Synopsis: A crewmember investigating the condition of a science party on Planet Psi-2000 becomes contaminated with an unknown disease and brings it aboard the Enterprise. It was eerie re-watching “The Naked Time” yesterday, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. The parallel to the pandemic is seen when Crewman Tormolen beams down to Planet Psi-2000… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 4: “The Naked Time”
Author: Myth Maggie
My name is Margaret Ann Mendenhall, PhD - aka Myth Maggie.
I am a Mythological Scholar and a student of Depth and Archetypal Psychology. I am watching an episode or film from the Star Trek multiverse every day* and blogging about it from a mythological and depth psychological perspective, going back to The Original Series. If you love Star Trek or it has meaning for you, I invite you to join the voyage.
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 3: “Where No Man has Gone Before”
Synopsis: On the edge of our galaxy an unknown entity gives two members of the crew of the Enterprise powerful ESP abilities. This episode had been intended by Gene Roddenberry to be the second pilot of Star Trek: The Original Series, created after the first pilot was deemed unacceptable – however, the earlier attempt was… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 3: “Where No Man has Gone Before”
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 2: “Charlie X”
Synopsis: The Enterprise is given the assignment to provide transport to a youth with amazing powers. In my most recent re-viewing of “Charlie X,” in the early scene when Charles Evans, the youth who has been stranded for fourteen years alone on a planet, asks Yeoman Janice Rand: “Uh, are you a girl?”, it brought… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 2: “Charlie X”
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 1: “The Man Trap”
Synopsis: On a routine medical mission on Planet M-113, the U.S.S. Enterprise encounters a creature that can take any form and needs salt and love to survive. The first episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, “The Man Trap,” premiered on Thursday, September 8, 1966. It introduced viewing audiences to two aliens that night. One,… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 1: “The Man Trap”
