Spoilers Strange New Worlds 1x02 - "Children of The Comet"

[Gov Kodos]

This comet travels the galaxy growing life.

So it's not confined to one star.

So that ship has been following the comet for thousands of years at subwarp speeds between stars?

Or...

The Comet naturally goes to warp between stars, or the command center on the surface takes the comet to warp.

So do the shepherds worship the comet or the command center?

Moonbase Alpha got to a new planet nearly every week.

 

[Belz...]

Moonbase Alpha got to a new planet nearly every week.

Yeah, sci-fi writers and science aren't very close acquaintances.

 

[GNDN18]

I added a picture to my post illustrating my baseless speculation. :P

I think you’re right. Look at the open second door, the caution tape, and the arrow on the deck pointing toward the hatches.

ETA Also, note the red and green indicators above the red hatch. We saw these pressurization lights on the hangar deck a few years later, or a few decades earlier, depending on your preferences.

 

[Skipper]

Yeah, sci-fi writers and science aren't very close acquaintances.

In the case of Space 1999 they hated each other with a flaming rage which burnt as thousands of exploding suns.

 

[Belz...]

In they case of Space 1999 they hated each other with a flaming rage which burnt as thousands of exploding suns.

Ah, so that's what kept the moon in motion...

I think you’re right. Look at the open second door, the caution tape, and the arrow on the deck pointing toward the hatches.

ETA Also, note the red and green indicators above the red hatch. We saw these pressurization lights on the hangar deck a few years later, or a few decades earlier, depending on your preferences.

Indeed. I hadn't noticed all that. And from your picture I also see a warning sign on the inner door, as well as a manual release lever.

 

[Skipper]

Ah, so that's what kept the moon in motion...

Joking aside, the Andersons almost took pride in the scientific inconsistencies of the series. They thought being scientifically accurate was an impediment to telling interesting stories.

Gerry Anderson had to say:

Regarding scientific accuracy and a critical review of Space: 1999 by Isaac Asimov, Gerry Anderson commented: ‘I think that a show that is absolutely scientifically correct can be as dull as ditch-water. But I think the point he was making was that, if you are going deep into the universe, then you can say whatever you like and that’s fine; but if you’re dealing with subjects that we have up-to-date knowledge on, like the Moon, then you ought to be correct. I think that was a reasonable criticism. But I think the problem with scientific advisors is that if you had a scientific advisor in 1820 he would have told you that it was impossible to fly and to travel beyond the speed of sound. And today they’re telling us that it’s impossible to travel beyond the speed of light. I think, therefore, they are inhibiting to a production, and since the heading is science fiction – underline the word fiction – I don’t really think there’s any place for them.’

I wonder what he would have said about modern shows like The Expanse which managed to be entertaining and not too much horrible from a scientific point of view...

 

[Belz...]

Joking aside, the Andersons almost took pride in the scientific inconsistencies of the series. They thought being scientifically accurate was an impediment to telling interesting stories.

He's not wrong, of course. I think there's a balance to be struck between realism (without which it's difficult to take a work seriously) and the requirements of storytelling (without which it's difficult to take a work to heart). Problem is, of course, that we each have our own point where we think the balance should be.

 

[cooleddie74]

It's nice to have bright colors inside these ships again.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The moon was moving at relativistic speed between stars.

It breaks while approaching a new star then slingshots around the star accelerating back to relativistic speed.

This would imply lines of force existing between stars that Luna is following, or because of time dilation the amount of time experienced traveling between any two stars is the same other than breaking and accelerating, is identical.

 

[Kirby]

Am I the only one reminded of The Price Is Right by this picture?

 

[Belz...]

Am I the only one reminded of The Price Is Right by this picture?

Makes you wonder where the Plinko board is.

 

[JRob94]

Loved this episode! And I really hope that Nichelle Nichols makes a cameo as Uhura’s grandmother. If I recall correctly, that was planned for one of the JJ films? Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.

 

[Noname Given]

I suspect the telepathy was mostly on Hemmer, since Vulcans are primarily "touch" telepaths. All Spock had to do was open a window in his mind so that Hemmer could sense when Spock was throwing the object.

In eight or nine years or so, Spock will project his thoughts to a guard to escape a cell in TOS S1 "A Taste Of Armageddon"; and will try the same trick again in TOS S2 "By Any Other Name", and he'll use his telepathy yet again to get Cloud William's mate to open a communicator in TOS S2 "The Omega Glory".

So yeah, Spock's future telepathic ability is pretty well-documented.

 

[GNDN18]

Am I the only one reminded of The Price Is Right by this picture?

Whatever could you mean?

 

[Jack Wolfe]

Makes you wonder where the Plinko board is.

La'an would prefer to play "Punch A Bunch".

 

[cooleddie74]

The mountain climber scales Seleya.

 

[Belz...]

The mountain climber scales Seleya.

He indeed often needs to get his Katra back.

 

[cooleddie74]

If he falls off then you don't win the year's supply of dilithium.

 

[Gov Kodos]

He indeed often needs to get his Katra back.

He thought he was a loner but he knew it couldn't last so he left his home in Shikahr for some California grass.

 

[Belz...]

Now I want to see someone edit the YOU DIED message from Dark Souls after the mountain climber falls off...