Captain’s Log, Stardate: 322124.0115
Shore Leave
In this Star Trek original series
episode the crew of the Enterprise has not had a break from duty in the past
three months, and have encountered an uninhabited Earth like planet. Which they
precede to transport down to the surface and inspect the surrounding area.
While exploring the planet Dr. McCoy describes the planet as Earth like almost
as if it was out of Alice in Wonder. After stating this Dr. McCoy sees a white
rabbit the size of a human, which exclaims that he is late while looking at a
pocket watch soon after he runs into the bushes a blond girl comes out into the
open and asks Dr. McCoy if he has seen a large white rabbit. This convinces
Captain Kirk to come down to the planet’s surface. While investigating the odd
events with Dr. McCoy the two of them split up and Captain Kirk encounters
Finnegan who bullied him while he was in Star Fleet academy. This then leads
the crew to discover that the planet replicates whatever anyone is thinking
about including dangerous creatures. At the end of the episode the caretaker of
the planet speaks with the crewmembers on the planet’s surface, and tells them
about the planet and the role it played in their society along with what it has
the potential to do.
The question in the episode is
should the caretaker let humans come to the planet because they can’t control
their thoughts?
I think that it's the caretaker himself that should be more careful. He should have realized that other life forms would have different thought processes, and he should have been prepared to analyze the brains of visiting organisms.
ReplyDeleteThis was a fun episode, in all senses. It was, indeed, an episode about fun, but it was also, as TV shows should be, fun to watch. It really made me want to have a simulator-type thing like the entire planet. It also made me wonder about the alien race that built the planet. Were they just bored, or did they create this planet for another reason?