EARLY ACCESS - Exploring Our Mixed Feelings About Star Trek Day of the Dove
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I can't remember where I read this so take it with a grain of salt: IIRC the details of the original Klingon makeup tests were lost since their previous appearance - so they had to wing it for this episode.
Ryan Baillie
2023-02-25 14:07:29 +0000 UTCThe makeup thing wasn't just down to low budget. The TV sets back then were very small and had not the greatest resolution. It just didn't make sense to make things perfect to a degree no viewer would be able to see on their TV screen. Nowadays with remastered high def versions, or even the older versions on a bigger high res screen, you can see all those flaws. In Knight Rider you can see that they push a small model car into a puddle of water :D Or in A-Team you can see the stunt man in a wig so very clearly. But back then... you literally couldn't see that stuff, the TV sets were so bad :D
Andreas Schmitt
2023-02-23 21:38:52 +0000 UTCAn episode of the "Enterprise Incidents" podcast from last August has a fun little interview with Susan Howard, the actress who portrayed Kang's wife Mara - she was the first person to ever play a Klingon female, btw. Among other things, Howard discusses what a great experience she had working with the late Michael Ansara (Kang). https://youtu.be/vxgN1-HX-Hc?t=7986
Gaius Frakking Baltar
2023-02-23 18:34:25 +0000 UTCI think some critics rate this as being about the best episode of Season 3 as perhaps it was a chance to see lots of Klingons. I don't remember thinking anything bad about the makeup or swords (Kirk, Navy cutlass; Chekov, Cossack broadsword; Scott, claymore; Sulu, katana; others, gladius, broadsword, scimitar). Kang's actor was at the time married to Barbara Eden of I Dream of Jeannie fame. James Blish's Star Trek 11 book was even renamed "Day of the Dove" for the 1985 edition. Here is an image: https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/3744671.jpg
Chtphr Rrr
2023-02-22 22:25:55 +0000 UTCI just saw an Internet article that compared the being from the "The Day of the Dove" to the news media, like Josh did. However, I do not know that I can find it now. The keywords I was searching did not reveal it.
Chtphr Rrr
2023-02-22 22:07:26 +0000 UTCI still see this episode through the eyes of a ten year old. The makeup and foam swords didn't even register, but I did see most of the cast filled with blood lust, oh yeah! Lets fight a war right in the Enterprise! I can understand how you guys can speculate on how it could have been better, but it will alwasy be in my top ten of all seasons. Spectre of the Gun would be in the top five. Broadcast television in the early 70's had nothing that could compare to Star Trek.
PFCoffey
2023-02-22 21:45:58 +0000 UTCKang makes appearances in some other ST shows. And next week is a major episode for one of the Big Three. I've always thought that some of the lesser TOS episodes could have benefited from one more rewrite, but back then there was no time and no money for another rewrite.
KatWithAttitude
2023-02-22 19:39:29 +0000 UTC
