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Overview
Six feature films, the wildly successful television spin-off Star Trek: The Next Generation, endless reruns, videotapes, conventions, a line of best-selling novels, and William Shatner's New York Times best-seller Star Trek Memories have kept the Star Trek spirit alive and well, even 25 years after its cancellation. Now this must-have book for all Trekkers — which covers every episode of the original series, the pilot, and all six movies — reveals all the bloopers, continuity errors, plot oversights, equipment malfunctions, and goof-ups that discerning, die-hard fans love to spot, but may have missed. Written especially for all those who find themselves thinking, "Hey, if the transporter is broken, why don't they just use a shuttlecraft?", this nitpicky volume includes Kirk's toupee watch; an examination of the logic of the miniskirted female crew members; number of times Kirk violated the Prime Detective and lots of trivia questions, fun facts, quizzes, and more. Live long and nitpick.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780440506836 |
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| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 10/01/1994 |
| Series: | Nitpicker's Guides |
| Pages: | 408 |
| Sales rank: | 1,049,638 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
Phil Farrand is an award-winning computer programmer best known for the creation of Finale. He is also the author of The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers, The Nitpicker's Guide for Classic Trekkers, The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers, Vol. II, The Nitpicker's Guide for Deep Space Nine Trekkers, and The Nitpicker's Guide for X-Philes.
Read an Excerpt
Greetings, fellow nitpickers! So now we turn our attention to classic Trek. In case you do not know, this guide is a follow-up to the earlier book, The Nitpicker’s Guide for Next Generation Trekkers. In my travels, I’ve come across an interesting attitude toward the original Star Trek series. I’ve found that many fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation view the original series like the crazy old uncle that no one wants to talk about at the family reunion. That’s unfortunate, because you can’t really understand NextGen unless you go back to its beginnings. And go back to the beginnings I have.
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Table of Contents
| Season 1 | ||
| The Man Trap | 3 | |
| Charlie X | 7 | |
| Where No Man Has Gone Before | 11 | |
| The Naked Time | 14 | |
| The Enemy Within | 18 | |
| Mudd's Women | 22 | |
| Captaincy Aptitude Test | 25 | |
| What Are Little Girls Made Of? | 29 | |
| Miri | 33 | |
| Dagger of the Mind | 36 | |
| The Corbomite Maneuver | 39 | |
| The Menagerie, Part I | 43 | |
| The Menagerie, Part II | 47 | |
| Triathlon Trivia on Alien Races | 50 | |
| The Conscience of the King | 52 | |
| Balance of Terror | 55 | |
| Shore Leave | 59 | |
| The Galileo Seven | 62 | |
| The Squire of Gothos | 66 | |
| Arena | 70 | |
| Personal Favorites | 74 | |
| Tomorrow Is Yesterday | 76 | |
| Court-Martial | 80 | |
| The Return of the Archons | 84 | |
| Space Seed | 88 | |
| A Taste of Armageddon | 92 | |
| This Side of Paradise | 95 | |
| Romance Tote Board | 99 | |
| The Devil in the Dark | 101 | |
| Errand of Mercy | 104 | |
| The Alternative Factor | 108 | |
| The City on the Edge of Forever | 112 | |
| Operation--Annihilatel | 117 | |
| Is Starfleet Military? | 121 | |
| Season 2 | ||
| Amok Time | 125 | |
| Who Mourns for Adonais? | 128 | |
| The Changeling | 132 | |
| Mirror, Mirror | 136 | |
| The Apple | 141 | |
| The Doomsday Machine | 144 | |
| Kirk's Top Ten Reasons for Violating the Prime Directive | 148 | |
| Catspaw | 149 | |
| I, Mudd | 153 | |
| Metamorphosis | 157 | |
| Journey to Babel | 160 | |
| Friday's Child | 164 | |
| The Deadly Years | 168 | |
| Obsession | 171 | |
| Triathlon Trivia on Insults | 174 | |
| Wolf in the Fold | 176 | |
| The Trouble with Tribbles | 179 | |
| The Gamesters of Triskelion | 182 | |
| A Piece of the Action | 185 | |
| The Immunity Syndrome | 188 | |
| A Private Little War | 192 | |
| Boys in the Hall | 195 | |
| Return to Tomorrow | 198 | |
| Patterns of Force | 201 | |
| By Any Other Name | 204 | |
| The Omega Glory | 208 | |
| The Ultimate Computer | 211 | |
| Bread and Circuses | 214 | |
| Assignment: Earth | 218 | |
| Idiosyncrasies Tote Board | 222 | |
| Season 3 | ||
| Spock's Brain | 227 | |
| The Enterprise Incident | 231 | |
| The Paradise Syndrome | 234 | |
| And the Children Shall Lead | 237 | |
| Is There in Truth No Beauty? | 240 | |
| Spectre of the Gun | 243 | |
| Trek Silliness | 246 | |
| Day of the Dove | 249 | |
| For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky | 252 | |
| The Tholian Web | 254 | |
| Plato's Stepchildren | 258 | |
| Wink of an Eye | 262 | |
| The Empath | 266 | |
| Triathlon Trivia on Other Characters | 269 | |
| Elaan of Troyius | 272 | |
| Whom Gods Destroy | 277 | |
| Let That Be Your Last Battlefield | 280 | |
| The Mark of Gideon | 284 | |
| That Which Survives | 287 | |
| The Lights of Zetar | 291 | |
| The Unsyndicated | 294 | |
| Requiem for Methuselah | 296 | |
| The Way to Eden | 300 | |
| The Cloudminders | 303 | |
| The Savage Curtain | 307 | |
| All Our Yesterdays | 310 | |
| Turnabout Intruder | 313 | |
| Damage Tote Board | 318 | |
| The First Pilot | ||
| The Cage | 323 | |
| The Movies | ||
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | 329 | |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 336 | |
| Major Themes in Star Trek | 345 | |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | 348 | |
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | 354 | |
| Triathlon Trivia on Planets | 361 | |
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | 363 | |
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | 370 | |
| The Intragalactic Trek Awards | 378 |
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