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Science Fiction » alt.startrek » TOS Recap: The Corbomite Maneuver, part 1 of 4
| TOS Recap: The Corbomite Maneuver, part 1 of 4 [message #217021] |
Mo, 06 Februar 2006 20:09 |
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This is the third in a series of recaps of the original Star Trek
episodes. Today's selection: the first regular-season episode, "The
Corbomite Maneuver". Our story opens in mid-February 1966. Gene
Roddenberry has just received word from Herbert M. Solow that the suits
at NBC liked the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", enough
to order an initial run of sixteen episodes scheduled to begin airing
in September. This means that GR has six and a half months to get Star
Trek into production and start cranking episodes out.
Desilu immediately puts the series on "in production" status, and
shooting of the first episode is tentatively scheduled to begin on June
1. The show is assigned to sound stages 9 and 10 at Desilu's Gower
Street studio, which means that the sets, which are over at the Culver
City studio, have to be taken down, shipped eight miles to the Gower
Street studio, and rebuilt. All of the Enterprise interiors are
assembled in stage 9, while stage 10 is reserved for various planet
sets. William Theiss redesigns the uniforms, putting the women in
miniskirts. Robert H. Justman is officially named associate producer,
Matt Jefferies is named art director, and Gregg Peters is named first
assistant director.
GR starts soliciting story outlines from veteran scriptwriters and/or
science fiction writers including "Twilight Zone" veterans such as
Richard Matheson, Jerry Sohl and William Clayton Johnson, as well as
Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch, A.E. van Vogt and
Philip Jose Farmer. As his production team assembles, various members
of the production staff also contribute story outlines, including
script consultant John D.F.Black, story editor D.C. Fontana, and
producer Gene L. Coon.
Additional cast changes are made. DeForest Kelley had played a crusty,
eccentric police lab chief in GR's "Police Story" pilot, and GR decides
that his characterization would be perfect for the Enterprise's Chief
Medical Officer. Paul Fix's Dr. Mark Piper is dropped, with Kelley
signed up to play Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy. Andrea Dromm's Yeoman
Smith is dropped, with another "Police Story" veteran named Grace Lee
Whitney set to play Yeoman Janice Rand. Lloyd Haynes' Communications
Officer Alden is dropped to allow the role to be recast for a woman,
and Nichelle Nichols, who appeared in an episode of The Lieutenant, is
eventually cast as Lt. Uhura. The death of helmsman Lee Kelso in the
second pilot left that position vacant, and Mr. Spock's role as Science
Officer made the astrophysicist character Mr. Sulu redundant, so Mr.
Sulu becomes the regular helmsman. Shatner's Kirk, Nimoy's Spock and
Doohan's Scott continue in their positions from the second pilot.
By the end of April, Jerry Sohl's script for "The Corbomite Maneuver"
is chosen as the first episode to be filmed. Shooting commences on the
morning of Tuesday, May 24, 1966.
#
TEASER
We open with the stock shot from "The Cage" of the Enterprise flying in
from the left, as we approach the ship and pan up from below the saucer
to above. The opening bar of the title theme plays.
Cut to the bridge, looking at the main viewscreen from over the
shoulders of helmsman Lt. Sulu and navigator Lt. Dave Bailey. The
screen shows stars moving past the ship. The main viewscreen now has
square corners and a row of white lights below it .
"One degree to overlap," says Bailey.
Cut to a close-up of Mr. Spock's hand as it hovers over a switch on his
library-computer station. We pull back for a crane shot looking down
on Spock, who is wearing a blue Medical & Science Division tunic (and
boy, is it great finally seeing him in that blue tunic). We continue
to pull back, showing Uhura at communications wearing a minidress in
Command Division gold.
"Stand by to photograph," orders Spock. We pan down to the
helm/navigation console, then close in on Bailey's hand as it hovers
over a switch on his navigation console. "Now," orders Spock, and
Bailey presses the switch. We hear a sequence of beeps.
Cut to a shot of Spock looking at the moving starfield on one of the
viewscreens above his station as the photography beeps continue.
Cut to a frontal shot of Spock with the bridge behind him as Bailey
approaches with a data pad. "Three days of this now, sir," says Bailey
with a sigh as he hands the pad to Spock. "Other ships must have made
star maps of some of this."
"Negative, Lieutenant," Spock answers as he jots some notes on the pad.
"We are the first to reach this far." He hands the pad back to Bailey
without looking.
Close-up of the alert light on the helm/navigation console as it lights
up. Pan up to Sulu, who says, "Sir, contact with an object. It's
moving toward us. No visual contact yet."
Medium shot of the bridge as Bailey returns to navigation and Spock
moves to stand next to Sulu. "Deflectors, full intensity," Spock
orders.
"It's coming at lightspeed," says Sulu.
"Collision course," says Bailey as he sets down the pad, but continues
holding the stylus in his left hand.
"Evasive maneuvers, Mr. Sulu," Spock orders.
"Object changing direction, too, sir," Sulu reports. "Keeps coming at
us."
Shot of the main viewscreen. Still nothing visible but stars.
"I'm getting no signal from it, sir," Uhura reports. This, btw, is
Nichelle Nichols' first line in the series.
Bailey, sounding a little panicky, says, "Still collision course.
Deflectors aren't stopping it!"
"Sound alarm," orders Spock as he settles into the Big Chair.
"It's slowing down, Mr. Spock," says Sulu.
"Countermand alarm," says Spock. "All engines full stop."
"Visual contact," announces Bailey.
Cut to the viewscreen over Sulu and Bailey. We see a multicolored
spinning cube approaching.
Cut to Spock as he peers at the object.
Cut to the viewscreen showing the spinning cube still slowly
approaching. On the soundtrack we first hear the Spinning Cube theme:
duh-duh-duhduh-duh-duh-duhduh-deh-deh-dehdeh-deh-deh-dehdeh- duh-duh-duhduh-duh-duh-duhduh-deh-deh-dehdeh-deh-deh-dehdeh.
Cut to Bailey as he peers at the object.
Cut to Uhura as she peers at the object. She's got the wireless
earphone in her left ear.
Cut to Sulu as he peers at the object.
Cut to the viewscreen with the spinning cube.
Cut to Spock as he orders, "Ahead, slow. Steer a course around it, Mr.
Sulu."
Cut to Sulu as he operates controls.
Cut to the viewscreen. Engine hum rises as the starfield and the cube
drift to the right.
More reaction shots. Viewscreen without cube.
Shot of Spock. Shot of viewscreen as cube drifts back into view.
"It's blocking the way!" Bailey exclaims.
"Quite unnecessary to raise your voice, Mr. Bailey," Spock observes.
"All engines stop. Sound the alert."
Sulu hits a button. "Bridge to all decks, condition alert. All decks,
condition alert. Captain Kirk to the bridge."
Cut to Spock as he leans forward to peer at the spinning cube. Musical
sting. Fade to black.
#
OPENING CREDITS
Starfield and opening notes of title theme. Voiceover by Kirk: "Space,
the final frontier."
Starfield shifts. Enterprise appears from the left, comes closer.
"These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year
mission . . . "
First dramatic sting. Enterprise moves past, and we cut to a shot of
the ship as it approaches a reddish planet. " . . . to explore strange
new worlds . . . "
Dissolve to shot of Enterprise orbiting reddish planet. " . . . to
seek out new life and new civilizations . . . " Second dramatic sting.
Cut to original starfield. " . . . to boldly go where no man has gone
before." Enterprise zooms past. Synthesizer version of title theme
plays. The words STAR TREK slot down into place.
Enterprise zooms past again. STARRING WILLIAM SHATNER.
Enterprise zooms past again. ALSO STARRING LEONARD NIMOY AS MR. SPOCK.
Title theme crashes to a close.
#
ACT ONE
Shot of Enterprise sitting motionless with the spinning cube hovering
in front of it. First bar of title theme playing on soundtrack. "THE
CORBOMITE MANEUVER" appears. Voiceover by Kirk: "Captain's log,
stardate fifteen twelve point two. On our third day of star mapping,
an unexplained cubicle object blocked our vessel's path."
Cut to Spock on the bridge, peering at the spinning cube. Voiceover
continues: "On the bridge, Mr. Spock immediately ordered general
alert."
Cut to sickbay: Kirk lies on an exercise bed, sweaty and shirtless,
pumping at a pair of pedals while McCoy looks at a diagram on the wall
with flashing lights. McCoy is wearing his shiny sickbay tunic with
the short sleeves. Voiceover continues; "My location: sickbay.
Quarterly physical check."
Kirk stops pumping the pedals and exhales. "Just a few seconds more,"
says McCoy, still looking at the diagram.
Kirk sneers at McCoy. "Just a few seconds more," he snarks. "A few
seconds more." He resumes pumping the pedals.
McCoy can't help grinning as he watches Kirk struggle. "At's a boy.
Keep it up. Work up a little sweat, it'll do you good." He circles
Kirk, a data pad and stylus in his hands.
"Killing me," Kirk gasps.
McCoy glances behind him, sees the alert light flashing, ignores it,
focuses his attention on the biomonitor beside the bed. As one would
expect, all the readings are a bit above normal. "You're killing me,"
Kirk gasps again. McCoy continues to grin.
Another glance at the alert light, and McCoy heads back to the diagram,
saying "Stop."
Kirk collapses onto the exercise bed and gasps for breath.
"Winded?" McCoy inquires.
"You'd be the last one I'd tell." Sitting up, Kirk sees the alert
light flashing. He glares briefly at McCoy, grabs a towel, and wipes
his face as he crosses the room to reach a monitor. He turns it to
face him, flips a switch, and says, "Kirk here. What's going on?"
The monitor shows Spock at his station on the bridge. He says, "Have a
look at this, Captain," and flips a switch. The monitor dissolves to
the spinning cube, accompanied by the Spinning Cube theme.
Kirk throws the towel around his neck as McCoy comes up behind him to
watch. "What's that?" Kirk asks.
Back to the spinning cube on the monitor. "Undetermined," says Spock.
"Whatever it is, it's blocking our way. When we move, it moves as
well."
"A vessel of some kind?"
"Negative. More some type of device."
"I'll be right up," says Kirk as he switches off the monitor. As he
picks up his tunic and boots and moves toward the door, Kirk adds, "You
could see the alarm lights flashing from there, McCoy. Why didn't you
tell me?"
"Finally finished a physical on you, didn't I?" is McCoy's rejoinder.
"What am I, a doctor or a moon shuttle conductor?" As Kirk heads out
the door, we pan left to McCoy. "If I jumped every time a light came
on around here I'd end up talking to myself," he mutters to himself.
#
Corridor. Crewmen in various colored tunics walk past and a tech in a
red jumpsuit fiddles with something on the wall to the right as Kirk,
still shirtless with the towel around his neck and his boots in his
hand, moves through the corridor. A short woman in a gold minidress
walks past. A taller woman in a red minidress and beehive hairdo
brushes by her, going the other way; from behind, she looks for all the
world like Jadzia Dax in "Trials and Tribble-ations". "All decks
alert, all decks alert," reverberates the voice of Mr. Sulu. Kirk
enters the turbolift, grabs the handle, and says, "Bridge."
Riding in the turbolift, Kirk becomes impatient. He pages the bridge
and asks, "Any changes?"
"Negative," Spock responds. "Whatever it is, it seems to want to just
hold us here."
"Any indication of danger from it?"
"Negative."
"I'll change first, then," Kirk decides. "Captain out."
#
The bridge, close-up on a little red light flashing on the navigation
console. Spock is pointing to it as we pull back to show him and
Bailey. "All decks have reported green, Mr. Bailey."
With a fine, sure, whatever look on his face, Bailey says "Yes, sir,"
and punches some buttons.
"And when the Captain arrives," Spock adds, "he'll expect a full report
on --"
"-- the cube's range and position," Bailey finishes for him as he picks
up his data pad and stylus. "I'll have it for him by then." As a
thoroughgoing slacker myself, I sympathize with Bailey. On the other
hand, as first officer, it's Spock's job to ride Bailey's ass until he
shapes up. Bailey decides to go double or nothing by engaging in idle
chitchat with Spock. "Raising my voice back there doesn't mean I was
scared or couldn't do my job. It means I happen to have a human thing
called an adrenaline gland."
"It does sound most inconvenient, however," Spock deadpans. "Have you
considered having it removed?"
As Spock moves off, Sulu chuckles. "Very funny," grumps Bailey.
"Try to cross brains with Spock," says Sulu, "he'll cut you to pieces
every time."
#
Kirk's cabin. Kirk, cleaned up, is putting his tunic on. On a shelf
behind him are several small sculptures, souvenirs of visits to various
worlds. One of them, I kid you not, is a sculpture of E.T., the
Extraterrestrial. (Don't take my word for it, look at the DVD, 6
minutes and 36 seconds into the episode. It's E.T., dammit!) Kirk
switches on his monitor and says, "Captain to bridge."
Cut to Spock on the monitor screen. "Spock here." Behind Spock, out
of focus, is a crewman in a blue tunic manning the console to the right
of engineering. The Starfleet Technical Manual identifies this console
as the Environmental Station. (If I had been an extra on the Star Trek
set back in the 1960s, that's where I'd want to be. You get to spend
your time on the bridge set with all the principal actors, and you can
even look forward to spending time on camera in shots like this one.
And thanks to the director's desire to maintain continuity, you'd get
to work on all the days they're shooting on the bridge. Perfect.)
"Any signs of life?"
"Negative."
Back to Kirk, who for the first time in this episode finally has his
shirt on. "Have you tried all hailing frequencies?"
Back to Spock, and our out-of-focus background mystery extra.
"Affirmative. No answer from the cube." The Environmental Control
Officer glances to his left.
Back to Kirk. "Have the department heads meet me on the bridge."
Back to Spock. "Already standing by." Boy, that Spock sure is on the
ball today.
Kirk switches off the monitor and leaves his cabin.
#
Shot of the Enterprise dead in space, the cube spinning in front of it.
Soundtrack plays Spinning Cube theme.
Brief shot of the helm/nav alarm light flashing, then a shot of the
cube on the main viewscreen over the shoulders of Sulu and Bailey.
A shot over Kirk's shoulder as the turbolift doors open to reveal the
bridge. Uhura is standing beside the Communications station on the
right in her gold minidress, next is Spock standing at the
Library/Computer station, then an extra in a gold tunic sitting at what
the Starfleet Technical Manual calls the Navigation station, then an
extra in a blue tunic sitting at the Defense and Weapons station, then
Bailey sitting at Navigation Control, then Sulu sitting at Helm
Control. We follow Kirk as he enters the bridge and approaches Spock.
"Reporting, sir," says Spock. "Sensors show it as solid, but its
composition is unknown to us."
We see Kirk turn around and say, "Lieutenant Uhura."
Cut to a two-shot of Kirk and Uhura as the latter reports, "Hailing
frequencies still open, sir. I get no message from it."
A shot of the cube over the shoulders of Sulu and Bailey. Sulu looks
back.
Kirk steps down from the outer bridge and says, "Navigation."
Bailey hits a button and reports, "Distance from us fifteen hundred
ninety-three meters, position constant."
As Kirk crosses in front of the Command Module, Sulu reports, "Each of
its edges measures a hundred seven meters. Mass, a little under eleven
thousand metric tons." As we follow Kirk, we see McCoy perched on the
railing behind the Big Chair. Behind McCoy, the turbolift opens and an
extra in a blue tunic enters. He walks over to confer with an extra in
a red tunic who is seated at the Engineering station.
We continue to follow Kirk as he passes the Command Module and
approaches the Engineering station. Scott is standing beside the extra
in the red tunic, holding a data pad and stylus. "Scotty," says Kirk.
"Motive power?" Scott answers. "Beats me what makes it go."
Kirk turns to face the viewscreen and crosses his arms over his chest.
He's got a determined look on his face. "I'll buy speculation."
"I'd sell it if I had any," Scott answers. A shot of the cube on the
viewscreen as Scott continues, "That's a solid cube. How something
like that can sense us coming, block us, move when we move -- it beats
me."
Back to Kirk and Scott as the latter finishes wryly, "That's my
report."
Kirk glances back at Scott, then moves back to Helm Control, leaning on
the console as he says, "Life sciences?"
McCoy, still perched on the railing, says, "Same report."
Bailey turns to Kirk and says, "Sir, are we going to just let it hold
us here? We've got phaser weapons. I vote we blast it."
Kirk climbs into the Big Chair as he says, "I'll keep that in mind, Mr.
Bailey, when this becomes a democracy." Bailey sighs and turns back to
his console.
#
Shot of Enterprise and spinning cube. Kirk voiceovers: "Captain's log,
stardate fifteen thirteen point eight."
Cut to the briefing room. The table's surface is littered with
computer cassettes, coffee cups and at least one cafeteria tray with a
half-empty plate. Bailey is turning the triangular tabletop monitor,
which shows star maps in orange on black. McCoy is passing a thermos
to Scott. Uhura has her head propped on her hand. Sulu has his head
down on his arms. Kirk's voiceover continues, "Star maps reveal no
indication of habitable planets nearby. Origin and purpose of the cube
still unknown. We have been here, held motionless, for eighteen
hours."
Cut to Kirk as he says, "Anything further, gentlemen?"
"I believe it adds up to either one of two possibilities," answers
Spock, as he sits at the table next to Scott, a stack of casettes in
his hands. "First, a space buoy of some kind."
"Second?" says Kirk as he drinks some coffee.
"Flypaper," Spock answers.
With a faint smile, Kirk says, "And you don't recommend sticking
around."
"Negative," says Spock. "It would make us appear too weak."
Kirk ponders for a few seconds, then says, "It's time for action,
gentlemen. Mr. Bailey --"
Bailey, seated between Sulu and Uhura, thumbs a switch on the table and
orders, "Bridge to phaser gun crew --"
"Countermand," says Kirk calmly. Bailey looks up at him. "I'll select
which kind of action, Mr. Bailey."
"I'm sorry, sir, I thought you meant --"
"Are you explaining, Mr. Bailey?" Kirk's tone of voice is still deadly
calm. "I haven't requested an explanation."
This time, Bailey has enough sense to keep his piehole shut.
Kirk continues, "Now, as I was about to say, Navigator, plot us a
spiral course away from the cube."
"Yes, sir," says a subdued Bailey as he reaches for his data pad.
"We'll try pulling away from it," Kirk concludes. He stands up, ending
the meeting.
"Yes, sir," Bailey repeats.
Everyone gets up except Sulu, who thumbs a switch and says, "Helmsman
to engine room, stand by. All decks alert. We're going to try pulling
away." We close on Sulu as he gathers up his computer tapes. Musical
sting.
#
Enterprise and spinning cube.
Wide angle of the bridge. Uhura, Bailey, Sulu and Kirk are at their
stations. An extra is manning the Engineering Console while Scott
looks on. "Course plotted and laid in, sir," Bailey reports.
Another view of the spinning cube accompanied by the Spinning Cube
theme.
"Engage, Mr. Sulu," Kirk orders. "Quarter speed."
"Point two five," Sulu responds. A backwash of light from the spinning
cube plays across the bridge. Talk about your attention to detail.
Whoever thought of that (the director? the lighting guy?) was really on
the ball.
The viewscreen shows stars slowly moving left to right. The cube
remains centered. "Still blocking us, sir," Sulu notes.
"Let's see if it'll give way," says Kirk. "Ahead half speed."
"Point five oh, sir," says Sulu.
We hear the engines ramp up as the stars on the viewscreen drift from
left to right faster. The cube drifts to the right a little, then
moves back to the center of the screen. Given how much time the cube
spends on screen, and given the fact that it has its own theme music,
one could argue that the cube is actually one of the episode's major
characters. The cube (which was "played" by a children's toy about the
size of a Rubik's cube--one of my cousins had one just like it when we
were children) is Star Trek's first uncredited guest star.
The navigation alarm starts flashing and beeping. Concerned looks from
various crew members. Kirk looks over at Spock, who states: "Radiation
from the short end of the spectrum, increasing." The short end of the
spectrum means X-rays, gamma rays, and similar unhealthy things.
"All stop, hold position," Kirk orders. Sulu pushes some buttons.
"It's still coming toward us," says a worried-looking Bailey. "Range
one hundred ninety meters."
"Radiation increasing," Spock announces.
"Power astern, half speed," Kirk orders.
"Half speed," Sulu confirms.
Even though the ship is now backing away from the cube, it remains in
the same place on the viewscreen. It becomes blurry.
"Radiation nearing the tolerance level," Spock reports. "Tolerance
level" is a good bit of jargon: nonspecific, but it lets the audience
know that trouble's brewing.
"Still coming," says Bailey, who is definitely getting freaked.
"Gaining on us."
"Engines astern, full speed," is Kirk's response.
"Full speed," Sulu confirms.
The cube, still blurry, starts spinning faster and faster. As we get
some reaction shots, we see that the cube's backwash is also faster.
Good job.
Bailey, who has to shield his eyes from the cube, reports, "Range one
hundred twenty five meters now."
To recap: the ship is now backing away from the cube as fast as it can,
and the cube is not only following, but closing on them, all the while
spewing hard radiation at them. The cube is being way more aggressive
than necessary.
"Helm, give us warp speed," says Kirk.
"Warp one, sir," says Sulu. The engines ramp up again.
"Radiation at the tolerance level," reports Spock.
"Warp two, sir," says Sulu.
Another shot of the cube accompanied by the Spinning Cube theme.
"Speed is now warp three," says Sulu.
"Radiation passing tolerance level," reports Spock, "entering lethal
zone." The ship is now traveling 27 times the speed of light, and the
cube is still riding their asses and spitting even more radiation at
them.
"Range fifty-one meters and still closing, sir," says Bailey.
Kirk finally gets fed up. "Phaser crew stand ready," he orders.
"Phaser crew reports ready, sir," says Bailey.
Back to the cube, spinning faster and faster and getting closer and
closer.
"Growing," Spock states, "we can take only a few more seconds of this."
"Lock phasers on target," Kirk orders. Unfortunately for everyone
involved, Bailey chooses this moment to freeze. "Mr. Bailey, lock
phasers!" Kirk repeats.
Bailey finally unfreezes and establishes a target lock on the cube.
"Phasers locked, on target, sir! Point blank range and closing!"
"Fire main phasers!"
A shot of the Enterprise as two red phaser beams fire from the bottom
of the saucer section.
A shot of the viewscreen over the shoulders of Sulu and Bailey as it
fills with the light of an explosion. The bridge shakes.
A shot of a corridor as crewmen are thrown against walls.
More shots of the bridge as people are thrown around.
Musical sting. Fade to black.
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| Re: TOS Recap: The Corbomite Maneuver, part 1 of 4 [message #217029 ] |
Di, 07 Februar 2006 17:07 |
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"Empok Nor" <tkalino [at] localnet.com> wrote in message
news:1139252961.849755.325930 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> This is the third in a series of recaps of the original Star Trek
> episodes. Today's selection: the first regular-season episode, "The
> Corbomite Maneuver". Our story opens in mid-February 1966. Gene
> Roddenberry has just received word from Herbert M. Solow that the suits
> at NBC liked the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", enough
> to order an initial run of sixteen episodes scheduled to begin airing
> in September. This means that GR has six and a half months to get Star
> Trek into production and start cranking episodes out.
>
> Desilu immediately puts the series on "in production" status, and
> shooting of the first episode is tentatively scheduled to begin on June
> 1. The show is assigned to sound stages 9 and 10 at Desilu's Gower
> Street studio, which means that the sets, which are over at the Culver
> City studio, have to be taken down, shipped eight miles to the Gower
> Street studio, and rebuilt. All of the Enterprise interiors are
> assembled in stage 9, while stage 10 is reserved for various planet
> sets. William Theiss redesigns the uniforms, putting the women in
> miniskirts. Robert H. Justman is officially named associate producer,
> Matt Jefferies is named art director, and Gregg Peters is named first
> assistant director.
>
> GR starts soliciting story outlines from veteran scriptwriters and/or
> science fiction writers including "Twilight Zone" veterans such as
> Richard Matheson, Jerry Sohl and William Clayton Johnson, as well as
> Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch,
A.E. van Vogt and Philip Jose Farmer
Anyone got any info on what stories these guys submitted? and rejected?
.. As his production team assembles, various members
> of the production staff also contribute story outlines, including
> script consultant John D.F.Black, story editor D.C. Fontana, and
> producer Gene L. Coon.
>
> Additional cast changes are made. DeForest Kelley had played a crusty,
> eccentric police lab chief in GR's "Police Story" pilot, and GR decides
> that his characterization would be perfect for the Enterprise's Chief
> Medical Officer. Paul Fix's Dr. Mark Piper is dropped, with Kelley
> signed up to play Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy. Andrea Dromm's Yeoman
> Smith is dropped, with another "Police Story" veteran named Grace Lee
> Whitney set to play Yeoman Janice Rand. Lloyd Haynes' Communications
> Officer Alden is dropped to allow the role to be recast for a woman,
> and Nichelle Nichols, who appeared in an episode of The Lieutenant, is
> eventually cast as Lt. Uhura. The death of helmsman Lee Kelso in the
> second pilot left that position vacant, and Mr. Spock's role as Science
> Officer made the astrophysicist character Mr. Sulu redundant, so Mr.
> Sulu becomes the regular helmsman. Shatner's Kirk, Nimoy's Spock and
> Doohan's Scott continue in their positions from the second pilot.
>
> By the end of April, Jerry Sohl's script for "The Corbomite Maneuver"
> is chosen as the first episode to be filmed. Shooting commences on the
> morning of Tuesday, May 24, 1966.
>
> #
>
> TEASER
>
> We open with the stock shot from "The Cage" of the Enterprise flying in
> from the left, as we approach the ship and pan up from below the saucer
> to above. The opening bar of the title theme plays.
>
> Cut to the bridge, looking at the main viewscreen from over the
> shoulders of helmsman Lt. Sulu and navigator Lt. Dave Bailey. The
> screen shows stars moving past the ship. The main viewscreen now has
> square corners and a row of white lights below it .
>
> "One degree to overlap," says Bailey.
>
> Cut to a close-up of Mr. Spock's hand as it hovers over a switch on his
> library-computer station. We pull back for a crane shot looking down
> on Spock, who is wearing a blue Medical & Science Division tunic (and
> boy, is it great finally seeing him in that blue tunic). We continue
> to pull back, showing Uhura at communications wearing a minidress in
> Command Division gold.
>
> "Stand by to photograph," orders Spock. We pan down to the
> helm/navigation console, then close in on Bailey's hand as it hovers
> over a switch on his navigation console. "Now," orders Spock, and
> Bailey presses the switch. We hear a sequence of beeps.
>
> Cut to a shot of Spock looking at the moving starfield on one of the
> viewscreens above his station as the photography beeps continue.
>
> Cut to a frontal shot of Spock with the bridge behind him as Bailey
> approaches with a data pad. "Three days of this now, sir," says Bailey
> with a sigh as he hands the pad to Spock. "Other ships must have made
> star maps of some of this."
>
> "Negative, Lieutenant," Spock answers as he jots some notes on the pad.
> "We are the first to reach this far." He hands the pad back to Bailey
> without looking.
>
> Close-up of the alert light on the helm/navigation console as it lights
> up. Pan up to Sulu, who says, "Sir, contact with an object. It's
> moving toward us. No visual contact yet."
>
> Medium shot of the bridge as Bailey returns to navigation and Spock
> moves to stand next to Sulu. "Deflectors, full intensity," Spock
> orders.
>
> "It's coming at lightspeed," says Sulu.
>
> "Collision course," says Bailey as he sets down the pad, but continues
> holding the stylus in his left hand.
>
> "Evasive maneuvers, Mr. Sulu," Spock orders.
>
> "Object changing direction, too, sir," Sulu reports. "Keeps coming at
> us."
>
> Shot of the main viewscreen. Still nothing visible but stars.
>
> "I'm getting no signal from it, sir," Uhura reports. This, btw, is
> Nichelle Nichols' first line in the series.
>
> Bailey, sounding a little panicky, says, "Still collision course.
> Deflectors aren't stopping it!"
>
> "Sound alarm," orders Spock as he settles into the Big Chair.
>
> "It's slowing down, Mr. Spock," says Sulu.
>
> "Countermand alarm," says Spock. "All engines full stop."
>
> "Visual contact," announces Bailey.
>
> Cut to the viewscreen over Sulu and Bailey. We see a multicolored
> spinning cube approaching.
>
> Cut to Spock as he peers at the object.
>
> Cut to the viewscreen showing the spinning cube still slowly
> approaching. On the soundtrack we first hear the Spinning Cube theme:
> duh-duh-duhduh-duh-duh-duhduh-deh-deh-dehdeh-deh-deh-dehdeh- duh-duh-duhduh-duh-duh-duhduh-deh-deh-dehdeh-deh-deh-dehdeh.
>
> Cut to Bailey as he peers at the object.
>
> Cut to Uhura as she peers at the object. She's got the wireless
> earphone in her left ear.
>
> Cut to Sulu as he peers at the object.
>
> Cut to the viewscreen with the spinning cube.
>
> Cut to Spock as he orders, "Ahead, slow. Steer a course around it, Mr.
> Sulu."
>
> Cut to Sulu as he operates controls.
>
> Cut to the viewscreen. Engine hum rises as the starfield and the cube
> drift to the right.
>
> More reaction shots. Viewscreen without cube.
>
> Shot of Spock. Shot of viewscreen as cube drifts back into view.
>
> "It's blocking the way!" Bailey exclaims.
>
> "Quite unnecessary to raise your voice, Mr. Bailey," Spock observes.
> "All engines stop. Sound the alert."
>
> Sulu hits a button. "Bridge to all decks, condition alert. All decks,
> condition alert. Captain Kirk to the bridge."
>
> Cut to Spock as he leans forward to peer at the spinning cube. Musical
> sting. Fade to black.
>
> #
>
> OPENING CREDITS
>
> Starfield and opening notes of title theme. Voiceover by Kirk: "Space,
> the final frontier."
>
> Starfield shifts. Enterprise appears from the left, comes closer.
> "These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year
> mission . . . "
>
> First dramatic sting. Enterprise moves past, and we cut to a shot of
> the ship as it approaches a reddish planet. " . . . to explore strange
> new worlds . . . "
>
> Dissolve to shot of Enterprise orbiting reddish planet. " . . . to
> seek out new life and new civilizations . . . " Second dramatic sting.
>
> Cut to original starfield. " . . . to boldly go where no man has gone
> before." Enterprise zooms past. Synthesizer version of title theme
> plays. The words STAR TREK slot down into place.
>
> Enterprise zooms past again. STARRING WILLIAM SHATNER.
>
> Enterprise zooms past again. ALSO STARRING LEONARD NIMOY AS MR. SPOCK.
> Title theme crashes to a close.
>
> #
>
> ACT ONE
>
> Shot of Enterprise sitting motionless with the spinning cube hovering
> in front of it. First bar of title theme playing on soundtrack. "THE
> CORBOMITE MANEUVER" appears. Voiceover by Kirk: "Captain's log,
> stardate fifteen twelve point two. On our third day of star mapping,
> an unexplained cubicle object blocked our vessel's path."
>
> Cut to Spock on the bridge, peering at the spinning cube. Voiceover
> continues: "On the bridge, Mr. Spock immediately ordered general
> alert."
>
> Cut to sickbay: Kirk lies on an exercise bed, sweaty and shirtless,
> pumping at a pair of pedals while McCoy looks at a diagram on the wall
> with flashing lights. McCoy is wearing his shiny sickbay tunic with
> the short sleeves. Voiceover continues; "My location: sickbay.
> Quarterly physical check."
>
> Kirk stops pumping the pedals and exhales. "Just a few seconds more,"
> says McCoy, still looking at the diagram.
>
> Kirk sneers at McCoy. "Just a few seconds more," he snarks. "A few
> seconds more." He resumes pumping the pedals.
>
> McCoy can't help grinning as he watches Kirk struggle. "At's a boy.
> Keep it up. Work up a little sweat, it'll do you good." He circles
> Kirk, a data pad and stylus in his hands.
>
> "Killing me," Kirk gasps.
>
> McCoy glances behind him, sees the alert light flashing, ignores it,
> focuses his attention on the biomonitor beside the bed. As one would
> expect, all the readings are a bit above normal. "You're killing me,"
> Kirk gasps again. McCoy continues to grin.
>
> Another glance at the alert light, and McCoy heads back to the diagram,
> saying "Stop."
>
> Kirk collapses onto the exercise bed and gasps for breath.
>
> "Winded?" McCoy inquires.
>
> "You'd be the last one I'd tell." Sitting up, Kirk sees the alert
> light flashing. He glares briefly at McCoy, grabs a towel, and wipes
> his face as he crosses the room to reach a monitor. He turns it to
> face him, flips a switch, and says, "Kirk here. What's going on?"
>
> The monitor shows Spock at his station on the bridge. He says, "Have a
> look at this, Captain," and flips a switch. The monitor dissolves to
> the spinning cube, accompanied by the Spinning Cube theme.
>
> Kirk throws the towel around his neck as McCoy comes up behind him to
> watch. "What's that?" Kirk asks.
>
> Back to the spinning cube on the monitor. "Undetermined," says Spock.
> "Whatever it is, it's blocking our way. When we move, it moves as
> well."
>
> "A vessel of some kind?"
>
> "Negative. More some type of device."
>
> "I'll be right up," says Kirk as he switches off the monitor. As he
> picks up his tunic and boots and moves toward the door, Kirk adds, "You
> could see the alarm lights flashing from there, McCoy. Why didn't you
> tell me?"
>
> "Finally finished a physical on you, didn't I?" is McCoy's rejoinder.
> "What am I, a doctor or a moon shuttle conductor?" As Kirk heads out
> the door, we pan left to McCoy. "If I jumped every time a light came
> on around here I'd end up talking to myself," he mutters to himself.
>
> #
>
> Corridor. Crewmen in various colored tunics walk past and a tech in a
> red jumpsuit fiddles with something on the wall to the right as Kirk,
> still shirtless with the towel around his neck and his boots in his
> hand, moves through the corridor. A short woman in a gold minidress
> walks past. A taller woman in a red minidress and beehive hairdo
> brushes by her, going the other way; from behind, she looks for all the
> world like Jadzia Dax in "Trials and Tribble-ations". "All decks
> alert, all decks alert," reverberates the voice of Mr. Sulu. Kirk
> enters the turbolift, grabs the handle, and says, "Bridge."
>
> Riding in the turbolift, Kirk becomes impatient. He pages the bridge
> and asks, "Any changes?"
>
> "Negative," Spock responds. "Whatever it is, it seems to want to just
> hold us here."
>
> "Any indication of danger from it?"
>
> "Negative."
>
> "I'll change first, then," Kirk decides. "Captain out."
>
> #
>
> The bridge, close-up on a little red light flashing on the navigation
> console. Spock is pointing to it as we pull back to show him and
> Bailey. "All decks have reported green, Mr. Bailey."
>
> With a fine, sure, whatever look on his face, Bailey says "Yes, sir,"
> and punches some buttons.
>
> "And when the Captain arrives," Spock adds, "he'll expect a full report
> on --"
>
> "-- the cube's range and position," Bailey finishes for him as he picks
> up his data pad and stylus. "I'll have it for him by then." As a
> thoroughgoing slacker myself, I sympathize with Bailey. On the other
> hand, as first officer, it's Spock's job to ride Bailey's ass until he
> shapes up. Bailey decides to go double or nothing by engaging in idle
> chitchat with Spock. "Raising my voice back there doesn't mean I was
> scared or couldn't do my job. It means I happen to have a human thing
> called an adrenaline gland."
>
> "It does sound most inconvenient, however," Spock deadpans. "Have you
> considered having it removed?"
>
> As Spock moves off, Sulu chuckles. "Very funny," grumps Bailey.
>
> "Try to cross brains with Spock," says Sulu, "he'll cut you to pieces
> every time."
>
> #
>
> Kirk's cabin. Kirk, cleaned up, is putting his tunic on. On a shelf
> behind him are several small sculptures, souvenirs of visits to various
> worlds. One of them, I kid you not, is a sculpture of E.T., the
> Extraterrestrial. (Don't take my word for it, look at the DVD, 6
> minutes and 36 seconds into the episode. It's E.T., dammit!) Kirk
> switches on his monitor and says, "Captain to bridge."
>
> Cut to Spock on the monitor screen. "Spock here." Behind Spock, out
> of focus, is a crewman in a blue tunic manning the console to the right
> of engineering. The Starfleet Technical Manual identifies this console
> as the Environmental Station. (If I had been an extra on the Star Trek
> set back in the 1960s, that's where I'd want to be. You get to spend
> your time on the bridge set with all the principal actors, and you can
> even look forward to spending time on camera in shots like this one.
> And thanks to the director's desire to maintain continuity, you'd get
> to work on all the days they're shooting on the bridge. Perfect.)
>
> "Any signs of life?"
>
> "Negative."
>
> Back to Kirk, who for the first time in this episode finally has his
> shirt on. "Have you tried all hailing frequencies?"
>
> Back to Spock, and our out-of-focus background mystery extra.
> "Affirmative. No answer from the cube." The Environmental Control
> Officer glances to his left.
>
> Back to Kirk. "Have the department heads meet me on the bridge."
>
> Back to Spock. "Already standing by." Boy, that Spock sure is on the
> ball today.
>
> Kirk switches off the monitor and leaves his cabin.
>
> #
>
> Shot of the Enterprise dead in space, the cube spinning in front of it.
> Soundtrack plays Spinning Cube theme.
>
> Brief shot of the helm/nav alarm light flashing, then a shot of the
> cube on the main viewscreen over the shoulders of Sulu and Bailey.
>
> A shot over Kirk's shoulder as the turbolift doors open to reveal the
> bridge. Uhura is standing beside the Communications station on the
> right in her gold minidress, next is Spock standing at the
> Library/Computer station, then an extra in a gold tunic sitting at what
> the Starfleet Technical Manual calls the Navigation station, then an
> extra in a blue tunic sitting at the Defense and Weapons station, then
> Bailey sitting at Navigation Control, then Sulu sitting at Helm
> Control. We follow Kirk as he enters the bridge and approaches Spock.
>
> "Reporting, sir," says Spock. "Sensors show it as solid, but its
> composition is unknown to us."
>
> We see Kirk turn around and say, "Lieutenant Uhura."
>
> Cut to a two-shot of Kirk and Uhura as the latter reports, "Hailing
> frequencies still open, sir. I get no message from it."
>
> A shot of the cube over the shoulders of Sulu and Bailey. Sulu looks
> back.
>
> Kirk steps down from the outer bridge and says, "Navigation."
>
> Bailey hits a button and reports, "Distance from us fifteen hundred
> ninety-three meters, position constant."
>
> As Kirk crosses in front of the Command Module, Sulu reports, "Each of
> its edges measures a hundred seven meters. Mass, a little under eleven
> thousand metric tons." As we follow Kirk, we see McCoy perched on the
> railing behind the Big Chair. Behind McCoy, the turbolift opens and an
> extra in a blue tunic enters. He walks over to confer with an extra in
> a red tunic who is seated at the Engineering station.
>
> We continue to follow Kirk as he passes the Command Module and
> approaches the Engineering station. Scott is standing beside the extra
> in the red tunic, holding a data pad and stylus. "Scotty," says Kirk.
>
> "Motive power?" Scott answers. "Beats me what makes it go."
>
> Kirk turns to face the viewscreen and crosses his arms over his chest.
> He's got a determined look on his face. "I'll buy speculation."
>
> "I'd sell it if I had any," Scott answers. A shot of the cube on the
> viewscreen as Scott continues, "That's a solid cube. How something
> like that can sense us coming, block us, move when we move -- it beats
> me."
>
> Back to Kirk and Scott as the latter finishes wryly, "That's my
> report."
>
> Kirk glances back at Scott, then moves back to Helm Control, leaning on
> the console as he says, "Life sciences?"
>
> McCoy, still perched on the railing, says, "Same report."
>
> Bailey turns to Kirk and says, "Sir, are we going to just let it hold
> us here? We've got phaser weapons. I vote we blast it."
>
> Kirk climbs into the Big Chair as he says, "I'll keep that in mind, Mr.
> Bailey, when this becomes a democracy." Bailey sighs and turns back to
> his console.
>
> #
>
> Shot of Enterprise and spinning cube. Kirk voiceovers: "Captain's log,
> stardate fifteen thirteen point eight."
>
> Cut to the briefing room. The table's surface is littered with
> computer cassettes, coffee cups and at least one cafeteria tray with a
> half-empty plate. Bailey is turning the triangular tabletop monitor,
> which shows star maps in orange on black. McCoy is passing a thermos
> to Scott. Uhura has her head propped on her hand. Sulu has his head
> down on his arms. Kirk's voiceover continues, "Star maps reveal no
> indication of habitable planets nearby. Origin and purpose of the cube
> still unknown. We have been here, held motionless, for eighteen
> hours."
>
> Cut to Kirk as he says, "Anything further, gentlemen?"
>
> "I believe it adds up to either one of two possibilities," answers
> Spock, as he sits at the table next to Scott, a stack of casettes in
> his hands. "First, a space buoy of some kind."
>
> "Second?" says Kirk as he drinks some coffee.
>
> "Flypaper," Spock answers.
>
> With a faint smile, Kirk says, "And you don't recommend sticking
> around."
>
> "Negative," says Spock. "It would make us appear too weak."
>
> Kirk ponders for a few seconds, then says, "It's time for action,
> gentlemen. Mr. Bailey --"
>
> Bailey, seated between Sulu and Uhura, thumbs a switch on the table and
> orders, "Bridge to phaser gun crew --"
>
> "Countermand," says Kirk calmly. Bailey looks up at him. "I'll select
> which kind of action, Mr. Bailey."
>
> "I'm sorry, sir, I thought you meant --"
>
> "Are you explaining, Mr. Bailey?" Kirk's tone of voice is still deadly
> calm. "I haven't requested an explanation."
>
> This time, Bailey has enough sense to keep his piehole shut.
>
> Kirk continues, "Now, as I was about to say, Navigator, plot us a
> spiral course away from the cube."
>
> "Yes, sir," says a subdued Bailey as he reaches for his data pad.
>
> "We'll try pulling away from it," Kirk concludes. He stands up, ending
> the meeting.
>
> "Yes, sir," Bailey repeats.
>
> Everyone gets up except Sulu, who thumbs a switch and says, "Helmsman
> to engine room, stand by. All decks alert. We're going to try pulling
> away." We close on Sulu as he gathers up his computer tapes. Musical
> sting.
>
> #
>
> Enterprise and spinning cube.
>
> Wide angle of the bridge. Uhura, Bailey, Sulu and Kirk are at their
> stations. An extra is manning the Engineering Console while Scott
> looks on. "Course plotted and laid in, sir," Bailey reports.
>
> Another view of the spinning cube accompanied by the Spinning Cube
> theme.
>
> "Engage, Mr. Sulu," Kirk orders. "Quarter speed."
>
> "Point two five," Sulu responds. A backwash of light from the spinning
> cube plays across the bridge. Talk about your attention to detail.
> Whoever thought of that (the director? the lighting guy?) was really on
> the ball.
>
> The viewscreen shows stars slowly moving left to right. The cube
> remains centered. "Still blocking us, sir," Sulu notes.
>
> "Let's see if it'll give way," says Kirk. "Ahead half speed."
>
> "Point five oh, sir," says Sulu.
>
> We hear the engines ramp up as the stars on the viewscreen drift from
> left to right faster. The cube drifts to the right a little, then
> moves back to the center of the screen. Given how much time the cube
> spends on screen, and given the fact that it has its own theme music,
> one could argue that the cube is actually one of the episode's major
> characters. The cube (which was "played" by a children's toy about the
> size of a Rubik's cube--one of my cousins had one just like it when we
> were children) is Star Trek's first uncredited guest star.
>
> The navigation alarm starts flashing and beeping. Concerned looks from
> various crew members. Kirk looks over at Spock, who states: "Radiation
> from the short end of the spectrum, increasing." The short end of the
> spectrum means X-rays, gamma rays, and similar unhealthy things.
>
> "All stop, hold position," Kirk orders. Sulu pushes some buttons.
>
> "It's still coming toward us," says a worried-looking Bailey. "Range
> one hundred ninety meters."
>
> "Radiation increasing," Spock announces.
>
> "Power astern, half speed," Kirk orders.
>
> "Half speed," Sulu confirms.
>
> Even though the ship is now backing away from the cube, it remains in
> the same place on the viewscreen. It becomes blurry.
>
> "Radiation nearing the tolerance level," Spock reports. "Tolerance
> level" is a good bit of jargon: nonspecific, but it lets the audience
> know that trouble's brewing.
>
> "Still coming," says Bailey, who is definitely getting freaked.
> "Gaining on us."
>
> "Engines astern, full speed," is Kirk's response.
>
> "Full speed," Sulu confirms.
>
> The cube, still blurry, starts spinning faster and faster. As we get
> some reaction shots, we see that the cube's backwash is also faster.
> Good job.
>
> Bailey, who has to shield his eyes from the cube, reports, "Range one
> hundred twenty five meters now."
>
> To recap: the ship is now backing away from the cube as fast as it can,
> and the cube is not only following, but closing on them, all the while
> spewing hard radiation at them. The cube is being way more aggressive
> than necessary.
>
> "Helm, give us warp speed," says Kirk.
>
> "Warp one, sir," says Sulu. The engines ramp up again.
>
> "Radiation at the tolerance level," reports Spock.
>
> "Warp two, sir," says Sulu.
>
> Another shot of the cube accompanied by the Spinning Cube theme.
>
> "Speed is now warp three," says Sulu.
>
> "Radiation passing tolerance level," reports Spock, "entering lethal
> zone." The ship is now traveling 27 times the speed of light, and the
> cube is still riding their asses and spitting even more radiation at
> them.
>
> "Range fifty-one meters and still closing, sir," says Bailey.
>
> Kirk finally gets fed up. "Phaser crew stand ready," he orders.
>
> "Phaser crew reports ready, sir," says Bailey.
>
> Back to the cube, spinning faster and faster and getting closer and
> closer.
>
> "Growing," Spock states, "we can take only a few more seconds of this."
>
> "Lock phasers on target," Kirk orders. Unfortunately for everyone
> involved, Bailey chooses this moment to freeze. "Mr. Bailey, lock
> phasers!" Kirk repeats.
>
> Bailey finally unfreezes and establishes a target lock on the cube.
> "Phasers locked, on target, sir! Point blank range and closing!"
>
> "Fire main phasers!"
>
> A shot of the Enterprise as two red phaser beams fire from the bottom
> of the saucer section.
>
> A shot of the viewscreen over the shoulders of Sulu and Bailey as it
> fills with the light of an explosion. The bridge shakes.
>
> A shot of a corridor as crewmen are thrown against walls.
>
> More shots of the bridge as people are thrown around.
>
> Musical sting. Fade to black.
>
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| Re: TOS Recap: The Corbomite Maneuver, part 1 of 4 [message #217038 ] |
Mi, 08 Februar 2006 04:23 |
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Marshall Karp writes:
>> A.E. van Vogt and Philip Jose Farmer
> Anyone got any info on what stories these guys submitted? and rejected?
Farmer submitted at least two story outlines that were rejected by GR
(causing him to nickname GR "Rod-and-Bury"), which he later de-Trekked
and turned into the stories "The Shadow of Space" and "Sketches from
the Ruins of my Mind".
I have no information on van Vogt, but it's possible that he might have
tried to turn one or more of his "Space Beagle" stories into Star Trek
episodes.
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Mi, 08 Februar 2006 05:49 |
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http://allyourtrekarebelongto.us/corbomite.htm
http://allyourtrekarebelongto.us/femalechat.html
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| Re: TOS Recap: The Corbomite Maneuver, part 1 of 4 [message #217063 ] |
Do, 09 Februar 2006 20:10 |
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Empok Nor wrote:
> This is the third in a series of recaps of the original Star Trek
> episodes.
Excellent!
You know, recently I purchased a special collectors edition of TOS (special
price, cheaper than three seperate seasons). All three seasons are now in my
possession. The packaging looks a bit silly (big cookie jar called 'cargo
container'), but the content is extremely cool!
<snip>
> GR starts soliciting story outlines from veteran scriptwriters and/or
> science fiction writers including "Twilight Zone" veterans such as
> Richard Matheson, Jerry Sohl and William Clayton Johnson, as well as
> Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch, A.E. van Vogt and
> Philip Jose Farmer. As his production team assembles, various members
> of the production staff also contribute story outlines, including
> script consultant John D.F.Black, story editor D.C. Fontana, and
> producer Gene L. Coon.
>
Yeah! And *that's* the way to do it.
> Additional cast changes are made. DeForest Kelley had played a
> crusty, eccentric police lab chief in GR's "Police Story" pilot, and
> GR decides that his characterization would be perfect for the
> Enterprise's Chief Medical Officer. Paul Fix's Dr. Mark Piper is
> dropped, with Kelley signed up to play Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy.
> Andrea Dromm's Yeoman Smith is dropped, with another "Police Story"
> veteran named Grace Lee Whitney set to play Yeoman Janice Rand.
> Lloyd Haynes' Communications Officer Alden is dropped to allow the
> role to be recast for a woman, and Nichelle Nichols, who appeared in
> an episode of The Lieutenant, is eventually cast as Lt. Uhura. The
> death of helmsman Lee Kelso in the second pilot left that position
> vacant, and Mr. Spock's role as Science Officer made the
> astrophysicist character Mr. Sulu redundant, so Mr. Sulu becomes the
> regular helmsman. Shatner's Kirk, Nimoy's Spock and Doohan's Scott
> continue in their positions from the second pilot.
>
Excellent changes btw. It improved the show.
> By the end of April, Jerry Sohl's script for "The Corbomite Maneuver"
> is chosen as the first episode to be filmed. Shooting commences on
> the morning of Tuesday, May 24, 1966.
>
I saw it a couple of days ago now. Yesterday I played 'Balance of Terror' on
my DVD player.
> #
>
> TEASER
>
> We open with the stock shot from "The Cage" of the Enterprise flying
> in from the left, as we approach the ship and pan up from below the
> saucer to above. The opening bar of the title theme plays.
>
> Cut to the bridge, looking at the main viewscreen from over the
> shoulders of helmsman Lt. Sulu and navigator Lt. Dave Bailey. The
> screen shows stars moving past the ship. The main viewscreen now has
> square corners and a row of white lights below it .
>
> "One degree to overlap," says Bailey.
>
> Cut to a close-up of Mr. Spock's hand as it hovers over a switch on
> his library-computer station. We pull back for a crane shot looking
> down on Spock, who is wearing a blue Medical & Science Division tunic
> (and boy, is it great finally seeing him in that blue tunic). We
> continue to pull back, showing Uhura at communications wearing a
> minidress in Command Division gold.
>
Not that I mind Uhura in the line of command, but red is more her color I'd
say. ;-)
<snip>
> #
>
> Kirk's cabin. Kirk, cleaned up, is putting his tunic on. On a shelf
> behind him are several small sculptures, souvenirs of visits to
> various worlds. One of them, I kid you not, is a sculpture of E.T.,
> the Extraterrestrial. (Don't take my word for it, look at the DVD, 6
> minutes and 36 seconds into the episode. It's E.T., dammit!) Kirk
> switches on his monitor and says, "Captain to bridge."
>
6 minutes and 36 seconds?
Check.
I will look it up tonight.
<snip>
> "Fire main phasers!"
>
> A shot of the Enterprise as two red phaser beams fire from the bottom
> of the saucer section.
>
The first type of phaser of TOS.
The other one being the pulse type, only again seen later on in DS9 on the
Defiant.
> A shot of the viewscreen over the shoulders of Sulu and Bailey as it
> fills with the light of an explosion. The bridge shakes.
>
> A shot of a corridor as crewmen are thrown against walls.
>
> More shots of the bridge as people are thrown around.
>
> Musical sting. Fade to black.
--
Wouter Valentijn
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"The world that denies thee, thou inhabit.
The peace that ignores thee, thou corrupt.
Chaos. I remain, as ever, thy faithful, degenerate son."
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| Re: TOS Recap: The Corbomite Maneuver, part 1 of 4 [message #217064 ] |
Do, 09 Februar 2006 20:11 |
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Empok Nor wrote:
> Marshall Karp writes:
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>>> A.E. van Vogt and Philip Jose Farmer
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>> Anyone got any info on what stories these guys submitted? and
>> rejected?
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> Farmer submitted at least two story outlines that were rejected by GR
> (causing him to nickname GR "Rod-and-Bury"), which he later de-Trekked
> and turned into the stories "The Shadow of Space" and "Sketches from
> the Ruins of my Mind".
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> I have no information on van Vogt, but it's possible that he might
> have tried to turn one or more of his "Space Beagle" stories into
> Star Trek episodes.
Too bad. They would have made great episodes I think.
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"The world that denies thee, thou inhabit.
The peace that ignores thee, thou corrupt.
Chaos. I remain, as ever, thy faithful, degenerate son."
Ethan Rayne, 'Halloween' (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
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| Re: TOS Recap: The Corbomite Maneuver, part 1 of 4 [message #217066 ] |
Fr, 10 Februar 2006 00:11 |
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Wouter Valentijn wrote:
> Empok Nor wrote:
>> This is the third in a series of recaps of the original Star Trek
>> episodes.
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<snip>
>> Kirk's cabin. Kirk, cleaned up, is putting his tunic on. On a shelf
>> behind him are several small sculptures, souvenirs of visits to
>> various worlds. One of them, I kid you not, is a sculpture of E.T.,
>> the Extraterrestrial. (Don't take my word for it, look at the DVD, 6
>> minutes and 36 seconds into the episode. It's E.T., dammit!) Kirk
>> switches on his monitor and says, "Captain to bridge."
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> 6 minutes and 36 seconds?
> Check.
> I will look it up tonight.
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In my DVD player I saw that sculpture ten or twenty seconds earlier than
that. Must be the PAL speed up or something like that...
There is a resemblence yes
Almost uncanny! ;)
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Wouter Valentijn
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www.zeppodunsel.nl
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"The world that denies thee, thou inhabit.
The peace that ignores thee, thou corrupt.
Chaos. I remain, as ever, thy faithful, degenerate son."
Ethan Rayne, 'Halloween' (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
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