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118: A Red Shirt Commodore?
The Commodores of The Original Series.
Several episodes in The Original Series introduced a few
high-ranking and "intrusive" characters that shared one
commonality: the rank of Commodore. From the Ahab-esque Matt Decker
in The Doomsday Machine, to Robert Wesley who was in charge of
the M-5 Multitronic System proceedings in The Ultimate
Computer, to Commodore Stone who moderated the legal proceedings in
Court Martial and several more; the Commodores were an
authoritative, bureaucratic and at times overbearing extension
of Starfleet Command.
The Commodores added an additional layer of dramatic effect in
The Original Series as they were usually at odds with Captain Kirk,
Mr, Spock and the ongoing Five Year Mission of the U.S.S.
Enterprise. They were akin to the overbearing and
controlling "authority figure" that Kirk, Spock and others had
to struggle against and overcome; a dynamic to which many younger
viewers in the late 1960's related. In the end, the Commodore rank
never extended past The Original Series save a few minor references
in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Feature
Welcome to Standard Orbit (00:01:00)
And now … The Commodores! (00:01:49)
The Origins of the Rank and Title (00:02:26)
The Doomsday Decker (00:04:55)
The Multitronic Wesley (00:11:20)
A Red Shirt Commodore? (00:17:26)
Mental Projection Mendez (00:22:37)
Common Commodores (00:27:32)
The Disappearance of the Rank after TOS (00:34:34)
Hailing Frequencies Open (00:40:00)
Stump Mr. AtoZ (00:42:14)
Our Final Thoughts and Thank You (00:43:30)
Hosts
Jeffrey Harlan and Ken Tripp
Production
C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer), Norman C. Lao (Executive
Producer), Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer), Charlynn
Schmiedt (Executive Producer), Ken Tripp (Editor and Associate
Producer), Renee Roberts (Associate Producer), Richard
Rutledge (Associate Producer), Richard Marquez (Production
Manager), Will Nguyen (Content Manager)
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The Commodores of The Original Series.
Several episodes in The Original Series introduced a few
high-ranking and "intrusive" characters that shared one
commonality: the rank of Commodore. From the Ahab-esque Matt Decker
in The Doomsday Machine, to Robert Wesley who was in charge of
the M-5 Multitronic System proceedings in The Ultimate
Computer, to Commodore Stone who moderated the legal proceedings in
Court Martial and several more; the Commodores were an
authoritative, bureaucratic and at times overbearing extension
of Starfleet Command.
The Commodores added an additional layer of dramatic effect in
The Original Series as they were usually at odds with Captain Kirk,
Mr, Spock and the ongoing Five Year Mission of the U.S.S.
Enterprise. They were akin to the overbearing and
controlling "authority figure" that Kirk, Spock and others had
to struggle against and overcome; a dynamic to which many younger
viewers in the late 1960's related. In the end, the Commodore rank
never extended past The Original Series save a few minor references
in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Feature
Welcome to Standard Orbit (00:01:00)
And now … The Commodores! (00:01:49)
The Origins of the Rank and Title (00:02:26)
The Doomsday Decker (00:04:55)
The Multitronic Wesley (00:11:20)
A Red Shirt Commodore? (00:17:26)
Mental Projection Mendez (00:22:37)
Common Commodores (00:27:32)
The Disappearance of the Rank after TOS (00:34:34)
Hailing Frequencies Open (00:40:00)
Stump Mr. AtoZ (00:42:14)
Our Final Thoughts and Thank You (00:43:30)
Hosts
Jeffrey Harlan and Ken Tripp
Production
C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer), Norman C. Lao (Executive
Producer), Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer), Charlynn
Schmiedt (Executive Producer), Ken Tripp (Editor and Associate
Producer), Renee Roberts (Associate Producer), Richard
Rutledge (Associate Producer), Richard Marquez (Production
Manager), Will Nguyen (Content Manager)
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