Star Trek - I Have Security Clearance

Spock fights with a crew member and uses fake recordings of Kirk's voice to hijack the Enterprise (The Menagerie - Part 1)

[@blockmasterscott]

For a low budget show, that computer room is a pretty good prop set.

[@Roboprogs]

Gotta love that Spock uses what appears to be a pocket full of 3 1/2 inch floppy disks with a WAV or MP3 file on each. Early 90s tech looks futuristic from a 60s viewpoint. OTOH, fumbling around with micro SD cards would be awkward while swatting away the technician.

[@ericmendlow9396]

It was also engineering

[@JENDALL714]

It wasn't a low budget show, the show was so expensive that it nearly bankrupted Desilu studios and Lucy was forced to sell the studio to Paramount.

[@giorgosk2884]

200k us dollars for each episode wasnt LOW..

[@Larrymh07]

I actually miss the old set and effects. TNG and on used the special effects as cheap props to lame plots a lot of times. I also miss the 'low budget's Romulan disrupters. THG lazily used green phasers. Boring!

[@jamesfunk7614]

If I were in that Chief's situation, I would have run to a comm terminal to alert others. Not too bright of him to physically confront a Vulcan by himself.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

At least, he could have tried something more effective than bumping the intruder. Seriohsly, man, either defer to him or fight him properly.

[@manofsan]

This is the 60s - when men were men of action

[@LordTalax]

@@thiagodeandrade7081 He punched Spock twice and the man shook it off.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

@@LordTalax Fair enough, and that was probably the predictable outcome, but at least it was something better than bumping a suspicious meddler as if he were supposed to change his mind and play elsewhere. If what you are doing wouldn't work on a human, why to think it would on a Vulcan. But, yes, calling for reinforcement on the top of his own resistence efforts would have been the best course of action.

[@StoneKnivesBearskins]

Haha. The poor guy is beating Spock up, and our dear Vulcan hardly notices. Then, VULCAN NECK PINCH!!! LOL

[@Romulan2469]

Sorry but where is the punchline?

[@danbasta3677]

Anybody notice that this is the engenering section redress? By that, you will notice the console Spock was working on, and the area whare he was at speaking to the bridge personnel, and the goose neck communications scoop. In the background, the full panneled area that you see in Space Seed, as well as Court Marshall. In the second and third season, that full panneled area was separated into two sections with a stairway steps going into a upper portion area of engenering. Still, though, The Original Star Trek Series is the only BEST STAR TREK OUT THERE, nothing better!

[@dirdib69]

Spock is all "ok, annoying me now *pinch*"

[@fentanylmessiah2078]

Its called the Vulcan nerve pinch not neck pinch...

[@razorraysolarsavings70]

😂

[@marshallkarp]

I know they had to set-up like Spock lost it and took over the Enterprise, but it was conveniently forgotten that he assaulted the star base communication chief.

[@Smeginator]

In fairness, the chief struck first, AND punched Spock in the face, twice

[@PRHILL9696]

Spock got away with everything.

[@ianharac5153]

It’s the 23rd century, and each “disk” can store one sentence of speech. :)

[@g00gleminus96]

And that chief was never seen or heard from again.....

[@burtonryan50]

Meh... Spock probably bound and gagged him lol

[@Romulan2469]

@@burtonryan50 No Spock just gave him a red shirt and wished him luck lol!

[@burtonryan50]

@@Romulan2469 Good one

[@Beachdude67]

They probably had to transfer him. Most chiefs wouldn't take that lying down; he'd come back with a tire iron and we'd have a whole episode of Spock in the hospital.

[@joeswanson733]

@@Beachdude67 lol spock at the hospital. more like chief gets pinched again

[@Calzaki]

Two things I notice from this scene... 23rd century floppy discs can only store one audio file each... and second, will that nerve pinch last for the whole hour?

[@sandal_thong8631]

I was wondering the latter myself.

[@ironfist7789]

Yup, 1 hr timer unless someone dispels the debuff

[@jamesfunk7614]

I wonder how long that Chief will remain unconscious? Will he awake before Enterprise departs in one hour?

[@veryinteresting2208]

I love that scene when the Red Shirt tells Kirk and the Commodore "the Enterprise is warping out of orbit". That look on Kirk's face is priceless.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

How many times has he lost the Enterprise already?

[@fentanylmessiah2078]

Id feel the same way if my ship was being hijacked but also be swearing like a sailor..

[@fentanylmessiah2078]

@@thiagodeandrade7081 thats the only time , other than being ordered to do something he isn't about or to be forced to give up on something by a burocrat of the federation.

[@fentanylmessiah2078]

That i can remember in the entire show.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

@@fentanylmessiah2078 I think you are right, but he lost control to O'Reilly and to Rojan.

[@Onewayto2024]

Is it me, or does Uhura have the most uncomfortable and non-ergonomic work station ever? The way she has to face sideways all the time and lean her right arm over that thick box?

[@wrmaldonado]

They threw each other a few times! 😂😂😂😂

[@clickrick]

You misspelt the phrase "jumped away from".

[@cordongrouch9323]

@@clickrick Darn! I hate it when that happens!

[@jennyjansen754]

Looks like they used floppy disks!

[@captaincrumpet5558]

Spock the badass

[@georgemarsilio5122]

Dazzling display of diception

[@Romulan2469]

*Deception.

[@CaptApril123]

punch to the face, punch to the face, duck..Vulcan nerve pinch. Climbs up ladder, Jesus he's focused.

[@CaptApril123]

Takes the punches then 'nerve pinch'.. back to hacking the starbase mainframe... Was Spock the first onscreen hacker?

[@RobMacKendrick]

Probably. You'll note he was using floppy discs.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Spock -- Hacker extraordinaire.

[@broann4138]

So Sean Kenney as "injured Pike" can get credited but this guy cannot. Sheesh.

[@eljaguar4789]

Spock would make a dangerous bad guy

[@ladylightning1741]

Chief: Why didn't you tie me up? Spock: Because nobody will ever believe you. Chief: You sick son of a hobgoblin.

[@dbentertainment9148]

I would have loved to see the Parallel Universe Spock with the beard in that situation.

[@SurvivorTeam13]

Spock had to do the right thing. Morally and otherwise.

[@SurvivorTeam13]

LOL

[@ThatsMrPencilneck2U]

Remember who they were dealing with! Not even Spock could trust his own memory. The commodore didn't even accompany Kirk, chasing the Enterprise.

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

@@SurvivorTeam13 Do you realize that Spock and was willing to lose everything that he had in order to over ride Captain Pike's wishs and end up in a court martial? Date and time: Unknown.

[@SurvivorTeam13]

@@SOCORROSILVA-in7px That would be why I posted he had to "do the right thing"

[@SuperOmnicronsj44]

Wasn't that the illogical thing to do and more "human", though?

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

I used to work in data centers. You'd think with all those computers, there'd be some tape drives and disk drives.

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

I remember seeing every single episode of Star Trek: The Original Series with Mr William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Deforest Kelly as Captain James T Kirk, Mr Spock and Dr McCoy respectfully very much while I was much younger and boy did I get my daily dose of science fiction ever single time I would see it. Please do paste only positive comments over here. ©® February 20, 2021 @ 11:35 pm ©®

[@danielbrissenden2555]

What is the purpose of a device that can alter the treble and bass characteristics of the human voice? (Helium voice): "Star base operations" LOL Oh, yeah. I remember now. It's to drive the plot...

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

You never knkw when it will be handy to pass off as a a superior office.

[@angrylambie]

ummm... what happened to the guy Spock pinched? was that the "pass out and disintegrate" version ?

[@TheFansOfFiction]

Vulcans don't lie (note: don't not can't). They do however exaggerate, misdirect, deflect, dance around the issue, play with wording, find loopholes, create loopholes, mislead, and otherwise deceive quite frequently (at least, Spock does). Some people might call this inconsistency, however I see it as an example of the ways that follows of a philosophy (basically any philosophy, regardless of it's relative merit) will find ways to 'cheat' and the near ubiquitousness of hypocrisy. Not a bug, but a feature. Seriously; it's a neat and dynamic aspect of the character (not even, necessarily, a flaw).

[@JimPigProductions]

How did Spock create Kirk’s voice? It must have been AI ! Another Star Trek prediction come true

[@LordTalax]

I thought Vulcans were supposed to 3x our strength but that guy did alright until the nerve pinch.

[@arthurhill3454]

Star trek menagarie in star base Spock sneak to use micro tape control the enterprise to go to talos 4 Spock is fixing sound machine to sound normal and security guard say what are you doing and he fight Spock and Spock pinch him out Spock use micro tape to use the sound Jim Kirk and Spock or Dr McCoy to voice machine and Spock finished using the microtape on the sound machine and Spock tell on the switch machine ship going talos 4

[@broann4138]

0:04 I don't understand. How come this.....Humbolt character has dialogue, yet doesn't get credited, but his actor gets credited as a Klingon in "Errand of Mercy" but he doesn't say a word or something

[@Best.Of.Britian]

Might just be an error, then again it can be quite common for one or two actors to be omitted from credits especially If they only play a very minor role, some actors also use aliases to avoid confusion with similarly named actors

[@KISSPhace]

"Whose tapes are these??" :D:D:D

[@l337pwnage]

He was mistaken....they were clearly solid state drives. ;p

[@CaptApril123]

I think in the show they were called 'tapes', but the prop was a solid square of plastic that look remarkably like an SSD.

[@SoundJudgment]

@@CaptApril123 Thy explaining the concept of SSDs to the TV audience of the mid-sixties. Hehe... yeah 'tapes' it is.

[@Roboprogs]

It’s Spock’s Vulcan vaporwave collection 😁 TOS seemed much less worried about technobabble for computer stuff than TNG, I suppose since fewer people had exposure to computers to say otherwise about how any data was kept.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Sadly the first three movies borrowed heavily from episodes, with this one inspiring some of Star Trek III. However, they used fake drama in that one by parking the Enterprise inside. If they hadn't, the captain of Excelsior would be informed, "The Enterprise is warping out of orbit."

[@johnnybravado7141]

Sadly? Seriously don't you have anything better to do than piss on classics? Get outa here.

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

The guy asks Spock: "What are you doing here?" Then Spock replies: ''I have security clearance. The guy then asks: "How did you obtain it?" Then Spock give him the Vulcan Pinch nerve. Please think positive at all times. ©® February 20, 2021 @ 11:30 pm ©®

[@user-ov4wd8qz6l]

Happy 😁.

[@psychcowboy1]

What episode was this?

[@pinetree909]

The Menagerie Pt 1 1966.

[@margaretlatocha1474]

A Vulcan telling a lie?

[@UndeadGhostGirl]

Huh... and here I thought Vulcans didn't lie.

[@JENDALL714]

Only when it's logical to do so.

[@gilraybaker826]

He didn't lie...he exaggerated.

[@sandal_thong8631]

He's being compelled to bring Captain Pike to Talos IV

[@theothertroll]

Spock lying 😱

[@00bikeboy]

Was Spock ever tried for assaulting this officer?

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

Seriously, guys, will you just bump each other across the room? Are you fighting for the next turn on the videogame or at the swing? If only Spock knew a way to knock people out without lasting harm... Or if humans had fists... Then, the guy would be able to try to fight off intruding Spock. Or naybe communicators. People maje much of New Trek less than stellar (pun intended) Star Fleet, but Kirk-era Star Fleet's security was nothing to write home about.

[@LordTalax]

or if youtube commenters had eyes. He did punch Spock to no effect.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

@@LordTalax After trying everything else from arguing with a suspicious meddler to bump him away as if he were a kid supposed to change his mind and go play elsewhere. Seriously, does it look like the way to protect an equipment the access to which demands clearance? But Spock is, by far, the worst offender. With what was at stake there, people, in later series, would have not hesitated in using phasers or, if it were, somehow, to call unwanted attention, knock out that officer.

[@josephineclay235]

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