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- THE CHARTS
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- Compiled by Simon Plumbe and Tim Smith
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-
-
- Two charts in one. Every issue will have two regular charts, the first being
- the Reader's Chart of all your favourite episodes etc. The second will
- feature the retail video sales for tapes from both the original series and
- the Next Generation.
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-
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- READER'S CHARTS
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-
-
- Fairly obvious, this one. Put simply it's our regular (ha!) chart of your
- favourite (and least favourite) episodes from the original series, the Next
- Generation and the films.
-
- To send in your votes just write in, on a separate piece of paper to other
- correspondances with your name and address on the back, to the usual address
- with the following:
-
- * 10 favourite TREK episodes
-
- * 10 least favourite TREK episodes
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- * 10 favourite NEXT GENERATION episodes
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- * 10 least favourite NEXT GENERATION episodes
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- * 2 favourite TREK characters
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- * 2 favourite NEXT GENERATION characters
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- * 2 favourite ANIMATED episodes
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- * 2 least favourite ANIMATED episodes
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- * 2 favourite TREK films
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- * 2 least favourite TREK films
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- * Favourite TREK novel
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- * Least favourite TREK novel
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- * Favourite NEXT GENERATION novel
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- * Least favourite NEXT GENERATION novel
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-
- ALL the votes we receive will be counted towards the charts so get those
- votes in for issue 2.
-
- Please note that all of the two-part episodes or the double-length episodes
- (The Menagerie, Encounter At Farpoint, The Best Of Both Worlds and
- Redemption) are to be counted as ONE episode so only use one vote up on
- these.
-
- Hopefully, by issue two we will be able to run a free prize draw for all
- those who vote - I'll see what I can do. It will probably be free issues for
- the first three votes or so, drawn at random.
-
- The charts aren't all that representative this time, as we've only had the
- contributors voting. They should be more accurate by the next issue though.
-
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- THE CHARTS
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- STAR TREK - BEST EPISODES
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- 1. THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
- 2. CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
- 3. MIRROR, MIRROR
- 4. THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
- 5. SHORE LEAVE
- THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
- SPACE SEED
- THE CAGE
- THE MENAGERIE
- THE ENEMY WITHIN
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-
- Well, what can I say? It seems that almost everyone loves those little fur
- balls! Not surprising really and it is probably the most well known episode
- ever, even outside Trek fandom!
-
-
- STAR TREK - WORST EPISODES
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-
- 1. SPOCK'S BRAIN
- THE WAY TO EDEN
- 3. BREAD AND CIRCUSES
- THE DEADLY YEARS
- TUNABOUT INTRUDER
- 6. THE CAGE
- AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
- WOLF IN THE FOLD
- CATSPAW
- THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
-
- No one seems to like Spock's Brain do they? The problem with this episode
- probably lies with the fact that the writer, Gene L Coon (under his pseudonym
- Lee Cronin) wrote Spock's Brain as a comedy episode, but producer Fred
- Freiberger decided that Trek was supposed to be a serious show so it was
- re-written without the humour. Oh, dear!
-
- It wasn't a suprise, with just a few votes, that The Way To Eden tied with
- Spock's Brain. It's difficult to swallow a concept of hippies in space who
- burst into song at the drop of a hat! This is also one of the few episodes
- that actually shows it's age.... badly!
-
-
- THE NEXT GENERATION - BEST EPISODES
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- 1. DEJA Q
- 2. CONSPIRACY
- 3. DATALORE
- THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
- 5. SINS OF THE FATHER
- 6. BROTHERS
- THE OFFSPRING
- WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE
- YESTERDAY'S ENTERPRISE
- Q WHO?
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-
- If you've seen this episode, you'll see why it's so popular! Like The Trouble
- With Tribbles, Deja Q is played strictly for laughs, and that's why I think
- it works so well.
-
- What did surprise me was the number of season 3/4 episodes in the chart -
- mainly when you consider that virtually ALL of our votes came from people in
- the U.K. where only the first two seasons have been transmitted.
-
-
- THE NEXT GENERATION - WORST EPISODES
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- 1. JUSTICE
- 2. ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT
- 3. THE LAST OUTPOST
- CODE OF HONOR
- 5. HIDE AND Q
- COMING OF AGE
- THE ROYALE
- 8. Q WHO?
- ANGEL ONE
- CONTAGION
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- No one seems to like Wesley, do they?
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- STAR TREK - FAVOURITE CHARACTER
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- 1. SPOCK
- MCCOY
- 3. KIRK
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- A big surprise to see Spock AND McCoy at number one. Once we get more votes,
- maybe we'll see an outright winner.
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- THE NEXT GENERATION - FAVOURITE CHARACTER
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-
- 1. DATA
- 2. WORF
- 3. PICARD
-
- This is no surprise at all. The popularity of Data has to fall down to two
- points - there are some superb stories written for Data, and Brent Spiner is
- a fantastic actor. What was suprising was the number of votes. Brent Spiner
- picked up over half of the total votes in this category!
-
- Not surprising that Worf comes in second. With stories such as SINS OF THE
- FATHER and REUNION, how can you not like this guy?
-
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- BEST TREK FILM
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-
- 1. STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
- STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER
- 3. STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
-
- Just wait until Trek VI is out - it'll shoot striaght to number one! It seems
- as if Nicholas Meyer films are popular with him being involved in two of the
- top three!
-
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- WORST TREK FILM
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- 1. STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE
- 2. STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER
- 3. STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
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-
- Not too surprising this one! Sadly, it is generally agreed amongst Trekkers
- that The Motion Picture is the worst film, the main reason being that it's
- too damn long!! The real problem with it is that scenes were extended to show
- off the effects and the scenes that advanced the plot were left to fill in
- the odd gaps! That's why many fans re-named it "Star Trek: The Slow-Motion
- Picture"!! With saying that, the re-edited version is far better as over 20
- minutes of plot and character scenes were added.
-
- Interestingly enough, NO ONE voted for STAR TREK II as the worst film!
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- That's it! More next time (as long as you all vote!).
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- Send your votes to:-
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- THE FINAL FRONTIER - CHARTS
- c/o Simon Plumbe
- 14 Rousdon Grove
- Great Barr
- Birmingham
- ENGLAND
- B43 5HN
-
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- To reach us by 10th November 1991 to be counted for Issue 2.
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-
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- THE VIDEO CHARTS
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- The Original Series
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- This Last Episode
- Issue Issue Title Season No's
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- 1 - THE CAGE PILOT 1
- 2 - CHARLIE X/BALANCE OF TERROR 1 8/9
- - TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY/THE RETURN OF THE 1 21/22
- ARCHONS
- - THE SAVAGE CURTAIN/ALL OUR YESTERDAYS/ 3 77/78/79
- TURNABOUT INTRUDER
- 5 - MIRI/THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING 1 12/13
- 6 - THE MAN TRAP/THE NAKED TIME 1 6/7
- - A TASTE OF ARMAGEDDON/SPACE SEED 1 23/24
- - THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE/WOLF IN THE FOLD 2 35/36
- 9 - WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE/THE CORBOMITE 1 2/3
- MANEUVER
- - THE MENAGERIE 1 16
- - THE WAY TO EDEN/REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH 3 75/76
- 12 - ARENA/THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR 1 19/20
- - ERRAND OF MERCY/CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER 1 27/28
- - MIRROR, MIRROR/THE DEADLY YEARS 2 39/40
- 15 - MUDD'S WOMEN/THE ENEMY WITHIN 1 4/5
- - THE EMPATH/THE THOLIAN WEB 3 63/64
- 17 - THIS SIDE OF PARADISE/THE DEVIL IN THE DARK 1 25/26
- - I MUDD/THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES 2 41/42
- - A PIECE OF THE ACTION/BY ANY OTHER NAME 2 49/50
- - RETURN TO TOMORROW/PATTERNS OF FORCE 2 51/52
- - THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT/AND THE CHILDREN 3 59/60
- SHALL LEAD
- - FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED 3 65/66
- THE SKY/DAY OF THE DOVE
- 23 - WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF/DAGGER OF THE 1 10/11
- MIND
- - ASSIGNMENT EARTH/SPECTRE OF THE GUN 2/3 55/56
- - SPOCK'S BRAIN/IS THERE NO TRUTH IN BEAUTY 3 61/62
- 26 - THE GALILEO SEVEN/COURT MARTIAL 1 14/15
- - OPERATION ANNIHILATE/CATSPAW 1/2 29/30
- - THE CHANGELING/THE APPLE 2 37/38
- - BREAD AND CIRCUSES/JOURNEY TO BABEL 2 43/44
- 30 - SHORE LEAVE/THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS 1 17/18
- - WHO MOURNS FOR ADONIS/AMOK TIME 2 33/34
- - ELAAN OF TROYIUS/THE PARADISE SYNDROME 3 57/58
- - WHOM GODS DESTROY/THE MARK OF GIDEON 3 71/72
- - THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR/THE CLOUDMINDERS 3 73/74
- 35 - METAMORPHOSIS/FRIDAY'S CHILD 2 31/32
- - THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER/THE OMEGA GLORY 2 53/54
- - PLATO'S STEPCHILDREN/WINK OF AN EYE 3 67/68
- - THAT WHICH SURVIVES/LET THAT BE YOUR LAST 3 69/70
- BATTLEFIELD
- 39 - OBSESSION/THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME 2 47/48
- 40 - A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR/THE GAMESTERS OF 2 45/46
- TRISKELION
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- NOTE - THE EPISODE NUMBERS REFERED TO IN THE ORIGINAL SERIES ARE THE NUMBERS
- IN PRODUCTION ORDER, NOT TRANSMISSION ORDER.
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- The Movies
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- This Last
- Issue Issue Title
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- 1 - STAR TREK V - THE FINAL FRONTIER
- 2 - STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE
- 3 - STAR TREK IV - THE VOYAGE HOME
- 4 - STAR TREK II - THE WRATH OF KHAN
- 5 - STAR TREK III - THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
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- The Next Generation
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-
- This Last Episode
- Issue Issue Title Season No's
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- 1 - ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT (90 MINUTE VERSION) 1 0
- 2 - THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM/SYMBIOSIS 1 21/22
- 3 - THE LAST OUTPOST/WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE 1 5/6
- BEFORE
- 4 - THE BATTLE/HIDE AND Q 1 9/10
- 5 - 11001001/TOO SHORT A SEASON 1 15/16
- - WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS/HOME SOIL 1 17/18
- - COMING OF AGE/HEART OF GLORY 1 19/20
- 8 - LONELY AMONG US/JUSTICE 1 7/8
- 9 - THE NAKED NOW/CODE OF HONOR 1 3/4
- - DATALORE/ANGEL ONE 1 13/14
- 11 - HAVEN/THE BIG GOODBYE 1 11/12
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- More next time......
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