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VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA-TERROR ON DINOSAUR ISLAND

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 VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA-TERROR ON DINOSAUR ISLAND  TERROR ON DINOSAUR ISLAND Writer-William Welch Dir-Leonard Horn   Teaser Benson, a crewman on Seaview, is what Kowalski calls a gold bricker. He asks him or Patterson to switch duty watches with him--a duty that Bishop has put him on (Bishop is the name of an officer from Season One). Pat goes to sonar watch. Ski suggest Benson ask his buddy Grady, "He's your pal."   Benson muses that Ski is right--he can talk that kid into anything. Sharkey and Nelson are in the Flying Sub (NOTE: the backdrop of the interior of the Flying Sub looks a bit odd--as if it were wooden, not well lit, and perhaps not the entire Flying Sub set-up). An island seems to rise out of the water at them. They believe they are witnessing the birth of an island. Chip gives lee a pressure report and Lee warns the Flying Sub--but it is too late. The Flying Sub heads for the crater which is blowing up! Nelson tells Sharkey to grab hi...

STARFLEET ACADEMY s1e5: Series Acclimation Mil

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  I am  not sure even I can defend this episode. Where is the action, adventure, fight scenes, chases, wild encounters with alien beings, space travel, heck at this rate I would even accept time travel, real space battles and not fake ones, romances, and sufficient science fiction? This was ANOTHER character study. AND with by my count at least five more characters they can do this with or more, are we going to get nothing but character studies and no action adventure sci fi space travel exploration alien encounters and such? It wasn't bad but it wasn't very good either and while I feel Karim did great acting last week, what's happening this week? He was so bad and what is with his voice? And I'm so sorry, the skirt? No, no, and no. It looked ridiculous. Sam? I'm guessing she has a totally different background than the Doctor? I thought holograms were made by humans? Alien entities made this one and somehow got her into Starfleet? And it seems as if that's no se...