Monthly Archives: April 2017

You Can’t Know What It’s Like: TOS “Where No Man Has Gone Before”

Posted on 7 April 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

In this second series pilot, the Enterprise encounters an energy barrier at the edge of the galaxy that triggers ESP in two crewmembers. Watching the current CBS blu-ray set of these episodes, here we see nicely enhanced graphics of the … Continue reading →

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I Have Taken My Form Centuries Ago: TOS “Charlie X”

Posted on 4 April 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

The Enterprise picks up a human orphan who’s grown up supposedly alone on an alien planet. The enhanced graphics, which in an episode like this matter only in scenes of ships rendezvousing or sailing through space, show a more detailed … Continue reading →

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She Lives in My Dreams: TOS “The Man Trap”

Posted on 4 April 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

(This was, chronologically, my first post of notes and annotations I re-watched Star Trek TOS, The Original Series, beginning with this episode because it was the first broadcast is thus the first episode on the Blu-Ray set TOS that I … Continue reading →

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About to Re-watch Star Trek

Posted on 3 April 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

So a few words about my history with Star Trek, ending with my reflection that while I was obsessed by the show in my teens, I haven’t seen but a handful of episodes, at all, in 40 years. (I’m talking … Continue reading →

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