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#2: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 3 (pilot 2) “Where No Man Has Gone Before”
Written by Samuel A. Peeples, directed by James Goldstone.
Stardate 1312.4 (October 2266)
“Command and compassion is a fool’s mixture.” - Gary Mitchell
The USS Enterprise is exploring the galactic edge when it finds a log buoy from the SS Valiant. When Commander Spock (Leonard Nimoy) examines the contents, he learns that the ship had passed through the galactic barrier. When she returned, chaos erupted onboard and the Captain ultimately ordered the ship destroyed. Captain James Kirk (William Shatner) believes that the answer to what happened lies on the other side of the galactic barrier and orders the Enterprise through. After suffering significant damage and crew injuries, a member of the bridge crew starts to experience a transformation that threatens everyone.
Originally released: 22 September 1966
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What did you think?
I can’t imagine wearing those contact lenses even for a second.
Apparently they didn’t feel bad to wear, only that Lockwood had trouble seeing through them in a way that Kellerman didn’t.
But the way they were made, laminating actual aluminum foil between two layers of a regular contact lense, was hella dangerous and both of them are lucky that nothing broke or slipped out because it would have blinded them.