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What was Star Trek episode with the black and white faces?
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
| “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” | |
|---|---|
| Star Trek: The Original Series episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 15 |
| Directed by | Jud Taylor |
| Story by | Lee Cronin |
Was there a black and white Star Trek?
Not really. CBS was experimenting with color as early as 1951, and some regular shows were being broadcast in color by 1958. NBC’s prime-time schedule went all-color in the fall of 1966 (the season Star Trek premiered) and the other two networks followed a year later.
What was the difference between Bele and Lokai?
They are both natives of the planet Cheron, but it becomes obvious that Bele and Lokai despise each other mainly because of racial prejudices – with their difference boiling down to Bele having a white left half of his face and a black right half, while Lokai’s face colors are reversed.
What episode of Star Trek was Frank Gorshin in?
Frank John Gorshin, Jr. (5 April 1933 – 17 May 2005; age 72) was an impressionist, comedian, and actor who played Commissioner Bele in the Star Trek: The Original Series third season episode “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield”.
Why did Star Trek uniforms change color?
In The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Roddenberry explained that the uniforms were redesigned because the original bright colours would distract viewers on the large screen. However, these changes proved unpopular, so were redesigned again for the later films.
What was the first episode of Star Trek The Original Series?
The Man Trap
Season 1 (1966–67) After Roddenberry’s second pilot episode, “Where No Man Has Gone Before”, received a more favorable response from NBC, Star Trek finally aired its first episode—”The Man Trap”—at 8:30PM on September 8, 1966.
Was Kirk and Uhura first interracial kiss?
The famous ‘Plato’s Stepchildren’ kiss was not even the first interracial kiss on Star Trek itself. In the season one episode “What Are Little Girls Made Of”, first broadcast in October 1966, there is a friendly kiss between Uhura (played by Nichelle Nichols) and Christine Chapel (played by Majel Barrett).
What do the different color Star Trek uniforms mean?
The colors include white for command; gold for engineering; gray for science, communications and navigation; dark green for security; light green for medical; dark blue for operations; light blue for special services; and red for low-grade officers and officer cadets.
Why does the Riddler look different?
Jim Carrey’s Riddler look was more like in the comics, with a green costume with question marks all over it and a green mask, and his performance was over-the-top (which, ultimately, fit the overall tone of the movie).
Was Star Trek the first interracial kiss?
The first kiss between an African American and a White American occurred long before the invention of the television. The first Black-White kiss on American network television is often credited to the Star Trek episode, “Plato’s Stepchildren,” which first aired on November 22, 1968.