As many other viewers have already noted, this is the other pilot episode and it was played out of order, yielding some strange-looking anomalies in both cast and costume. Urura, Rand and McCoy make no appearance and instead we have a very awkward looking Paul Fix appearing as Doctor Piper. This extremely prolific actor was already well known for appearing in multiple Westerns with such greats as John Wayne and Gary Cooper but looked too uncomfortable in the velour tunic to be any use as a replacement for the svelte John Hoyt who had played Dr Boyce in the previous pilot.
Another change, of course, was the costumes and in this episode we saw female crewmembers wearing neat black pants instead of the classic, mini-dress & matching knickers combo. Sally Kellerman though, had to accept the title "walking freezer unit" for acting like a cool, professional scientist rather than become a foil for Gary Lockwood's Cmdr Mitchell to flirt with. Despite never appearing in Star Trek again, successful big-screen actress Ms Kellerman never lost her fondness for the Trek community or denied the suggestion that Dr Elizabeth Dehner may have helped to land her the break-out role of Hot Lips Houllihan in the 1970's film MASH.
Where No Man has Gone Before is, to this day, a very entertaining story with so much to enjoy that picking out continuity problems in a show that wasn't even fully formed when this episode was made is hardly necessary. I think it holds up as a Science Fiction stand-alone nearly as well as The Cage and I was delighted to discover that, fully fifty years later, the folks at Star Trek Continues had made a half-decent sequel in the two part tribute, To Boldly Go. It's available on line - Give it a try.
Senior Trekker scores every episode with a 5.
Another change, of course, was the costumes and in this episode we saw female crewmembers wearing neat black pants instead of the classic, mini-dress & matching knickers combo. Sally Kellerman though, had to accept the title "walking freezer unit" for acting like a cool, professional scientist rather than become a foil for Gary Lockwood's Cmdr Mitchell to flirt with. Despite never appearing in Star Trek again, successful big-screen actress Ms Kellerman never lost her fondness for the Trek community or denied the suggestion that Dr Elizabeth Dehner may have helped to land her the break-out role of Hot Lips Houllihan in the 1970's film MASH.
Where No Man has Gone Before is, to this day, a very entertaining story with so much to enjoy that picking out continuity problems in a show that wasn't even fully formed when this episode was made is hardly necessary. I think it holds up as a Science Fiction stand-alone nearly as well as The Cage and I was delighted to discover that, fully fifty years later, the folks at Star Trek Continues had made a half-decent sequel in the two part tribute, To Boldly Go. It's available on line - Give it a try.
Senior Trekker scores every episode with a 5.