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“Day of the Dove” – TOS 3X7

by trekkiefeminist

“Day of the Dove” is a classic Trek episode with a strong message about the futility of war as well as how war is perpetuated through racism. We also get to see the first Klingon woman, and she’s pretty cool. But before we get into that, we need to take a moment to talk about …

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Kirk and his crew stand by the mouth of the cave

“The Apple” – TOS 2X9

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I decided to watch and review “The Apple” after it was mentioned as an episode chock-full of red shirt deaths on a super-fun episode of All Things Trek featuring the creators of The Red Shirt Diaries.  “The Apple” does not have a complicated plot, so I won’t spend a lot of time on that. Basically: Away team …

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On TOS Aliens of the Week and Race

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This is from a 1980 interview TOS Season 3 Producer Fred Freiberger did with Starlog Magazine (Issue 39) Starlog Magazine: [David] Gerrold also criticized the lack of a racially balanced crew on the Enterprise. Fred Freiberger: Nonsense. The second or third show I did starred France Nuyen, who is an oriental (“Elaan of Troyius”). We …

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