Here is a photo of Director Joe Pevney on the set of The Immunity Syndrome. He directed several of the best TOS episodes, including City on the Edge of Forever, Amok Time, and The Trouble with Tribbles. #TOSSatNight

Spock has a good role in this episode, much better than in The Galileo Seven. #TOSSatNight

The original visual effects for the space amoeba were quite striking. I prefer them to the remastered effects. #TOSSatNight

Given how little time remains, its really important to record a captain’s log right now. #TOSSatNight

Grindstaff’s sound design for TOS is so good. It sounds organic. Much better than later series in the franchise, where sounds are more like synthesizers. No wonder he won so many awards. #TOSSatNight

Have never felt totally comfortable with the idea of an all Vulcan-crewed starship, given the number of times the human qualities have come to the rescue of the Enterprise. #TOSSatNight

We hear the voice of Robert C. Johnson as the Starbase commander, the control voice from Mission Impossible. #TOSSatNight

Spoke senses a disturbance in the force. #TOSSatNight

Who would have guessed that Shatner would be so good at comedy? #TOSSatNight

I don’t want any more cracks about the Book. #TOSSatNight

Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct? Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.

Remembering Carrie Fisher, the Princess of my generation, taken from us 9 years ago today, far too soon.

“I didn’t expect to be so moved when I stood in front of this” is exactly how I felt when I stood in front of this 3,400 year old bust of Nefertiti last year at the Neues Museum in Berlin. It was very emotional. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Love hanging out in San Francisco at Christmastime.

Sol Kaplan wrote an incredible score for this episode. The Doomsday Machine theme is similar to but predates John William’s theme for Jaws. It is haunting and powerful #TOSSatNight

Here we go! #TOSSatNight

William Windom gave an outstanding guest star performance here, but he didn’t think much of the gig. #TOSSatNight

You may leave the Bridge doctor. #TOSSatNight

Marc Daniels did a very fine job directing this episode. #TOSSatNight

The Planet Killer is not unique. Here is the home planet bone yard of Planet Killers. #TOSSatNight

Spinrad: “I had a different vision in mind of what the Doomsday Machine would look like, and so did Gene. It was just a matter of running out of budget. As far as the story went, I wasn’t displeased with the way the thing came out. I wasn’t unhappy with it at all.” #TOSSatNight

The Doomsday Machine is one of those perfect episodes of original Star Trek. The series was at its zenith. #TOSSatNight

SPHEREx completes its first all-sky spectral survey of the heavens. youtu.be/kzTH_MXwRBs?...

Two extraordinary speeches were delivered at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, one by the chair of the Nobel committee and one by the recipient of the Prize, in absentia by her daughter. They are powerful cautionary reminders of where our current path in the US might take us. youtu.be/lBueLHd2Ojw

I like how Jerry Finnerman sets the camera low for this shot. #TOSSatNight

They are having quite a feast. #TOSSatNight

You’ve seen one computer, you’ve seen them all. #TOSSatNight

Well, now you’re all on your own, but don’t worry, you might enjoy it, a lot. #TOSSatNight

I want to see Kirk try to argue Vaal into self-destruction the way he does with other machines. #TOSSatNight

Keith Andes, who plays Akuta, gives a good performance as General George Marshall in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!. #TOSSatNight

Should have taken the shuttlecraft. #TOSSatNight

Interesting that Scotty is so eager to get some R&R on this planet, as he usually prefers to stay aboard and catch up on his technical journals. #TOSSatNight

Damn spores again. #TOSSatNight

Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions. n.pr/49F5HOn

“A judge has ruled that the original model of the Starship Enterprise belongs to the son of the late “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and not two men suing an auctioneer over the replica’s sale.” mynewsla.com/hollywood/20...

I agree with Hengist, this is fantasy. #TOSSatNight

Surely they’ve heard of copycat murders. #TOSSatNight

“There will be no error.” There, nothing more to discuss. Why are they accepting Kirk’s claims that the accuracy of the machine is factual? After all, he’s behaving like someone desperately trying to exhonorate his friend. #TOSSatNight

If I were an Argillian, I would not trust Kirk’s computerized claptrap. #TOSSatNight

Arriflex in the rafters again. #TOSSatNight

How do we know that the jurisprudence on this planet isn’t “guilty until proven innocent?” #TOSSatNight

They seem amazingly blazé about a dead crewman, not even making arrangements to return the body to the ship. #TOSSatNight

I want one of them “psycho” tricorders. #TOSSatNight

For those of us who grew up in the Great Lakes region in the 1970s, we will never forget the tragic loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago. This is one of the articles that inspired Canadian songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to compose his award-winning tribute “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

Go get ‘em Scotty! #TOSSatNight

There Kirk goes again, interfering with the practices of another culture. #TOSSatNight

This episode is a sartorial nadir for the series. #TOSSatNight

“The sky does not interest me.” #TOSSatNight