Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!cbosgd!ukma!edward From: edward@ukma.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: The Enemy Within Message-ID: <1826@ukma.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-May-85 10:35:35 EDT Article-I.D.: ukma.1826 Posted: Thu May 30 10:35:35 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Jun-85 00:12:39 EDT References: <1660018@acf4.UUCP> <313@moncol.UUCP> <14703@watmath.UUCP> Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences, Lexington KY Lines: 34 In article <14703@watmath.UUCP>, cjbiggin@watmath.UUCP (Colin Biggin) writes: > In article <313@moncol.UUCP> john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes: > >> > >>When captain kirk was separated into 2 different people because of > >>a transporter malfunction there was a landing crew stuck on the > >>planet below. At night the temperature was close to absolute value > >>and there were in danger of freezing to death. Why couldn't they > >>just send a shuttle craft???? > >> > > I've always wondered about this myself. The only explanation that > I can think of is that 'The Enemy Within' was one of the earlier > episodes so the shuttlecraft were not yet a part of the show. > However, a couple of episodes later one did appear in 'The Galileo > Seven' (I would hope it did appear). > > Colin Biggin Because if they sent down a shuttlecraft, the problem would have been solved. The script writers needed some sort of impending disaster. -- edward {ucbvax,unmvax,boulder,research}!anlams! -| () {mcvax!qtlon,vax135,mddc}!qusavx! -|--> ukma!edward | | |-- {decvax,ihnp4,mhuxt,seismo}! -+-> cbosgd! -| /|--- {clyde,osu-eddie,ulysses}! ---| | \ _ \___/ \= Support barrier free design "Well, what's on the television then?" "Looks like a penguin."