003: Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 1, Episode 7 - "Charlie X"

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

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🗓️ 23 August 2012

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Working an equation where X = an adolescent male who's never seen another living person. Throw in superhuman powers and there's a real problem to address on this week's Mission Log as we look at Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Charlie X." Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray Welcome to Mission Log, a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. Each week, Mission Log examines a single episode of Star Trek, diving into its ethical subtext, metaphors, and cultural significance. From the show's most iconic moments to its hidden gems, we analyze what makes Star Trek one of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time... In This Episode: Story recap and analysis of key moments. A discussion of the moral dilemmas presented. How the episode holds up and if the messages are still relevant. Join the Conversation: What are your thoughts on this episode? Share your take on the ethical questions and themes explored, and let us know how it fits into the broader Star Trek narrative. We’d love to hear from you! For as little as $1 a month you can gain exclusive access to our Discord community while supporting our show. We continue the episode discussion with dedicated channels and a weekly video chat with the hosts. Become a member of our today! Want to share your thoughts on an upcoming episode? Email us at: for a chance to be featured during the episode. Follow us on Social Media: Did you know Roddenberry Podcasts is on YOUTUBE? Find the video versions of your favorite shows like , , as well excllusively you can only find on YouTube. Be sure to and enjoy our shows in a whole new way! Our shows are part of the Roddenberry Entertainment family. For more great shows and to learn how we live the legacy of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, follow us here: THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: [To Be Filled Out] Subscribe and Stay Updated: Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your preferred podcast player, leave a review, and join Mission Log on the journey of weekly deep dives into the Star Trek universe. Produced by Roddenberry Entertainment. Edited by Earl Green.

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0:00.0	Now entering Nerist.com
0:05.0	The Mission Log
0:07.0	A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
0:10.0	Episode 3, Charlie X. From the Halls of the Vulcan High Council to the shores of SETI Alpha 3. This is the Mission Log, a
0:33.6	Rotenberry Star Trek podcast. He's John Champion.
0:36.4	And he's Ken Ray. Every week we look into the glass onion that is an
0:41.8	episode of Star Trek, peeling back the layers and seeing
0:45.4	what the show is all about.
0:47.4	What are the messages, the morals, and do they, and the production itself, stand the test of time.
0:53.4	This week, its Village of the Damned meets the X-Men meets
0:57.2	you.
0:57.9	We say hello to Charlie X.
1:00.4	You know, I never thought of it as the X-Men of course. Yeah, I it is we could actually finish the show right now and
1:08.6	You know just reading the issue of the X-Men. It's like oh, it's a teenager and suddenly he's got all this stuff
1:14.4	plus the raging hormones and you know plus it's got the X in that title so really that you
1:19.2	that kind of you know worries me just right in front of me yeah and he's
1:23.6	distrusted by everyone around him you know Charlie X is it's one of those
1:28.0	episodes and I owned on VHS and I watched over and over again and I think as a kid, you know, you can kind of identify with Charlie. But to me it was
1:40.0	just sort of like, well here's the bad guy of the week and I have to say that
1:43.1	rewatching it now for our show I felt so much more sympathy for Charlie and I
1:49.1	really appreciated it on a whole new level.
1:52.1	Yeah. I like quite a lot. I mean it's I mean again not to not to hammer this home and I don't think we're even going to mention it the rest of the time but it's I mean it is the X-Men I don't I don't honestly know which one came first but whenever you hear an analysis of the X-Men
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