Continuity; #1

[RobertScorpio]

Okay..double question here, so good luck..

What was the first episode of TOS that had continuity. Meaning, it referred to an event that happened in an earlier episode.

And, for the other TREK shows? When was the first time TNG--DS9-Voyager and Enterprise referred to a direct episode of TOS....

Rob

 

[DevilEyes]

For question 1... "I, Mudd"? I don't remember any of the other episodes having a recurring character or any connection to a plot of another episode.

TNG - the first that comes to mind is "Sarek", but there were probably some before that one that I can't remember right now.

DS9... probably season 2 with "Blood Oath" (Kor, Kang and Koloth - "Errand Of Mercy"/"The Trouble with Tribbles"/"Day of th Dove") and then "Crossover" ("Mirror, Mirror")?

VOY... "Flashback" (The Undiscovered Country)? But that's not TOS in the strict sense of the word.

 

[RobertScorpio]

For question 1... "I, Mudd"? I don't remember any of the other episodes having a recurring character or any connection to a plot of another episode.

TNG - the first that comes to mind is "Sarek", but there were probably some before that one that I can't remember right now.

DS9... probably season 2 with "Blood Oath" (Kor, Kang and Koloth - "Errand Of Mercy"/"The Trouble with Tribbles"/"Day of th Dove") and then "Crossover" ("Mirror, Mirror")?

VOY... "Flashback" (The Undiscovered Country)? But that's not TOS in the strict sense of the word.

im still racking my mind on #1..

But I think TNG mentioned the events of NAKED TIME in their NAKED NOW episode (i may have the titles reversed)

Im still trying to think of the first time DS9 mentioned an event from TOS..i am going with Blood Oath, like you, for now...

Rob

 

[Lord Garth]

"I, Mudd" referred back to "Mudd's Women". That's the first of having an episode refer back to a previous one.

Unless you count Spock mentioning that his father was Ambassador in "This Side of Paradise" and then our seeing it in "Journey to Babel" but that's not referring directly to the events of a previous episode so much as it is character background.

TNG's first direct reference to a TOS episode is "The Naked Now".

The first episode of DS9 to refer to events in a TOS episode was "Crossover", which referred to "Mirror, Mirror".

VOY referred to The Undiscovered Country and The Wrath of Khan in "Flashback" and "The Omega Directive" respectively. There was an episode where Janeway says there were rumors that Kirk met Leonardo Da Vinci and I think it might've been in "Concerning Flight" but I'm not sure.

 

[GSchnitzer]

Okay..double question here, so good luck..

What was the first episode of TOS that had continuity. Meaning, it referred to an event that happened in an earlier episode.

And, for the other TREK shows? When was the first time TNG--DS9-Voyager and Enterprise referred to a direct episode of TOS....

Rob

I don't know if this is cheating, but there was an episode early in the first seaon that referred directly to the events of an earlier episode--the prior episode, in fact: "The Menagerie, Part 2" referred directly to the events of "The Menagerie, Part 1." And for that matter, Part 1 itself referred directly to the events of an earlier episode: "The Cage."

 

[Therin of Andor]

"More Tribbles, More Troubles", "One Upon a Planet" and "Mudd's Passion", of TAS, were direct sequels to TOS episodes: "The Trouble With Tribbles", "Shore Leave" and "I, Mudd".

There was considerable speculation that Q, of "Encounter at Farpoint", was connected to Trelane, from TOS's "The Squire of Gothos".

The writers intended that the Cytherians of TNG's "The nth Degree" were the same species as the renegade God Entity of ST V.

 

[sbk1234]

Admiral Leonard H. McCoy appeared in Encounter at Farpoint....

 

[captcalhoun]

In a Mirror Darkly ties in to 'The Tholian Web' and 'Mirror Mirror'.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Admiral Leonard H. McCoy appeared in Encounter at Farpoint....

That's right, and we had Scotty in an TNG episode too, where the Holodeck computer asked him which Enterprise, and he said, "No bloddy, A, B, C, or D", referencing passed Enterprises.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

Admiral Leonard H. McCoy appeared in Encounter at Farpoint....

That's right, and we had Scotty in an TNG episode too, where the Holodeck computer asked him which Enterprise, and he said, "No bloddy, A, B, C, or D", referencing passed Enterprises.

"Relics". Just rewatched that one last night~

 

[RobertScorpio]

Admiral Leonard H. McCoy appeared in Encounter at Farpoint....

That's right, and we had Scotty in an TNG episode too, where the Holodeck computer asked him which Enterprise, and he said, "No bloddy, A, B, C, or D", referencing passed Enterprises.

"Relics". Just rewatched that one last night~

another great episode form RDM I think..

Rob

 

[RandyS]

"By Any Other Name". In the cave scene, Kirk recalls to Spock how he used a version of the mind meld to escape from their captors in "A Taste of Armaggedon", and asks him to try it again.

 

[sbk1234]

As crappy an episode as it was, Turnabout Intruder referenced the episode The Empath.

 

[Green Shirt]

While not the first episode to refer to an earlier one, in "The Deadly Years", Kirk used the Corbomite bluff again.

 

[I am not Spock]

TOS had a bit more name-dropping of prior outings than people think.

-Koloth refers to the Organian peace treaty in 'The Trouble With Tribbles'
- Kirk and Sulu mention the Horta in 'That Which Survives'
-Kirk mentions trying to break the galactic barrier before, in 'By Any Other Name'

 

[RobertScorpio]

TOS had a bit more name-dropping of prior outings than people think.

-Koloth refers to the Organian peace treaty in 'The Trouble With Tribbles'
- Kirk and Sulu mention the Horta in 'That Which Survives'
-Kirk mentions trying to break the galactic barrier before, in 'By Any Other Name'

Damn...those are all good ones..someone may have mentioned it but doesnt PIKE get mentioned in MIRROR MIRROR??

rob

 

[Kirkman1987]

TOS had a bit more name-dropping of prior outings than people think.

-Koloth refers to the Organian peace treaty in 'The Trouble With Tribbles'
- Kirk and Sulu mention the Horta in 'That Which Survives'
-Kirk mentions trying to break the galactic barrier before, in 'By Any Other Name'

Damn...those are all good ones..someone may have mentioned it but doesnt PIKE get mentioned in MIRROR MIRROR??

rob

Yes!

It's revealed that in the mirror universe, Kirk gained command by killing Captain Pike.

I'm always impressed by that reference. The writers were paying some attention to what had come before.

 

[RobertScorpio]

TOS had a bit more name-dropping of prior outings than people think.

-Koloth refers to the Organian peace treaty in 'The Trouble With Tribbles'
- Kirk and Sulu mention the Horta in 'That Which Survives'
-Kirk mentions trying to break the galactic barrier before, in 'By Any Other Name'

Damn...those are all good ones..someone may have mentioned it but doesnt PIKE get mentioned in MIRROR MIRROR??

rob

Yes!

It's revealed that in the mirror universe, Kirk gained command by killing Captain Pike.

I'm always impressed by that reference. The writers were paying some attention to what had come before.

I love that episode too..Classic trek..

Rob

 

[UssGlenn]

In the Voyager episode Q2 the beginning and ending dates of Kirk's 5 year mission are revealed in young Q's report.

 

[Santa Kang]

The slingshot effect from "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" is mentioned in "Assignment: Earth".