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Classic Star Trek Rewatch #2, S01E18 Arena
M1795537OCVirn
Thursday 27th July, 7.45pm (BST).
Continuing with Cygnus Bazza's selection in order of broadcast brings us to Arena, first shown in 1967.

Pursuing an alien vessel which has decimated a Federation outpost, the Enterprise is halted by an unknown force and Captain Kirk finds himself in a nightmarish struggle to save himself and his crew from almost certain death.

[url]https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8lj2pz[/u.rl]
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart
That link is not linking, M'Virn...
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Cygnus Bazza
If B7's 'Duel' is Danny Dyer, Trek's 'Arena' is Edward III. Massively entertaining - though admittedly not always for the right reasons. Quite a good episode if you like a Stuntman Drinking Game - Kirk's & Spock's (quite convincing) doubles provide several opportunities for a tipple. Magic moment: when it looks like the Gorn is about to break into a medley of Rodgers & Hammerstein showstoppers. And what the hell is he/it wearing? Something from The Great British Sewing Bee's transformation round, perhaps.
 
Cygnus Bazza
Oh and Trek Fake Rocks are unarguably better than Blake Fake Rocks.
 
M1795537OCVirn
Sorry if the above link doesn't work. I typed 'dailymotion Star Trek Arena' into Google and the correct episode came up, so I copied this link from that:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8i...eo/x8ip2xp

which worked when I tested it.
Mind you, that's also how I found the original link. Do they keep changing it?? If this one doesn't work, maybe search dailymotion yourselves?
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M1795537OCVirn
Fake rocks are all as bad as each other, none of them even look heavy.
I can almost remember this episode - some sort of duel to the death - but then they often repeated ideas. B7 never did that. Well, not much.

There's half a chance I may be late/absent for this one, unless I can wangle a way out of my son's birthday (yes, I know, it's all my own fault for having him on the wrong day. But how was I to know it would come back to bite me?) And yes, it's two birthdays in two weeks. Three more to come in the next two weeks, but thankfully not on rewatch nights. (And not three more offspring, either).
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OneSparePart
Well, I am here. Yes, unlike M'Virn I have not 'gorn' somewhere else...
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M1795537OCVirn
I got out of it! Anyway, I'm here and have not gorn awol at all. Hi, OSP!
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OneSparePart
Hello M'Virn! Gorn and come back again!
Edited by OneSparePart on 27-07-2023 18:46
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NerdyTeenGirl
Hello, everyone! I forgot there was a rewatch today and only just made it. Grin
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OneSparePart
Starting!
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OneSparePart

NerdyTeenGirl wrote:

Hello, everyone! I forgot there was a rewatch today and only just made it. Grin

Gorn but not forgotten
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Teish
Taking a tea break to watch with NTG and the rest of the forum. :-)
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M1795537OCVirn
Nah, they didn't know what their plans for the evening were, so it was all easy in the end. Now - are we starting? AA may well nbe elsewhere, CB might lurk but not contribute, and OVZ wasn't well again on Tuesday. I think that means it's us tonight.
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OneSparePart
I have already started. Shall I pause?
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M1795537OCVirn
Hello Teish and NTG! (Now I'm behind...)

Ha ha ha it's playing inside out!
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Teish
It’s the lizard men!
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OracVZen
Hi all,M179,NerdyTeenGirl,Teish,onesparepart
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
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Seek-locate-destroy.
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NerdyTeenGirl
Hello, M1…Virn!
Don’t be sorry. Be quiet.
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https://thephantomofcygnus.wordpress..../blakes-7/
 
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OracVZen
Where are we up to
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Seek-locate-destroy.
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NerdyTeenGirl
Hello, OVZ!
Don’t be sorry. Be quiet.
The Blake’s 7 section of my blog, where I post fics, art, essays, etcetera.
https://thephantomofcygnus.wordpress..../blakes-7/
 
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OneSparePart

OracVZen wrote:

Hi all,M179,NerdyTeenGirl,Teish,onesparepart

Howdy OVZ
Edited by OneSparePart on 27-07-2023 18:51
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M1795537OCVirn
Hey - OVZ! Great to have you with us. How are you?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OracVZen
I fast forward to mortar shells and they moved to a better spot
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Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
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Teish
Love the metal cable conduit used in the set! They definitely got creative, and it’s fun to try and pick out “regular” items they used.
“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light. I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” —Sarah Williams from The Old Astronomer
 
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M1795537OCVirn
Kirk's keeping his screens up.
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OracVZen
[quote name=M1795537OCVirn post=32732]Hey - OVZ! Great to have you with us. How are you?[/quote
Hi M179, so so thank you,still tired all the time,
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
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OneSparePart

OracVZen wrote:

I fast forward to mortar shells and they moved to a better spot

Spot on for me
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OracVZen
Photon torpedoes
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OracVZen

Teish wrote:

Love the metal cable conduit used in the set! They definitely got creative, and it’s fun to try and pick out “regular” items they used.

I prefer that in sci-fi,old n new
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
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OneSparePart
Cygnus bazza was right. Those polystyrene rocks ARE better than B7's
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Teish
Priorities! Protect Kirk’s ship!
“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light. I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” —Sarah Williams from The Old Astronomer
 
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OracVZen

OneSparePart wrote:

OracVZen wrote:

I fast forward to mortar shells and they moved to a better spot

Spot on for me

Great
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Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
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OracVZen
Best doctor in the universe,he be dead in half an hour,wow that precise,not anytime now
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Seek-locate-destroy.
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M1795537OCVirn

OracVZen wrote:

[quote name=M1795537OCVirn post=32732]Hey - OVZ! Great to have you with us. How are you?[/quote
Hi M179, so so thank you,still tired all the time,


Has anyone suggested iron/vitamin B12 supplements? Stress depletes your body's supplies, and you've had plenty of that.
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AnneArthur
Hello. For some reason my previous message didn't post, but I'm here! I love Old Trek - so very much of its time.
 
Teish
I love the bright blue “grenades”!
“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light. I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” —Sarah Williams from The Old Astronomer
 
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OracVZen
Now Kirk sent his mortar shells,up to there?
I plan to live forever,or die trying.
Maximum Power
Seek-locate-destroy.
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AnneArthur
I don't really remember this episode at all, apart from the actual fight with the Gorn.
 
NerdyTeenGirl
Hello, AnneArthur!
Don’t be sorry. Be quiet.
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https://thephantomofcygnus.wordpress..../blakes-7/
 
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