Hey, I never noticed that before....

[Mytran]

Good catch. I remembered what your point was probably going to be as soon as I saw the first pic. Although I'm not one of this episode's seemingly many detractors, it was nice that they thought to have some security following the Cheronians (?) around. But given that they had personal shields and such, perhaps it was best that the security person just took a powder. "Battlefield"—though it has many virtues in my view—is not a great episode in terms of shipboard security.

Let's be honest, shipboard security has never been all that good:

• In Season One Lazarus wandered all over the ship and even when a security guard was assigned he forgot to accompany his charge off the Bridge.
• In Season Two a guard was actually assigned to escort Commodore Decker to Sickbay, but he was hopefully overconfident and got trounced by the older officer.
• In Season Three the Romulan Commander was escorted onto the Bridge by 2 guards who apparently got bored and vanished a few moments later!

 

[knightgrace]

I was being tongue in cheek.

In other words I would not mind a TOS episode being a few minutes longer. Just to make a bit more sense...

 

[Phaser Two]

Let's be honest, shipboard security has never been all that good

Lol. Ya think? Probably my #1 complaint about my beloved all-time favorite show. But the examples you cited are honestly somewhat trivial compared to the plots of no fewer than three S1 episodes—and outstanding ones at that—depending entirely on a preposterous lack of security in the transporter room: "The Enemy Within," "City on the Edge of Forever," and "Space Seed." In the latter two, Kyle is even incapacitated in pretty much the exact same manner. (In the former, Scotty was showing a nice bit of compassion for Kirk, so that one's mitigated.)

 

[Just a Bill]

the plots of no fewer than three S1 episodes—and outstanding ones at that—depending entirely on a preposterous lack of security in the transporter room

And let's not forget the preposterous lack of security in auxiliary control, particularly in The Way to Eden. Although I guess maybe we can also choose to blame somebody in Larry Marvick's division for putting a multi-deck access ladder about 8 feet away from the brig.

Switching gears, I've been going through all three seasons looking at every doorway and every appearance of a turbolift. In Wink of an Eye, during scenes showing accelerated Scalosian time, doorways are left open all over the place. This of course helps the viewer understand that normal time is almost at a standstill, while explaining how the Scalosians move about the ship (along with a lot of unseen ladder climbing, apparently). I've always loved how Scotty helpfully holds the door for them in the transporter room.

Anyway, I guess the production crew became accustomed to all those open doorways, because they missed an important one in this regular-time scene (around 37:15 in the remastered version on P+):

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[flandry84]

That Larry huh?..

 

[Mytran]

Lol. Ya think? Probably my #1 complaint about my beloved all-time favorite show. But the examples you cited are honestly somewhat trivial compared to the plots of no fewer than three S1 episodes—and outstanding ones at that—depending entirely on a preposterous lack of security in the transporter room: "The Enemy Within," "City on the Edge of Forever," and "Space Seed." In the latter two, Kyle is even incapacitated in pretty much the exact same manner. (In the former, Scotty was showing a nice bit of compassion for Kirk, so that one's mitigated.)

I can't believe I forgot Mudd's Women - the captain gives strict orders for Harry Mudd to remain cabin-bound, only for the scallyway to come bounding into the meeting between Kirk and the miners!

 

[FormerLurker]

That's pronounced scalawag.

 

[Zombie Cheerleader]

I can't believe I forgot Mudd's Women - the captain gives strict orders for Harry Mudd to remain cabin-bound, only for the scallyway to come bounding into the meeting between Kirk and the miners!

The needs of the plot.

 

[The Salt Umpire]

I think the biggest shuttlecraft gaff in TOS-R was in "The Galileo Seven." There's an interior Hangar Deck shot looking aft toward the bay doors, and you can see a second shuttle parked on the Galileo's right.

"Oh look, another Galileo!" -- Pakled shipcrew

 

[Mytran]

That's pronounced scalawag.

Yes, but only sometimes:

In United States history, scalawag (sometimes spelled scallawag or scallywag) was a pejorative slur that referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.​

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalawag

Since I am British, it's "scallywag" for me!

The needs of the plot.

The needs of the plot do often seem security-averse, I agree!

 

[Just a Bill]

FWIW, I think the pronunciation issue came up because the initial (mis)spelling given was "scallyway," which implied pronouncing it so as to rhyme with alleyway.

Anyway...

 

[Mytran]

FWIW, I think the pronunciation issue came up because the initial (mis)spelling given was "scallyway," which implied pronouncing it so as to rhyme with alleyway.

Anyway...

I hadn't even noticed that!
Curse my careless typing...

 

[Qonfounding Ghooool]

That's pronounced scalawag.

and

Yes, but only sometimes:

In United States history, scalawag (sometimes spelled scallawag or scallywag) was a pejorative slur that referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.​

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalawag

Since I am British, it's "scallywag" for me!

The needs of the plot do often seem security-averse, I agree!

I'm sure we can all agree, the spelling and pronunciation are better than "Mulderwag"...


(...silly attempt at X-Files pun...)

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

I wonder if there are art classes offered to Enterprise crew....Marla McGivers and Janice Rand both paint.

 

[Zombie Cheerleader]

I wonder if there are art classes offered to Enterprise crew....Marla McGivers and Janice Rand both paint.

I doubt there would be classes, unless someone organized it as an off duty leisure activity.

 

[FredH]

…In “The Squire of Gothos”, how on earth did I never notice before that Trelane has a stuffed salt vampire in his castle?!

 

[Frightscape One]

…In “The Squire of Gothos”, how on earth did I never notice before that Trelane has a stuffed salt vampire in his castle?!

And notice how immediately McCoy looked away, almost in sorrow.

And Trelane vaporized it. The Salt Vampire was made extinct twice.

 

[Crewman Commander]

This thing that Trelane also disintegrates with a phaser was always hard to recognize, pre-VCRs.

Humanoid bird

Described as a humanoid bird, this creature was encountered in 2254 by Captain Christopher Pike while in captivity on Talos IV. (TOS: "The Cage") Another individual of this species was encountered thirteen years later, in 2267, by a landing party of the USS Enterprise, albeit dead, stuffed and...

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[Spock's Barber]

…In “The Squire of Gothos”, how on earth did I never notice before that Trelane has a stuffed salt vampire in his castle?!

^ Yes, like Crewman Commander posted…the bird creature from The Menagerie was also in the episode.

Thanks to TrekCore for this image!

 

[FredH]

And notice how immediately McCoy looked away, almost in sorrow.

Nice!