Gordon Lumbert That’s what appeals to me! The basic archetype of an adventure team holds true, whether it’s a role playing game, an episode of Mission Impossible, or a Star Trek away team.
@@gordonlumbert9861 D&D was first published in 1974, the same year this episode premiered. But it's true that not very many people were familiar with it yet. I didn't play it until 1979. However, dungeon crawls are older than D&D. One could argue that the first dungeon crawls took place under the Misty Mountains and Erebor, the Lonely Mountain, in "The Hobbit" (1937). And that the second one took place in Moria (a.k.a. Khazad-dûm) in "The Fellowship of the Ring." You could even make a case for Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth," which was first published in 1864. And there are many precursors, like Dante's "Inferno" and some parts of Homer's "Odyssey."
If memory serves me correctly, Tchar actually STOLE the Soul of Alar. When the group reached their destination, Tchar complimented the team for reaching the Soul before intending to destroy them, like he did to the previous expeditions. But Tchar didn't count on Kirk and Spock's ingenuity and combat skills (especially in zero-gravity).
Posted this from another clip of ST:TAS's The Jihad. Felt worth saying again: RE: Em-3-Green. That's David Gerrold (of "The Trouble with Tribbles" fame--and its ST:TAS sequel "More Tribbles, More Troubles") doing the voice. And James Doohan doing the voices of Tchar and Sord. And Jane Webb doing the voices of Lara and the Vedala (she did a bunch of voice work for Filmation--e.g., the voice of Batgirl in the orig. 1968-69 Batman cartoon and esp. the voice of Laura Turner, the mom, of Lassie's Rescue Rangers).
2:08 "Fifty meters" would take a world-class runner about 5 seconds. So couldn't they walk or even climb fifty meters to safety fast enough? Then again, maybe what she(?) calls fifty meters might be longer.
Not having seen the beginning but knowing some Star Trek lore, is that an Aarakokra and a Saurian? The Saurians are a Federation member race, and the Aarakokra are treaty partners with the Federation and members of the race can join Starfleet, like Klingons and Ferengi can.
