An evil crew, paradise, and a destructive intergalactic space worm. All this and more in this week’s episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast!
I am joined, as usual, this week by my wife, Abbie, and our friend, Nate, as we discuss:
- The next 3 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series – Mirror Mirror, The Apple, and The Doomsday Machine
- Is this the “darkest timeline”?
- Another parallel universe episode
- Gene Roddenberry’s vision (hope?) for the future
- Star Trek has always been progressive for its time – it’s not something new today
- Under the progressive veneer, there are still traditional values throughout the episodes
- Theory of parallel universes
- What are you? DNA? Experiences?
- Was Kirk trying to change the mirror universe for the better? Or was he just trying to get back to his universe and his ship?
- “Evil” Kirk is a formidable foe
- For a savage society, they are really bad at fighting
- Uniform colors
- Nature vs. Nurture and morality
- A piecemeal episode
- A Spock and Bones role reversal?
- What is the definition of “Paradise”?
- An anti-religion episode?
- Spock like Satan
- No ramifications?
- Can freedom be imposed? Or is it necessarily a choice?
- Lurr – Ruler of Omicron Persei VIII
- The parable of the banker and the fisherman from Jimmy John’s
- Can a society be thriving but also stagnant?
- Exploration of other command styles
- Other ships
- A rare consensus
- Cold War commentary
- How often to officers lose their ships?
- Decisions and results
- Major transporter issues. Is Scotty bad at his job?
- Security shortcomings
- Planetary system discussion
- Motion Picture and other movie discussion
- It all comes back to Independence Day
