- Star Trek had two dedicated studios for its use at Desilu's studios - Stage 9 and Stage 10, now Paramount Stages 31 and 32. Stage 9 was used for the Enterprise sets, with Stage 10 used for off-ship scenes. This one used Stage 9 pretty much entirely entirely.
- This is very clearly a budget-saving episode, albeit one with a fairly large number of extras - the most ship personnel in one scene in fact for TOS. The Defiant is clearly a redressed Enterprise bridge, the interior only seen in one scene.
- They seem to have missed a bit explaining why the transporter went down in the first place.
- Chekov's screaming is particularly memorable, that's for sure.
- DeForest Kelley does very good anger.
- Why did they not believe Uhura when she saw Kirk? Are they stupid?
- As Memory Alpha has pointed out, this is not Starfleet's first mutiny. It's not even the first TOS mutiny.
- The environment suits from this actually look pretty decent, although were apparently a real problem when it came to bodily functions. But "MC COY" with a space in the middle.
- The effects on this episode got the show an Emmy nomination. That rather shows how far the VFX industry has come since 1968.
- The Tholian ship comes in rather too slowly for something flying at half the speed of light.
- Injecting someone through a spacesuit? That doesn't seem like it would work.
Conclusion
It's a bottle episode, sure, but sometimes those can be among the best a show does. I wouldn't say it's one of the best Star Trek episodes, but it's still pretty good.
8/10
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