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PostPosted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:24 pm    Post subject: TOS episode #5 -The Enemy Within Reply with quote

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____ Star Trek - The Enemy Within - Music video


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~ Footage with music audio of Gravity of Love by Enigma - an interesting experiment,by TrekkieGirl

Classic Trek Quotes:

McCoy: "It's dead, Jim." - the first episode McCoy utters this "dead" line, though it's in reference to an alien dog here; usually it's about a crewman or other human.

________________ "Back to the bottle again Captain?"

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Here's some background information on The Enemy Within... Richard Matheson wrote the script and his original ending was even more provocative that the one filmed with Spock & Rand! As is well known, in the finished episode Spock hinted to Rand at the end that she might have liked some of the brutal Kirk's attentions and Rand acted like a team player in response, rather than slapping the Vulcan. Here's the original script:

MATHESON'S ORIGINAL ENDING

In Sickbay McCoy tells Kirk not to worry about the crew finding out about his dark side:

McCOY
The same thing would have happened to any one of us
who'd gone through the Transporter at that particular
time. We all have an enemy within.
(beat; smiling)
It's the human condition.

Kirk smiles back and the doctor pats his arm, leaves to help his patients. Kirk starts for the corridor.

INT. BRIDGE - MOVING SHOT - CLOSE ON KIRK

As he emerges from the elevator and moves to Mr. Spock who is at his customary place at the Library-Computer station.

SPOCK
Captain.

KIRK
I want to thank you, Mr. Spock.
I couldn't have made it without you.

SPOCK
(nods once)
What will you tell the crew?

KIRK
That the impostor was put back-
(pause; smiling)
- where he belongs.

JANICE'S VOICE
To die, Captain?

INCLUDING JANICE

JANICE
The... "impostor" told me what
really happened.

KIRK
(a little stunned)
Oh?

JANICE
And I just wanted to say that I
hope he hasn't died.

KIRK
(still off balance)
Why?

JANICE
Because he has some very interesting qualities.

She turns away, smiling cooly. Kirk stares after, then looks at Spock who clears his throat and moves off. Repressing a smile, Kirk goes to his chair, sits. Briefly, he savors the moment, then flicks on his Communicator.

KIRK
(with full authority)
This is the Captain speaking.

EXT. SPACE - FULL SHOT - U.S.S. ENTERPRISE

As it moves off into the night of stars.

FADE OUT.

THE END

It's beginning to look to me that they changed it to make Spock a bit of a villain so as not to make Rand appear like a lady really into S&M abuse and so on. Here's the site from where I sourced this: ENEMY WITHIN BACKGROUND MATERIAL

It has also come to light that some scenes in the finished version of the episode were edited into a slightly wrong order. For example, I always thought there was something off about that scene where Kirk is told of the transporter problem and "if this should happen to a man..." and Kirk starts to say "Oh my G.."



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kirk's green wraparound tunic came about because William Ware Theiss was trying to find a green fabric that would still print as green after they did color correction to the film. Kirk's shirts always were green, but when they would do color correction for some scenes, the shirts came out as gold. The color correction also affected the red tunics, but the blue tunics were not as affected. It drove poor William Ware Theiss crazy trying to fix the problem.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 10:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I always thought it odd how Spock was smiling and asking Yeoman Rand about her near rape at the hands of the alternate Kirk! Nice to see her little red panties though! Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trivia for "The Enemy Within'' October 6,1966.

Writer Richard Matheson. RM was an acclaimed sf author.
He wrote The Shrinking Man novel, which was adapted to the 1957 classic sf film "The Incredible Shrinking Man."

His dystopian novel "I Am Legend" was adapted three times to film, first for the Vincent Price movie "The Last Man On Earth", then "The Omega Man" in 1971 starring Charleton Heston, and most recently for the Wil Smith iteration.

RM wrote the script for the TV movie "Duel" which was directed by a young Steven Spielberg.

The 1998 Robin Williams film "What Dreams May Come" was based upon the novel by RM.

RM also scripted 14 episodes for Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone." He wrote the screenplay for the popular TV-movie "The Night Stalker", which eventually spun off into the creepy horror TV series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker."

Director for this episode was Leo Penn who was a very prolific director in television. Leo's sons Sean Penn and Chris Penn would go to be actors.

RM said that 'Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was an influence for his script for this episode.

TEW had a subplot involving Sulu and three other crewmen being stranded on the planet as the temperature plummeted. RM did not write that into his script.

RM disliked B-stories in general and felt that they served to only slow down the main plot. He focused his script entirely upon Captain Kirk's split into two personalities and felt that it carried the entire episode fine without any subplot needed.

At the start of the episode we see Kirk & a crewman without their ship insignia on their tunics.

The green wraparound tunic worn by Kirk was first created for this episode in order to differentiate the good Kirk from the evil Kirk.

I always thought that this green tunic was superior looking to the one worn later by Kirk in season two. The material looked richer and sharper.

Jimmy Doohan felt that William Shatner turned in a fine performance on this episode, and everyone knows that Jimmy was no big fan of Bill.

Richard Matheson compared the differences between his working for Rod Serling and Gene Roddenberry on their respective shows. Rod would never had any compulsion to impose his own views upon another writer's script.

Gene had his vision for ST:TOS and would feel the need to rewrite other writer's scripts so that it fit into Gene's concepts of what ST was and was not.

Leonard Nimoy would create the famous Vulcan Neck Pinch for this episode.

"Television directing is like being a really good hooker. It's a one-night stand; you give it your best shot and do as well as you can under the circumstances."
~Leo Penn.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pow wrote:
TEW had a subplot involving Sulu and three other crewmen being stranded on the planet as the temperature plummeted. RM did not write that into his script.

RM disliked B-stories in general and felt that they served to only slow down the main plot. He focused his script entirely upon Captain Kirk's split into two personalities and felt that it carried the entire episode fine without any subplot needed.

This really surprised me! Shocked

The truly powerful drama which was added by having the poor stranded crewmen on the frozen planet's surface boosted this story's emotional impact tremendously!

If I'd written the original screenplay which did NOT include that brilliant subplot, I'd have been grateful for the addition of that important improvement because of the way it crystallized the basic premise!

Frankly, it gave the story is literary balls! Shocked

Consider this: the scene in the episode when "sissy Kirk" and "horny Kirk" are recombined and he steps down from the transporter pad to boldly say, "Get those men aboard fast!" is the big emotional payoff for this exceptional episode!

It demonstrated exactly why the "complete James T. Kirk" was so crucial for him to be the captain of the ship! Very Happy

If you doubt it, folks, just watch that part again!
Very Happy

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree with you, Bud, that Matheson was wrong in objecting to the subplot about Sulu and the other crewmen being in danger on the planet.

RM was one fantastic writer and we have not seen a copy of his entire script that did not have the B story that was later added on.

So judging him requires that we assume that as fine a writer as he was; he may have been in error in thinking that his script that focused entirely on the split Kirk undergoes might not have been as compelling as he thought it would be to the audience.

You are correct when you say that the life-and-death situation adds not only a sense of urgency to the situation but that it reflects back to the captain of the Enterprise.

The "good' Kirk is indecisive and waffles over the desperate plight of his stranded crew. He is easily influenced by the last person to speak to him and that individual could have a totally opposing opinion from the previous individual.

This cause the "good" Kirk immense anguish and yet he retains some of the strength he originally had when he is asked by Mr.Spock does he want the Vulcan Science officer to relieve Kirk of command of the star ship?

Even in his distressed and weak state we see a Kirk unwilling to relinquish his command.

Is it ego? Is it a sense of knowing that he is, in fact, an excellent commander and somehow he still retains those qualities in spit of this incredible separation he is experiencing?

The struggle is only enhanced by the dilemma of the crewmen facing the rapidly plunging temperatures upon the alien world.

Kirk hasn't got time to be dithering as his officers are facing death.

Command of the Enterprise is built in with immense stress and pressures for any commander.

Add to that this split event, men in danger and an evil twin on board and Spock and McCoy pulling at him in different directions and you can see Kirk's ready for a nervous breakdown.

The episode also has a brief but good insight into Mr.Spock as he explains how he has to struggle between his half Vulcan side and half human side.
It is never easy for him at he must deal with it every single day of his life.

My objection to this episode is the finale where a somewhat leering Spock makes the cruel comment to Yeoman Rand regarding the evil Kirk's "interesting qualities."

I do not know if that came from Matheson or was a rewrite of his script by someone else?

It is despicable & shows the sexist standards of that era that are still with us today. I can only hope and pray that the Metoo Movement will seriously change things for all women.

The comment is not at all funny as intended and a sad reminder of what women faced then...and now.

Tragically this would become a reality for the Grace Lee Whitney while filming ST:TOS.

Grace would be assaulted by an executive after the filming of the episode "Miri."

It would nearly destroy her afterwards but through courage & help she would come back after living many hard years.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sulu seems to have some sort of rotating head on his phaser. In one scene, he uses it to heat up several rocks. He holds it perfectly still but the phaser beam sweeps back and forth over the rocks.

Also of note is that no one on the planet has an emblem on their uniform shirts.

I know that the shuttlecraft had not yet been constructed for the series, so the option of using it to rescue Sulu and the rest of the landing party was not possible. Could someone have written some dialogue to explain that while the shuttles existed in the hanger bay of the Enterprise, could there have been a reason the shuttles would not operate properly on the planet?

Come to think of it, there's a scene where it is explained that the Enterprise did beam portable heaters down to the stranded crew members, but the heaters duplicated and were useless.

Could Mr. Spock have looked into the problem and offered a reason why the shuttlecrafts would be useless? Perhaps he could say that once on the surface, the shuttle systems would shut down (but not double) due to the strange properties of the ores on Alpha 177?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The freezing storms may have had a derogatory effect on the shuttlecraft's engines or thrusters in the atmosphere or a bit like how the Moonbase Alpha Eagles broke down in the Moon's atmosphere after being exposed to the air supplied to them by the people of the planet Ariel!
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pow wrote:
Sulu seems to have some sort of rotating head on his phaser. In one scene, he uses it to heat up several rocks. He holds it perfectly still but the phaser beam sweeps back and forth over the rocks.

Matt Jefferies was a brilliant designer. The rotating dial on the emitter was to adjust the beam spread. Supposedly, on the original hero props, the emitter would either retract or extend when the dial was rotated. The emitter would also retract when the P1 was removed, and extend when the P1 was inserted into the P2 frame. The small dial at the front is to select the function. The large dial on the rear was to adjust the level of force.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nitpicker's Guide.

The transporter malfunctions after Scotty beams Technician Fisher back to the ship. Yellow ore covering Fisher's clothing causes the problem. The chief engineer expresses concern about the equipment and---he tells Technician Wilson to fetch a "synchronic meter" so they can double-check the device. Yet, before Wilson returns, Scott beams the captain aboard. So he didn't need the synchronic meter after all?

Mr. Spock makes an odd statement. He says, "I have a human half you see as well as an alien half, submerged, constantly at war with each other."

Did he just call his Vulcan half "alien?" I thought Spock prided himself on his Vulcan heritage. Wouldn't he be more likely to identify his human half as alien?

Mr. Spock comments to Yeoman Janice Rand that the evil Kirk possessed some "interesting qualities qualities."

What's that supposed to mean? Is Spock wondering if Rand secretly enjoyed the evil Kirk's "forthrightness" (to use a very bad euphemism?)
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Note: That scene between Spock and Rand is absolutely reprehensible to me and always has been. She was attacked and almost raped by evil Kirk. How does anyone in their right mind think that she would find that kind of person "Interesting? She also could have PTSD after such a horrible incident, so Spock makes light of it!?!

Who wrote that and thought it'd be a humorous way to end the episode? Trash, Harvey Weinstein would approve no doubt.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NBC press release, September 13, 1966: A malfunction in the Transporter Room of the USS Enterprise turns Captain Kirk (William Shatner) into a Jekyll-and-Hyde, in "The Enemy Within" on Star Trek NBC colorcast of Thursday, Oct 6....While being "beamed" aboard his spacecraft from another planet in what is normally a routine operation, the commander is the victim of an electrical failure that literally transforms him into two "Captain Kirks." The Enterprise is threatened with complete chaos when the two personalities, identical in appearance but opposite in behavior and intellect, vie in a nightmarish conflict for control of the ship.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 10:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In an interview with James Doohan, he commented that Shatner did a very fine acting job on this episode.

That's high praise indeed coming from Jimmy given that he wasn't fond of Shatner.
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