From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: graemecree@aol.com   
   Subject: Re: The Jihad (TAS): my review   
      
   On Oct 9, 7:15apm, "jph...@gmail.com"  wrote:   
   >They will be transported to a world known as "the mad planet," to recover a   
   stolen artifact belonging to the Skorr.   
   I'm going to go against Wiseguy's sage advice, and not re-quote the   
   entire post just to ask a question about this one sentence (apologies   
   in advance).   
   But this didn't register with me when I read this the first time.  I   
   don't remember the planet they were on having a name at all.  So, I   
   went back and looked at the episode.  It looks like it does, and it   
   doesn't.   
   The first time it's referenced, the Vedala describes it as   
   "A mad planet, Geologically unstable. Constant earthquakes, gravitic   
   shifts, tidal waves. The temperature varies from twenty Kelvin to two   
   hundred and four above. Somewhere on that planet, the Soul of Alar is   
   hidden. Three expeditions have tried to recover it. Three expeditions   
   have been lost. You are the next, if you agree."   
   So, he's just describing it as being a mad planet, not saying that   
   that's it's name.  BUT... in the next scene, Kirk says this:   
   "Why did the Vedala call this the Mad Planet?"   
   Sounds like the Kirkmeister wasn't paying much attention during the   
   briefing.  He heard "The Mad Planet", rather than "A Mad Planet".  And   
   as for why it's called that, what part of "constant earthquakes,   
   gravitic shifts, and tidal waves" don't you understand, Tiberius?   
   My bet is that he was too busy checking out Lara to bother with the   
   mundane stuff.   
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