From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: graemecree@aol.com   
   Subject: Re: The Jihad (TAS): my review   
      
   On Oct 17, 6:53apm, Wiseguy  wrote:   
   > Graeme  wrote innews:9ddcf8d2-537b-4d4b-ae   
   a-75b36cc28729@x25g2000yqb.googlegroups.com:   
   >   
   > > 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).   
   >   
   > I didn't advise you to do shit, asshole. aI certainly didn't say   
   > anything about requoting the entire post. That's more of your made-up   
   > nonsense. aI simply stated that the part I was responding to was   
   > immediately before my response which you deleted in your response then   
   > say you can't understand what I meant. aYou have mental problems. aGo   
   > see a psychiatrist.   
   >   
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   >   
   > > But this didn't register with me when I read this the first time. aI   
   > > don't remember the planet they were on having a name at all. aSo, I   
   > > went back and looked at the episode. aIt 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. aBUT... 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. aHe heard "The Mad Planet", rather than "A Mad Planet". aAnd   
   > > 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.   
   >   
   > He was just saying it was the mad planet. aHe wasn't giving it a name.   
   > Damn, you're dense.- Hide quoted text -   
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   Brilliant again!  Magnificent.  So he only put "the mad planet" in   
   quotation marks and said that's what it was known as to fool us!   
   Brilliant!  Dang, you're good.  You've got nothing to be ashamed of.   
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