Garry Mitchell Options.

[Gojira]

watching this now on BBC America. When they were taking him down to Delta Vega couldn't they just have locked him in the Transporter indefinitely like Scotty in the TNG episode "Relics?" Or couldn't they have just beemed him into outer space at that moment?

Of course Kirk hadn't made the decision to kill him by then, but they could have kept him in the transporter until they decided what to do with him.

 

[uniderth]

watching this now on BBC America. When they were taking him down to Delta Vega couldn't they just have locked him in the Transporter indefinitely like Scotty in the TNG episode "Relics?" Or couldn't they have just beemed him into outer space at that moment?

Of course Kirk hadn't made the decision to kill him by then, but they could have kept him in the transporter until they decided what to do with him.

I doubt any of that had been considered as a possibility by the writers at that time.

 

[Vger23]

If they had re-modulated the phase inducers and reversed polarity on the tractor beam, they probably could have set up a tachyon pulse and channeled it through the main deflector dish before ejecting the warp core. If they had done that, they could have de-polarized the matter stream with an inverse burst of phased dechyons and potentially cured Mitchell with a controlled implosion of the space-time continuum, without needing to do anything overly complicated.



Oh, sorry...wrong series.

 

[Spock's Barber]

If they had re-modulated the phase inducers and reversed polarity on the tractor beam, they probably could have set up a tachyon pulse and channeled it through the main deflector dish before ejecting the warp core. If they had done that, they could have de-polarized the matter stream with an inverse burst of phased dechyons and potentially cured Mitchell with a controlled implosion of the space-time continuum, without needing to do anything overly complicated.

......or Kirk could have klunked Mitchell on the head with a rock before he turned God-like again.

 

[Vger23]

......or Kirk could have klunked Mitchell on the head with a rock before he turned God-like again.

And THAT'S the correct series!!

 

[Spock's Barber]

If they had re-modulated the phase inducers and reversed polarity on the tractor beam, they probably could have set up a tachyon pulse and channeled it through the main deflector dish before ejecting the warp core. If they had done that, they could have de-polarized the matter stream with an inverse burst of phased dechyons and potentially cured Mitchell with a controlled implosion of the space-time continuum, without needing to do anything overly complicated.



Oh, sorry...wrong series.

That's an amazing imitation of Geordi LaForge.

 

[Gojira]

If they had re-modulated the phase inducers and reversed polarity on the tractor beam, they probably could have set up a tachyon pulse and channeled it through the main deflector dish before ejecting the warp core. If they had done that, they could have de-polarized the matter stream with an inverse burst of phased dechyons and potentially cured Mitchell with a controlled implosion of the space-time continuum, without needing to do anything overly complicated.



Oh, sorry...wrong series.

That was great! Made me laugh!!!

 

[Gojira]

I doubt any of that had been considered as a possibility by the writers at that time.

That's true. With it being the second pilot episode filmed I'm sure the writers hadn't figured out all the fun they could have with the transporter.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

What I don't understand is this:

As powerful as Gary was at the end, a simple ROCK SLIDE killed him?

 

[uniderth]

What I don't understand is this:

As powerful as Gary was at the end, a simple ROCK SLIDE killed him?

That's just how awesome James R. Kirk is!

 

[Kor]

Or they could have joined forces with him and taken over the galaxy.

Kor

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Or they could have joined forces with him and taken over the galaxy.

Kor

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[Noname Given]

What I don't understand is this:

As powerful as Gary was at the end, a simple ROCK SLIDE killed him?

I got the impression he had to be aware and concentrating to ward off an attack (like when Kirk fired the Phaser Rifle, Gary knew that was coming. He was somewhat dazed and confused as the large boulder fell in on the grave; so he was in fact crushed. Hell, Dr. Dana was shown as having regained her 'power' (IE her eyes went back to silver); but she still died as a result of the fight with Gary (or maybe she decided it was better that she let herself die.)

And earlier in Sickbay, Gary with his powers was still able to be surprised/sucker-punched and sedated. So, even with powers, they were shown to be vunerable if they were surprised by an attack.

 

[urbandefault]

Kirk was distracted by his middle initial.

 

[Poltargyst]

What I don't understand is this:

As powerful as Gary was at the end, a simple ROCK SLIDE killed him?

Or did it?

 

[Poltargyst]

Or they could have joined forces with him and taken over the galaxy.

Kor

And ruled as father and son as the Emperor had forseen! Or something.

 

[Push The Button]

The fact that Kirk didn't want to kill him was the problem. If Kirk had taken Spock's advice, they could have blasted him with a phaser, cut his throat, or shot him full of cyanide in the transporter room while he was still drugged.

Cold Vulcan logic 1, human sentimentality 0. Of course, Dr. Dehner was still going to "turn" at some point too.