After T'Pau's bearers set her chair on the ground, she raises her hand, making the Vulcan salute to Spock. At first she is not wearing a ring, while in subsequent shots a ring is visible.
(at around 29 mins) T'Pring is shown walking towards Spock before he strikes the gong. It then cuts to show her standing still and then beginning to walk again even though she was already in motion a moment earlier.
When the wide view of Spock moving toward the gong is shown, his fiancée T'Pring begins to move to head him off. When the camera angle goes to a closeup of her face, it is obvious she is still standing still (notice the Vulcan Stonn to her right), and begins to move again.
In Spock's room, there is a red blinking light in a bear-like holder in the background when Kirk is talking to him. After their conversation, the light no longer blinks, it is billowing smoke. A scene or two later, the blinker in the same prop blinks red and white.
Spock drops his pen onto the table in his quarters. The next shot shows Kirk holding his wrist and holding the pen.
Spock has to get to Vulcan immediately, insisting that the Enterprise bring him there. Captain Kirk is conflicted, as he has to attend a ceremony and can't stop at both planets in time. At no point does anyone suggest another starship or shuttle take Spock to Vulcan. However, shuttles are not designed for long-distance voyages, and it's quite possible there are no other starships in the vicinity.
Councilwoman T'Pau makes many grammatical mistakes with the word "thee," when "thou" would be the correct pronoun.
People (and aliens who speak English) often make grammatical mistakes both in writing and speaking. As English is not T'Pau's first language, it is understandable that she misuses the terms; many people who speak only English also mix them up.
People (and aliens who speak English) often make grammatical mistakes both in writing and speaking. As English is not T'Pau's first language, it is understandable that she misuses the terms; many people who speak only English also mix them up.
Spock slams his fist into the communication box in his room. The box is obviously made of plastic, not clay, so it should have shattered, instead of being punched down.
It's more likely the box was made of a thin metal; plastic boxes, containers, etc. were not as widely available in 1967 as they are today. Think of the famous line from The Graduate (1967) ("One word - plastics."), which hit theaters 3 month's after this ST episode aired.
It's more likely the box was made of a thin metal; plastic boxes, containers, etc. were not as widely available in 1967 as they are today. Think of the famous line from The Graduate (1967) ("One word - plastics."), which hit theaters 3 month's after this ST episode aired.
After T'Pring chooses Kirk to be her champion, Kirk and McCoy are speaking with T'Pau. In the background, Leonard Nimoy can be seen standing against the wall with his hands behind his back, apparently unaware that he is on camera. Spock is supposed to be off in the corner, deep in the blood fever.
The communication monitors in Spock's quarters, Kirk's quarters, and sick bay, all have a distinctive stain on the right bezel, showing reuse of a prop. The same prop is seen in multiple contexts in The Corbomite Maneuver (1966).
In the establishing shot of the arena, the beam from an overhead light becomes visible as the camera pans left.
As Dr. McCoy bends down to check on Captain Kirk during the Captain's battle with Mr. Spock, the Doctor is preparing to give Kirk a shot. After McCoy gives the Captain the shot in his right arm, the doctor pulls his hands away and there is "blood" on McCoy's left hand. And while there is blood on Kirk's chest from the battle, McCoy's left hand never comes in contact with Kirk's chest.
Obvious doubles for Kirk and Spock in the climax fight.
In the introduction, Spock requests a leave of absence on Vulcan, with a loss of only 2.8 light-days. In this context, he is using light-days as a measurement of time. It is, however, a unit of distance - 25,920,000,000 kilometers.
Spock indicates he had hoped to be spared the Vulcan mating drives. Given his age, however, he would have already experienced them, as shown in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).
T'Pau does the Live Long And Prosper hand gesture with her left hand, while all other Vulcans do it with the right. (Of course, it's possible that high-ranking female Vulcans might use their left hand for this salute.)
On his first appearance Checkov pronounces Vulcan as "Wulcan", the "V" sound is used in Russian so he should pronounce it as an English speaking person would say it. Checkov would continue to mispronounce such words.
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