Talk:The Enemy Within (episode)

From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference

Contents 1 Episode talk page 1.1 Maintenance links 2 Background note 3 No shuttlecraft? 4 Alex Barker 5 Background Cleanup 6 Uncredited Extras

[edit] Background note

My cleanup of background noted is continuing. Here is th big one from this one:

• The voice of the security officer on the intercom sounds like James Doohan, sans accent.

I am removing this one. If it is James Doohan, then it should say that, rather than "it sounds like him." If it isn't him, then it really is of little value. --OuroborosCobra 03:51, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Another recently added:

• Kirk happens to have a jar of makeup in his quarters which the double uses to mask his scars. But who are we to judge him for using makeup?

Background info isn't some form of running commentary. This is an encyclopedia.– Cleanse 10:01, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No shuttlecraft?

M'just sayin'.... 8-\ -- <216.254.103.174 >

Considering the violentness of that atmosphere, including EM, and the fact that a scout ship crashed, my guess us shuttles would not do well. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 01:27, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Scout ship? I don't recall a scout ship crashing on Alfa 177... you sure you're not confusing episodes, Cobra? --From Andoria with Love 02:03, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

...same goes for the rest. Nothing of the sort was mentioned. Simple answer: The concept of shuttlecraft was apparently not in the writers mind at the time, at least not for another nine episodes, when we got our first taste of shuttlecraft. --Alan del Beccio 02:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

CRAP! I was thinking of a different episode, "The Enemy". Stupid me and my not reading very well. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 13:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alex Barker

Got any evidence/references to back up this claim? — Morder 05:18, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Background Cleanup

I removed the following commentary:

• Richard Matheson's script is very important to the series, concisely and clearly allowing Spock to explain his mixed heritage and the challenges it causes for him. He also wrote the script for a television movie called "The Stranger Within," starring Barbara Eden as a woman impregnated by an alien.
• Matt Jefferies' imaginative design made engineering perhaps the most impressive set used for the Enterprise.

And the following for nitpicking/speculation.

• For years, the first several minutes of this show, up to Fisher's fall, were printed backwards. This has been corrected on the DVD releases, and in the prints currently aired. It is also likely that Shatner and Takei do not wear their insignia on their uniforms because of this.
• Shatner's command insignia is missing from his uniform through the first five minutes of the episode. Since Shatner interacted with a double when confronting himself, the double's costume was not finished on the front because we only saw him from behind. It's likely that Shatner was given the double's costume by mistake.
• Also, Lt. Farrell's insignia is missing from his uniform near the end of this episode, when evil Kirk tells him to abandon Sulu, but reappears in five seconds on his chest. Alan Asherman speculated this was due to forgetfulness after cleaning of the early velour costumes, in which insignia had to be removed and then re-attached afterward.
• Another jump cut allowing two Kirks to appear in the same scene in engineering was spoiled by interspersing a shot of the double on top of one of the engine components, which rendered the edit unnecessary. A similar situation happened in sickbay.
• Lieutenant Farrell refers to Sulu as "Mr. Solo."
• When Scott reports from engineering about the destroyed transporter ionizer, new dialog is dubbed in over the original. Even from behind, it is clear that Doohan is speaking different words. This piece of equipment was later recycled as the Janus VI reactor in "The Devil in the Dark".
• It is unusual that this engineering room was an ideal place for a fugitive to hide if he wanted to escape search parties, and also in that it seemed like it was normally unmanned with absolutely nobody in it. The idea that the "engineering deck", as it was called, as a place where people normally are not at is re-iterated in the later episode "The Conscience of the King" where Lt. Riley is sent "down" all by himself, which he perceives as some kind of punishment or chastisement for something he did wrong. This is quite a contrast with the busy engine room of the later seasons and of the later series of Trek.
• During the final confrontation between Kirk and his double on the bridge, the double's cheek scars appear on the wrong side of his face due to reversal of the film.
• When positive-Kirk and negative-Kirk meet for the very first time down in the engineering room, negative-Kirk is seen holding a Phaser-II pistol, and there is a close-up of this. This is the pistol that he confiscated earlier. For the full-body shots of the actors, negative-Kirk is seen holding only a Phaser-I, and it is this weapon that he discharges to the side somewhere when Spock nerve pinches him. It is also clearly a Phaser-I when negative-Kirk is lying on the floor unconscious.
• When Spock makes the captain's log entry in lieu of the captain, he erroneously calls himself "second officer Spock".
• Along with the sign reading "Captain James T. Kirk", there is another sign beneath which begins "3F xxx". This sign could possibly be a carryover from its first appearance in (TOS: "The Man Trap") identifying the room number of McCoy's quarters.

And I think the following are not really notable:

• What looks to be a bottle of liquid detergent is present on the counter top in Kirk's quarters during the evil Kirk's tantrum.
• This is the only episode when you can see the ceiling of the engineering room, although when the set is redecorated as the phaser control room in "Balance of Terror", you can glimpse it. Also, in "The Conscience of the King", when the set is re-dressed as the ship's theater, you can see the ceiling.

Also, the "production timeline" seems inconsistent with the uncited note about when the drafts were submitted - could someone clarify or correct this?– Cleanse 05:59, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Uncredited Extras

Looking for confirmation: one of the other geological technicians in the opening scene is played by Sean Morgan.--72.229.231.18 18:32, September 7, 2009 (UTC)Jim in NYC