Trivia: The parasite creatures in this episode were mentioned in the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual, and were called “blastoneurons.” In the script, as originally conceived, the parasites were not destroyed with light. Instead, the Enterprise
leaves Deneva and destroys their home planet – effectively
annihilating the central “brain” that controls their operations which renders them harmless. This is the version James Blish writes in his adaption of –
This image of Season one’s title screens ( you know- the non-CGI , original opticals ) was produced by fellow Trek fan, reviewer and blogger W. Scott Kardel -currently managing director for International Dark-Sky Association. Apparently – the same couple of planets really got re-used .
Trivia: The parasite creatures in this episode were mentioned in the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual, and were called “blastoneurons.” In the script, as originally conceived, the parasites were not destroyed with light. Instead, the Enterprise
leaves Deneva and destroys their home planet – effectively
annihilating the central “brain” that controls their operations which renders them harmless. This is the version James Blish writes in his adaption of –
This image of Season one’s title screens ( you know- the non-CGI , original opticals ) was produced by fellow Trek fan, reviewer and blogger W. Scott Kardel -currently managing director for International Dark-Sky Association. Apparently – the same couple of planets really got re-used .
The pic shared by Will comes from my blog Visible Suns and my post here: http://visiblesuns.blogspot.com/2013/11/star-trek-season-one-redux.html