The novel is a humorous account of a husband and wife switching bodies.
The story was partly inspired by Turnabout, a 1931 novel by Thorne Smith, who was perhaps best known for writing the Topper novels. We know that misogyny was an ongoing problem with TOS, dramatically so in a few episodes, and “Turnabout Intruder” is one of them. “Once more unto the breach, dear friends…” While the others are distracted, Lester uses obscure alien technology to pull a Freaky Friday on Kirk, switching their personalities so Lester can fulfill her sinister ambition of…being a starship captain. Janice Lester ( Sandra Smith) the only survivors. The landing party of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy finds a disastrous archaeological expedition, with Dr. This week, faster than you can say Kobayashi Maru, the Enterprise responds to a distress call from the planet Camus II. So we will try to approach “Turnabout Intruder” as any other episode.
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Despite occasional references to past adventures, the clock was essentially reset every week there were no major story or character arcs to resolve or summarize with a series finale.
(Note: If you haven’t read it yet, my introductory post on this Star Trek: The Original Series rewatch is a good place to start.)īellybuttons: 1 (Kirk offers one last look at his Shat-tastic physique!)Īs much as we might like to turn back the clock and conclude Star Trek’s original series with a more satisfying episode, it’s important to remember that TV shows in the 1960s were generally episodic without long storylines.
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