This Side of Paradise
- Episode aired Mar 2, 1967
- TV-PG
- 50m
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7.8/10
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The Enterprise investigates a planet whose colonists should be dead, but are not.The Enterprise investigates a planet whose colonists should be dead, but are not.The Enterprise investigates a planet whose colonists should be dead, but are not.
Bobby Bass
- Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
Bill Blackburn
- Lieutenant Hadley
- (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci
- Brent
- (uncredited)
- …
Walker Edmiston
- Transporter Chief
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Carey Foster
- Enterprise crewmember
- (uncredited)
John Lindesmith
- Engineer
- (uncredited)
Jeannie Malone
- Yeoman
- (uncredited)
- …
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- TriviaThe spores in the early drafts were a communal intelligence; when someone was possessed by them, that individual was granted telepathic abilities to link up with other possessed minds. The abilities of the spores to restore health were complete enough to enable them to return the dead to life. The antidotes for the spores were either the possession of a certain blood type or the introduction of alcohol into the affected person. Originally, Kirk leaped onto Spock and forced liquor down his throat to restore him to normal. This was presumably deemed unrealistic for various reasons including Kirk would not be strong enough to force alcohol on Spock and even if he did, Spock could just spit it out because the alcohol would have to enter the bloodstream to have an effect. It is established in various stories that, while Vulcans will occasionally drink alcohol, it doesn't affect (intoxicate) them in the same way it does a human. (On the other hand, in the novelisation of 'Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home', Spock states that the sugar sucrose, in the candies that Kirk bought to get change for the bus, has the same effect on Vulcans as ethanol does on humans.) In a surprise ending, the spores were revealed to be benevolent, conscious entities who never intended to act against anyone's will.
- GoofsWhen Kirk goes to look for Spock, he tells McCoy, "Have the landing party work in teams of two, I don't want anyone left alone." After which he goes off to find Spock...leaving McCoy alone.
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsEdited into Star Trek: The Next Generation: Relics (1992)
- SoundtracksTheme From Star Trek
Written by and credited to Alexander Courage
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Particularly poignant today...
Just the other day, as I have on many other days of late, I ventured back in Time to revisit the adventures of Kirk and Spock and McCoy. No, I haven't discovered how to hitch a ride to tachyons into the Past: I simply took out my DVD set of STAR TREK- THE ORIGINAL SERIES and spent some quality time with the original crew of the Enterprise. One of the episodes I chose was THIS one, because it gave fans a rare glimpse into the "other" side of the stoic Science Officer- the Human Side. Leonard Nimoy was capable of great Depth when the opportunity presented itself, and this particular episode of this particular series stands as a Lasting Tribute to the Man who played the Vulcan. If, as has been suggested, Energy never dissipates, he's still Out There, Somewhere, in some New Form- waiting for us to join him.
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- Feb 27, 2015
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