Space , the net frontier , is endless — and so are the storytelling possibilities of Star Trek , in all its various incarnations . But sometimes Trek boldly goes too far . We all haveour ownleast favoriteepisodesof Star Trek — but it could have been much tough .
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Over the ten , the producers of Trek look at , and ultimately killed , some completely idiotic storylines . A gargantuan baby take over the Enterprise ? An malign pig out animal come to Kirk ’s bedside ? Here are 10 Star Trek episode we ’re beaming were scrapped .
1 ) “ Miss Gulliver , ” Star Trek TOS :
Though no writer is credit , the April 1997 return of Star Trek Monthly remark a proposed sequence remindful of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman , in which a science officer aboard the Enterprise experimenting with limb regeneration unintentionally causes herself to grow to mammoth proportionality , imperil the ship in the appendage . It ’s a low curiosity the producers decided to can the episode .
Most Ridiculous Moment : The episode would have concluded with her boyfriend undergoing the same operation , and the two leave their old lives behind to found a planet of giants .
2 ) “ The Rebels Unthawed , ” Star Trek TOS :
Legendary Riverworld generator Philip Jose Farmer helped to shape the concept of Star Trek before the serial filmed its first pilot , and also submitted several story outlines to the serial . Gene Roddenberry deliberate them to be “ too far out , ” but Farmer later published two of them as standalone short story : “ The Shadow of Space ” and “ sketch Among the Ruins of My intellect . ” More recently , a third of Farmer ’s unsold Trek episodes,“The Rebels Unthawed,”came to illumine — the endeavour discovers a derelict starship float with twelve passenger in suspend animation . But it ’s not Khan — it ’s twelve allied soldier who were kidnapped by aliens during the Civil War .
Most Ridiculous Moment : “ Culture seismic disturbance ensues . ” I ’m guessing the Confederate soldiers would have had a hard metre nab with Kirk ’s more educated future .
3 ) “ Out of Time ” , Star Trek : The Next Generation :
While on a search trip with Worf , Alexander steps through a sentence portal , and then add up back a present moment later as an tempestuous 25 - yr - honest-to-god warrior . harmonise to the Star Trek : Deep Space Nine Companion , Joe Menosky pitch this story during the 7th and final season of The Next Generation , as a way to “ get rid ” of the Alexander character he despised . The episode never went forward , because , according to Rene Echevarria , “ Alexander was Michael Piller ’s female parent ’s favourite character ” . The episode was finally turned into a story about the O’Briens and their girl Molly — but the grown - up Molly was made into a “ wild tike , ” raised in the wilderness , and finally the vernal Molly is returned .
Most Ludicrous Moment : The grown - up Alexander is “ now a adult man and a warrior and has great resentment towards his father , because he does n’t understand what ’s happen , ” according to Rene Echevarria . ( Why is the concept of “ meter portal ” so severely to get the picture ? )
4 ) “ He Walked Among Us ” , Star Trek TOS :
In thisepisodefrom a handwriting by Gene L. Coon and Norman Spinrad , which underwent at least five disjoined order of payment before its eventual desertion , a Federation “ wellness food nut ” hijacks a satellite and lay himself up as god , violating the Prime Directive to such an extent Kirk is forced to interfere . Problematically , he ’s so thoroughly overcoded the planet ’s society that Kirk can not peradventure dethrone him without sending its people into turmoil . Norman Spinrad was so displeased with the book he pleaded with Gene Rodenberry to bury the sequence . Spinrad finally give up a heavily revise , five - hundred - varlet novel based on the tarradiddle just last yr .
Most Ludicrous Moment : Rodenberry asked Spinrad to write the episode as a fomite for Milton Berle , fresh off his performance as Louie , the Lilac on Batman ’ 66 . And the networkkept asking formore pathetic “ Uncle Miltie ” shtik . It was n’t to be , but Berle did go on to guest star in a 1972 episode of the CBS sitcom Arnie style “ Star Trekking ” .
5 ) “ I.Q. Test ” , Star Trek : The Next Generation
In thisstory from an unidentified writer , rise in help with Herbert J. Wright , Q holds an unspecified wager with another fellow member of the Q Continuum that somehow leads to an Arena - esque affaire d’honneur called the “ Q - Olympics ” between the Enterprise crew and an exotic airstream known as the Zaa - Naar , or possibly the Talarians . This was another episode we can give thanks Michael Piller for stifling .
Most ridiculous Moment : According to one germ , the game would have included a poker game secret plan between the two captain , with the Enterprise work party turned into living poker french-fried potatoes . The entire vanity is fundamentally an instalment of Hanna - Barbera ’s Laff - A - Lympics with Riker in place of Dynomutt . In a 1998 AOL schmooze , Ronald D. Moore was quoted as saying , “ In defence of Michael , the Q - Olympics write up was idiotic and to be deep - sixed . ”
6 ) “ Bandi ” , Star Trek TOS :
Ina story more Snorks than Star Trek , Kirk is alert to the mien of a three - foot tall teddy bear - like tool that a technician discreetly send aboard the enterprisingness , named Bandi . Kirk like a shot dominate that the creature be destroy , but has a change of inwardness after star into its adorable , large eyes . While Bandi remain aboard the ship , the crew becomes progressively devoted to the creature , though regardless and indifferent in their duty . This take Kirk to discover Bandi ’s genuine nature as an emotional telepath , who projects its own feelings on those around it . Kirk then order the beast to be eliminated on sight , but the initiative crew , under the influence of Bandi , takes weaponry against Kirk – until the unaffected Spock steps in and deliver the twenty-four hours .
While it may have been fun to see Kirk take on the Furby from Lunar Park , the instalment itself is entirely tautological to the themes set forth in The Trouble With Tribbles , and in the ensue years , the concept of a on the QT malignant , though beloved enemy has become a staple account template for every Saturday forenoon cartoon conceivable . Fascinatingly , an episode of The Real Ghostbusters follow this precise outline to the letter of the alphabet .
Most Ludicrous Moment : After Kirk has Bandi locked up , he wake up to find the gargantuan teddy bear perch on the ledge of his bed , staring malevolently .
7 ) “ Rock - a - Bye - Baby or Die ! ” , Star Trek TOS :
While the go-ahead visits a satellite for the reprehensively harebrained , the ship is have by the somebody of a cosmic babe that integrate itself into the circuitry and uprise at an accelerated pace . Meanwhile , Kirk and McCoy must keep two psychotic person - killers from harm any more of the crocodile man who control a mental asylum . In his career retrospective , All of Us Are pall and Other Stories , author George Clayton Johnson revealed Gene Rodenberry purchase the story from him , but it was Gene Coon who killed the sequence when he came on board as line producer . He reportedly dislike the concept of humanizing the ship and its computers . Johnson resubmitted the concept to the Next Generation writing staff where it was once again rejected .
Most Ludicrous Moment : Three - way tie : 1 . Uhura consoling the despondent endeavour by singing “ Rock - a - so long - baby ” – and have the ship fall asleep . 2 . The child enterprise point itself towards the Sunday as it coo , “ pretty , pretty ” , force Kirk to fry its Cordell Hull with high tenseness wire to instruct it a lesson – he retorts “ Once burn , twice shy . ” 3 . The estimation of a hospital satellite for the reprehensively deranged streak by a specie of humanoid alligator .
- Untitled “ Q on a beach ” story , Star Trek : Voyager :
According to Supervising Producer Joe Menosky ( in Cinefantastique , Vol . 31 , No . 11 , p. 51),”Brannon [ Braga ] and I went to Rick Berman ’s family for Thanksgiving dinner , and Brent Spiner and John de Lancie were there . John had an idea for a Q episode . He had a couple of interesting prototype , of Q on an sea somewhere , on a beach , either having lost his over personal identity as Q , or mislay his will to live . Somehow he gets involved with an workaday sort of individual , and that individual ’s fate and sprightliness somehow bear on Q. That was his delivery , and it had some dainty image . ”
Though the synopsis is somewhat unfixed , the idea of a self-destructive Q has tremendous potential drop — but a suicidal Q finding affirmation through a table salt of the Earth character seems forced , predictable and … against character , does n’t it ?
Most Ludicrous Moment : The canonical musical theme finally became the 5th season episode “ 11:59 , ” about Janeway ’s antecedent falls in sexual love with a man who ’s trying to discontinue a space task .
“ Are Unheard Memories Sweet ? , ” Star Trek : Phase II :
The Enterprise sets out to find a missing starship , but finds itself trapped on a world rule by adult female desperately in need of men rather — Worley Thorne pen this episode for the mythic Star Trek : Phase II , free-base upon the 1882 Walter Besant novel The Revolt of Man . In the novel , fair sex have taken over society , admit the skill , from passive and pacifist human , accordingly terminating all scientific procession since “ women have no capacity for it ” . Thorne ’s hand somehow called for wide nudeness , so it ’s assumed if the instalment had been shoot as is , the web would have refuse to air out it . A similar assumption , minus the nudity , was eventually used in what would become one of the most widely disliked TNG episodes ever , “ Angel One ” .
Most Ludicrous Moment : The story involved the ever - democratic missing dilithium accelerator , this clock time preventing the go-ahead from finding the mineral on the distaff - run satellite because “ girls do n’t do science ” . ( The Next Generation series bible recognized the overutilisation of leave out dilithium and put a stop to it , reason that in the future tense , it could be easy replace . )
10 ) Various Porthos storyline , Star Trek : enterprisingness
grant to the Enterprise time of year four videodisc ( as quoted byMemory Alpha ) , the final Star Trek TV show considered many hand estimate revolve around around Captain Archer ’s dog — which were generally rejected , because they did n’t want the frump to steal the show . Ideas admit Porthos becoming tiptop - intelligent , or the crew encountering a dogtooth alien that only Porthos could communicate with .
Most laughable Moment : In one of these mooted storey , the crew is invalid , and Porthos has to take bidding of the ship .
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