TOS eps Ever referenced again?

[HIj'Qa]

I've been doing a little project; connecting episodes that seem to have contributed a story idea, character, overt/covert reference, or even throw-away line, to the novel, comic, game or other Star Trek item that built on it.

Surprisingly, for the amount of spin off stuff TOS has generated over 40 years, I can't connect these episodes with any further mention. Can anybody help me out?

TOS# 56 SPECTRE OF THE GUN [the Melkot
TOS# 58 THE PARADISE SYNDROME (Preserver planet Miramanee
TOS# 60 AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD [Triacus children???
TOS# 61 SPOCK'S BRAIN [Sigma Draconis civilization
TOS# 62 IS THERE IN TRUTH NO BEAUTY? (Miranda Jones, Medusans, Ambassador Kollos
TOS# 67 PLATO'S STEPCHILDREN [Alexander, Sahndara system
TOS# 68 WINK OF AN EYE [Scalos
TOS# 70 LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD (Cheron, Ariannus)
TOS# 72 THE MARK OF GIDEON [Gideon
TOS# 75 THE WAY TO EDEN ( Dr Sevrin, Tiburon, Irina)
TOS# 30 CATSPAW [extragalactic alien creatures
TOS# 6 THE MAN TRAP [M-113 civilization, McCoy and Nancy and Robert Crater

 

[Trent Roman]

TOS# 60 AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD [Triacus children???

Greg Cox's Q-Continuum Trilogy gave the history of the entity that compelled the children, along with the entities from "Day of the Dove" and the fifth movie.

TOS# 62 IS THERE IN TRUTH NO BEAUTY? (Miranda Jones, Medusans, Ambassador Kollos

Medusans have been mentioned here and there; for instance, John Vornholt's A Time to Be Born/Die features a Medusan Starfleet officer who lived in a kind of mobile chamber so no-one would go insane seeing him, and I believe wound up becoming a Traveler with Wesley.

TOS# 75 THE WAY TO EDEN ( Dr Sevrin, Tiburon, Irina)

Tiburonians have popped up now and again, including on-screen in Deep Space Nine. One example off the top of my head, there's a Tiburonian bridge officer on the ship Picard commands in the TNG portion of the Gateways series, Doorways into Chaos.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Christopher]

TOS# 58 THE PARADISE SYNDROME (Preserver planet Miramanee

Well, the Preservers get mentioned all the time; there's a bizarre tendency to identify them with every unnamed ancient power in Trek history, whether there's any reason to draw a connection or not. As for Miramanee's planet specifically, I don't think it's been revisited, but there are plenty of other Trek planets you don't list that haven't. So I'm not sure if you're referring to the episode as a whole or to that specific aspect of it.

TOS# 67 PLATO'S STEPCHILDREN [Alexander, Sahndara system

I mentioned in Orion's Hounds that Alexander went on to become a Federation ambassador, particularly to species of small stature such as the Sti'ach.

TOS# 68 WINK OF AN EYE [Scalos

I made a passing reference to Scalos water in The Buried Age, as part of a metaphor to describe someone very fast and hyperactive. But that doesn't really count.

TOS# 70 LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD (Cheron, Ariannus)

Really, would anyone want to follow up on that? (Indeed, I'm surprised your list doesn't include "The Alternative Factor" -- I'm not aware of any attempts to follow up on it, and with good reason.)

TOS# 75 THE WAY TO EDEN ( Dr Sevrin, Tiburon, Irina)

In Ex Machina, I mention Chekov taking leave to try to work things out with Irina Galliulin (to explain his absence during the animated series). He wasn't successful, obviously.

 

[Turtletrekker]

TOS# 70 LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD (Cheron, Ariannus)

Really, would anyone want to follow up on that? (Indeed, I'm surprised your list doesn't include "The Alternative Factor" -- I'm not aware of any attempts to follow up on it, and with good reason.)

Actually, either Bele or Lokai appeared in the first DC comics TNG mini-series. As far as I know, that's the first TOS character to cross into the TNG era.

 

[UssGlenn]

TOS# 75 THE WAY TO EDEN ( Dr Sevrin, Tiburon, Irina)

Wasn't the original Chief Engineer on the Titan a Tiburonian? I remember a reference to the ears...yep, I just checked memory beta.

 

[Christopher]

TOS# 70 LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD (Cheron, Ariannus)

Really, would anyone want to follow up on that? (Indeed, I'm surprised your list doesn't include "The Alternative Factor" -- I'm not aware of any attempts to follow up on it, and with good reason.)

Actually, either Bele or Lokai appeared in the first DC comics TNG mini-series. As far as I know, that's the first TOS character to cross into the TNG era.

Oh yes, that's right. Bele did appear in issue 6 of that miniseries, though I could never quite figure out why. It was kind of a random inclusion, since the story didn't have any connection to LTBYLB.

And the first TOS character to cross into the TNG era was Leonard McCoy in "Encounter at Farpoint."

 

[Turtletrekker]

And the first TOS character to cross into the TNG era was Leonard McCoy in "Encounter at Farpoint."

D'OH!

 

[HIj'Qa]

(Indeed, I'm surprised your list doesn't include "The Alternative Factor" -- I'm not aware of any attempts to follow up on it, and with good reason.)

SNW 10 Spec Reborn revisits Lazarus!

Thanks for the various inputs everybody, knocks a few more off my list.

 

[David Mack]

TOS# 58 THE PARADISE SYNDROME (Preserver planet Miramanee)

This was specifically referenced in my SCE novella Small World.

TOS# 75 THE WAY TO EDEN ( Dr Sevrin, Tiburon, Irina)

Crewman Torvin, one of the engineers on the U.S.S. Sagittarius in my Vanguard novel Reap the Whirlwind, is a Tiburonian.

 

[ronny]

i can't give the details, because i don't remember them or i missed them but i know david r. george made it a point to reference every single TOS and TAS episode and all the TOS moves in his Crucible trilogy.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Oh yes, that's right. Bele did appear in issue 6 of that miniseries, though I could never quite figure out why.

It was Bele miscoloured with Lokai's complexion, too. He was also rather tall - taller than he was when played by Frank Gorshin.

Bele to Picard: "Return to my shattered world... have no others of my race... no one to love... No I was meant to be here... [on Faltos]."

 

[TheAlmanac]

It's a little eerie to see this thread right now, as I was just on the verge of starting a thread here asking whether there were any TOS episodes which didn't have literary sequels...

Learning all of these nuggets related to obscure (N.B. this sometimes means "bad" ) TOS episodes is really cool, so thanks to everyone who's responded so far.

 

[HIj'Qa]

So we're down to :

TOS# 56 SPECTRE OF THE GUN [the Melkot

TOS# 61 SPOCK'S BRAIN [Sigma Draconis civilization

TOS# 68 WINK OF AN EYE [Scalos

TOS# 72 THE MARK OF GIDEON [Gideon

TOS# 30 CATSPAW [extragalactic alien creatures

TOS# 6 THE MAN TRAP [M-113 civilization, McCoy and Nancy and Robert Crater

Gideon and Man Trap surprise me, but the others, I can kinda see why. . .

 

[KRAD]

TOS# 56 SPECTRE OF THE GUN [the Melkot

An early storyline in DC's Star Trek comic by Mike W. Barr had the Melkotians facing off against the Organians.

TOS# 75 THE WAY TO EDEN ( Dr Sevrin, Tiburon, Irina)

One of President Bacco's deputy chiefs of staff in Articles of the Federation was a Tiburonian woman named Xeldara Trask, though she resigned in May 2380 to be with her family. The councillor representing Tiburon to the Federation is Delleo Gnizbreg.

 

[William Leisner]

You can watch for a brief homage to "The Way to Eden" in A Less Perfect Union...

 

[Christopher]

TOS# 56 SPECTRE OF THE GUN [the Melkot

An early storyline in DC's Star Trek comic by Mike W. Barr had the Melkotians facing off against the Organians.

No, that was the Excalbians vs. the Organians.

 

[JD]

TOS# 75 THE WAY TO EDEN ( Dr Sevrin, Tiburon, Irina)

As you can tell, there have been quite a few Tiburonians in all of the different book series. They actually seem to be a fairly popular race for guest characters.

 

[Stevil2001]

Probably because they're about the only classic-era Federation member that's not one of the obvious "big names", i.e. Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites.

 

[captcalhoun]

IIRC, Miramanee's planet - certainly the Obelisk found thereon - was referenced in "Preserver" from Shatner's Mirror Universe trilogy.

unless i'm going completely mental, i believe Planet of Judgement the old Bantam novel references the Melkotians...

oh, no, it was the Organians...

 

[Christopher]

^^Gee, it's starting to look like the Melkotians' special power is to get mistaken for other superadvanced species.