what episode/moral/quote influenced you the most from TOS

[AmOkTiMe1]

Everyone who has watched TOS, even if you didnt liek the show, has a little fragment lodged in there heart, with me it has to of been "Charlie X"
from what i can remember it showed me that complete isolation can destroy persons ability to communicate with others e.g. When the boy tries to marry christine and smacks her on the ass, she takes offence and problems arise!!

wat did you get from TOS that will be with you for the rest of your life???

 

[Michael]

Good question. I think first and foremost it is the appreciation for friendship and camaraderie (as illustrated by Kirk, Spock and McCoy) that I was most influenced by. I always try to incorporate the respect they have for one another (even when disagreeing) in my own friendships.

Then there is the philosophy of Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination. I try to be a very open-minded guy who not only accepts diversity but favors it.

 

[Captain Robert April]

There are a few quotes that got my neurons firing.

From "The Corbomite Maneuver", after all the abuse Kirk and the Enterprise had put up with for the past several hours, he's still able to say this to McCoy:

"What's the mission of this vessel, Doctor? To seek out and contact alien life and an opportunity to demonstrate what our high-sounding words mean."

Or this little jewel from Dr. Boyce in "The Menagerie" (or "The Cage", take your pick):

"A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on, and licks it, or he...turns his back on it and starts to wither away."

And, of course, this classic from "Return to Tomorrow":

"They used to say if man was meant to fly, he'd have wings.

"But he did fly. He discovered he had to.

"Do you wish that the first Apollo mission hadn't reached the moon or that we hadn't gone on to Mars or the nearest star? That's like saying you wish that you still operated with scalpels and sewed your patients up with catgut like your great-great-great-great-grandfather used to.

"I'm in command. I could order this.

"But I'm not.

"Because ... Dr. McCoy is right in pointing out the enormous danger potential in any contact with life and intelligence as fantastically advanced as this. But I must point out that the possibilities, the potential for knowledge and advancement is equally great.

"Risk. Risk is our business.

"That's what the starship is all about.

"That's why we're aboard her."

 

[Captain Robert April]

Another one I just remembered, from Dr. McCoy in "Balance of Terror":

"In this galaxy, there's a mathematical probability of 3 million Earth-type planets. And in all of the universe, 3 million million galaxies like this. And in all of that, and perhaps more, only one of each of us."

 

[A beaker full of death]

"Moral"?
I feel nauseous.

 

[Kagan]

A Taste of Armageddon, Scotty says: "The haggis is in the fire for sure."

I was a teenager before I knew what haggis was. By the time that I got to college, I understood how Scotty feels about paper-pushing administrators. Now that I'm 43, I, like Scotty, kick the haggis in the fire quite a bit. Sometimes, I do it just for the pleasure of disrupting the paper-pushers.

"Moral"?
I feel nauseous.

There's a barf bag in the pocket on the back of the seat in front of you.
C'mon beaker, come out a play with the nerds.

 

[Shatmandu]

This is a nice, positive question.

My biggest take-away from TOS was to do the right thing, even when it hurts.

Add the importance of friendship, loyalty, and honesty to the list, too.

And also to make all computers I encounter swallow their tongues.

Joe, magnetized

 

[Outpost4]

When I was younger I tried to be like Kirk. Failing miserably at that, I realized it was just a TV show. You can't live it. I'm much happier now.

Be yourself, the message of Journey To Babel.

What was the question?

 

[Michael]

^ Really? I always wanted to be Spock.

 

[A beaker full of death]

When I was younger I tried to be like Kirk. Failing miserably at that, I realized it was just a TV show. You can't live it. I'm much happier now.

I disagree. I live it every day.
You don't have to be a ship's captain to be like a character you admire.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all, as wanting. It is not logical but it is often true."

 

[KeepOnTrekking]

Change is the essential process of all existence. -- Spock - LTBYLB

 

[jayrath]

Another one I just remembered, from Dr. McCoy in "Balance of Terror":

"In this galaxy, there's a mathematical probability of 3 million Earth-type planets. And in all of the universe, 3 million million galaxies like this. And in all of that, and perhaps more, only one of each of us."

I was just going to post that. Yes! Thank you.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Kirk, to Decker, in "The Doomsday Machine":

"We're stronger WITH you than without you!"

 

[idreamedmusic]

I think it would be "The Devil in the Dark" for me. It may seem cheesy and blatantly obvious now, but I remember watching it as a kid and being totally into it. As in, I did not see the resolution coming at all. And it really imparted a message of not judging anything by the outward appearance of it back then, something that is as true today as it will ever be.
The same can be said for "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", which I watched without being aware of its context. Aaah, to be that clueless again.

This may sound pc and what-not, but as I was going through a time where I was less connected to Trek and wasn't rewatching any eps post-TNG, these two TOS eps still stood out in my mind. Come to think of it, it's also interesting I immediately thought of TOS only eps here, but this may have less to do with overall quality of the various shows and more with myself and my age when I first watched TOS.

 

[Esteban]

Let me help.

 

[Swarles Barkley]

"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all, as wanting. It is not logical but it is often true."

Testify, Spock! That one definitely resonates with me. Apparently T'Pring and my ex-wife have a lot of common traits...

 

[TheLonelySquire]

"Moral"?
I feel nauseous.

Why´s that Beaker?



Oh, to answer the OP´s question.

Spock: ¨That is a woman.¨
Nomad:¨A mass of conflicting impulses.¨¨

 

[Garth Rockett]

"The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank." - Scotty, A Taste of Armageddon

 

[Sector 7]

I don't know if I can add anything new. You have all stated it so well.
For me Star Trek literally saved my life. In all those old TOS repeats, I saw an optimistic future, hope, the worth of the individual, the acceptance of others different from you (whether it be race, background, beliefs or whatever)...
For some reason Journey to Babel & Devil in the Dark always stand out in my mind. JtB showed me that Spock (whom I most identified with as the "different" one) also had family problems to deal with... and if he could make it work and be a great person, then I could also do it. The Horta also taught me that if they could accept some alien who was totally different, then maybe there was hope for me, too.