Star Trek Retrospective: Episode 8 Miri
Fun episode, although as a kid I remember being totally grossed out by the lesions. Of course at age 8 the idea of all adults dying and leaving me to live hundreds of years playing with my Legos sounded pretty cool.
Of course one problem I have with this episode is it shows the foolishness of the Enterprise crew ever transporting down to an alien planet in less than full NBC gear. Seems like any given planet could be home of a bunch of diseases that could wipe out the human race. Kirk and Lt. Tormolen wore protective suits when they beamed down to Psi 2000 in the Naked Time. 
I read a book called Expendable which had explorers who would land on a planet wearing effectively a body suit that was biohazard, hasmat, and personal body armor and they still died left and right. (suit image courtesy of the Iron Man t shirt collection) Seems like a prudent precaution.
I’m also pretty sure the outside scene were the same set they used for the Returns of the Archons (and possibly a Piece of the Action) with junk piled up. Sometimes I wonder if stories were actually driven by whatever set they had available that month.
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