Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 1, Episode 22 - "Space Seed"

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2013

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Space Seed," before there was the wrath of Khan, there was Khan. Discussion of eugenics, tyranny and abusive relationships: so much grows when we plant "Space Seed."

Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray

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0:00.0	Now entering nerdist.com.
0:05.7	Mission Log, a Rodenberry Star Trek podcast, episode 22. I'm Mr. Ray, your host.
0:32.5	Welcome to Mission Lord, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast.
0:36.5	Please allow me to introduce my diminutive co-host, John Champion.
0:40.7	John, tell our guest what we do here.
0:43.3	Yes, boss.
0:44.1	Each week, each week, we like to examine an episode.
0:47.5	John, John, use your fake voice.
0:50.5	Okay, since you asked, each week, we examine one episode of Star Trek going deep to find the messages, morals, and meanings within, and deciding whether those and the show stand the test of time.
1:01.6	This week, the Enterprise goes to Fantasy Island, but not really.
1:05.2	We say hello to an old enemy for the first time in Space Seed.
1:12.5	Yeah, Khan, Khan, Nunion Singh.
1:15.2	Can't wait to get into this one.
1:16.5	This is, it's big.
1:18.1	It's a huge epic episode that leads into huge, big, epic things later on.
1:22.6	I have no idea what you're talking about.
1:23.9	We're on episode 22.
1:25.9	Oh, right.
1:27.0	I'm sorry. Stepped out of the timeline. My bad.
1:29.4	Yeah, we do that. In fact, we may do that again later. I don't know. But before we do that,
1:34.9	let's stay in the timeline that we normally stay in. People practically set their watch to this.
1:39.8	It is about this time every show. Wait a minute. Three, two. It's about this time every show that
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