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From: rsf@Shasta.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: More trivia
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Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 01:07:36 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 25 01:07:36 1985
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A couple of weeks ago I asked if anyone could name the episodes in which the
Enterprise is seen orbiting a planet in other than the usual left-to-right
direction.  Several people mentioned "Mirror, Mirror", in which the
Enterprise is shown quickly flipping back and forth just as the landing
party gets transported to the parallel universe.  It had been a long time
since I had seen "Mirror, Mirror" - the episode that I actually had in mind
was "Shore Leave", where the Enterprise orbits right-to-left.

I found it rather disappointing that there was so little variation in
planetary views from episode to episode.  In fact, one planet in particular
(I'm sure you all know the one - with the creamy-brown clouds!) is shown week
after week.  I guess this was a symptom of tight budgets.  It's interesting
that we never got to see any ringed planets, and that planets were always
shown as `full' - i.e. no crescent/gibbous views.

Now for another trivia question:
Which episode contains a reference to the game of golf?

Ross Finlayson
Stanford CS Dept.
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"Very bad poetry, captain."