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Untitled[edit]

I understand that the concept for Assignment Earth was in fact used for Earth: Final Conflict Hackwrench 05:43, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Lucille Ball's Involvement[edit]

I picked up a bit of trivia on a radio program a few years ago, which informed me of a little-known fact that Lucille Ball provided Gene Roddenberry with the initial funding to shoot, "Star Trek." This is confirmed on the TV Museum website. So, the comment in the Notes of this episode that the address of Gary Seven's office is 2 blocks farther offshore than the Ricardo's address in "I Love Lucy" probably is not entirely a coincidence. Pooua (talk) 03:53, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not Quite re Lucy[edit]

Lucy ran Desilu, which employed Roddenberry to create shows for the studio. Star Trek was pitched to NBC which commissioned the pilots and then the series, putting up funds for both (known as a Network Licensing Fee). Desilu (later Paramount) covered the rest of the costs, but Lucy did not fund Roddenberry or Star Trek per se.MrNeutronSF (talk) 02:15, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cancellation[edit]

I do not know myself, but I would think at least a few sentences about why the series wasn't developed into a full series might be valuable on this page. Esprix (talk) 04:44, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Failure is by far the most likely fate for any backdoor pilot. I think it's safe to guess that this episode was not the runaway hit it would have had to have been to have the studio greenlight the intended new show.137.205.183.31 (talk) 10:00, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Remastered Version[edit]

The claim that footage from Apollo 13 was used is questionable. The Blu-ray Disc version of this episode does not include any seamless branching that would indicate that rocket footage is any different in the remastered episode from what appeared in the original episode. If changes were made, which scenes, exactly, were changed, and why doesn't the Blu-ray Disc let me change from old to new versions of whatever scene this is purported to be?

If it turns out that no footage from Apollo 13 was used, then the second sentence in that list item -- about contributions by Robert Legato -- is completely out of place.

Question[edit]

What is the significance of 'original' in this episode? What makes this and those before different than "Spock's Brain" and what follows? Forgive the ignorance, I just can't tell. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.199.117 (talk) 19:14, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All uses of "original" in this page are in the same sense as for all the other TOS episodes, but one: the story is a development of an idea that _originally_ arose outside of the ST context.137.205.183.31 (talk) 10:05, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia[edit]

There has been information presented in this page in various forms which falls under the umbrella of trivia. An attempt has been made to present this information better by at least recognizing that it ties the fictional universe of the program into the real life universe by putting it under the heading "In Real Life." That block of information was deleted, and I restored it with an undo. The wikipedia guidelines suggest that simple lists of trivia should be avoided, but acknowledge that this does not suggest wholesale removal of trivia sections. I would say that rather than removing trivia sections, an editor should at least attempt to retain suitable information in the article in some way. However, my undo was effectively undone by a quick subsequent edit by the original deleter. I am tempted to again simply undo that, but do not wish to start an edit war. Comments? Jaydro (talk) 20:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am uncertain what this refers to. But it has been pointed out that this episode contains a line from Mr. Spock, commenting on the chaotic nature of the era and informing Captain Kirk that "There will be an important assassination today." Martin Luther King was assassinated a few days after the episode aired.THD3 (talk) 18:09, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seven taken from Earth 6,000 years ago?[edit]

The article contains the sentence:

"Seven tells Kirk that he is a man taken from Earth over 6,000 years ago to an advanced world and there trained to intercede to help Earth survive."

Not sure where that came from. There's nothing in the episode that I can find that references Seven being taken from Earth 6,000 years ago; nor anything in the transcript of the episode available at:

http://www.chakoteya.net/startrek/55.htm

Seven taken from Earth 6,000 years ago?[edit]

The article contains the sentence:

"Seven tells Kirk that he is a man taken from Earth over 6,000 years ago to an advanced world and there trained to intercede to help Earth survive."

Not sure where that came from. There's nothing in the episode that I can find that references Seven being taken from Earth 6,000 years ago; nor anything in the transcript of the episode available at:

http://www.chakoteya.net/startrek/55.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.52.0.58 (talk) 01:57, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This comes from Gary Seven's explanation to his computer (not to Kirk) about what the mission of his (and his people) is, spoken to the computer to verify his identity (it is at about twelve and a half minutes into the episode). However, he himself is from the 20th century, a descendant of those people taken 6000 years before. — al-Shimoni (talk) 20:02, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Isis the Cat and Victori Vetri[edit]

I removed the listed credit for Victori Vetri as the briefly-seen human form of Isis the cat because it is a fan-generated myth without any evidence or reliable citations to back it up. Furthemore, Vetri herself denies being on STAR TREK at all in a 2018 interview.

"I was never in an episode of STAR TREK. I know that people think I was. I get pictures to sign and I had to write back and say, 'Hey, that's not me . . . " I am not sure who she was. Look close enough and you can see that she has blue eyes and I, of course, have brown. Whoever she was, she must not be around anymore as I am sure she would correct the mistake about me doing it, in all these articles."

LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS magazine (October 2018, #41, p. 71) "Sanna" by Michael Augustine Reed.

I added a section to the article addressing this and citing the source. MrNeutronSF (talk) 02:22, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much to user:Zenasdude for finding the podcast identifying this actress. I literally scoured the internet and read a LOT of articles trying to find a hint as to who this was. It was a Star Trek mystery, of which there aren't many left. Looking at images of April Tatro, it really looks like Isis and a more recent, color picture, shows she had blue eyes. I'm convinced! Kudos. StarHOG (Talk) 14:00, 12 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Off Topic: when I was in my early twenties, I happened to be talking to some woman, that resembled my image of the artificially ( AD&D I8 title image ) dream woman; I noticed a change in my voice; in 2015 I noticed the same change in the voice in a much younger woman => this is someone that wants me to create with her her future children. She is predestined to look like Isis/anthropoidform; my causal appearnce is likely to resemble McGoohan/theprisoner; I might therefore now guess who in my immediate vicinity ( universities, scientific institutes ) ... => google ... diy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4DD7:EDD0:0:44B8:73CE:8E10:FAF7 (talk) 21:54, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Possible citogenesis[edit]

I propose removing the line

Morgan Jones as Col. Jack Nesvig

from the sidebar. No mention is given of references for this claim, and the only sources that I can find that confirm it are open wikis, and possibly have taken this from us. Classic citogenesis and possibly successful vandalism (I have yet to check this) if so.

See User talk:Andrewa#Morgan Jones for more on this.

Comments? Andrewa (talk) 20:09, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Assignment:_Earth&oldid=764903838 16:29, 11 February 2017 has this claim.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Assignment:_Earth&oldid=764078317 23:04, 6 February 2017 however does not.

But https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Assignment:_Earth&diff=next&oldid=764078317 doesn't show the addition.

Curious. Andrewa (talk) 21:02, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I know Memory Alpha's not an acceptable source, but it claims that Jones is credited at the end of the episode. I can probably check that at some point, but not until later this week. Please let me know if you'd like me to take a shot at it. DonIago (talk) 13:48, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Morgan Jones is credited as "Col. Nesvig" in the credits. With that said, if it's not cited and it doesn't come up in the article body, it really shouldn't be in the article; we don't cover every minor guest appearance in an episode. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 15:50, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"interesting future"[edit]

I am unaware of any implication of marriage/children in the "interesting future" spoken of at the end of the episode. What's the source? 🖖 ChristTrekker 🗣 22:39, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed it; it seems to be nonsense added by an IP. DonIago (talk) 17:35, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]