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Captain's Log Stardate 3498.9
Lieutenant Commander Scott in temporary command
Our inability to reach the landing party
is strange.
Say to yourself "the child is mine"
It's yours.
You will not touch me in that manner.
Communicators, weapons.
Sound battle stations!
Leonard Nimoy Opening Remarks
What is considered normal and proper in one society
mabe an inexcusable breach of custom in another.
If you belch
at a table in America,
it's considered offensive.
The same action at a table in other societies
is a compliment to the chef.
In some Middle Eastern countries,
publicly touching a member of the opposite sex
is punishable offense.
And yet, in other places, you can stroll down the street
arm in arm with your companion.
Imagine the difficulties faced by Christopher Columbus
or Admiral Perry or any explorer as they encounter new cultures.
Imagine extending your hand in friendship
to someone who might think it's a threatening gesture.
Your very life could depend on your next motion.
When cultures collide, there are bound to be problems.
[End of opening remarks]
Don't just watch... beam aboard the Dominion
at SciFi dot com right now. Enter the Trek chatroom
and experience Star Trek the interactive way.
They're quite large.
7 feet tall is not unusual.
Hi, there. I'm James Doohan,
and you're watching 'Star Trek'
on the Sci-Fi Channel.
"FRIDAY'S CHILD"
Captain's log- Stardate 3497.2.
Planet Cappella 4.
The rare mineral topalime,
vital to the life-support systems
of planetoid colonies,
has been discovered in abundance here.
Our mission- obtain a mining agreement.
But we've discovered a Klingon agent has preceded us
to the planet.
A discovery which has cost the life of one of my crewmen.
I'm Leonard Nimoy,
and you're watching 'Star Trek'
on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Hi, I'm Nichelle Nichols,
and you'reatching 'Star Trek'
on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Captain's Log- stardate 3498.9,
Lieutenant-commander Scott in temporary command.
I'm William Shatner
and you're watching 'Star Trek'
on the Sci-Fi Channel.
William Shatner Half Time Comments
Eleen is played by actress Julie Newmar.
She's best known for her role as Catwoman
on the vintage TV series "Batman."
Also, Kraas, the Klingon.
is portrayed by Tigue Andrews
who starred as Captain Adam Greer
in the 1960's television classic
"The Mod Squad."
Although the Klingon battle cruiser made its official debut
in the third season's episode "Elan of Troyius"
a fill in design was used in "Friday's Child"
a glowing bright orange animated shape which
looks like something taken right out of a 1930's serial.
[End of Shatner Comments]
[Nimoy Comments]
I'm sure you recognize Julie Newmar as Eleen.
However, you most likely remember her
as Batman's feline felon Catwoman.
But Julie wasn't the only Batman
alumnus to appear in 'Star Trek'.
Frank Gorshin, better known as Batman's nemesis The Riddler,
would appear as Bele in the third-season episode
"Let that be your Last Battlefield. "
Lee Meriwether, who played Catwoman
in the 1966 feature film version of Batman,
appears as Losira in "That Which Survives. "
and lastly, Batgirl herself, Yvonne Craig,
would appear in a third-season episode,
"Whom Gods Destroy. "
'Star Trek' and Batman-
who would have thought they'd have had so much in common?
[End of Nimoy Comments]
Star Trek Insights
Nichols: I think this is what "Star Trek" did-
it reflected the best of us.
And because we were interracial
and because men and women
were equals...
without losing their manhood
and without losing
their feminity,
they told the stories like parables.
Kirk: The Earth Federation offers
one other thing, Akaar:
our laws.
And the highest all our laws states
that your worid is yours
and will always remain yours
If humankind reaches for its highest nobility,
we do not sink to our lowest base.
Kirk: Their Empire is made up of conquered worids,
they take what they want by arms and force.
There are those of us who will not bargain with Earthmen, Akaar.
Do you say you will fight me, Maab?
Nichols: Gene told the stories of everyday
trials and tribulations,
and victories and celebrations
we come with open hearts and hands.
A Klingon!
Fred, no!
Don't move a muscle!
Nichols: And I once accused Gene-
I went in to him because I was so in love with the show.
With every script that came,
seemed like one was better than the other.
And I said, "Gene, I know what you're doing. "
and he looked at me with that look.
And I said, you're right. You have written-
you're writing morality plays. "
and Gene looked at me, and he went, "shh. "
[laughs]
How wonderful!
He said, "They don't know it yet. They don't know it yet.
Let's keep it to ourselves. "
Prepare to take us out of orbit, Mr. Sulu.
Aye, Sir.
Scotty, the Captain.
We have a distress call from a Federation ship under attack.
That's where our duty lies.
Basically, they were
morality stories, very simple.
In those days of television,
they didn't have the money
for the sets
or the special effects
or all that stuff.
So it was all dialogue
and character interplay.
Is the new leader of the 10 tribes afraid?
Let me kill them for you...
or let the Klingon and me fight.
It might amuse you.
I think the original, classic 'Star Trek' -
and I'm delighted Sci-Fi Channel is doing it, bringing it back-
it was very basic, and the appeal is very basic.
It's very touching to people.
People identify easily with the show,
and that's why it's lasted, I think.
No one had any idea at the time.
I mean, in a way it was a western in space suits.
[end of Insights]
Kirk to Enterprise. Come in.
Kirk to Enterprise. Come in.
Hi, I'm George Takei,
and you're watching 'Star Trek'
on the Sci-Fi Channel.
How would a freighter know we were ordered into this sector?
A trap.
We were diverted from the planet.
Takei: Well, I was the helmsman the first season,
and I was the helmsman the second season.
But the second season,
I had this nemesis of mine,
Walter Koenig,
playing this Russian
with this Prince Valiant wig on,
as a navigator, sitting right next to me.
Approaching the freighter's last reported position, Sir.
Sensor report, Mr. Chekov.
Negative, Sir.
No debris, no residual particles-
no traces.
Mr. Sulu
begin a standard search pattern.
All scanners, full intensity, Mr. Chekov.
I hated Walter Koenig.
Sight unseen, I hated him with a passion.
He took-he sailed in from nowhere
after I did all the lobbying,
and he took my part away from me.
And then I discovered that I'm sharing a dressing room with him.
I walked in, and there are two sets of boots,
two sets of costume in the closet.
I was raging,
and as I sat in that dressing room,
I heard footsteps at the front door.
I heard a voice saying, "I hate it. I hate it. "
I waited for the door to open.
It was Walter Koenig,
and I said, "well, I don't like it, either. "
our relationship began on that note.
It turned out, Walter was talking about
that wig that they put on him,
that silly Prince Valiant wig that they put on him,
and I thought he hated the fact
that he was sharing the dressing room with me.
All sweeps.
Mr. Chekov.
Nothing.
We're turning back. Warp 5, helm.
Warp 5, Sir.
From that shared dressing room,
we talked intensely for a long time,
and got to know a lot about each other.
We both went to UCLA,
and I knew his wife before he married her.
She was a classmate at UCLA,
and we found a lot of things in common with each other.
He has a brother who was in medine, as I did.
So, out of that blossomed one of the best friendships I have from 'Star Trek'.
There's an old, old saying on Earth, Mr. Sulu:
"Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me. "
I know this saying. It was invented in Russia.
[End of Insights]
Spock!
Leonard Nimoy Closing Observations 1999
You know,"Friday's Child" is a wonderful example
of how 'Star Trek' could be a reflection of the times.
The character of Eleen,
and by extension, her baby,
begin as virtual pawns
in the battle with the Klingons.
To make allies out of the Capellans.
But ultimately, Eleen realizes
at she has the ability to make her own decisions
and control her own destiny.
In a sense, she rediscovers herself
in a way that she never thought possible.
Now, in 1967, feminism was not only on the rise
but exploding into the public consciousness.
More and more women were joining the workforce,
bras were being burned,
and the movement for the equal rights amendment
was gaining momentum at breakneck speed.
Well, the E.R.A. amendment ultimately never passed.
But it doesn't really matter because, like Eleen,
American women found in themselves
strength and power that they always possessed,
and 'Star Trek' was proud of them.
[End Transmission]