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Dagger of the Mind

I would love to have seen Helen Noel have one of those 'Enemy Within' Transporter Accidents, where in I get to "pal around" with her 'EVIL TWIN',... LOL!!! Be still my heart!
 
I would love to have seen Helen Noel have one of those 'Enemy Within' Transporter Accidents, where in I get to "pal around" with her 'EVIL TWIN',... LOL!!! Be still my heart!
Silly, there can be no evil Helen Noel, only a good girl Helen Noel and a naughty girl Helen Noel.

You're imagining Noel in "The Enemy Within". Just imagine Helen Noel in:
"The Naked Time"
"Arena"
"Mudd's Women" or "I, Mudd"
"This Side of Paradise" (silly, Paradise is on whatever ship Noel is on)
"Operation-- Annihilate!" (Noel vs. a breakfast run amok. Classic b-movie material)
"Amok Time" (it would be a fun romp. Besides, Noel needed to be in 1 battle with classic star trek battle music) :rommie:
"Mirror, Mirror"
"Who Mourns for Adonais?" (she coulda played Aphrodite...)
"The Trouble with Tribbles" (cute woman in uniform with cute little furry creatures. How could this not have been made?)
"Spock's Brain" (who needs a planet full of pretty bodies and empty heads when there's one pretty body with a brain)
"Day of the Dove" (need at least 1 ep with Noel fighting a Klingon)


We don't need "What are Little Girls Made Of?". Helen Noel shows us what big girls are made of. :drool:
 
She JUST doesn't do it for me. Never has. Some do, don't get me wrong. Just not ol' Helen.
 
She JUST doesn't do it for me. Never has. Some do, don't get me wrong. Just not ol' Helen.

Oh, well. That won't slow lover boy Kirk down anytime soon. He has his hands full of Helen Noel.

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There's no farewell scene or line with Helen, either. Maybe the ep was running long.

Bruce Schoengarth must have forgotten to edit the film finale because he was taking a hands on approach with Marianna Hill.

:drool:

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You lucky dog, Bruce!
Where did you find that photo?

From my personal collection of Marianna Hill photos.:drool:

Just Google search "Marianna Hill" images and you'll be surprised what you see. ;)
 
^ I've seen more than the shadows of Mount Marianna Hill. She did a couple of low budget films where her wardrobe was nonexistent.
:drool:

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It's those dimples. The rest of the package is obvious, and in ample supply in just about every female guest star that ever showed up, but those dimples give her a definite edge over the others.
 
It's just plain goofy.

To be fair, Marianna Hill definitely made a great contribution to this episode. But this ep is not just a T&A parade. It's a great story.
 
WINGSLEY - Absolutely it is a GREAT EPISODE and a terrific story to me anyway,.. Helen Noel, in or out,... but you must believe me,.. seeing her in that uniform,.. acting so wanton,.... Wingsley,... trust me when I tell you, this Woman is wholly responsible for thrusting me into puberty prematurely, and by two full years!,... I kid you not,... and it was painful!

"If you have not experienced it for yourself, first-hand, there is no possible explanation I can provide, which will cause you to know the experience as I know it"
 
In 2003, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

If she was in it, I'm guessing it was for the bolded part.
 
It's a loose end. Two lines on the bridge at the end woulda done it. "Gosh, Spock, who woulda thunk his reputation was a sham?" Or, "Gosh, Spock, too bad such genius went mad." Or whatever. It just seems weird that his rep is so played up, but when we meet him, he is the "bad guy."

There's no farewell scene or line with Helen, either. Maybe the ep was running long.

The Revised Final Draft script of "Dagger of the Mind" (August 5, 1966) offers a bit of extra dialog that helps flesh out Dr. Adams' motivation a bit.

From Act Four, Scene 177--Kirk is in the Tantalus device chair for another treatment:

ADAMS
I give you credit. Van Gelder was
on his knees sobbing my now.
(nods)
It's good I've had a pair like you.
I've learned a great deal.

KIRK
(with difficulty)
For... what purpose, Doctor? I
cannot understand a man of your...
of your...

ADAMS
Of my reputation? Unfortuanately,
I have little else... except...
now, with this device... power.
Power over minds... and thus
over everything that counts.
The final great criterion.
Intriguing. And since I have
it, I've decided to use it for
myself... after all these years
of doing things for others.
(beat... a smile)
Say I want a very comfortable
old age... on my terms... and
I am a most selective man.

KIRK
Unnecessary. Just... trust...

ADAMS
TRUST mankind to offer me my
just rewards?
(smiles)
You're an optimist, Captain.
In this work I've learned too
much about men's minds.
(interrupted by
Lethe hurrying
into scene)

LETHE
The woman doctor... she is gone,
Doctor Adams...

At this, Adams throw a look at Kirk, reaches for the
panel, turns up the volume, the device HUMMING STRONGLY.

********

So, it appears Dr. Adams is an embittered, disgruntled employee, tired of constantly taking care of others. Dr. Adams simply went "postal."
Thanks for this info, Greg. It really opens up a lot on Adam's motivations... I just wish they'd filmed this and then kept the cut footage to be added with the restoration that came later.
 
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