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From: paul@wjvax.UUCP (Paul Summers)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: "Star Trek" unsuitable? - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 14:51:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 27 14:51:37 1984
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> I like "Plato's Stepchildren" and "The Empath" because of their
> classic fable basis.  Althought both were perhaps a bit overdone, I
> can not find anything wrong with them and many good things.
> 
> As far as "Whom the Gods Destroy", this episod contains the classic
> 3-D chess move password.  I forgot the exact sequence.  I think it was
> Queen to Queen's level 3 followed by King to King's level 2.?  In any
> case, how could one grow up to be a compatent Trivial Pursuit player
> without having seen this episod?  :-)


Regarding "Plato's Stepchildren", this episode had a very "controversial"
scene in it.  The scene was when Kirk, Spock, Uhura and Chapel were
"providing entertainment" for the natives.  The leader (what was his
name?) was forcing the two couples to do humiliating things in
front of the others, including the Doctor.  The "drama" culminated
with Spock pasionately kissing Chapel (much to the delite of his fans)
and Kirk kissing Uhura (much to the dismay of certain groups of people).

Believe it or not, this scene was one of the first (if not the first)
bi-racial (black-white) kisses on the tube.  This scene alone was 
the probable cause of the boycott.  I believe the reference for
this is "The Making of Star Trek" (read it a looooong time ago).

As to the famous chess move in "Whom Gods Destroy":

Scotty:  Queen to Queen's level 3?
Spock:   Queen to King's level 1.