Star Trek Trivia (Series and Films) - Page 109

I like to think of them as Star Trek radio shows in a way. I do wish the animation were a little better, or at least more varied, so that there would be some positive trade-off for the loss of the actors' faces, but I still enjoy the shows. They may not be at the level of the live-action series, but they are closer than I would ever have expected. Nelson, which performances sounded Stanley Adamsish to you? Speaking of whom, I think it was classy of them to get some of the original guest stars, like Adams, to voice their parts.

 

Are there still any missing captains out there, Nelson? 

Unbelieveable I have a question, especially since I semi-dissed this thread recently, but......

What exactly is Warp drive? Multiples of the speed of light or something else?

Also, how do radio or visual transmissions reach ships that are lightyears apart in just seconds.

Know they need to take some liberties for the shows or films to work properly in a reasonable time period, kind of like the instant DNA analysis on the CSI shows. As an audience we just take it for granted. But is there anything in the older shows or books that explains Warp drive and other things we accept as just every day occurences?

Yes, Stan, the warp "factors" represent exponentially greater multiples of the speed of light. It's never explicitly defined in the series (perhaps it is in the spin-offs?), but fans and original contributors alike have repeated this explanation: the warp factor represents the base number and the exponent of the multiple of light speed. That is, warp 1 is just the speed of light; warp 2 is two to the second power times light speed, warp 3 is three to the third power times light speed, etc. But the important point is that they can get places quickly, and Warp 8 or faster is dangerous.

 

"Sublight" communication does allow messages to travel great distances, but it actually doesn't work as quickly as you suggest. Numerous times, the Enterprise is light years away from Starfleet or a Starbase and we are told it will take weeks for a message to arrive. Dramatically, that allows for more significance because Kirk can't just say, "Well, what do I do?"

Thank you for the response. Just odd little things I've often wondered about through the years. Knew Warp speed was fast, but had never heard of the exponential speeds like you mentioned. I'm assuming they had some fantastic navigation to avoid asteroids and other space debris at those speeds.

I've heard people say the deflector is a electronic shield that deflects debris in the path of the ship. So at high warp, those little particles floating in space won't rip a hole in the ship.

Lee, I think you got all the Captains. The captain of the Defiant was never named. There is at least one more Captain in TAS, IIRC.

Scott, Lee, it's not that TAS is that unbearable to watch, it just doesn't hold up as well or made as well as TOS. I agree they had a few good stories. But sometimes the artwork didn't live up to the story. Those Filmation artists were not well geared to do sic-fi. The creatures are often juvenile. Hey, that's the problem! They were used to that level of imagery.

I really like the comparison to radio plays. On that level, I can deal with it. I'm working from home right now, so I have been playing episodes and not really looking, but listening.

When it first aired, I saw Beyond the Farthest Star and liked it. Yesteryear, Time Trap and the water world episode, the Tribbles and The Counterclock Incident were the other memorable ones for me. and if it comes to high definition, I'd likely get it! Of course, there's been discussions on threads of how cool it would be to redo the animation with modern processes.

There are at least two in TAS: Robert April (Enterprise) and the one whose name I can't remember from The Eye of the Beholder.

Lee, that's it. Robert April. I liked the nod to TOS and I'm sure Rodenberry had a hand in that. I'll have to play Eye of the Beholder to see the other captain's name.

You made what I thought would be a simple question and got all the ones I was thinking of, plus a few others I had in mind, but wasn't going to expect.

You're next.

Can you name everyone filmed in the Emergency Manual Monitor set (looking down on the engineering set)?

I'm afraid I'll have to get clearance from Security Chief Sulu before I can answer that!

The game has rules...you're ignoring them.

I'm a doctor, not an engineer! I guess that's one answer for the question Lee, Scotty and McCoy. There have been so many I am thinking of now. I'll see if Scott or anyone else wants to take a crack at it.

To wrap up on the other question, I just played The Eye of the Beholder and I read the Memory Alpha entry on it. The writer was displeased with the results, he felt animation couldn't do justice to the emotional depth of Star Trek. That seems like a fair comment. Though at the root of it, as Scott has commented, the writing is overall, usually good and I liked the story of this episode. Though a bit similar to The Cage in some respects, in others, totally different. it could also be called a bit similar to The Devil in the Dark had they filmed this in the 4th season.

So there is a 6 man crew on the Ariel, a science vessel. As far as I could tell, Tom Markel commanded it..
Edited by Nelson Au - Today at 3:22 pm

I didn't have "so many" on my list. We'll see how many I forgot. Yes to McCoy and Scott, of course.

 

Thanks for reminding me about Markel. He was the one I had in mind. I agree about Eye of the Beholder. I think the animated series had the worst story trouble when they were being too derivative of Star Trek, and this would be one example. I also have little love for the various sequel episodes (except Yesteryear, if you count that one as a sequel.)

Oh yeah, Lee, you asked who sounded Stanley Adamsish. I think it was a Klingon in The Time Trap. From what I'm guessing now, it was more likely to be Doohan. Or a on staff voice actor at Filmation.

And I just heard Shatner say lava and the first syllable sounded more like bat. As in la-va. If that is a clear way to describe it. It was in The Jihad

I added it. I was briefly and inexcusably sidetracked by Valentine's Day.