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Top 5 favorite TOS episodes.

voggmo

Commodore
There must be zilllions of surveys, & done in different countries at different times, & over time the pecking order could change. So, is there a semi solid current list on this?
 
Corbomite maneuver
Doomsday Machine
Ultimate Computer
Journey To Babel
Errand of Mercy

and of course in 78th place just before Alternative Factor, Trouble With Tribbles
 
The top 5 TOS episodes are--

Journey to Babel
Amok Time
City on the Edge of Forever
Balance of Terror
Doomsday Machine


So sayeth moi.
 
I prefer doing at least 10, but lemme see ...

BALANCE OF TERROR

THE EMPATH

THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE

THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME

ERRAND OF MERCY


I could easily drop MIRROR MIRROR and CITY ON THE EDGE and a bunch of other stuff from the Coon era in there, too ...
 
1) Spock's Brain
2) And the Children shall lead
3)The Alternative factor
4)The Mark of Gideon
5) The Lights of Zetar

Just Kiddin!!;)
 
I'll go with:

The Doomsday Machine
Mirror, Mirror
City on the Edge of Forever
The Ultimate Computer
Where No Man Has Gone Before
 
Corbomite Maneuver

Balance of Terror

Journey To Babel

City on the Edge of Forever

Doomsday Machine
 
I believe the OP was asking about any consensus list out there, not our personal top 5s.

From what I've seen here and elsewhere, The City on the Edge of Forever, The Doomsday Machine and Balance of Terror are generally considered to
be the top 3. Following those is a whole plethora of episodes including Corbomite, The Devil in the Dark, Journey to Babel, Mirror Mirror, The Cage, and several others.

Interestingly, there was a "Viewer's Choice Marathon" in 1991 that claimed to have compiled the top 10 episodes based on fan voting. I have no idea where/when this voting occurred or who was sampled. That top 10 was:
10. Balance of Terror
9. A Piece of the Action
8 & 7. The Menagerie
6. Space Seed
5. Amok Time
4. The Doomsday Machine
3. Mirror, Mirror
2. The City on the Edge of Forever
1. The Trouble With Tribbles

The Nimoy and Shatner introductions to the episodes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saAlrKGUWJ4

This list always held a special place in my heart because it was the first time (as a 7 year old! :)) that I recorded Star Trek episodes for posterity. It was on KPTV12 (Portland, OR) for me!


And, just for kicks here's my personal top 5:
1. Balance of Terror
2. The Cage
3. City on the Edge of Forever
4. Mirror, Mirror
5. Space Seed
 
There were a lot of great episodes so it's pretty difficult to pare it down to just 5, but here goes. Please note that this list is in no particular order and is subject to change just because.

Journey to Babel

The Menagerie

Balance of Terror

Errand of Mercy

Mirror, Mirror
 
The Doomsday Machine
The City on the Edge of Forever
Space Seed
Balance of Terror
The Menagerie (counting both parts as a single episdode)

I'm surprised Space Seed isn't on more lists...
 
My top five TOS eps are, in this order:

Amok Time
Journey to Babel
Mirror, Mirror
Arena
Balance of Terror

Of course, 6-10 are almost as good in my view as my top five.

Red Ranger
 
In no particular order:

Mirror/Mirror
Amok Time
A Piece of the Action
The Menagerie
Journey to Babel
 
1. The City on the Edge of Forever
2. The Enemy Within
3. The Cage (full 90-minute version)
4. Where No Man Has Gone Before (original pre-broadcast cut)
5. The Doomsday Machine
 
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