didn't owe
it to the Scalosians.
The best part of this episode for me is the scene where we cut back to Kirk
and Deela in Kirk's quarters. How the 1968 censors ever let her be combing
her hair in his quarters while he sat on the bed pulling his boots on, I'll
never know. It is probably the most blatant suggestion of Kirk's sexual
activities ever implied in any Star Trek TV show or movie.
Let's not even discuss the phaser beam (presumably traveling at the speed of
light through air) inching it's way across the room.
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Roger Noe UUCP: ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe
ARPA: ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe@berkeleyray@utcsrgv.UUCP (Raymond Allen) (12/19/83)
Don't you recall the infamous "The Captain is putting on his boots" scene in that episode. If there is anything Kirk didn't need, it was another woman lusting after him complete with a man to complete the triangle. :-) Not entirely serious (but possibly!) Ray Allen utcsrgv!ray (416) 978-5036
perl@rdin.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) (12/21/83)
I just saw "Wink of an Eye" for the 256th time and noticed something. At the end, as Kirk is about to transport Deela back to Scalos, she tells him that he will never be able to get back to normal speed. He looks to Spock who gives him a knowing nod. My question is: if Kirk had a formula that could "counteract the effects of the Scalosian water" (McCoy|Spock), why didn't Kirk let the Scalosians use it? It seems that Kirk wanted the Scalosians to remain in their accelerated state. Why? Robert Perlberg Resource Dynamics Inc. New York philabs!rdin!rdin2!perl