Hey, I never noticed that before....

[MAGolding]

...I can totally see a frustrated Kirk spin a yeoman around so he can use their back as a flat surface.

On another subject, I assume we've covered what an insanely (literally) boring job Helm and Navigation must be 99% of the time. maybe Sulu can watch movies on that weapons viewscreen thing he has tucked away.

I actually read that a US general did use a soldier's back as a writing desk. Gustave Albert Schurmann (1849-1905) wrote an account of his Civil War experiences. When he was riding as an orderly for General Phil Kearney (1815-September 1, 1862) he had to bend over and let the general use his back as a writing table at least once. Of course Kearney needed take every advantage he could to write clearly, since he had only one arm.

As for helm and navigation, it would have been better if there was a rec room off the bridge that they could be summoned from if there was need of them. If a typical voyage lasted days and was in a straight line from star to star, the ship's position would need to be checked periodically to see if it matched the planned course, and any required course corrections computed and made. And that would be all to do for days at a time unless something unexpected happened.

 

[Sir Rhosis]

Kirk could well have been referring to McGivers doing something actually relevant to being a historian as opposed to her other duties. She wears a red uniform so her other duties likely involve ship’s support services.

In scenes cut from the script, she was said to be a "controls systems specialist." http://www.orionpressfanzines.com/articles/spaceseed.htm

Sir Rhosis

 

[FormerLurker]

I always thought the prop had one of those Magic Slate toys for a writing surface. You wrote on those things with a plastic stylus and “erased” it by peeling up the plastic sheet on top. Or, maybe it was just a sheet of paper.

You thought correctly about the Magic Slate. That's exactly what it was.

 

[J.T.B.]

Q: IRL, ship Captains have less administrative work to do then XO's, yes?

No.

Hell if Galileo 7 had been made in TNG era. there would have been someone along to pull Spock aside and tell him it was time to put on his bigboy pants and stop tolerating the insubordination. These arn't your friends.

Yeah Spock should have done some Captain Jellico on them.

That's hilarious. But she really doesn't just sit around in her quarters for weeks on end does she? Does she go over ship mission logs and write historical theses to send to some institute? Does she write for a ship newspaper?? If you're on a five year mission there should be a ship paper!!

Despite what Kirk said, considering how many unique, unprecedented and "world"-altering events Enterprise has been present for, there would seem to be quite enough to keep a historian busy.

She wears a red uniform so her other duties likely involve ship’s support services.

Yeah, it pretty much seems that green is flight and weapons control, blue is science (including medical) and red is everything else. I know, Lt. Masters and Dr. Mulhall, but still.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

If they lay in the course and heading doesn't the computer look after all that and make adjustments so how could they drift off course?

 

[Nerys Myk]

If they lay in the course and heading doesn't the computer look after all that and make adjustments so how could they drift off course?

Drama

 

[Henoch]

The helmsman of an aircraft carrier does not turn on the autopilot and leave the bridge with no one at the helm. Same with a Starship. He must be vigilant for radio-wave disaster signals, space debris, other ships on intercept course, space-time distortions and tides, black stars, alien cloud creatures, space amoebas, etc.

 

[Nerys Myk]

The helmsman of an aircraft carrier does not turn on the autopilot and leave the bridge with no one at the helm. Same with a Starship. He must be vigilant for radio-wave disaster signals, space debris, other ships on intercept course, space-time distortions and tides, black stars, alien cloud creatures, space amoebas, etc.

green hands, rogue planetoids, ex-Presidents...

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

green hands, rogue planetoids, ex-Presidents...

...giant names of actors and a series creator flying by the ship...

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

...giant names of actors and a series creator flying by the ship...

Oh goddammit I forgot those crawls of text they are dangerous to any nearby spacecraft.

 

[Dale Sams]

Rather than give it its own thread...

How Would You Fix Kirk's Scene in "The Naked Time"?....its horrible and its not even Shatners fault. Bad directing, and if i understand things they were running out of filming time.I'll tell you what i like. I like the Repent Sinner sign, the music is fantastic. I like "No beach to walk on" directed at Rand. So best i can do without cutting it all together is

Have Shatner sickbay after sending Spock and Scotty on their way. Have Kirk manhandle some crewmen on the way that have a woman cornered. By the time Kirk gets to sickbay, he's livid and have him deliver his monologue angrily rather then duplicate Nimoy's pathos.

Thats the best I can do. Maybe cutting it out altogether is the best idea.

Edit: As far as I can tell that's the very first time Shatner goes Full Shat in the series. Even WMNHGB's "One! Jealous! God!" was within reason and well done.

 

[Commishsleer]

Q: IRL, ship Captains have less administrative work to do then XO's, yes?

Also...I know the deconstruction/trope is that "A ship captain wouldn't be going on all these away missions!!" But I posit:

1. TOS is more styled on The Exploration Era, and ships Captain certainly went ashore.

2. Here's where I put up some chicken wire to block the rotten veggies and beer bottles to be thrown at me. Spock was NOT a good XO. An XO is to communicate the needs and desires of the Captain. Spock often had trouble communicating with the crew and was often met with open xenophobia and hostility. Even as late as Turnabout Intruder there's a security guard calling him crazy and telling him to leave.

Hell if Galileo 7 had been made in TNG era. there would have been someone along to pull Spock aside and tell him it was time to put on his bigboy pants and stop tolerating the insubordination. These arn't your friends.

So if there's racism and xenophobia then its the victim's fault for being different for having different ideals and culture and for not conforming to the norm. Perhaps Kirk should have had a nice easy-going white guy like Riker or Gary Mitchel that wouldn't upset the crew. That they could relate to.

Since I haven't experienced racism my entire life I don't know how I would react to it day after day. I suppose in the 60s you were just supposed to put on your big boy pants and take it.

I read an old analysis of Galileo 7 and they were saying what if it were Kirk instead of Spock on the Galileo. If Kirk were to say we have to leave 2 people behind, the crew wouldn't react like they did to Spock when he said it. Perhaps because Kirk would look sad not because of any difference in actions.
I felt that the crew of the Galileo were whiny babies. Yes Spock didn't sugar coat stuff but then again the crew weren't a group of cadets straight out of the Academy. However they were being encouraged in their insubordination by McCoy who knew it was Spock's first command. Great to have a buddy along to support you. LOL

 

[trekshark]

regarding the clipboard thing, something similar existed in STV
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Log_recorder

 

[Warped9]

The “Spock’s first command” was overplayed in “The Galileo Seven” as it made no sense for Spock to have served at least thirteen years of shipboard service in Starfleet earning his way to Lt. Commander and not having commanded landing parties, shuttlecraft excursions or taking the con in Pike’s or Kirk’s absence.

 

[Methuselah Flint]

The “Spock’s first command” was overplayed in “The Galileo Seven” as it made no sense for Spock to have served at least thirteen years of shipboard service in Starfleet earning his way to Lt. Commander and not having commanded landing parties, shuttlecraft excursions or taking the con in Pike’s or Kirk’s absence.

Agreed, but this was filmed before The Menagerie and the added history of Pike's era woven in. Up until that point, there's no reason to not suggest that Spock (or indeed anyone else) had only been aboard and possibly of the rank he holds, for the half year or so since the first adventure 'Where No Man...'. Had we not had the wonderful Menagerie, Spock's command service years may well have been only starting out in TOS season one. Indeed, I assume this is also Kirk's first captaincy, suggesting a new, fresh crew starting out a five year mission. The Menagerie, a few short episodes later, arguably retcons this idea, and thus confuses the Spock/first command comments by McCoy. One theory, of course, is that McCoy is referring to a command situation entirely without any contact from anyone else or of higher ranks. I. E. Spock may well have led landing parties, but with full contact by his superior officers, thus he wasn't truly solely in command. Here, he essentially serves as captain to a group of isolated people.

 

[Henoch]

The “Spock’s first command” was overplayed in “The Galileo Seven” as it made no sense for Spock to have served at least thirteen years of shipboard service in Starfleet earning his way to Lt. Commander and not having commanded landing parties, shuttlecraft excursions or taking the con in Pike’s or Kirk’s absence.

Maybe Spock was very clever and avoided it; like a kid who goes through high school avoiding gym.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

The “Spock’s first command” was overplayed in “The Galileo Seven” as it made no sense for Spock to have served at least thirteen years of shipboard service in Starfleet earning his way to Lt. Commander and not having commanded landing parties, shuttlecraft excursions or taking the con in Pike’s or Kirk’s absence.

Another possibility is that McCoy was making a false assumption and running with it, while Spock didn't care enough about the technical, conversational error to correct him.

 

[Warped9]

Kirk’s bio in the Writer’s Guide laid out he held a previous command of a smaller class of vessel.

 

[Harvey]

Kirk’s bio in the Writer’s Guide laid out he held a previous command of a smaller class of vessel.

Which version says that? I'm looking at the last revision (for the third season, dated June 20, 1967). The closest I see to a previous command is a line that says, "Our Captain is a veteran of hundreds of planet landings and space emergencies." And that could just cover his duty onboard the Enterprise.

(Haven't had a chance to check all the other iterations of the Guide.)

 

[Warped9]

It’s reprinted in The Making Of Star Trek.