There's a good reason time travel stories can make your head hurt; this one has a few of the ingredients. For my part, I tried wrapping my head around the argument of sending Captain Christopher (Roger Perry) back to the 1960's just before he was beamed up to the Enterprise in the first place. At that point he would have retained no memory of what he experienced. Well, who's to say that would be the case? What exactly would occur to erase those memories? BUT, presuming that to be true, why wouldn't the memories of everyone aboard the Enterprise be affected the same way? Weren't they 'slingshotting' their way back to a moment just before the opening scene happened? See what I mean, now my head hurts again.
All that aside though, this is actually a pretty entertaining episode. The interplay between Captain Christopher and the the Enterprise crew makes for an interesting look at how representatives from different eras might react to each other. I thought Christopher might have accepted his situation just a bit too readily, but then again, what was he going to do?
You know, when I heard Captain Kirk mention the United Earth Space Probe Agency, I really had to stop and think about that. United Earth. Now there's a concept. When do you think that might ever happen? Especially from the vantage point of watching these shows almost a half century after they were made. I guess that's why they call it sci-fi.
All that aside though, this is actually a pretty entertaining episode. The interplay between Captain Christopher and the the Enterprise crew makes for an interesting look at how representatives from different eras might react to each other. I thought Christopher might have accepted his situation just a bit too readily, but then again, what was he going to do?
You know, when I heard Captain Kirk mention the United Earth Space Probe Agency, I really had to stop and think about that. United Earth. Now there's a concept. When do you think that might ever happen? Especially from the vantage point of watching these shows almost a half century after they were made. I guess that's why they call it sci-fi.