It cannot be overstated how limited budgets led to some of the best writing on TV. And this episode is one of the best-written in the entire franchise.
It’s also my absolute favorite shot of Uhura:
Ensign Skippy was getting a little too political, so Uhura replaced him and fired the death blow against the Romulan Bird of Prey. And she just leans back and takes it in during this dolly shot of the bridge. Stone Cold.
When Whoopi Goldberg was little, she saw Uhura on Star Trek and yelled to her mother, “there’s a black lady on TV and she ain’t no maid!”
And not only was she no maid, she was a certified badass. And so was Nichelle Nichols. She was hired by NASA after Star Trek to bring women into the space program. Because of her, Sally Ride was chosen to be the first American woman in space.
Really cool video.
I’ve never seen the episode, but it’s strange to me they included running silent as part of the fight. A console making noise wouldn’t do anything through vacuum. But I’m also nitpicking a very old show lol so whatever.Very interesting, thank you for posting it.
Aww, did I spoil the episode for you? As punishment for my mistake, you get to watch all of TOS right away. :)
I think the issue with the console was that it started scanning and the Romulans could detect the scanner emissions. However, they were creeping around the bridge like the slightest noise would give them away, so maybe that’s not the watertight excuse I was hoping for.
Lol no spoilers!
I do need to watch TOS . I haven’t seen any of them in like 30 years.For a first run at ship combat it looks like they did pretty damn well, all in all. It’s impressive.
