Continuity mistake: When McCoy places the old tricycle down on the ground, the handlebars are facing the right with its wheels facing the left. When McCoy is attacked by the diseased Only, Kirk and Spock subdue him, and as he lies on the ground the tricycle flips over between shots, so the handlebars suddenly end up facing the left. (00:04:30)
Super Grover
28th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Where No Man Has Gone Before - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: While Kirk is armed with a phaser rifle he quietly moves closer to Gary and Dr. Dehner, but when Gary senses the "foolish man" he causes a boulder to roll past Kirk, and the arm of a crew member is visible behind the boulder pushing it forward. (00:39:40)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Where No Man Has Gone Before - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: While Kirk, Spock, and Dr. Dehner are with Gary in sickbay, when Gary makes threatening remarks and gets out of his bed, the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible on the wall at the left side of the screen. (00:28:55)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: When Kirk confronts Spock in his quarters, Kirk asks if it's something only his planet can do for him, then Kirk uses his left hand to grab hold of Spock's arm as he drops the stylus, but in the closeup it's Kirk's right hand holding Spock's arm up, and that stylus is also back in Spock's raised hand. (00:12:25)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: After Kirk and Spock place Hengist on the transporter platform to beam out, when McCoy and Scotty join them two white tape marks are visible on the floor. McCoy stands at one tape mark before Kirk begins to describe beaming it out into open space, and Scotty stands at the other tape mark as Kirk realises he'll be going alone to the cafe.
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: During Scotty's testimony, when Hengist agrees to the psycho-tricorder analysis of Scotty's memory Kirk tells Scotty he can step down, and the white tape mark is visible on the floor where Kirk stands. (00:28:20)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Deliberate mistake: After one of the enemy villagers stabs Nona, during the ensuing fight when Kirk does a flying dropkick on a villager, this semi-closeup and the next wide shot are both flipped shots - the leather band is on Kirk's left upper arm, instead of his right. (00:46:15)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: While Kirk and Spock are being chased, McCoy hears the gunfire so he stands up and walks away from the rock, then just as McCoy stops to use his communicator to contact Enterprise, the ground microphone is visible at the bottom, left corner of the screen. (00:02:30)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
The Immunity Syndrome - S2-E18
Continuity mistake: When McCoy escorts Spock to the shuttlecraft hangar McCoy is wearing his short-sleeved medical tunic, but when Spock suggests that the doctor could wish him luck, in the next closeup McCoy is wearing his long-sleeved uniform. (00:29:40)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
A Piece of the Action - S2-E17
Visible crew/equipment: After the Krako drive-by shooting, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are forced to walk down the street, and when a woman asks about the crummy street lights, multiple chalk T-marks are visible on the ground. (00:06:20)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
The Gamesters of Triskelion - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Kirk, Uhura, and Chekov enter the transporter room Kirk is wearing his usual boots with heels, but while they're on Triskelion during some scenes Kirk's boots change to boots with flat rubber soles.
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
The Gamesters of Triskelion - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: During the final match, while Kirk fights the lone Andorian thrall two things to notice. Kirk's collar of obedience opens up and drops between the two opponents, then when Kirk lifts and flips the Andorian thrall the back of Kirk's black pants are split open in the wide shot. Both the collar and pants are intact in following shots. (00:45:25)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
The Gamesters of Triskelion - S2-E16
Visible crew/equipment: When Kirk, Uhura, and Chekov are shown their quarters all the doors open, and when the trio try to escape they are shocked by their collars, then as the camera turns toward Chekov lying on the floor a production case (#4) is visible at the left side of the screen. (00:08:50)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: After Maab gives Eleen back her life and forfeits his own life, when Keel throws the kleegat and hits Kras he drops the phaser in the closeup, but in the next long shot the phaser is back up in the Klingon's (stuntman) right hand. (00:45:50)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: When Kirk's arrow hits Kras it protrudes from his leg, but in the next wideshot as Kras screams and stumbles the arrow is quite gone from his leg, but three shots later the arrow is back in his leg while he tries to pull it out. (00:43:40)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: After Kirk hits Kras with an arrow Spock's arrow hits a Capellan on the cliff, and when the Capellan falls into the bush, a crew member wearing sunglasses and a white T-shirt is visible at the left side of the screen. (00:43:50)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: When Kirk regains consciousness in sickbay he asks McCoy about Sarek, and as the camera turns we see the white tape mark on the floor in front of Amanda's feet. (00:35:20)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: While Spock and McCoy are discussing the dangers of the experimental drug, when McCoy tells Spock that he can't sanction it, the two white tape marks are visible on the floor. (00:26:30)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: While Sarek is lying in sickbay, McCoy, Spock, and Kirk discuss the open heart procedure, and when Christine walks over to stand beside Sarek, the white tape mark is visible on the floor where she stands. (00:24:20)
27th Oct 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: After Amanda tells McCoy about Spock's pet sehlat, when Sarek and Amanda walk away, the actors' multiple white tape marks are visible on the floor, under the table. (00:10:50)
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