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A companion to the bestselling Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers, this fun and fascinating unauthorized book of bloopers and goof-ups covers all 79 episodes of the original Star Trek series as well as the first six movies.

ISBN-13: 9780440506836

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Publication Date: 10-01-1994

Pages: 408

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Series: Nitpicker's Guides

Phil Farrand is an award-winning computer programmer best known for the creation of Finale. He is also the author of The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers, The Nitpicker's Guide for Classic Trekkers, The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers, Vol. II, The Nitpicker's Guide for Deep Space Nine Trekkers, and The Nitpicker's Guide for X-Philes.

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Greetings, fellow nitpickers! So now we turn our attention to classic Trek. In case you do not know, this guide is a follow-up to the earlier book, The Nitpicker’s Guide for Next Generation Trekkers. In my travels, I’ve come across an interesting attitude toward the original Star Trek series. I’ve found that many fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation view the original series like the crazy old uncle that no one wants to talk about at the family reunion. That’s unfortunate, because you can’t really understand NextGen unless you go back to its beginnings. And go back to the beginnings I have.
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Table of Contents

Season 1
The Man Trap 3
Charlie X 7
Where No Man Has Gone Before 11
The Naked Time 14
The Enemy Within 18
Mudd's Women 22
Captaincy Aptitude Test 25
What Are Little Girls Made Of? 29
Miri 33
Dagger of the Mind 36
The Corbomite Maneuver 39
The Menagerie, Part I 43
The Menagerie, Part II 47
Triathlon Trivia on Alien Races 50
The Conscience of the King 52
Balance of Terror 55
Shore Leave 59
The Galileo Seven 62
The Squire of Gothos 66
Arena 70
Personal Favorites 74
Tomorrow Is Yesterday 76
Court-Martial 80
The Return of the Archons 84
Space Seed 88
A Taste of Armageddon 92
This Side of Paradise 95
Romance Tote Board 99
The Devil in the Dark 101
Errand of Mercy 104
The Alternative Factor 108
The City on the Edge of Forever 112
Operation--Annihilatel 117
Is Starfleet Military? 121
Season 2
Amok Time 125
Who Mourns for Adonais? 128
The Changeling 132
Mirror, Mirror 136
The Apple 141
The Doomsday Machine 144
Kirk's Top Ten Reasons for Violating the Prime Directive 148
Catspaw 149
I, Mudd 153
Metamorphosis 157
Journey to Babel 160
Friday's Child 164
The Deadly Years 168
Obsession 171
Triathlon Trivia on Insults 174
Wolf in the Fold 176
The Trouble with Tribbles 179
The Gamesters of Triskelion 182
A Piece of the Action 185
The Immunity Syndrome 188
A Private Little War 192
Boys in the Hall 195
Return to Tomorrow 198
Patterns of Force 201
By Any Other Name 204
The Omega Glory 208
The Ultimate Computer 211
Bread and Circuses 214
Assignment: Earth 218
Idiosyncrasies Tote Board 222
Season 3
Spock's Brain 227
The Enterprise Incident 231
The Paradise Syndrome 234
And the Children Shall Lead 237
Is There in Truth No Beauty? 240
Spectre of the Gun 243
Trek Silliness 246
Day of the Dove 249
For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky 252
The Tholian Web 254
Plato's Stepchildren 258
Wink of an Eye 262
The Empath 266
Triathlon Trivia on Other Characters 269
Elaan of Troyius 272
Whom Gods Destroy 277
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield 280
The Mark of Gideon 284
That Which Survives 287
The Lights of Zetar 291
The Unsyndicated 294
Requiem for Methuselah 296
The Way to Eden 300
The Cloudminders 303
The Savage Curtain 307
All Our Yesterdays 310
Turnabout Intruder 313
Damage Tote Board 318
The First Pilot
The Cage 323
The Movies
Star Trek: The Motion Picture 329
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 336
Major Themes in Star Trek 345
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 348
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 354
Triathlon Trivia on Planets 361
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 363
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 370
The Intragalactic Trek Awards 378