# STAR TREK: Charlie X **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085 "2004-12-29T13:17:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/21 "2004-12-30T03:41:32Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > But 3-D chess was way cool. Wonder if I can buy a set for my living room? I got mine at the hobby shop. There’s probably one in one of the counties near you- they sell keen stuff like model rockets, radio controlled planes, and model kits of classic monsters like Dracula. BTW Anybody else hear rumors that some company called Aura or something is going to be releasing a bunch of models based on the Universal Studios movies? I read something about it in Famous Monsters, but I lost issue in a game of Feudal. Hey! That gives me an idea. The Man Trap had a vampire (kinda). I wonder if they’ll do episodes with space werewolves, or a mummy, or I bet a space Frankenstein would work. They find a brilliant scientist reanimating the dead or maybe making killer androids. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/22 "2004-12-30T03:47:02Z")
Android? Ain’t that something you get on your butt? I like killer robots, myself. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/23 "2004-12-30T03:56:01Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > Android? Ain’t that something you get on your butt? Haven’t you ever read an issue of Amazing Stories or Astounding Science Fiction? I don’t see how you can call yourself a science fiction fan. Just because Superman calls the androids he makes ‘robots’ doesn’t make it right. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/24 "2004-12-30T04:00:17Z")
Actually, in 1966, they were just getting over the dreadful Rod Serling pronunciation of “ro-but.” 😃 Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/25 "2004-12-30T04:14:15Z")
**Aw crap, I thought it was 63. Forget the Aurora model joke as those would have come out in 63-64. Forgive me, I was born in 75. It’s very dificult to find certain things in my apartment and check the date and my computer is giving me problems. :smack: Walking over to the case and checking the bottom of my Lightning Striking Wolfman (these were the ones with glow in the dark pieces) it’s marked 1962.**\* I see ro-butt as an acceptable variation. The scientists who built Electro, the Westinghouse Man, call him “ro-butt” all the time. And they have short haircuts, ties and labcoats. You know a scientist like that would never steer you wrong. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/26 "2004-12-30T09:01:36Z")
> [@thwartme](#): > > Even when that guy Sam in the gym vanished into thin air, Kirk still seemed pretty calm about it. It’s a crew member, Captain! Actually, Kirk was maintaining a calm facade because at that point he realized he had to maintain control over Charlie. He was experiencing great angst at what happened, but if he fell apart in front of Charlie, he’d lose control of the situation. A very subtle bit of acting by Shatner. I have a feeling there will be many more examples of Shatner’s understated style in future episodes. He definitely doesn’t seem like the kind of guy to overact. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/27 "2004-12-30T16:24:50Z")
OOO-OOO-OOOh! Charlie Evans vs Gary Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/28 "2004-12-30T16:46:17Z")
> [@Enola Straight](#): > > OOO-OOO-OOOh! > > Charlie Evans vs Gary Mitchell Is that all this show is going to be, “Oh, some human has develop superior powers, let’s get rid of them!”? That Spock is hot! He and Uhura would make quite a couple. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/29 "2004-12-30T17:20:35Z")
> [@Enola Straight](#): > > OOO-OOO-OOOh! > > Charlie Evans vs Gary Mitchell Who is Gary Mitchell? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/30 "2004-12-30T18:25:28Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > No to sound sarcastic, but they’re exploring the characters at the moment, since we’re in the beginning of the program. I’m only ten years old now, but when I grow up I will appreciate how the characters did seem to be pretty consistent through the series. Then I’ll tell myself they’re _actors_. It’s their job to appear on the set, barely knowing each other, and _act_ as if they are old friends. In _Corbomite_, Bones and Kirk seemed very antagonistic toward one another, but in this ep it’s already beginning to be toned down. **thwartme** You say the “I want to stay” at the end is creepy? I’ll see that and raise you the woman whose face was taken away. Oooggghg, ooooghhh, I’ll be remembering that in 38 years lemme tell you. Only problem with that scene was they cut it too short; you can barely see what happened to her. (To the OP: I should know this, but where’s a good ep guide in broadcast order?) ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/31 "2004-12-30T18:34:16Z")
> [@kingpengvin](#): > > Who is Gary Mitchell? He’s Kirk’s best friend in the Academy and got all uber-ed up when the Enterprise went through the Barrier at the edge of the galaxy. He got all silver eyed with ESP and stuff. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/32 "2004-12-30T18:41:39Z")
^^^2004: Remember, **king** is posting in broadcast order– **Where No Man Has Gone Before** , the ep with Gary Mitchell, will not be broadcast until “next week,” so unless you’ve read a fanzine with plot details, you wouldn’t necessarily know who Gary Mitchell was. 😃 Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085/33 "2004-12-30T19:44:54Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > (To the OP: I should know this, but where’s a good ep guide in broadcast order?) [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/TOS/index.html](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/TOS/index.html) PS The corbomite maneuver has not been aired yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-charlie-x/282085.md?page=1)