Star Trek

Space Seed - S1-E23

Corrected entry: During Kirk's fight with Khan in engineering, he pulls a white rod from a console and uses it to subdue Khan. The rod is very light, and several times when Kirk hits Khan with it, Khan shows no reaction at all.

Correction: First off, we do not know how "heavy" the rod is, but could have been handled easily by Kirk due to adrenaline from the fight. Second, in context of the story of Khan and his people being genetically engineered super humans, Khan would be able to absorb some of the blows Kirk delivers to him.

Scott215

Requiem for Methuselah - S3-E19

Corrected entry: Mr. Flint grabs the Enterprise out of orbit and transfers it onto the table. We assume, because the ship is small, it doesn't weigh much. However, Star Trek canon states the Enterprise weighs 190,000 metric tons, size not withstanding. There's no way that small table could hold such a massive weight.

Mike Lynch

Correction: We have no idea of how the technology he uses works. If he can shrink the ships down to a miniature size and instantly put everyone in suspended animation, there's no telling if he can alter the weight as well. Not to mention the fact that if he has such advanced technology, he could have a table that's able to bear the weight.

Bishop73

The old "Fantastic Voyage" problem. There are only 2 ways to make something shrink - either you reduce the physical size, and the mass stays the same, in which case the Enterprise on the table now has neutron-star level gravitational pull, OR you delete 99% of the atoms and keep 1 out of every 100 (sampling), like reducing a bitmap image in size. And just like that image, when the Enterprise went back up to full scale, everything would be "chunky."

Correction: He took the phaser from transporter chief Kyle before beaming down.

So he did... I stand corrected.

Movie Nut

Correction: It is more likely to be one of the numerous torch poles surrounding the arena.

Kaltenmeyer

This Side of Paradise - S1-E25

Corrected entry: Spock is wearing his normal blue uniform when shot with the "happy spores" from the strange plant. The next scene is with Kirk inquiring about Spock's location to which he is told nobody has seen him. Spock somehow manages to find some green overalls out in the meadows when we switch back to him. (00:17:40)

olohzika

Correction: Remember, Leila took Spock to that location for the express reason of having him infected. She likely brought civilian clothes for him, knowing he would no longer want to wear his uniform.

Correction: 1) There is plenty of time for him to remove them while the landing party steps onto the platform. 2) He is wearing them while making notes on a pad. Obviously, he only needs them for reading/writing.

The Deadly Years - S2-E12

Corrected entry: While Lieutenant Galloway is coming into sickbay and dies there is a window in the hallway with window blinds, and through this window you can see some of the production staff in regular clothing talking.

Correction: The "production staff" is dressed in Star Fleet uniforms. They are not just standing around talking but working with something. There are even flashing lights in the background. The window is looking into a medical lab. Besides, the supposed error defies reason. Why would they build a window into a set and put nothing behind it?

Tomorrow is Yesterday - S1-E20

Corrected entry: When the Enterprise is slingshotting its way back to the "present" it uses the computer to deposit the two men at different times, The Enterprise is traveling backwards in time, so will logically meet the time when the guard was beamed up first, not after Christopher is returned to his cockpit. So the order is wrong. Should be guard then Christopher, not Christopher then guard. (00:43:15)

PeterNZ

Correction: They are moving backwards in time as they approach the sun, but after the slingshot breakaway they are moving rapidly forward in time. Spock even says the chronometer is moving forward again, and then Kirk asks if they have the exact chronometer reading before redepositing Captain Christopher and the Sergeant. So the order depicted in the episode is actually the correct order.

Where No Man Has Gone Before - S1-E4

Corrected entry: If the point was to repair the ship, and maroon Gary Mitchell, then why have Lee Kelso wire a destruct button, thereby threatening Gary's life and placing Lee's life in jeopardy when Gary's powers could overcome him? If they were afraid Gary would become too powerful left on his own, then marooning him should not have been an option.

briggs

Correction: It's explained in the episode that the plan is to maroon Mitchell there, but Kirk wants a backup in case they aren't able to escape or Mitchell becomes too powerful.

Errand of Mercy - S1-E27

Corrected entry: After Kirk and Spock's identities are revealed, they are taken to a prison cell. However, the Organians are a race of pacifists who abhor any act of violence - this should presumably include the act of incarceration. As such, there should be no prisons on Organia. Moreover, the Klingons are not stone masons; the prison cell shown in the episode is architecturally consistent with the other buildings on the planet so it was not constructed by Klingons (especially so quickly).

Correction: This is purely speculation. Being pacifists doesn't preclude them from having a jail cell, especially since the entire town was created for the benefit of outsiders.

Correction: His plan is absurd, which leads to him being discovered, exactly as you say. He's shown to be deranged, if not insane, so this isn't a plot hole, it's a plot point.

Correction: Because he needs approval from the captain.

Ssiscool

Correction: Think about it... He would be firing a weapon towards the door that has the engineering section where there are anti-matter reactors.

Quantom X

The Menagerie (2) - S1-E13

Corrected entry: When Spock takes Captain Pike out of the briefing room, Pike appears, via the viewscreen, on Talos IV in the very next shot. There is no possible way Spock could have gotten Pike to the transporter room that fast.

Cubs Fan

Correction: Not a mistake. Pike's appearance on the screen is of his younger, uninjured self - obviously one of the Talosians' illusions. So they "jumped the gun" a bit by showing him on the planet before his actual arrival, but this image is only for illustration to the people viewing, so it doesn't matter.

Correction: The original Star Trek series was actually produced on a very limited budget of about $250,000 per episode, and many of the props were re-purposed items from thrift stores. It was not uncommon to see all sorts of 20th Century items (clothing, luggage, dining room sets, household spray bottles, salt shakers, et cetera) on any given Star Trek set. Keep in mind that those items were chosen because they were rather futuristic in appearance to audiences of the mid-to-late 1960s, even though they appear whimsically anachronistic to our eyes, just 50 years later.

Charles Austin Miller

Also the characters have access to replicators and super computer databases. The cases could be 23rd century reproductions, classic antiques, etc.

The Mark of Gideon - S3-E16

Corrected entry: The whole plot centers on the crowded conditions of the planet. The people are literally bumping into each other. Even if they had the blueprints to build a full size model of the Enterprise, there would be no room for it.

Correction: That's actually a plot point of the episode; that they were so desperate for this to work they were willing to sacrifice that much space.

Assignment: Earth - S2-E26

Corrected entry: Gary Seven transported down to earth using the enterprise transporter system. Because of this he should re materialise in the same fashion as normal, yet for some unexplained reason he comes from his safe in a cloud of blue gasses. (00:10:30)

olohzika

Correction: True, he used the Enterprise transporter, and people usually can't move when re materialization occurs. However, Gary Seven, with his advanced knowledge, would know how to work the transporter, target his safe/transporter (with vastly superior alien technology), and be able to walk out before the normal cycle was finished. This is due to the alien transporter being superior. In later incarnations, people can move while being transported.

Movie Nut

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Suggested correction: Short version is, the Enterprise has more than one transporter room. The Animated Series references at least four on the Enterprise from this era. There are also cargo transporters, which aren't normally calibrated for personnel, but can be, albeit at reduced capacity and increased energy usage. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Transporter_room.

The Doomsday Machine - S2-E6

Plot hole: Commodore Decker takes over command of the enterprise but Spock says if McCoy can certify him incompetent (which he obviously is) he can be relieved of command. McCoy says he will certify him now, so why doesn't he? In other episodes it has been stated that McCoy can order anybody regardless of rank to an examination to see if they are physically or mentally fit.

hifijohn

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Suggested correction: Spock immediately asks McCoy for the results of his medical exam of Decker, which are required for him to be certified unfit. McCoy says he hasn't done one. Therefore, he can't certify it.

Correction: This is due to when this show was made and the status of technology of the time. By this same logic, you can say the entirety of Star Fleet is behind with their technology is some respects. Like the simple blinking light displays of their computers and the monotone robotic voice of their computers.

Quantom X

Tomorrow is Yesterday - S1-E20

Factual error: Towards the end of the show the Enterprise is leaving Earth orbit and heading towards the sun. We see the Earth diminish and the moon appear looking exactly as it does from Earth. From this angle we should be seeing the "dark side" of the moon, which looks completely different. (00:40:50)

von

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Capt. Kirk: Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.

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Trivia: Gene Roddenberry created the transporter as an easier (and cheaper) way of getting Enterprise crew members onto a planet's surface, rather than landing the ship on the planet.

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I, Mudd - S2-E8

Question: When Kirk and crew neutralized all the androids on the planet, what happened to the androids on the Enterprise running the ship?

Answer: After causing Norman to overload, all of the other androids shut down. The same could be said for the androids on the Enterprise.

Answer: If all the humans beamed down and only Androids were on the ship as Larry Mudd said then how did they get back aboard the Enterprise if all the robots were shut down.

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