Star Trek TOS: Journey To Babel - Enhanced

[TheCanseco1]

Keonig did not maintain his accent in this scene.

[MegaCloudWatcher]

A tremendous gamble when you think about it and that is why it worked. Kirk had the ship full of super high ranking ambassadors and he dropped his shields and counted on the other captain wanting to savor the victory instead of going for the quick kill.

[Setebos]

The whole battle scene is one of the best directed action sequences in the series.

[elrond70]

Except maybe against the Doomsday Machine...

[cleekmaker00]

@elrond70 True statement. However, with that being said, my comment was meant to mean against another humanoid species (Klingons, Romulans, Kzinti, Orion, Slavers, etc.). The Planet Killer was a robotic device, like the M-5 multitronic unit, sort of... LOL

I think you'll get my drift... :)

[mikeismad61]

Solid !

[cleekmaker00]

That's a Constitution Class Starship for 'ya... never bested in ship to ship combat against an enemy force!

[jder06]

i really love the remastering, now all fans can see the original and now the same show with even better camera scenes and angles. you can see how the process was done by people who loved and respected the show.

[stevelatinner]

awesome phaser shots

[Hackerette]

Frigin' andorians!

[sondano]

@quantum460 No

[JimbobwayeZ24]

GOT HIM! :D love it

[hilarioph]

For those in the Philippines. Learn

they did on this re-mastered version.

If you watch Star wars 4,5 and 6.

Do like they did if you have old movies

like darna and any pinoy fantasy movies

[Roadracer987654321]

Star Trek is Flip. It can be Turned Inside out and Roled back out with everything turned around and working Starfleet knew somewhat about the Evil Borg. The Enterprise's Bright Red Hydrogen Collectors were also capable as Great Big Bombs. They would have had Powerful Impulse Engines behind them and could be ejected in Battle and used as Weapons.Enterprise and a few of her sisters had this Feature.

[Roadracer987654321]

The Enterprise's Entire Bridge and Upper Superstructure should be built to contain heavy explosives, be Ejectable and fitted with it's own Sublight Impulse Engines so the whole assembly can be launched and Fired off the rest of the ship so it can be Deployable as a Last Ditch Defensive Weapon against the Evil Borg. Even though the Borg didn't appear onscreen until 1989. Starfleet Command knew in secret that the Borg were out there........ A Scary Thought....

[Jett650]

Outstanding

[markkens]

Physically accurate effects. Better than today. Love the pieces floating away from the Orion vessel, and the ionized gas cloud after the explosion.

[cylinder4ify]

I would luv to see one of the femal crew fuck the Andorian, would be pretty cool!!!!!!

[SpockBorg5]

Kirk the definitive starship captain

[cylinder4ify]

Cant understand why crew being so mean to Andorian, such a peaceful lookin creature, blue man.

[boxa1500]

Holy crap the redshirt didn't buy the farm!

[Artifactsofmars]

I will never understand the battle strategy. Even if the enemy is faster you sit there like a target in a shooting gallery. You go after them. I don't know what this "Baiting them in business is either. If their only intent was to destroy the Enterprise, why would they not just continue what they were doing?

[Irrenmann]

@Artifactsofmars, I believe the idea was this: the Orion ship was outmaneuvering the Enterprise, flying so fast that they could not successfully counterattack. By presenting the Orions with a target nearly motionless relative to them and faking power loss, Kirk evidently hoped to lure the bad guys into a straight attack run—a "finish them" assault instead of a dogfight. As the Orions were working on a tight schedule, they took the bait, ran straight at Enterprise, and ate some phasers.

[Bestmanme08]

Bill Shatner dedication in great new bio (All About Jeffrey Hunter) at amazon!

[TheRebel2007]

"Help me, Spock!"

[TheRebel2007]

"Now do 'Lincoln!'"

[goback3spaces]

Surak!

[goback3spaces]

Help me ... Kirk.

[goback3spaces]

Do you believe that I am?

[Kodos13]

If it pleases you to think so, then YES, I am Kodos.

[goback3spaces]

What were you twenty years ago?

[Kodos13]

Younger. I was much younger....

[goback3spaces]

So was I. You're Kodos, you murdering bastard. All I know is that four thousand colonists were needlessly blown out of existence without mercy. And you're a lousy actor too. My parakeet could play Macbeth better than you.

[Kodos13]

Your continued existence represents a threat to the well-being of society.

Therefore I have no alternative but to sentence you to death.

Your execution is so ordered.

[goback3spaces]

You read those words as if you knew them. You hardly glanced at the paper.

[Kodos13]

I learn my parts quickly....

[goback3spaces]

Are you sure? Are you sure you didn't act this role out in front of a captive audience, whom you blasted out of existence without mercy?

[Kodos13]

I find your use of the word mercy strangely inappropriate.

If you are so sure that I'm Kodos, then kill me now! Let bloody vengeance take its final course!

[goback3spaces]

Those beautiful words, well acted, change nothing.

[Kodos13]

I was a soldier in a cause. There were things to be done, terrible things...

[goback3spaces]

She's human. Down to the last blood cell, she's human. Down to the last thought, hope, aspiration, emotion, she's human! When the human spirit is free, you have no power of ownership. She's free to do as she wishes.

[goback3spaces]

You killed my mother. And my father!

[rprince418]

Hah, Red Shirt actuall managed to take someone down.

[goback3spaces]

Kirk is seriously dissing that crewman who keeps switching stations with Chekhov. Is that other guy a piece of crap who can't scan, navigate, or work a library computer? Or is his phony accent even phonier than Chekhov's?

[powerpro1]

Chekov's accent is not phony. I met Walter Koenig in Iowa and even at his old age he still has an accent.

[goback3spaces]

Right! He's probably got the same freakin' accent that he had on the show. Ridiculous! What I want is for someone to meet that poor stiff who keeps changing places with Chekhov, give him a part in a TV show and feed him a line or two.

[Kodos13]

Chekov is a mad dog.

Kirk just wanted a hardcore MF at the scanners and phaser control.

[goback3spaces]

Yeah. What I'd give to hear Kirk say (preferably during a Klingon attack), "Mr. Chekhov, there's a backed-up toilet on deck 2. Here's a mop and pail. Take care of it, please."

[goback3spaces]

Are you Kodos?

[Starryvideos]

are u

[sailorgallifrey]

Bad fake Andorian spy! I hope I see this episode some time in the future.

[larrypurtell]

Classic William Shatner performance. The man can act.

[MultiAfan]

Great episode.

[landline00]

Great scene. Kirk rules!!!

[arsj2008]

Awesome! Thanks for posting!

[000266617]

Tell them to take a. good (bleep!)

[amrak63]

I've never understood why the Orion Pirates would be so willing to commit suicide rather than surrender. I'd think pirates would be looking out for #1.

[goback3spaces]

I don't know why they'd venture into space at all, what the the slave girls they have on that planet ...

[000266617]

"why the Orion Pirates would be so willing to commit suicide " For the same reason terrorists blow themselves up.

[amrak63]

000266617--But that's my point: They're supposed to be PIRATES, motivated by profit, not terrorists, motivated by a cause, however wrong that cause may be. Pirates can't make a profit if they're dead.

[000266617]

Good point amrake. I havent' seen the episode in quite a while and will have to view it again.

[vegeta002]

Maybe they don't want to go to prison? Those still exist in the Federation.

Or to limit how much information Starfleet can get about the Syndicate. No-one to question.

[Mglosk]

I just saw it as they were aliens and thus they think differently than humans, and probably don't look at life the same way we do.

[maisonneuve]

Tell them to take a good guess, but clear that board Lieutenant!

Classic.

[ddenuci]

Does it seem a little strange that Spock's mother is in the operating room at 1:50? Another strange aspect of this episode occurs in the beginning. Not even Kirk knew that the legendary ambassador Sarek was Spock's father. Seems like he should have known that.

[amrak63]

The Orions puzzle me. Why would pirates be so willing to give their lives?

[dans0622]

Doesn't matter how many times Kirk does it, nobody ever comprehends his "playing dead" tactic.

[amrak63]

Yeah, I guess the Orions don't have any local equivalent of "possums" on their homeworld. :)

[Scheider28]

Remastered Star Trek is really cool!

[000266617]

The Villain on the bridge reminds me of The Joker in the The Dark Knight. Speech, looks, and the terrorist plot.

[syouyun]

This link concurs with my observation that the photon torpedos are being fired by Chekov at Spock's station.

[syouyun]

Hmm doesn't seem to be letting me post links, I guess its against the rules but if you google memory alpha and journey to babel, you will see the synopsis comment how chekov is shooting from the side, Also note he did the same thing on the wrath of khan when he recovered from sickbay he took an aft station and starting shooting photon torpedos

[commandox20]

No, in Wrath of Khan he took the weapons console which is to the left front of the bridge.

[syouyun]

No if you notice at one point when they fired photon torpedos he specifically hit a button at spock's station and the photons went off.

[syouyun]

Chekov made this scene work with his narration and creating tension.

[ChrisJonesMods]

@syouyun This was Classic Chekov for sure..

[syouyun]

That's interesting. Shooting photon torpedo's from spock's console?

[maxmercury]

The bridge consoles are programmable. Functions of one console can be re-routed to others. Useful is a console is damaged or the ship has to function with a skeleton crew. You'll notice Uhura runs elements of the communications console from the navigator's station in "Balance of Terror", and the ship's weapons seem to be accessible from both the helm and navigator's console (depending on whether Walter or George was working that week). So, yeah, basically its all made up.

[David8693]

Tell. Them. To. Take. A. Good. Guess...

Ah, classic Shatner. Love him! :)

[MrMontyBurnsDog]

Kirk is probably using a big numeric keypad for hamfisted captains

[drrude]

I wonder why they didn't digitally replace Gav with Jar Jar Binks... They'll probably save that one for the BluRay-release!

[efwhite]

Love this episode! Great story and so well done.

Little known is that in the original script, after the Andorean on the bridge says "You're baiting him!," Kirk replies "Yes. I am a master bater." Har har.

[NosferatusCoffin]

My favorite episode of TOS. I will agree that the new effects, while not bad, actually distract from the episode, like you are wathing two different shows at the same time.

Also, the original PK was more threatening, due to it now being shown closeup too much and having a more realistic beam. Like someone else mentioned, the original had a Jaws like quality.

Still cool to see new effects and how the end result came out. But the originals are still not bad and were ahead of their time.

[StarshipMaxima]

Fake Andorian: What're you doing??

Capt. James T. Kirk: YOU speculate.....

Captain Kirk truly was DA MAN. And check out how he once again uses a "shuck and jive" routine to outwit a superior foe.

And then he looks all smug at the fake Andorian like "Take that, sucker."

[mynameislort]

Ah..the clip finished just before the fake andorian could tell kirk that he had ingested poison and would soon be dead..

[bella6813]

What was that fallin from the andorian's head an antenna/trans receiver..oh yeah yeah...bush's weaspon of mass destruction has been discovered ladies n gentlemen, way back some 40+ years ago!

[retro38]

can't wait for your video on the 'Doomsday Machine'. I think Season 2 comes out in March '08 unless they change the date

[SpikeXtreme]

fantastic quality! ..love the twin phaser banks trying to hit the ship!

[xKumoriix]

i love how it's so crystal clear. if you watch episodes from when they were first on they were no where near as clear, thats why thet remastered it.

[Gasoline85]

Have you been watching the regular DVD's? The picture-quality is very clear on those, if you ask me...

[pksmithvt]

That's what an Orion Scoutship looks like! A weird combo of an air traffic control tower, metal ring, and rotating orange orbs

[MishuTaste]

That "thing" looks like Darren from Bewitched.

[joel1975]

lol...The Andorian?

[MishuTaste]

Yeah

[YoodellyHoo]

Is it really mean of me to always laugh at Chekov whenever he opens his mouth?

[iluvanimorphs]

i love chekov! even when he's old i can't think of him as old. no way is it mean. he's awesome!

[tag427]

Hey gkopw-you are the quintissential fanboy fag-you create nothing and have no appreciation for the art of creating something from nothing--you dissect everything make overarching statements i.e "the acting was silly" the sets are cheesy' etc. the only thing cheesy is your brain

[gkopw]

um... what was the point of that remastering. It's a great episode, but all they did was replace the space effects with cgi effects. It doesn't seem like it's really worth it.... especially since the ships moving faster than light are still visible to the naked eye. At least fix problems like that if you're gonna mess with a classic.

[Thedesertcoyote]

It's called a plot. and no one cares how ships look moving at superluminal speed.

And FYI, they did so it could be released on Hi definition (you could see strings on the oringinal at Hi def, something you probably would care about)

[gkopw]

Ah. That is an awesome point. However, it's much easier to go into a computer and paint a string black so you can't see it than it is to totally rebuild the entire scene.

And I agree that no one cares about how the ships should look, I would be the first to say that. But if you're going to "fix" the crappy effects, at least "fix" the weird little things like that too.

[Baumtaler]

good old movie of star trek 5 stars

[trooper744]

Captain Kirk... di you all know William Shatner is from Montreal, Quebec ... an american icon from a great canadian city...

[Superphilipp]

They butchered a classic.

[jerryaltman]

They didn't remake the phaser paralyzing effect, on the andorian.

[Zebonka]

I'm actually kinda glad they couldn't 'enhance' those martial arts the phony-Andorian pulls at the start!!

I think the drums in the score really make that shot work :)

Seriously though.... my favourite show of all time.

[rikersgurlygurl04]

This is why Captain Kirk is THE BEST.

[svaran]

great vid

[fldz]

Jim Carrey could play the fake Andorian spy next remake.

[idahoMW]

Nice shooting for 75,000 kilometers! Beware the fake Andorians! Fun stuff, thanks for posting!

[neosildrake]

Yes, one of my fav episodes too. Good they have remastered it with sensibility and didn't do too much fancy stuff. only what is neccessary. this episode was so full packed, with Spocks parents, finally a few more non-human looking aliens, a spy, a secret pursuer, medical problems and a bunch of ambassadors - they easily could have made a double episode out of this one. In my opinion they should have done so, but in the 60s money for the episodes was sparse. too bad.

[troymel419]

thank you, thank you, thank you! Am so frustrated to not have these episodes aired where I live. Please send more!

Doomsday is the pinnacle of improvement episodes that need to be improved. Cant wait.

[retro38]

very cool! much improvement;thanks for the clip. Would like to see the whole episode however. Thanks to a woman at the local tv station cannot watch it at 3 am

[CaptScott]

nice! one of my favorite episodes