"Star Trek" Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Michael O'Herlihy

Writers:

D.C. Fontana (written by)
Gene Roddenberry (creator)

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

26 January 1967 (Season 1, Episode 19)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Enterprise is thrown back in time to 1960s Earth.

Plot Keywords:

Federation | Space | Starship | Computer | Vulcan

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
Roger Perry	...	Major Christopher
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Hal Lynch	...	Air Police Sergeant
Dick Merrifield	...	Technician (as Richard Merrifield)
John Winston	...	Transporter Chief
Ed Peck	...	Col. Fellini
James Doohan	...	Scott
George Takei	...	Sulu
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
Mark Dempsey	...	Air Force Captain
Jim Spencer	...	Air Policeman
Sherri Townsend	...	Crew Woman

Runtime:

50 min | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Canada:PG (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

The first Star Trek episode shown on German television in 1972.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The Enterprise is shown orbiting 1960s Earth. If you look at the shot of Earth, the continents appear to be backwards.

Quotes:

Major Christopher: You don't trust me Spock?
Mr. Spock: In fact I do, but only to a certain point.

Deservies serious praise

as a general rule, any episode of any series showing the people and world we know from an outside perspective is a above average episode; this is no exception. Here we see the crew through the eyes of a 1960's astronaut who ends up aboard the ship. The episode is not told from his perspective of course, but it does let us see it from his point of view. What would someone from our time (roughly) think of their ways. I am very much borrowing from another reviewer here, I just happen to agree.

The dialog is the main attraction here. The dialog involving captain Christopher, and kirk's infamous joking scene especially. Fans of the show, you know what I'm talking about. I won't spoil anything but I will say that they encounter a few problems trying to return to their own time; each of which they (of course) eventually overcome. 6 out of 5 stars here again mainly because of dialog and time-travel done inventively.