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Kirk and his crew stand by the mouth of the cave

“The Apple” – TOS 2X9

by trekkiefeminist

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 …

On TOS Aliens of the Week and Race

by trekkiefeminist

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 …