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Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :

The BBC has aired 'The Cage' today!!!
First time for me!
It was great. Much better than most VOY episodes! I was surprised of the special effects for the time!

Here are a few oddities, care to explain (in the Trek Universe answers, I know Rodenberry was still making things up along the way and the budget was tight)?:

-They use paper onboard the Enterprise
-Someone says: "Our ships have crossed the time-barrier now, we can reach speeds of ..."
-FTL speed isn't called warp, but "hyperspeed", then they give the amount of hyperspeed in time-warp units. Maybe someway to deal with relativity-problems?
-This one is interesting: The two transporter operators are wearing uniforms with United Earth insignia! Did United Earth still exist as an autonomous force?
-Where are the ranks on those uniforms Pike & co are wearing?

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

Watch the pilot. Love the pilot. But don't focus too hard. There isn't a whole lot that fits into anything. In one of the early eps, Kirk refers to Starfleet as the United Earth Space Probe Agency (UESPA). At this point in the creation of the series, the Enterprise was supposed to work for a united Earth organization. I doubt "The Federation" was even a glimer in Roddenberry's eye yet.

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

Another oddity:

Pike's quarters had a TV set in them

TV hadn't existed since 2044 I believe

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

That's not completely odd, maybe he likes antiques. Paris has a TV in his quarters.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

This seems like more of a General Discussion topic than a Starships/Technology one...

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