Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Opening Credits (Really Stardates) Message-ID: <670@psivax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 15:49:40 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.670 Posted: Wed Aug 21 15:49:40 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 01:37:09 EDT References: <1801@bmcg.UUCP> <5023@mit-eddie.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 24 Summary: In article <5023@mit-eddie.UUCP> barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes: > >He admits that he had to make up this silly explanation because they >never bothered to check the continuity of stardates. Well, actually it was the *network* that messed this up. The studio actually got it right, at least as far as order was concerned. But the network didn't *air* them in the order they were filmed. Actually, ther *is* a continuity problem with stardates. I sorted the first dozen or so episodes by stardate and discovered that they didn't leave nearly enough time between episodes! In the pilot(Where No Man Has Gone Before), a careful watching of the episode will reveal that the number after the "point" in the stardate is *hours*. This can be accomplished by comparing anounced ETA's with recorded stardates. Using this interpretation there was on the average only a day or so between each episode! Or at most about a week! I have *never* heard of a Navy ship *that* busy, and with the enormous distances involved it becomes even more ludicrous. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) {trwrb|allegra|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|aero!uscvax!akgua}!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen or {ttdica|quad1|bellcore|scgvaxd}!psivax!friesen