Anyone have any information on why Nichelle Nichols was not in this episode??!
The Last TOS Episode, Turnabout Intruder...Where Is Uhura?
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Since the show was toast, she was advised by MLK to take a week off. 
Was she scheduled to appear in every episode?
^ Correct.
It's probably just a strange quirk of scheduling or budget that Nichelle disappears three episodes from the end, none of the cast except the big three appear in the penultimate episode at all (Scotty is heard over the communicator, but he is not seen), and everybody sans Nichols was present for the finale.
It's probably just a strange quirk of scheduling or budget that Nichelle disappears three episodes from the end, none of the cast except the big three appear in the penultimate episode at all (Scotty is heard over the communicator, but he is not seen), and everybody sans Nichols was present for the finale.
Sorry what do you mean about Scotty?
He was in 'Turnabout Intruder'. I saw him or are you saying he was there? I'm confused.
BTW I liked Uhura's replacement. Was she cheaper than Nichols though?
In All Our Yesterdays, we only HEAR Scotty....the whole episode takes place on the planet
Oh he meant that the only regulars to appear in all of the last 3 episodes were Kirk, Spock and McCoy. Sorry.
I'm not sure that proves that much. Wasn't that episode the only one that didn't have any Enterprise scenes in it?
I meant exactly what I said: Uhura is gone after her appearance in "The Savage Curtain", we only 'see' the big three in "All Our Yesterdays" (although Scotty is HEARD as a voice-over, we don't actually SEE him, so it's unlikely that Doohan was even required for the filming of the episode, his bits could've been recorded separately at any time), and then everyone except Uhura appears in "Turnabout Intruder".
I'm not sure the order in which they were produced, but I suspect it's probably just a strange quirk of scheduling that Uhura vanishes three episodes from the end.
I'm not sure the order in which they were produced, but I suspect it's probably just a strange quirk of scheduling that Uhura vanishes three episodes from the end.
Are they allowed to use a contracted actor in an episode but not pay him for it? Even if he didn't actually do anything that week?
Doesn't penultimate mean just before ultimate? All Our Yesterdays is the penultimate ep to Turnabout Intruder's ultimate ep.
^ Absolutely. That's what I said.I'm afraid Mutoid's gotten a wee bit confused (perhaps I could've worded it better?).
Nah, penultimate is a pretty cool word.
No stop it with the fancy smancy talk!^ Absolutely. That's what I said.
Nah, penultimate is a pretty cool word.
Uhura was off at Command Training School that week.
Nichelle wasn't missing from the last three episodes as she appeared in The Savage Curtain! She wasn't in All Our Yesterdays or Turnabout Intruder! The whole crew wasn't actually all present in Turnabout as where was Mr.Kyle? we can't forget the chicken soup engineer now can we? I know he only showed up in one season three episode but.....
No stop it with the fancy smancy talk!^ Absolutely. That's what I said.
Nah, penultimate is a pretty cool word.
No, please! "Penultimate" is premious cool!
It is like, the next to the last best word!
Or, a really kick-ass writing instrument.
I can never remember which.
Looking at Star Trek: The Inside Story, Turnabout Intruder was the only episode shot in 1969, so if Nichols had been offered a gig to start the first week of January, then knowing that the series was cancelled it would make sense for her to take it, unless she was under contract to Paramount and they obliged to do the last week of Trek. Speculating, but...
It's almost certainly the case that they had simply satisfied her contract before that episode and so didn't call her in to save money. Perhaps someone will find a memo about it digging around in the UCLA archives someday.
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