Hey, I never noticed that before....

[Green]

I believe he actually sings "I'll take you home again, Janice [pronounced Ja-Neesé]."

That's exactly right. It took till I heard it from a good set of speakers before I ever really caught that.

 

[Myko]

You're right! He never gets to sing the final syllable though, but that's definitely an N in there and not an R.

 

[Albertese]

Franz Joseph gave the TOS Enterprise saucer 11 decks, which seems about right.

Franz Joseph didn't make that decision. He was following the description of the ship in The Making of Star Trek pretty closely. The deck count (and the features found on each deck) are all described therein. It was his primary source.

--Alex

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Franz Joseph didn't make that decision. He was following the description of the ship in The Making of Star Trek pretty closely. The deck count (and the features found on each deck) are all described therein. It was his primary source.

That's right. FJ devoured the details in TMOST. A misleading shadow in the Phaser-II photo even affected his drawing of the prop.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

TMOST?

 

[Nerys Myk]

The Making of Star Trek

 

[Warped9]

In regards to the curved buttressed wall of the briefing room set. I just recently caught "Way to Eden".
During Spock's duet in the briefing/rec room we see Adam slip out through a passage past the left end of that curved wall. Through one of those grill work partitions.
The curved wall and supporting buttresses suggest an external hull section. But Adam's exit would have him ending up outside the ship.

Adam was being considerate. Apparently his farts really smell so he stepped outside (the ship) for a moment.

 

[Timo]

But what I find befuddling is how long it took Kirk to recognize that the minds of the landing party were being read to manufacture people and objects. There is absolutely no credible way someone like Finnegan would just happen to be on a remote planet, looking like he did 15 years ago. If he's an illusion, then some intelligence is on the planet manipulating his mind.

Well, yes. And it would then follow that he wouldn't mind, what with the mind being manipulated and all...

The heroes are drunk with happiness throughout the adventure, just as the creators of the amusement park would have their customers be. McCoy dies? No worries, let's proceed with this fine adventure here! I got to shoot a gun, whee!

Odds really are that they are more or less literally drunk, either with a chemical prevalent in the air, or with a telepathic equivalent.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Spock's Barber]

After Kirk is rescued near the end of The Tholian Web, there is a flyby shot of the Enterprise that shows the underside of the Engineering section. There is a huge gold circle with red trim. I realize that it is a remastered version, but I still can't figure out what that circle is. Maybe a Federation symbol?

 

[GSchnitzer]

After Kirk is rescued near the end of The Tholian Web, there is a flyby shot of the Enterprise that shows the underside of the Engineering section. There is a huge gold circle with red trim. I realize that it is a remastered version, but I still can't figure out what that circle is. Maybe a Federation symbol?

 

[Spock's Barber]

Thanks for posting that screen cap, GS. That gold/red circle must have some purpose or function.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

It and the others might be some kind of push-out panel?

 

[Spock's Barber]

It and the others might be some kind of push-out panel?

Allow me to paraphrase Spock : "That sounds logical. "

 

[GSchnitzer]

Thanks for posting that screen cap, GS. That gold/red circle must have some purpose or function.

Lots of conjecture regarding all the various little markings all over the ship. No manual was ever developed by Matt Jefferies regarding what they all meant.

Some speculation here:

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/exterior-surface-markings-of-kirks-enterprise.190540/

 

[Spock's Barber]

^ Allow me to directly quote Spock : "Fascinating!"

 

[alensatemybuick1]

Was watching "What Are Little Girls Made Of" last week for the umpteenth time, and somehow noticed for only the first time that it was Gene Roddenberry's voice giving one of those background status reports on the bridge early in the episode.

I looked it up, and the line "Communicator, we need more lines to the impulse deck" was apparently recorded for WNMHGB and used in a number of subsequent episodes.

 

[Nerys Myk]

After Kirk is rescued near the end of The Tholian Web, there is a flyby shot of the Enterprise that shows the underside of the Engineering section. There is a huge gold circle with red trim. I realize that it is a remastered version, but I still can't figure out what that circle is. Maybe a Federation symbol?

Gas cap.

 

[Doug Otte]

After Kirk is rescued near the end of The Tholian Web, there is a flyby shot of the Enterprise that shows the underside of the Engineering section. There is a huge gold circle with red trim. I realize that it is a remastered version, but I still can't figure out what that circle is. Maybe a Federation symbol?

It's a target, of course!

 

[Forbin]

If you get blueprints, say from Jackill or Thomas Models (RIP), they usually have callouts indicating what they think those marking are. Usually service panels. A popular suggestion for the yellow one is a hatch for the antimatter container. For example:
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/constitution-class-starship.php

 

[Spock's Barber]

If you get blueprints, say from Jackill or Thomas Models (RIP), they usually have callouts indicating what they think those marking are. Usually service panels. A popular suggestion for the yellow one is a hatch for the antimatter container. For example:
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/constitution-class-starship.php

As Spock would say, "Interesting."