1x04 The Naked Time - Star Trek: The Original Series Episode Guide

Star Trek: The Original Series

- Episode 01x04

Episode: 01x04
Title: The Naked Time
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 6149-07
First Aired: Sep. 29, 1966

Season 1 » Episode #04 - The Naked Time

Star Trek: The Original Series - 01x04 The Naked Time

Summary: The crew of the Enterprise is infected with a alien compound that alters crewmens' minds and emotions in a way similar to alcohol and is spread by contact. The compound's effects led to the destruction of a science outpost's crew and is inadvertently brought aboard the Enterprise. One crewman locks himself in the engine room and shuts down the warp core, just as the planet beneath them begins to break up.

Who appeared in this episode?

Mr. Spock

Guest Stars:

Captain James T. Kirk	played by William Shatner
Tormolen	played by Stewart Moss
Christine	played by Majel Barrett
Riley	played by Bruce Hyde
Dr. McCoy	played by DeForest Kelley
Yeoman Rand	played by Grace Lee Whitney
Sulu	played by George Takei
Scott	played by James Doohan
Uhura	played by Nichelle Nichols

	Season 1 / Episode 4: - The Naked Time Capt. Kirk: The purpose of a briefing, gentlemen, is to get me answers based on your abilities and experience. In a critical orbit there's no time for surprise. Scotty: Unless you people on the bridge start taking showers with your clothes on, my engines can pull us out of anything. We'll be warping out of orbit within a half second a' getting your command.
	Season 1 / Episode 4: - The Naked Time Riley: And now, crew, I shall render 'Kathleen'... ONE MORE TIME!

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

MISC: After the warp engines implode, the ship is going backward in time. They reverse course and time flows forward. The ship's chronometer is calibrated wrong - it goes from 7:59 to 7:00 to 8:01. (This has been corrected in the Remastered Edition.)
FACT: Sulu reports that the planet's mass is decreasing. Mass can't be lost. With the planet compacting, the density will increase as will the effects of gravity.
PLOT: It's established that the "intoxication effect" spreads through physical contact - namely, through sweat. Sulu, by the time he makes it to the bridge with his sword, has worked up a healthy amount of perspiration, but though Uhura has extended physical contact with him in the ensuing fight, she never contracts the effect.
CHAR: When Scotty is cutting through the bulkhead with the phaser he is concerned about cutting through wiring and he doesn't want to go any faster - would it not have been easier and faster to use the phaser to just cut through the door?
CONT: The outside view of the ship shows the planet to be rotating clockwise, the viewer shows counter-clockwise.

TRIVIA

The futuristic-looking instrument Spock uses in the derelict planetary outpost is in fact an old-style, 20th-century radiation survey meter, which was called, for some mysterious reason by those who used it, the "Cutie Pie".
The bowling alley mentioned by Lt. Riley was never seen on the series, but did show up on the USS Enterprise blueprints issued in the 1970's.
First appearance in the series of Nurse Christine Chapel, played by Gene Roddenberry's then mistress and future wife Majel Barrett.
Following the viewer's reaction to Spock's emotional outburst, further scripts explored Spock's inner makeup.
After the scene where Spock is weeping, Leonard Nimoy's fan mail increased exponentially. Viewers were enthralled with the idea that Spock was secretly a reservoir of love and passion instead of an empty emotional void.