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Order of viewing for TOS DVD's

Which order of viewing do you prefer for TOS?  

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  1. 1. Which order of viewing do you prefer for TOS?

    • In Production Order
      10
    • In Original Viewing Order (as they are on the disks)
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I prefer the Production order. A better sense of internal continuity exists that way but that's not how they are ordered on the disks, they are in the original airing order :lol: so changing the disks more often is necessary. It's worth it but I wonder why they chose the non-chronological order.

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I choose Order of Production.

I remember another particularly well-enjoyed TV series of mine that lost a bit of its continuity when FOX showed the pilot episode last, and never aired three of the last episodes... :lol:

 

Also, I guess, as Alter_ego has said, it gives a sense of better continuity...

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Though the episodes are in the order of original airing the production order # is given on the disks beside the episodes. What we did is go through all the disks (started playing them till the menu was up) creating a 2 thru 28 list of the episodes and what disk they are found on. I'll post the list in a little while...

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I prefer to see things like that in their historical context. In this instance what I mean by "historical context" is in the order I would have seen then if I had been around at that time to see them in their first run. I would even be very happy if they contained their original commercials. I would find that very enjoyable.

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Production #.................... Episode.................................Disk #

02....................Where No Man Has Gone Before..............1

03....................The Corbomite Maneuver..........................3

04....................Mudds Women...........................................2

05....................The Enemy Within.....................................2

06....................The Man Trap............................................1

07....................The Naked Time........................................1

08....................Charlie X...................................................1

09....................Balance of Terror......................................3

10....................What are Little Girls Made of?..................2

11....................Dagger of the Mind....................................3

12....................Miri.............................................................2

13....................The Conscience of the King.......................4

14....................The Galileo Seven......................................4

15....................Court martial..............................................5

16....................The Menagerie parts 1 & 2........................3

17....................Shore Leave...............................................4

18....................The Squire of Gothos.................................5

19....................Arena..........................................................5

20....................The Alternative Factor...............................7

21....................Tomorrow is Yesterday.............................5

22....................The Return of the Archons.........................6

23....................A Taste of Armageddon.............................6

24....................Space Seed.................................................6

25....................This Side of Paradise.................................6

26....................The Devil in the Dark.................................7

27....................Errand of Mercy.........................................7

28....................The City on the Edge of Forever...............7

 

 

I'll watch them in Airing order next time.

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In Original Viewing Order (as they are on the disks) I'd rather see them in the order they were originally shown on TV..

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I too am watching them in production Order,i dont mind having to get up and change the disks each time but it might have been a better idea to have them in production order on the disks.

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I agree with Va Beach Guy. For me the first episode is Man Trap and I always watch Trek in the broadcast order. It does annoy me somewhat that the pilot episode is therefore fourth but Classic Trek is mostly stand alone stories anyway which can be veiwed in any order.

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Production #.................... Episode.................................Disk #

02....................Where No Man Has Gone Before..............1

03....................The Corbomite Maneuver..........................3

04....................Mudds Women...........................................2

05....................The Enemy Within.....................................2

06....................The Man Trap............................................1

07....................The Naked Time........................................1

08....................Charlie X...................................................1

09....................Balance of Terror......................................3

10....................What are Little Girls Made of?..................2

11....................Dagger of the Mind....................................3

12....................Miri.............................................................2

13....................The Conscience of the King.......................4

14....................The Galileo Seven......................................4

15....................Court martial..............................................5

16....................The Menagerie parts 1 & 2........................3

17....................Shore Leave...............................................4

18....................The Squire of Gothos.................................5

19....................Arena..........................................................5

20....................The Alternative Factor...............................7

21....................Tomorrow is Yesterday.............................5

22....................The Return of the Archons.........................6

23....................A Taste of Armageddon.............................6

24....................Space Seed.................................................6

25....................This Side of Paradise.................................6

26....................The Devil in the Dark.................................7

27....................Errand of Mercy.........................................7

28....................The City on the Edge of Forever...............7

 

 

I'll watch them in Airing order next time.

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Wow, thinks for this. Next time I go though the set, I will watch them in this production order.

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Wow, thinks for this. Next time I go though the set, I will watch them in this production order.

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No problem.

 

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It's true the airing order does relive history as we remember but the production order relives history as it happened for the actors involved.

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I watch them in air date order. The only reason that I do this is because I bought the nitpickers guide to classic trek and they list them in air date as well. Most of the time though I just watch the episode that I want to watch so most of the time thier is no order to what I watch.

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