From "The Naked Time"
CHAPEL: Mister Spock, (takes his hand) the men from Vulcan treat their women strangely. At least, people say that, but you're part human too. I know you don't, you couldn't, hurt me, would you? I'm in love with you, Mister Spock. You, the human Mister Spock, the Vulcan Mister Spock.
SPOCK: Nurse, you should
CHAPEL: Christine, please. I see things, how honest you are. I know how you feel. You hide it, but you do have feeling. Oh, how we must hurt you, torture you.
SPOCK: I'm in control of my emotions.
CHAPEL: The others believe that. I don't. I love you. I don't know why, but I love you. I do love you just as you are. Oh, I love you.
SPOCK: I'm sorry.
So, Chapel signed on the Enterprise a little bit before this week's episode. Long enough to form friendships and even a crush on Spock. Had she not been drunk under the influence of the Psi 2000 virus, she may never have revealed this crush. After all, she signed on with the hope (so it appears) of finding Korby, her fiance.
Kirk and Chapel are not the least bit cold even at the initial beam-down site. I can understand the cavern rooms having a warmer temperature with heat regulation. Underground caves typically are always the year-round average surface temperature where they are located. That beam-down site at the mouth of the cave should have been freezing cold. Perhaps the uniforms have some kind of thermal protection. Does not explain their heads and hands not being cold though.
If the uniforms do not have thermal abilities, why did they beam down unprotected? They had no idea what to expect in the caves, but the knew the surface was arctic conditions. Parkas? Warm weather gear?
Dr. Brown was replaced with an android. What happened to the original Dr. Brown? Was he murdered by Korby? Ruk? Accident? Brown was replaced, but it appears his "consciousness" or "soul" was not transferred like Korby's was. Perhaps Brown felt the exploitation of this technology was immoral and refused to be a part of Korby's plan?
Was there a real Andrea that was part of Korby's expedition? Was she replaced like Brown? It's interesting that Andrea, Brown, and Korby are all wearing green and blue jumpsuits but Ruk is dressed differently. Was Ruk the only "original" android?
Speaking of those jumpsuits - interesting how Andrea's seemed to lack most of the top portion.
Nice interplay between Uhura and Chapel at the beginning. I do appreciate these moments that really flesh out these people work and live together and have done so for a while. Even Kirk's "message" to Spock shows a level of familiarity that had to develop over time.
Why wasn't Korby waiting for Kirk and Chapel at the beam-down location? If you want to keep someone from nosing around and stumbling upon secrets they should not, you supervise them the whole time. You aren't late to the meeting. Or send Dr. Brown. Someone should have been there before they beamed down. They are androids, they know how long it takes to walk to the cave entrance. Even humans would know how long. You tell Kirk to beam down at X time and make sure you are there first.
I like seeing "The Cage" phasers. It's a sense of realism. These civilians don't have the latest Starfleet (are they called Starfleet yet?) equipment. They have older equipment or civilian versions.
Anybody keeping a body count? Are these the first 2 redshirts to die?
Androids do not understand emotion. Only Korby, whose entire consciousness was transferred, emotes normally. Except Ruk acts pretty emotionally. A difference between the Old Ones building androids and Korby trying to imitate them?
Even with a consciousness inside the machine body, a human will go crazy. Megalomaniac. Or maybe just Korby. Full consciousness transfer could be a good thing for those critically injured. A full body prosthetic. Chapel couldn't love Korby though, not in his artificial body. Or maybe she was rejecting what he became mentally. Are we seeing a bias against artificial life? Chapel was not disgusted by Korby until she saw the wires. Up to that point she had not been repulsed by the "conquer the galaxy" attitude Korby displayed. "Duplicate the Captain and take over the Enterprise? Oh, my darling fiance, my loyalty is to you and not Starfleet. What? You're an artificial life form? You die! You go to hell and you die!"
This technology is incredible. I wonder what happens to it. Will Starfleet study these androids? Will they learn how to duplicate the technology and build more? Will we see future android characters? Of course, there is that flaw with emotions. Once an android is confronted with emotion, they being acting erratically. Only humans can control emotions.
Whats the deal with all these paper cards Kirk2 shows Korby when discussing the Enterprise orders and destinations? Shouldn't he bring down a tablet or some other digital device? What is this, the 20th century?
Wonder if George Samuel Kirk would have been better off getting that transfer he wanted.
What is the deal with Spock smirking at the end? Almost like he isn't in control of his emotions.
