It's weird they have records on exactly what kind of adventures Gary and Bob got up to, which was presumably not widely known to public, but have to send a starship to research actual history...
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It's weird they have records on exactly what kind of adventures Gary and Bob got up to, which was presumably not widely known to public, but have to send a starship to research actual history...
Doesn't seem very responsible. It sounds like a kid playing with a box of matches. Do we wait till he starts a major fire before taking it away from him?
It's weird they have records on exactly what kind of adventures Gary and Bob got up to, which was presumably not widely known to public, but have to send a starship to research actual history...
Right. This episode has a lot of cool trappings, like Seven's physical prowess, the nature of the aliens who sent him, the beautiful (x2) cat, dialogue like "Impossible for you, not for them," and even the mysterious deaths of the two agents that Seven was checking up on, but boy is the Enterprise shoehorned in. I give them credit for trying, though. Do we know what the new show was going to be called?
I was picturing a situation in which the Enterprise returned to their century to find things mostly the same but with subtle changes, then advised Starfleet Command that maybe casual use of time travel wasn't a great idea.
At the risk of sounding like an echo chamber, the problem with "Assignment Earth" is that it's a pilot for a completely different series awkwardly shoehorned into a Star Trek episode, and it's a poor fit. The contrivance of intentional time travel for the purpose of "historical research" is, well, contrived.
Don't you know that cats always land on their feet?
The "droo"? I'll chalk that up to a typo -- unless there's a new slang word I haven't heard yet.
Like someone finding out that his previous wife was now married to his rival for example...
They had to make Roberta plucky and resourceful so viewers would want more of her. Not sure that worked out.
Her loss? Frankly I think she dodged a bullet. Actors who did sci-fi shows often got typecast, and in the 70s she landed roles in a lot of movies from The Conversation to Young Frankenstein to Close Encounters and in the 80s was in Mr. Mom nominated for an Oscar for her role in Tootsie.
She's quite good in Young Frankenstein!
I should add to this exchange that in my other 50th anniversary viewing, I'm finding that TV shows in this era are littered with references to the Moon program. In particular, people have already started saying "We can send a man to the Moon, but...," and it hasn't even happened yet!^^
I does highlight how futuristic ST was by comparison... "See this large black&white hall with hundreds of people... all this is going to be replaced by a tiny bridge... in glorious colour!"
I don't know maybe Assignment:Earth would have a been a great title for the show if it had gone to series?
JB
Referring to Seven's assignment, then, instead of the Enterprise's; sure, that makes sense. I don't know if that was the planned title.
I don't know what they were planning to call that series.
Gary's seven? 
JB
JB
Oh I'd watch the hell out of that show.Gary's seven?
JB
Oh my, you dug those up? Man, it's been years since I tooled around with making opening credits for fun. Thanks for the shout out.
Spock claimed he was immune to tribbles.
That's because cats are awesome!
Spock didn't say anything about how silly it was to pet cats. So Spock basically pets both the critters he makes fun of other people for petting and the critters he doesn't say are silly to pet.
Laura Cynthia Chambers said:
Possibly. Or maybe Spock decided that petting pets was an illogical human action that was harmless and worth indulging in to relax.
wayne66 said:
Once a falling creature reaches its terminal velocity it doesn't matter how much farther it falls because it won't get any faster and it won't hit any harder. Cats are noted for being surefooted tree dwelling animals so Isis probably wouldn't fall off the gantry, though a sudden gust of wind might blow her off.
Isis would have a much better chance of surviving a fall off the gantry in cat form than in human form.
https://sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/how-do-cats-survive-falls-from-great-heights/
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Cats and tribbles are Spock's weakness.
Maybe that weird dog in "The Enemy Within" too.
THANK GOODNESS the Klingons didn't know.
Maybe that weird dog in "The Enemy Within" too.
THANK GOODNESS the Klingons didn't know.
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