History Fridge / StarTrekTheOriginalSeries

* In "The Enemy Within" Yeoman Rand is attacked by Kirk's alter ego. Obviously, the experience left her so traumatized that she was uncomfortable serving with Kirk even after the situation was resolved, so she requested a transfer to another ship or starbase. Rand disappears after the first season. Given how far ''Enterprise'' was from Federation outposts most of the time, that's probably how long it took to get her to her next posting (presumably the paperwork was complete before then--as the XO, Spock is handling day-to-day administrative and personnel issues, so Kirk can't be accused of holding her back in the meantime).

*** And at the end of the episode, isn't transporting the tribbles onto the Klingon ship a death sentence for them (the tribbles, not the Klingons)? There was no reason to think that the Klingons wouldn't have shot every one of the little guys, and in ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' Worf recounts how Klingons eventually exterminated the entire species. Worf does however justify the decision by explaining that the tribbles were an ecological disaster for the Klingons, consuming food supplies and causing famines as a result. It's no different than killing the fluffy bunnies that are eating your crops.

** There's a reason the title is ''Chief'' Medical Officer: McCoy and Crusher, too) have staff. On TOS, we see [[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/M%27Benga Dr. M'Benga]] a couple of times and on TNG, we see [[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Selar Dr. Selar]] a couple of times.

* In "The Enemy Within" Yeoman Rand is attacked by Kirk's alter ego. Obviously, the experience left her so traumatized that she was uncomfortable serving with Kirk even after the situation was resolved, so she requested a transfer to another ship or starbase. Rand disappears after the first season. Given how far ''Enterprise'' was from Federation outposts most of the time, that's probably how long it took to get her to her next posting (presumably the paperwork was complete before then--as the XO, Spock is handling day-to-day administrative and personnel issues, so Kirk can't be accused of holding her back).

*** And at the end of the episode, isn't transporting the tribbles onto the Klingon ship a death sentence for them (the tribbles, not the Klingons)? There was no reason to think that the Klingons wouldn't have shot every one of the little guys, and in ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' Worf recounts how Klingons eventually exterminated the entire species.

* In "The Enemy Within" Yeoman Rand is attacked by Kirk's alter ego. Obviously, the experience left her so traumatized that she was uncomfortable serving with Kirk even after the situation was resolved. Rand disappears after the first season. Given how far ''Enterprise'' was from Federation outposts most of the time, that's probably how long it took to get her to her next posting (presumably the paperwork was complete before then--as the XO, Spock is handling day-to-day administrative and personnel issues, so Kirk can't be accused of holding her back).

*** ''DeepSpaceNine'' reveals that [[spoiler: those cute, fluffy, poisoned bunnies were being ''thrown'' at Kirk by other Starfleet Officers who he would have seniority over. [[SeriousBusiness Fridge Insubordination!]]]]
*** And at the end of the episode, isn't transporting the tribbles onto the Klingon ship a death sentence for them (the tribbles, not the Klingons)? There was no reason to think that the Klingons wouldn't have shot every one of the little guys, and in ''DeepSpaceNine'' Worf recounts how Klingons eventually exterminated the entire species.
** When the holodeck is first introduced, it is made explicitly clear that its characters are not sentient: Troi and other telepaths cannot sense them [[FridgeLogic (then again, she also can't sense Data).]] Moriarty is the first exception, and he is presumed to be unique. But by the time the Doctor is introduced on ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' and Vic Fontaine on ''DeepSpaceNine,'' it is clear that ''all'' holodeck characters are sentient, or at least will become sentient if they're left running long enough. That means that all over the Federation, ordinary people are constantly creating, murdering, editing, resurrecting, and duplicating sentient beings with no more moral consideration than you'd give to a sheet of paper out of a printer. And that's just people with ''clean'' fantasies, and not porn and [[{{Gorn}} gorn]]-filled ones. The ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' episode "Author, Author" finally starts to address this, but does it in the most tepid way possible and treats the whole thing almost as a joke. All the [[FantasticAesop Fantastic Aesops]] about Data's rights become meaningless when you realize the Federation is ''filled'' with A.I.'s, and nearly all of them are considered as disposable as Kleenex.

* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': this is referenced on the MindRape page, but it's still worth including here. There's a scene in the episode "Mirror, Mirror" where Evil!Spock ([[BeardOfEvil you can tell because he has a goatee]]) forcibly mind-melds with Dr. [=McCoy=]. Creepy. But then you become more of a fan, and learn that mated Vulcan couples form permanent mental bonds. Literal. Mind. Rape. Kinda takes away from the silliness of that episode, doesn't it?

** When the holodeck is first introduced, it is made explicitly clear that its characters are not sentient: Troi and other telepaths cannot sense them [[FridgeLogic (then again, she also can't sense Data).]] Moriarty is the first exception, and he is presumed to be unique. But by the time the Doctor is introduced on ''[[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' and Vic Fontaine on ''DeepSpaceNine,'' it is clear that ''all'' holodeck characters are sentient, or at least will become sentient if they're left running long enough. That means that all over the Federation, ordinary people are constantly creating, murdering, editing, resurrecting, and duplicating sentient beings with no more moral consideration than you'd give to a sheet of paper out of a printer. And that's just people with ''clean'' fantasies, and not porn and [[{{Gorn}} gorn]]-filled ones. The ''[[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' episode "Author, Author" finally starts to address this, but does it in the most tepid way possible and treats the whole thing almost as a joke. All the [[FantasticAesop Fantastic Aesops]] about Data's rights become meaningless when you realize the Federation is ''filled'' with A.I.'s, and nearly all of them are considered as disposable as Kleenex.

* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': S1E11 "Miri" -- The adults are all dead. Once a child hits puberty, s/he dies. ''Where are the babies coming from?''

** Well, what do naval ship/submarine crews do? ''Enterprise'' '''should''' have a full night-shift complement.

** In Voyager, I remember Harry mentioning he got the Night Shift at one point to a bunch of ensigns under his command, so I presume there is rotation at various points. In an emergency, they probably rouse the proper command staff.

* On the same note, who runs Sick Bay during the "night" shift? Do they have another doctor, or is Bones on call all the time? Maybe that's why he's grumpy so often...

* OK, somebody, I must know: Who pilots the Enterprise when Kirk is asleep? No one can pull continuous 24-hour shifts, so somebody must be in the captain's chair for at least a few hours. If a computer could do it, then why have a captain and bridge crew at all? Someone needs to write a fanfic about this.

* On the same note, who runs Sick Bay during the "night" shift? Do they have another doctor, or is Dr. McCoy on call all the time? Maybe that's why he's grumpy so often...

** This was discussed in the ExpandedUniverse novel "Federation" - transporters work on the quantum level rather than just the molecular level. Rather than simply producing a copy that thinks it's the original (molecular level) at the destination, it converts your specific atoms to energy, beams them to a target location, and then reassembles them.

** The plot of the book "Spock Must Die!" is kicked of after an in-universe discussion regarding that is held.

** At least that was Evil Spock doing the mind raping, so it's only horror for the viewer because of what it does to Bones. It doesn't effect the normal character. However, in ''Star Trek VI'', regular Spock forcibly mind-melds with the junior Vulcan officer on the Enterprise who's been working with the bad guys. She makes faint mewing sounds at first, and then she SCREAMS. During all this, everyone on the bridge is watching and looking really uncomfortable about it. So, basically, Spock mind-raped a women to get information that would prevent a war. The needs of the many etc. etc.

** The transporter accident and malfunction concepts were brought up in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", "Star Trek: The Next Generation"'s episode with Scotty, and the 2009 Star Trek film.

** Yeah. No. That moment is still hilarious. Sorry.

** ...what babies? Dude, seriously. Did you even watch the episode?

* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': S1E11 "Miri" -- The adults are all dead. Once a child hits puberty, s/he dies. ''Where are the babies coming from?''