Well there's that episode of B5 where this alien woman created an immortality drug by experimenting (killing) an entire planet's inhabitants (genocide).
Very similar.
The Savage Curtain - Like it, love it or hate it?
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Well there's that episode of B5 where this alien woman created an immortality drug by experimenting (killing) an entire planet's inhabitants (genocide).
Very similar.
I haven't seen B5 since it was originally on. I think it's high time for a rewatch.
B5 was a good show but it had a few clunkers like most shows of it's era!
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I love "The Savage Curtain" ... it's got it all. From the time the bridge crew drops its collective jaw at the sight of Abraham Lincoln on the viewscreen, materialising in the vacuum of space, the show's nothing but over-the-top. It's got it all ... a cool-looking monster suit and nifty idea around it, a Klingon who does impersonations and lets a Human command, Surak & The Robe of Many Colours ... and, of course Abe working his magic. More than any of this, the mysterious Colonel Greene was a very cool concept, I've always thought. One which I truly hope gets made into a STAR TREK miniseries in the near future. It would have it all ... nuclear war and everything leading up to it, then the horrible repercussions and from the ash and smoke emerges this sinister figure, in his attempt to take over the world!
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Yep, Colonel Green was an outstanding character. And Kahless' impressions were not to be missed. "Now can you cry like Lincoln?"
Surely one of the better episodes of season 3.
Who was a better Lincoln? This Lincoln, or the Lincoln from the Twilight Zone?
A fun but silly episode. Just don't let the plotholes make you lose the forest for.the trees.
No other episode goes back and forth so much for me. I can see it as one of Trek's most embarrassing moments, or as a very interesting one with good SF ideas, depending on the day. It doesn't help that it's a transparent reworking of Arena, but most s3 stories are recyclings of an earlier idea. At least there was always a new twist on them.
Or the one from The Time Tunnel?
JB
The one from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. "Party on, dudes!"
The obvious choice is ROBERTA LINCOLN.
We have. In Awakening, we see Surak talking to Archer from inside his head. Archer is carrying Surak's Katra..
Not TOS and possibly not the same timeline dare I say, or even the same universal quadrant?
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JB
In that case, neither is Kahless' clone.
Well, the Kahless clone was taken from cells of the original Kahless from thousands of years ago but that's TNG and not TOS! 
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This episode is so horrible, I'm not sure I can stand to even read the thread.
Its only redeeming value is the material John M Ford was able to mine from it for background detail for the masterpiece novel The Final Reflection.
Its only redeeming value is the material John M Ford was able to mine from it for background detail for the masterpiece novel The Final Reflection.
I have to admit I like Yarnek. He reminds me of a giant, overcooked misshapen brownie with marshmallows poking out. I get hungry every time I see him!
I watch Savage Curtain just to see more of my Trek babe, Zora.
Aha! I knew there was inspiration somewhere for Peggy Bundy's hair!
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