Trek Review: The Naked Time

We've been quite busy these past few weeks and the recent Sydney heatwave hasn't helped much either. But we did manage to fit in another episode of Remastered Star Trek! In other sci-fi news, I've put in my preorder for the DVD set Dark Skies and received the entire series of Star Trek: The Next Generation, also on DVD - for when we get through our Original adventures :P

The Naked Time

The Enterprise is monitoring the planetary collapse of the planet Psi2000. Spock and crewman 'nobody' beam down to find the place frozen and the science team they were supposed to pick up have died. Each member in strange circumstances.

Crewman nobody makes a noob error by removing his environmental suit to examine underneath a table - in doing so he unknowingly picks up a virus.

The virus quickly spreads through the Enterprise crew upon their return to the ship, and after the scanners and decontamination doesn't pick it up. Crew start displaying careless and juvenile behaviour which jeopardises the ship as it tries to remain in orbit around the collapsing planet below.

McCoy saves the day but not without Sulu showing off his fencing skills, Kirk slapping Spock in the face, Nurse Chapel (her first time in the show so far) showing her love for Spock and Kirk getting his shirt ripped!

I only remember scenes from this episode but not the entire thing. I thought it was interesting that Nurse Chapel's first outing would be the one where she announces her love for Spock. I had often read about the relationship these two characters had, so will be interesting to see if there is further mention of it in upcoming episodes. Speaking of love, it was also the first time I can recall Kirk outwardly showing his affection for the Enterprise. During a moment of frustration he calls out to the ship, telling her he won't lose her.

The remastered effects for this episode were great. The new look of Psi2000 gave the planet a realistic feel, the science station added in and the cleanup for blu-ray again make this purchase all worthwhile :)

Overall Rating: 6/10

Also worthy of a watch was the 'Spacelift' featurette which showed how they went about remastering the Original series into the versions we're appreciating in the 21st century!

That ends the first disc of Season One, looking forward to continuing the adventure!