From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: Led4acs@aol.com   
   Subject: Re: Which Are The 3 WORST Star Trek (TOS) Episodes?   
      
   On Nov 17, 7:08aam, Graeme  wrote:   
   > On Nov 9, 4:04aam, Led4Aces  wrote:   
   >   
   > > The first few episodes revolved around Number 6 trying to escape The   
   Village....that   
   > > got old quick.   
   >   
   > Unfortunately, there are only so many stories you can do about   
   > somebody trying to escape and failing. aIf you read the two unproduced   
   > scripts, one of them, The Outsider is a LOT like Chimes of Big Ben,   
   > with the major details changed. aInstead of an Estonian lady spy, the   
   > outsider is a pilot whose jet crashed into the woods. aNumber Six   
   > hides him, arranges an escape with him, and in the end the pilot is   
   > working for them and brings him back. aIt's very well written, it's   
   > just that we've SEEN this story before, too many times (which is   
   > probably the reason they didn't film it).   
   >   
   > > Then they started playing mind games and doing weird   
   > > experiments and playing with reality a little....then they went off   
   > > the reservation towards the end, almost to the point of being self-   
   > > mocking.   
   >   
   > Well, the only really comic episode was Girl Who Was Death, which I   
   > like a lot more than I used to. aIt's actually quite a good episode,   
   > it's just not a Prisoner episode. aIt's more like an Avengers episode   
   > run amok. aBut it was an unused Danger Man script, and probably   
   > represents the direction that that show would have gone if Number Six   
   > hadn't resigned from playing Drake. aIt's a good hour of TV but I   
   > don't think it would have worked as well as The Avengers in the long   
   > run, just because you need a partner for that kind of humor and Drake   
   > never had one.   
   >   
   > > That said, I wouldn't mind visiting the actual Village in North Wales,   
   > > I spent some time in South Wales growing up, and Portmeirion looks   
   > > like an interesting place to spend a day or two.   
   >   
   > It's a nice place. aI went there twice when I was living in Europe.   
   > Spent a week there the second time.   
   A week? Was there enough to do to keep you busy? It would seem like a   
   nice weekend retreat at the most. And exactly how remote is it? How   
   far to the next village?   
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