Star Trek: Is Harry Mudd mentioned in the Mirror Universe?

[Bryan_Ekers]

Mirror Mudd? He’s a bum.

[Quimby]

@Skald_the_Rhymer

Mudd only appears in two episodes – three if you count the cartoon. He’s given more weight in many fans’ memories than he merits.

Considering that TOS almost never had any sort of continuity, I don’t agree. The fact that he was brought back at all merits weight.

ETA: The Mudd mentioned in the new Movie Timeline is technically different. That Mudd was a she and presumably at least part Bajoran. She appears in the supposedly canon comic that bridges the two movies.

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@Trinopus

What’s also kind of sad is that Mudd didn’t appear in the novelizations by James Blish. Blish had plans to flesh Mudd out and make a novel-length Star Trek book that would include the two episodes as chapters, but he didn’t live long enough to finish it.

It was finished by his widow, Judith Lawrence and published as “Mudd’s Angels”. It included adaptations of the two Harry Mudd episodes and an original novella called “The Business As Usual, During Altercations.”

[Trinopus]

Hoykawow! I obviously did not know that! Thank you very much for bringing me up to date (even if “up to date” means 1978!) I immediately went and ordered a copy! I owe you a shot of Saurian Brandy!

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@Trinopus

Hoykawow! I obviously did not know that! Thank you very much for bringing me up to date (even if “up to date” means 1978!) I immediately went and ordered a copy! I owe you a shot of Saurian Brandy!

Is it green?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@cochrane

It was finished by his widow, Judith Lawrence and published as “Mudd’s Angels”. It included adaptations of the two Harry Mudd episodes and an original novella called “The Business As Usual, During Altercations.”

I remember that book, now that I see the cover, but don’t remember the novella at all. Spoil it for us, please (in a box)?

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@Elendil_s_Heir

I remember that book, now that I see the cover, but don’t remember the novella at all. Spoil it for us, please (in a box)?

I haven’t read it in about 35 years, so I can’t remember it with any accuracy. Perhaps someone else has read it more recently or has a copy they can refer to.

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@Quimby

Considering that TOS almost never had any sort of continuity, I don’t agree. The fact that he was brought back at all merits weight.

ETA: The Mudd mentioned in the new Movie Timeline is technically different. That Mudd was a she and presumably at least part Bajoran. She appears in the supposedly canon comic that bridges the two movies.

I’ve only seen the first of the Abram movies, so I can’t address that.

[E-DUB]

I haven’t read it recently but I do remember that “android-Uhura” makes an appearance. Seems that she had expressed an interest (feigned) in being downloaded into an immortal android body and Mudd’s androids had begun working on it.

[Hail_Ants]

@BigT

I only remember Chekhov not knowing Mudd myself, which makes perfect sense since he could easily have not been on board the ship the first time.

I just checked it on YouTube and you’re right. For some reason I thought it was Spock who asked Kirk if he knew him, but it’s only Chekov, which like you said actually does make sense.

@Quimby

Considering that TOS almost never had any sort of continuity, I don’t agree. The fact that he was brought back at all merits weight.

For the 1960s Star Trek actually had pretty good episode-to-episode continuity. I can think of at least as many correct references than conflicts (starting with another correct one from the above episode! :smack:) Plus this episode was played mostly for laughs, yet they still got things right.

[BigT]

@Quimby

Considering that TOS almost never had any sort of continuity, I don’t agree. The fact that he was brought back at all merits weight.

ETA: The Mudd mentioned in the new Movie Timeline is technically different. That Mudd was a she and presumably at least part Bajoran. She appears in the supposedly canon comic that bridges the two movies.

That can’t be our Mudd, though, since Mudd was clearly older than Kirk and thus was born before the change in the timeline.

You’d have concoct weird explanations, like this lady taking on Mudd’s identity after something happened to him.

[Love_Rhombus]

Mudd also shows up in the Star Trek: 25th Anniversary computer game, interestingly.