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The Last TOS Episode, Turnabout Intruder...Where Is Uhura?

JANICE: Ohh! I've lost to the captain. I've lost to James Kirk! I want you dead! I want you dead! I want you dead! Oh, I'm never going to be the captain. Never. Kill him.

[... Batshit Crazy, she goes to Coleman's arms to weep]

COLEMAN: You are ... you are as I loved you.
That line always gets a laugh out of me - this episode is so bad, it's good!
But it makes you wonder just what kind of arrangement the two of them had for when she was in Kirk's body, doesn't it?
 
JANICE: Ohh! I've lost to the captain. I've lost to James Kirk! I want you dead! I want you dead! I want you dead! Oh, I'm never going to be the captain. Never. Kill him.

[... Batshit Crazy, she goes to Coleman's arms to weep]

COLEMAN: You are ... you are as I loved you.
That line always gets a laugh out of me - this episode is so bad, it's good!
But it makes you wonder just what kind of arrangement the two of them had for when she was in Kirk's body, doesn't it?

No, not at all!
JB
 
JANICE: Ohh! I've lost to the captain. I've lost to James Kirk! I want you dead! I want you dead! I want you dead! Oh, I'm never going to be the captain. Never. Kill him.

[... Batshit Crazy, she goes to Coleman's arms to weep]

COLEMAN: You are ... you are as I loved you.
That line always gets a laugh out of me - this episode is so bad, it's good!
But it makes you wonder just what kind of arrangement the two of them had for when she was in Kirk's body, doesn't it?
I'm surprised there's not more slash regarding Spock getting it on with Janice's body, whilst Kirk's mind was in it. I've personally seen NONE of it - I don't even know if any exists!
 
... his bits could've been recorded separately at any time), and then everyone except Uhura appears in "Turnabout Intruder".

Are they allowed to use a contracted actor in an episode but not pay him for it? Even if he didn't actually do anything that week?

Who says Doohan wasn't paid for his work?

It's entirely possible he came in for looping/ADR for the previous episodes and they got his line out of the way for scheduling purposes. He'd still be paid for it though.

More importantly: if Doohan was not considered a member of the regular cast (and in fact a day player) the show would want to get all the ADR done as soon as possible and in one sitting. The more often the "loop group" (as it's called today) gets brought in, the more money they get paid. If Doohan was a member of the regular cast it'd be different - main cast actors are expected to show up to loop group and don't get paid for it (as they are paid already for being members of the main cast.)

At least, that's how it works today. I can't say if it was exactly the same practice in 1969, but it would make sense to me if it were.
 
... his bits could've been recorded separately at any time)...

Are they allowed to use a contracted actor in an episode but not pay him for it? Even if he didn't actually do anything that week?

Who says Doohan wasn't paid for his work?

It's entirely possible he came in for looping/ADR for the previous episodes and they got his line out of the way for scheduling purposes. He'd still be paid for it though.

More importantly: if Doohan was not considered a member of the regular cast (and in fact a day player) the show would want to get all the ADR done as soon as possible and in one sitting. The more often the "loop group" (as it's called today) gets brought in, the more money they get paid. If Doohan was a member of the regular cast it'd be different - main cast actors are expected to show up to loop group and don't get paid for it (as they are paid already for being members of the main cast.)

At least, that's how it works today. I can't say if it was exactly the same practice in 1969, but it would make sense to me if it were.

^ Absolutely. Kind of what I was alluding to. :)

It doesn't seem to me that Doohan would have been required 'on stage' for "All Our Yesterdays", as his character is never actually seen (only heard over the communicator), so chances are good that only Shatner, Nimoy, Kelley and the guest cast were obliged to front up that week. The logical conclusion is that Scotty's lines were therefore recorded in a separate ADR, although I can't say for certain whether that would've been in the same recording week as the episode itself, or whether it would've taken place during ADR recording on another episode on which Doohan was present on stage. Either way, while Doohan definitely "performs" in the episode, he was probably not there during the actual filming of it.

Is there a list anywhere of the episodes of TOS which do, in fact, include all the 'main' characters? I guess there aren't many that include both Sulu and Chekov, and probably even less featuring both of them and Uhura as well. I wouldn't be surprised if Scotty was in a lot of episodes though, he was probably the most used of all the "second tier" regulars.

Who Mourns for Adonais comes pretty close to using the entire extended cast. It had Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, Leslie, Hadley, Lemli and Kyle. Only Nurse Chapel was missing.

Hm, very interesting! :) :techman:
 
The Communications officer in "Turnabout Intruder" is the same actress Barbara Baldavin who played Angela Martine (the bride to be) in "Balance of Terror" and she was also in "Shore Leave"

In "Shore Leave", Baldavin is also called "Angela" but is given the last name "Teller". Also as odd, in TI she is referred to as "Lieutenant Lisa". "Lisa" is an existing spanish surname, but is very rare, it is far more common as a first name.

That sounds like Shatner using his influence on character names. One of his daughters is named Lisa, and the red shirt character Mr. Lemli is a contraction of Shatner's daughters names Leslie, Melanie and Lisa.
 
^ Not to mention that Mister Leslie himself was named directly after Leslie Shatner. :)
 
... his bits could've been recorded separately at any time), and then everyone except Uhura appears in "Turnabout Intruder".

Are they allowed to use a contracted actor in an episode but not pay him for it? Even if he didn't actually do anything that week?

Who says Doohan wasn't paid for his work?

It's entirely possible he came in for looping/ADR for the previous episodes and they got his line out of the way for scheduling purposes. He'd still be paid for it though.

More importantly: if Doohan was not considered a member of the regular cast (and in fact a day player) the show would want to get all the ADR done as soon as possible and in one sitting. The more often the "loop group" (as it's called today) gets brought in, the more money they get paid. If Doohan was a member of the regular cast it'd be different - main cast actors are expected to show up to loop group and don't get paid for it (as they are paid already for being members of the main cast.)

At least, that's how it works today. I can't say if it was exactly the same practice in 1969, but it would make sense to me if it were.

Doohan was a regular during season three. I'm not sure off the top of my head if he was contracted for every episode, though. I doubt it.
 
Anyone have any information on why Nichelle Nichols was not in this episode??!

Can we speculate she was sick?

Casting director Joe D'Agosta cast his wife as Uhura's replacement, Lt. Lisa, suggesting it was a last minute thing.

Also remember Shatner was reported to be very sick with the flu during the filming of this episode.
 
Sick with flu? Is that the official record for this? Nah, he was spiritually taken over by the soul of his former lover! But keep it to yourselves!
JB
 
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