From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: graemecree@aol.com   
   Subject: Re: The Ambergris Element (TAS): my review   
      
   Another thing.  This is one of the oddest titles in all of Classic   
   Trek.  If you're not paying close attention you might have no idea   
   what it means.  But there is one line in there where McCoy says that   
   the substance in Kirk and Spock's bloodstream is similar to the   
   ambergris of Earth whales.  I'm not sure if that was wise, since from   
   a scientific standpoint, injecting someone with ambergris doesn't turn   
   them into water breathers.  I know, they said it was LIKE ambergris.   
   In other words like it in some unspecified way, but different enough   
   for it to be able to turn them into water breathers.  (Sheesh)  Very   
   convoluted.  I don't see how the mention of ambergris helped the story   
   in any way.  I would have deleted it, and found another title.  When I   
   think of ambergris, I think of perfume, so I'd expect it to make them   
   smell like a flower shop before turning them into water breathers.   
      
   Oh well, the aqua shuttle was kind of cool.   
      
      
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