Tomorrow Is Yesterday
- Episode aired Jan 26, 1967
- TV-PG
- 50m
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7.9/10
4.3K
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The Enterprise is thrown back in time to 1960s Earth.The Enterprise is thrown back in time to 1960s Earth.The Enterprise is thrown back in time to 1960s Earth.
Majel Barrett
- Enterprise Computer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Bill Blackburn
- Engineer
- (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci
- Brent
- (uncredited)
Eddie Paskey
- Lieutenant Leslie
- (uncredited)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaLater in 1967, physicist John Archibald Wheeler would popularize the term "black hole" to refer to the phenomenon Kirk describes as a black star, at the suggestion of a student. While several sources credit Wheeler for coining the phrase, it was used in science journals as early as 1963. The term is now credited to physicist Robert H. Dicke, comparing the phenomenon to a life prison dungeon in Calcutta known as the "Black Hole of Calcutta".
- GoofsIn Requiem for Methuselah (1969), Spock, during a mind meld, can order someone to "forget". It is unclear why he didn't meld with Captain Christopher for this purpose.
- Quotes
Capt. Kirk: All right, Colonel. The truth is, I'm a little green man from Alpha Centauri, a beautiful place. You ought to see it.
Lieutenant Colonel Fellini: I am going to lock you up for 200 years.
Capt. Kirk: That ought to be just about right.
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Outside Man (1972)
- SoundtracksTheme From Star Trek
Written by and credited to Alexander Courage
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Mr. Scott is still with us
Enterprise inadvertently gets transported back in time to the 1960s.
This is an enjoyable episode and a good early example of a time travel story depicted on screen.
Seen by a modern audience there is nothing you will have not seen before in this type of genre, but at the time of original broadcast it contained great sci-fi concepts.
The tone is quite light-hearted and it edges more towards comic affect than dramatic tension. This works well for me, as the plot is interesting enough not to need additional suspense to engage my attention. There is a running joke involving the ship's computer which is a bit silly, but it isn't overplayed enough to cross the line between funny and annoying.
My only complaints come in one aspect of plot detail that isn't really plausible or even logical. This comes towards the end with the use of the transporters to resolve a problem. The other being the placement of the episode not following The Naked Time, which would have been perfect continuity, but we can't have everything.
All visuals are great as ever with a nice use of military stock footage blended in with the cinematography.
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and guest star Roger Perry all deliver very good performances.
7.5/10 for me but I round upwards.
This is an enjoyable episode and a good early example of a time travel story depicted on screen.
Seen by a modern audience there is nothing you will have not seen before in this type of genre, but at the time of original broadcast it contained great sci-fi concepts.
The tone is quite light-hearted and it edges more towards comic affect than dramatic tension. This works well for me, as the plot is interesting enough not to need additional suspense to engage my attention. There is a running joke involving the ship's computer which is a bit silly, but it isn't overplayed enough to cross the line between funny and annoying.
My only complaints come in one aspect of plot detail that isn't really plausible or even logical. This comes towards the end with the use of the transporters to resolve a problem. The other being the placement of the episode not following The Naked Time, which would have been perfect continuity, but we can't have everything.
All visuals are great as ever with a nice use of military stock footage blended in with the cinematography.
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and guest star Roger Perry all deliver very good performances.
7.5/10 for me but I round upwards.
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- Apr 8, 2021
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