Mudd's Women - S1-E7
Visible crew/equipment: In the briefing room, as the camera moves to its left along the seated figures, the camera rig is reflected in the glass of the communication view screen.
Mudd's Women - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: In the briefing room, after Mudd is forced to give his real name, the screen lights up with his record of offenses. In the picture, his image has the ear bauble on the right ear, but he wears it on the left.
Where No Man Has Gone Before - S1-E4
Revealing mistake: The readers in Sick Bay are supposed to be display screens, a type of CRT, for reading material. Mitchell turns his off to rest, but the words are still plainly visible.
Where No Man Has Gone Before - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: As the camera is close up on Kirk, and as he addresses the ship, the shadow of the boom mike plays on Smith's neck. (00:04:35)
Where No Man Has Gone Before - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: As Kirk, Spock and Mitchell exit the lift, Yeoman Smith is by the door and begins to follow, and an un-named guy walks by her and into the lift. In the wide shot of the bridge, the actions of Smith and the crewman are repeated.
Where No Man Has Gone Before - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: After Mitchell relieves him, Mr. Alden walks past Yeoman Smith. As he does, he suddenly disappears as Kirk is sitting in his chair. (00:03:55)
Other mistake: The red alert light at the entrance to the chapel blinks a few times and stops, even though the rest are still flashing. Also, the last thing Kirk says is "All decks, condition red", which is unnecessary, since the red alert has already begun sounding.
The Man Trap - S1-E2
Audio problem: As Kirk low crawls behind some boulder and grass, his communicator flips open and closed. If it was opened, the sound of the channel opening should have been heard, but wasn't. (00:36:35)
Continuity mistake: In the first scene when Spock is piloting the shuttle craft out of the Enterprise and into space, as the bay doors open you can see both the ship's shuttles, the Galileo, and right behind it the Columbus. Yet as soon as the Galileo clears the bay doors, in the immediate reverse shot, the bay is empty and the Columbus has disappeared. (00:01:45)
Space Seed - S1-E23
Continuity mistake: At the compression chamber, the pressure meter goes from thirty to ten too quickly to be accurate between shots. After showing ten, the meter jumps back to twenty.
Revealing mistake: As Kirk fights Finney in the Engine room, in the long shots, Kirk's stunt double is easy to pick out from the close shots.
Tomorrow is Yesterday - S1-E20
Revealing mistake: As the camera looks at the pilot in the cockpit, there are supports on either side of and behind him as well as no clouds where there should be, showing he is on a sound stage set.
Continuity mistake: After DeSalle tries, and fails, to call the ship, he shakes his communicator, and the grille closes, but is opened again in the wide shot.
Continuity mistake: As the Galileo re-enters the atmosphere, you can see Scotty in the copilot chair. His hair is parted on the left side, but in the interior shot, it's parted on the right.
Continuity mistake: After the wild man is down on the mound, his right hand is under his body. In the close up, it's on the frame of the trike. (00:05:05)
Chosen answer: If they're in orbit, they're being pulled along by the planet's gravity well, therefore, impulse engines would only be used for minor corrections and would be "on standby" while in orbit, but not active. (Like keeping your car idling without revving the engine and creating plumes of exhaust).
Captain Defenestrator
Thank you for the info.
Movie Nut