Tag: physics

Honey I Shrunk the Enterprise, TAS: S1E11 “The Terratin Incident”

May 31, 2026

The Enterprise picks up a distress signal from a nearby planet and upon investigation, they are hit with a beam of spiroid radiation. This radiation causes every living thing on the ship to shrink. Kirk beams down to the planet and materializes at his full size, as the transporter retained his original body pattern. While … More Honey I Shrunk the Enterprise, TAS: S1E11 “The Terratin Incident”

Antimatter Containment, TOS: S1E27 “The Alternative Factor”

January 31, 2020

In this somewhat underwhelming episode of The Original Series, the Enterprise crew encounters a strange man named Lazarus, who seems to blink into existence.  After some on-board shenanigans…a phantom dilithium thief, injuries on the man’s face that disappear and reappear… the crew learns that Lazarus has a counterpart in another dimension.  This ‘anti-matter’ dimension is … More Antimatter Containment, TOS: S1E27 “The Alternative Factor”