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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PsyLiam: [QB] In "Where no man has gone before". At least, I remember Kirk or Spock recommending they get a "phaser rifle" for use against Mitchell. So that shoots that one down. I've also wondered about the "phasers" in BOT. I suspect it might have something to do with the whole "submarine warfare" thing going on in that episode. Subs use torpedoes, the Enterprise uses phasers, but lets make the phasers look like torpedoes (and depth charges to a degree). From a language perspective it doesn't make much sense for "phasers" to look like torpedoes. The name is clearly derived from lasers, and people in the 60s had an idea of what a laser should look like (ie, "The Cage"). Having a laser like weapon fire a projectile would have confused their little minds. When did we first see the Enterprise firing proper phasers and torpedoes? I recall both in "Arena", but I'm not sure if that was before or after "BOT" in production order. (I also always wondered why the Enterprise fired both red and blue phasers. Did one come before the other, or were they intermixed? I recall the blue ones looking a bit more "expensive".) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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