Spock says that the Queen of Hearts is from "Through the Looking Glass". Actually, she`s from "Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland". The Red Queen (in chess) is from "Through the Looking Glass".
There`s constant reference to "The Keeper". In "Shore Leave" he was known as "The Caretaker".
If the animated Enterprise has a version of the holodeck (as they do in the episode Practical Joker), then why does everybody get so excited about shore leave on the amusement park? Can't they make their fantasies come to life just as easily on the holodeck?
The holodeck from "The Practical Joker" is only seen to create scenarios not people, and they`re only the size of the holodeck.
The Shore Leave computer can read people's thoughts in an insant - note how it instantly knows when Uhura plans sabotage and grabs her arm before she can switch it off.
So when Kirk, Spock and Sulu are planning their charade of making it look like Spock is ill so the machines will come and fix him, surely the computer would be able to read their thoughts and know what they're up to?
Spock also indicates that the computer must help those that may be injured (the basis of their plan), whether or not it wants to, so what would the point be of the computer murdering everyone as it explains to Uhura? Wouldn't it just have to fix them up again.
Also look closely at the Enterprise final shot right at the end - a couple of stars move parallel with the ship.
Good point Chris. I never thought of that. I suppose Spock might be able to block the computer from reading his mind, but I'm at a loss to explain the others.
Sulu, Uhura and Dr. McCoy are beamed down to the planet surface. Sulu says it looks like the exact spot he and McCoy were at in "Shore Leave". Doesn't look like it to me. Where's the lake, for one thing? There's also too many mountains in the background.
Uhura's reflection in the lake does not have her delta insignia or stripes on the sleeves.
Judging by the green color of the ground (grass?) it looks to me like Spock was entering the cave again rather than stepping out of it to feign illness.
Kirk dives in after Spock and the mechanical nursemaid. Sulu and McCoy arrive too late to get through. They futilely push against the rock to gain entrance. Sulu's left hand is missing.
Using the crowbar to pry open the panel in zero gravity, you've gotta wonder what Scotty was using to brace himself. I mean, otherwise, when he did finally pop open that hatch, he'd've been flung out in the opposite direction. And it doesn't look like he was using anything to brace himself.
Um, just exaclty how could the Shore Leave planet install a new computer on the Enterprise? Transporter technology? But then, surely the crew would have noted that a transporter was being used to beam something aboard. Scotty later claims the new computer is being assembled by the Enterprise's computers. But how could they do it? And out of what material would they be making it?
Why is M'Ress the only Bridge personnel not wearing a harness?
Even though he's in a tight close-up, you can tell Spock's lips aren't moving as he tempts the Shore Leave planet with the knowledge it can learn from other intelligent life forms.
How is it the Shore Leave planet never searched the Enterprise's memory banks to learn the ship was created by humans and therefore not their Master?
After the Shore Leave computer relinquishes its control over the Enterprise, there's a shot of the helms/navigation console. Arex is at his post. And so is Sulu. Huh? I thought Hikaru was still on the planet with Dr. McCoy?
Somehow, I don't think Sulu and McCoy's idea of shore leave would entail Alice, the White Rabbit and that two-headed dragon.
The idea of a computer believing humans to be a slave (or infestation) of the Enterprise appeared in TOS ep, "The Changeling". It would later resurface in ST-TMP.
"Live long and prosper."
GREAT MOMENT: Uhura's humming near the lake. It's lovely.
So, Starfleet just beams down to this planet at will? No one asks the Keeper?
And for that matter, did the Keeper die of natural causes? (It's possible the computer killed him, but that creates more problems.) Shouldn't he have an assistant, or at least some communication with the Federation?
How come such an advanced race as the Keeper is clearly from has absolutely no protocols in place with his own civilization in the event of his death?
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There are a number of changed premises between Shore Leave and this episode.In Shore Leave the Keeper was not the last of his race, he only mentioned that he didn't think the crew was ready to meet the others. The planet was not made for outside space travelers but for the Keeper's race to use.
McCoy says he was killed by a knight in shining armor.
I believe it was the black knight that killed him. Not sure I would describe that as shining armor.
Chris Thomas on Saturday, September 11, 1999 - 10:35 pm: The Shore Leave computer can read people's thoughts in an instant - note how it instantly knows when Uhura plans sabotage and grabs her arm before she can switch it off. So when Kirk, Spock and Sulu are planning their charade of making it look like Spock is ill so the machines will come and fix him, surely the computer would be able to read their thoughts and know what they're up to?
Perhaps it only interpreted Uhura's body language. (Either that or the men were able to mask their thoughts - perhaps with help from Spock).
Benn (Benn) on Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 3:34 pm: Just exactly how could the Shore Leave planet install a new computer on the Enterprise? Transporter technology? But then, surely the crew would have noted that a transporter was being used to beam something aboard.
The transporter beam could have been masked in some way.
How is it the Shore Leave planet never searched the Enterprise's memory banks to learn the ship was created by humans and therefore not their Master?
Perhaps the Shore Leave computer isn't capable of directly linking with another computer.
Somehow, I don't think Sulu and McCoy's idea of shore leave would entail Alice, the White Rabbit and that two-headed dragon.
nything's possible!
mike powers on Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 6:59 pm: How come such an advanced race as the Keeper is clearly from has absolutely no protocols in place with his own civilization in the event of his death?
Any such protocols would have been rendered useless if the other members of the Keeper's race died before him.
Keith Alan Morgan (Kmorgan) on Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 12:52 am: McCoy says he was killed by a knight in shining armor, even though it was the black knight that killed him.
Even black armour can shine if you polish it enough!
Yeah, although rewatching Shore Leave the Black Knight's armor was a combination of metal and sections of black material, not all black as I was thinking.
As for being shining... well... depends on the shot and what one considers to be "shining".
The armor worn by the stuntman on a horse was cleanest, while the dummy on the ground almost looked dusty.
"The Shore Leave computer can read people's thoughts in an insant - note how it instantly knows when Uhura plans sabotage and grabs her arm before she can switch it off.
So when Kirk, Spock and Sulu are planning their charade of making it look like Spock is ill so the machines will come and fix him, surely the computer would be able to read their thoughts and know what they're up to?" - Chris Thomas
The computer said it monitors thoughts that are emotionally charged, so maybe those are the only thoughts it can read (the opposite of the Talosians).
"Using the crowbar to pry open the panel in zero gravity, you've gotta wonder what Scotty was using to brace himself." - Benn
Also, when he floated into the hatch, he didn't seem to push against anything to start moving.
"Somehow, I don't think Sulu and McCoy's idea of shore leave would entail Alice, the White Rabbit and that two-headed dragon."
I'm not sure if this is what you meant, but Kirk said about the pterodactyls "There's more at work here than our imagination." So I don't think all of the robots came from the thoughts of the landing party.
The inscription on the Caretaker's grave marker is written in several laguages, including English. Why? The Federation is primitive compared to the planet's builders and has only recently discovered it, I would expect that the languages of other, more advanced and regular visitors would have priority for a share of the limited space available.
The Caretaker's name is not on the grave marker, nor his date of birth.
The date of his death is also given according to the amusement park planet's year, day and moon cycles, it should have been given according to his civilization's calendar.
The harness worn by Lt Arex crosses over his chest in one shot, but has straight shoulder straps in others.