The moreTrek-astute of you may realise that sorts out one placement in the 25 immediately.
This is often the first episode I pop on when introducing someone to originalTrek.
Ted Cassidy provided the voice of the puppet version of Balok.
However upon beaming down a crewman is killed (and hes not even wearing red!)
Commander Ben Finney during an ion storm.
Unwilling to give up, Kirk demands the full hearing to prove his innocence.
It seems when it came to Captain Pike, Spock wasnt all that logical in either universe, really.
Plus, it has a mildly devious Spock, which its worth watching for alone.
Q… is that you?
A race called the Metrons intercept and set up a trial by combat between the two ships captains.
Eugenics, a spot of Nietzsches Ubermensch and an overarching statement that power corrupts underlines this episodes theme.
According to the actors, the closing scene was one of Leonard Nimoys favourite to perform.
That is a lesson that many of todays politicians have yet to learn.
Or The One Where Joan Collins Gets Kissed By Captain Kirk, as Collins herself calls it.
Kirk and Spock time their entry into the Guardian to try and put right what has gone wrong.
The Enterprise discovers a wrecked AMT model kit of itself after responding to a ships disaster beacon.
Hows that temporal physics headache coming on?
WatchParallelstoo (TNG).
Expect a multi-verse migraine.
All in a few pressurised bulkheads.
What could go wrong?
We learn about Spocks background and meet some of the other Federation races during this story.
The remastered HD series had the CG D-7 inserted into the earlier Klingon episodes.
Klingons vs humans… with short swords?
On a decontamination mission, the Enterprise detects a shuttlecraft reported stolen from Starbase 4, which they capture.
Spock also reveals to his younger self that logic offers a serenity humans seldom experience.
Let that sink in for a moment.