The Apple
Joe Siegler
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The Apple
This Story: Season 2 Episode 5 (production code 2.9)
TOS Overall: Story 34, Episode 35
Trek Overall: Story 34, Episode 35
Airdate: 13 Oct 1967
Written by Max Erlich
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Notes
- This episode features a young David Soul, more popularly known from Starsky & Hutch.
- Contains the only on screen reference to the fact that Kirk’s Enterprise had the ability to separate the saucer, something we never saw until The Next Generation.
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— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) June 9, 2024
Another Kirk gets a computer to die ep, only he doesn't talk this one to death. He starves it to death. This time it's manifested as a deity (Vaal) that a local primitive culture serves. This of course is no good pic.twitter.com/sW5x6RBzbP
#StarTrekMarathon Star Trek Ep 35 - The Apple - 13 Oct 1967 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) June 9, 2024
for Jim Kirk. Vaal itself I thought looked like a giant version of paper maché stuff I used to make in the Boy Scouts. Chekov gets a snog, which probably pleased Koenig. A young David Soul makes an appearance here. pic.twitter.com/IcWrRlC159
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Despite franchise fatigue, older Star Trek shows have a high degree of original plots.
There is a minimal reuse of Recycled Plots – the Recycled Plot Trope.
The eras of Roddenberry Trek and Berman Trek produced 703 episodes in live action series: TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT.
Of these 703 episodes, up to 630 episodes are original plot episodes. That’s 89%.
Of these 703 episodes, a minimum of 73 episodes are recycled plot episodes. That’s 11%.
Of the 73 recycled plot episodes, 28 are better than the original ones.
TOS has 4 recycled plot episodes out of 79, 5.1% of its episode total.
TNG has 13 recycled plot episodes out of 176, 7.4% of its episode total.
DS9 has 8 recycled plot episodes out of 176, 4.5% of its episode total.
VOY has at least 32 recycled plot episodes / copycats out of 172, at least 18.6% of its episode total.
ENT has at least 16 recycled plot episodes / copycats out of 98, at least 16.3% of its episode total.
TOS
TOS 2-5 The Apple
Recycled in Same Series
From TOS 1-21 The Return of the Archons
Not Better than Original
TOS 2-18 The Immunity Syndrome
Recycled in Same Series
From TOS 2-06 The Doomsday Machine
Not Better than Original
TOS 2-24 The Ultimate Computer
Recycled in Same Series
From TOS 2-3 The Changeling
Not Better than Original
TOS 2-25 Bread and Circuses
Recycled in Same Series
From TOS 2-23 The Omega Glory
Better than Original