Talk:The Enemy Within (Star Trek: The Original Series)

Random musings

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Missed it

Shouldn't it be mentioned, the transporter unit ionizer was damaged by the 'evil' Kirk's phraser blast (due to Spock nerve pinch). Or is this not in the episode. GoodDay 01:28, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I believe the same shot was used to illustrate both the phaser blast and and the transporter damage, although the latter was caused by the mystery ore originally. I think it's probably a continuity or editing error. CiudadanoGlobal (talk) 00:04, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Trivia

Trivia belongs more properly under a trivia section, renaming that section notes is a little underhand. There's a sufeit of trivia in popular culture, perhaps we should think of trimming it a little? Alastairward 07:44, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

No takers, so here's the unreferenced stuff;

• The film is reversed left-to-right for the first five minutes or so; note that William Shatner's hair is parted on the wrong side and that the shirt he wears has no insignia on it.
• There is a continuity error involving one scene being misplaced in the episode. Kirk goes to his quarters, Rand briefs him on work she's done and he thanks and dismisses her. Spock arrives to ask Kirk about "him" demanding brandy from Sick Bay, then leaves Kirk there. In the very next - misplaced - scene, Spock and Kirk come to the transporter room to Scott's report about the "alfapooch" being duplicated, and Kirk has a realization about what happened to him. Then, Spock again goes to Kirk's quarters about the attack on Rand and finding the brandy bottle in her quarters. They leave and go to Sick Bay to hear Rand tell what happened. The scene ends with Spock saying they have an impostor on board. If the misplaced scene was properly placed, after Kirk dismisses McCoy's story as a joke on Spock, Spock would later return about the attack on Janice. Spock would then conclude there is an impostor on board, and then they are summoned to the transporter room, where the facts finally fall into place.
• This episode and the "evil Kirk" were referenced in William Shatner's infamous 1986 SNL skit skewering Star Trek conventions. After a conference with an attorney, Kirk's outburst at the convention was attributed to Shatner being in character as the evil Kirk, to which he received a standing ovation. That skit was also credited with sparking one of SNL's many revivals.

Any cites? Alastairward (talk) 12:33, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Shuttlecraft not used

Alright, now someone mentioned the FAQ about why a shuttle wasn't used, but isn't that innacurate seeing as on Star Trek Enterprise, they clearly do have shuttles and that series takes place a long time before TOS? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.31.107.155 (talk) 07:37, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

I assume what the writer of that comment meant is that the makers of TOS had not added the idea of the Enterprise even having a shuttle yet... 78.20.143.210 (talk) 02:16, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Obviously, it still begs the question of how do you explain it away in the context of the Star Trek universe why the shuttlecraft wasn't used.... CiudadanoGlobal (talk) 00:07, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I would disagree. If the shuttlecraft hadn't been invented yet, then it's not relevant to this article. It's like asking why Tuvok wasn't seen in the background of that Star Trek movie; it wasn't invented yet that he served under Sulu. Sure, any number of reasonable explanations can be created for both incidents, but it'd fall under 'original research' which Wikipedia does not like. Lots42 (talk) 03:05, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

So when the shuttle craft was "invented", the Enterprise underwent a refit to have a hangar deck added? 209.131.225.194 (talk) 00:51, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Picture caption

Maybe it's my strange computer (it's very strange) but the caption for the image seems messed up. Lots42 (talk) 03:03, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

It's was before, not after.

The evil Kirk cried out that he wanted to live, then passed out. From there the good Kirk took the evil Kirk to the transporter room. GoodDay (talk) 23:50, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

I'm having trouble seeing your point, does something need to be changed? StarHOG (Talk) 16:27, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Vulcan nerve pinch

The first episode to show the Vulcan nerve pinch was The Naked Time.92.9.55.132 (talk) 17:33, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

@92.9.55.132 Yes, they were filmed in the reverse order. 177.26.238.217 (talk) 13:38, 22 October 2023 (UTC)