Wrath of Khan

[karohemd]

As watching old classics is all my mind is currently capable of, I'm watching the best TOS based film.

Despite my addled mind, I noticed something. Space Seed is a first season episode (I only watched it last week) and Chekov only came in in the second season, yet Khan recognises him. Someone didn't pay attention...

Comments

[cleosilver.livejournal.com]

The Enterprise has a larger crew than are seen online (430 according to Memory Alpha). Chekhov is on the ship he's just not part of the bridge crew seen on screen in Season One.

[dougs.livejournal.com]

Me: "At least in Doctor Who we recognise that the is no canon."

Julia: "Whereas in Star Trek there's cannons off the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow..."

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Apparently, some argue that Chekov was on the Enterprise during Space Seed, just not a bridge officer.

[morthrai.livejournal.com]

I recall reading an interview with Ricardo Montalban at the time, possibly in Starlog magazine, and he said the producers had already realised this. Amongst the crew during filming a story was concocted that both Khan and Chekov had suffered "digestive upsets" during Space Seed, and Khan hated Chekov as the guy kept beating him to the bathroom :-)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Heh but surely, such a perfect human as Khan wouldn't even have to do such base and primitive things as going to the bathroom...