"Tomorrow is Yesterday"
Captain's Log: 11240.6. 0714 hrs.
Yet again, The Trektastic Voyage is running a little behind schedule. I'm a week late, but it's a holiday week and there just hasn't been time. Today I'll discuss what would have been last week's entries, and hopefully by Monday, this week's entries will be added as well.
"Tomorrow is Yesterday" is up first, a fun little episode that would set the stage for other Trek episodes featuring time travel. The Enterprise encounters a "black star" which sends her back in time to late 1960s Earth, where she's discovered by the Air Force and labeled a UFO. A fighter is sent to investigate, and Kirk has the tractor beam locked on to bring it aboard before it lauches missles on the weakened Enterprise. The beam is too much for the 20th century ship, and its pilot, USAF Captain John Christopher, is beamed aboard the Enterprise. He's given a quick tour of the Enterprise's bridge, and is then informed by Kirk that he can't go back since he has knowledge of the future. Compounding matters is Christopher's revelation that the Enterprise was photographed by his plane's wing jets, which would have survived the crash. Kirk and Sulu beam down to the get the film, but Kirk is captured and interrogated. Spock figures out how to get the Enterprise home and Scotty makes the ship ready. Spock and Christopher rescue Kirk, but Christopher tries to stay on Earth. A Vulcan-nerve pinch later and Christopher is back on the Enterprise. Spock's plan to have Christopher and a guard beamed up out of necessity is successful, as both men are returned to the time right before they made their discoveries of the Enterprise crew. Christopher will now have no memory of his unborn son's destiny as the first human to journey to Saturn, and the future is secure.
"Tomorrow is Yesterday" is a classic Trek episode well-loved by many Trek fans. There's a wonderful sense of excitement in seeing the Enterprise and her crew in our time, and there's much fun and humor resulting from their interaction with people and situations alien to them because of time. There are great scenes here for Kirk, Spock, and Bones, and John Christopher's role allows Trek fans to live the dream of visiting the Enterprise, if only briefly.
The episode would go on to inspire other time-travel episodes in all the series, and was the basis for the story for the most well-received Star Trek feature film, "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," which also involved time travel.
Screencaps for "Tomorrow is Yesterday."
The episode's title card.
Captain John Christopher: a man out of time.
A bona fide UFO: The Starship Enterprise in orbit of 1960's Earth.
Kirk and Sulu: "Little green men."
Yet again, The Trektastic Voyage is running a little behind schedule. I'm a week late, but it's a holiday week and there just hasn't been time. Today I'll discuss what would have been last week's entries, and hopefully by Monday, this week's entries will be added as well.
"Tomorrow is Yesterday" is up first, a fun little episode that would set the stage for other Trek episodes featuring time travel. The Enterprise encounters a "black star" which sends her back in time to late 1960s Earth, where she's discovered by the Air Force and labeled a UFO. A fighter is sent to investigate, and Kirk has the tractor beam locked on to bring it aboard before it lauches missles on the weakened Enterprise. The beam is too much for the 20th century ship, and its pilot, USAF Captain John Christopher, is beamed aboard the Enterprise. He's given a quick tour of the Enterprise's bridge, and is then informed by Kirk that he can't go back since he has knowledge of the future. Compounding matters is Christopher's revelation that the Enterprise was photographed by his plane's wing jets, which would have survived the crash. Kirk and Sulu beam down to the get the film, but Kirk is captured and interrogated. Spock figures out how to get the Enterprise home and Scotty makes the ship ready. Spock and Christopher rescue Kirk, but Christopher tries to stay on Earth. A Vulcan-nerve pinch later and Christopher is back on the Enterprise. Spock's plan to have Christopher and a guard beamed up out of necessity is successful, as both men are returned to the time right before they made their discoveries of the Enterprise crew. Christopher will now have no memory of his unborn son's destiny as the first human to journey to Saturn, and the future is secure.
"Tomorrow is Yesterday" is a classic Trek episode well-loved by many Trek fans. There's a wonderful sense of excitement in seeing the Enterprise and her crew in our time, and there's much fun and humor resulting from their interaction with people and situations alien to them because of time. There are great scenes here for Kirk, Spock, and Bones, and John Christopher's role allows Trek fans to live the dream of visiting the Enterprise, if only briefly.
The episode would go on to inspire other time-travel episodes in all the series, and was the basis for the story for the most well-received Star Trek feature film, "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," which also involved time travel.
Screencaps for "Tomorrow is Yesterday."
The episode's title card.
Captain John Christopher: a man out of time.
A bona fide UFO: The Starship Enterprise in orbit of 1960's Earth.
Kirk and Sulu: "Little green men."
posted by Christopher at 5:14 AM
1 Comments:
One of the things I hated about the syndication was how they cut out precious dialog when they showed reruns. This show, in particular, deleted two of my favorite lines. In the beginning, as the Enterprise is just starting to recover, Spock says something like "power will be on momentarily if Mr. Scott is still with us." The lights come on and Spock says "Mr. Scott is still with us."
Another line that was deleted was when they were investigating the computer on the base and Sulu says "It'll make the devil's own noise if you turn it on."
Can't wait to finally buy the DVD series.
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