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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)
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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)

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