I enjoy modern storytelling with ongoing elements compared to entirely self-enclosed episodes. I enjoy the new Dr Who series but I find the two parters, with more time to develop the story and guest characters are much more enjoyable. There were some shades of this in early Trek, such as the ongoing Klingon hostilities but after watching Discovery, I was wondering which TOS episodes would have been fun to expand and which elements would have been the best ones to include as ongoing plot devices.
As a general rule, I think most episodes that involve the crew exploring planets would be suitable for expansion into two, three, or four parters.
The Naked Time was originally going to be followed up by a time travel story. In fact, they could have had a mini arc with the ship becoming involved in past politics and skirmishes before finding their way back to the future.
Miri could have had shades of the Walking Dead if the teenagers lived longer in their diseased state.
The City on the Edge of Forever had plenty of scope for expansion. A two parter could even have featured space pirates.
The Return of the Archons could have had some additional layers. It was awfully convenient for Landru to be so close by and there was a creepy invasion of the body snatchers vibe going on. Having the landing party gradually absorbed one by one while they try to work out what's happening could have been cool.
Space Seed had lots of potential. Khan could have escaped with a modern ship, leading to a space chase, and possibly even a return in future episodes, perhaps with an expanded multi racial group of followers (no space hippies).
The Savage Curtain could have been fun with a bigger cast of good and evil characters, with a wider variety of alien and Earth figures, more like Battle Royale.
The Enterprise Incident might have been more fun as a more detailed less plot holey Mission Impossible style adventure.
Elaan of Troyus could have included an episode on her homeworld, one on the way to her wedding, and one see her safely up the aisle.
The Cloud Minders could have featured more layers to the political situation.
Are there any bottle episodes that might have been suitable for expansion?
The closest thing we got to ongoing romance in TOS was the Rand and Kirk non-event or Chapel's embarrassing unrequited crush. Are there any other story elements that people would have liked to see developed, including some that might have involved the supporting cast?
As a general rule, I think most episodes that involve the crew exploring planets would be suitable for expansion into two, three, or four parters.
The Naked Time was originally going to be followed up by a time travel story. In fact, they could have had a mini arc with the ship becoming involved in past politics and skirmishes before finding their way back to the future.
Miri could have had shades of the Walking Dead if the teenagers lived longer in their diseased state.
The City on the Edge of Forever had plenty of scope for expansion. A two parter could even have featured space pirates.
The Return of the Archons could have had some additional layers. It was awfully convenient for Landru to be so close by and there was a creepy invasion of the body snatchers vibe going on. Having the landing party gradually absorbed one by one while they try to work out what's happening could have been cool.
Space Seed had lots of potential. Khan could have escaped with a modern ship, leading to a space chase, and possibly even a return in future episodes, perhaps with an expanded multi racial group of followers (no space hippies).
The Savage Curtain could have been fun with a bigger cast of good and evil characters, with a wider variety of alien and Earth figures, more like Battle Royale.
The Enterprise Incident might have been more fun as a more detailed less plot holey Mission Impossible style adventure.
Elaan of Troyus could have included an episode on her homeworld, one on the way to her wedding, and one see her safely up the aisle.
The Cloud Minders could have featured more layers to the political situation.
Are there any bottle episodes that might have been suitable for expansion?
The closest thing we got to ongoing romance in TOS was the Rand and Kirk non-event or Chapel's embarrassing unrequited crush. Are there any other story elements that people would have liked to see developed, including some that might have involved the supporting cast?
Don't actually know if this is how they showed it in TVH or the remastered version of TIY.
