Synopsis:

In the time of the Space Age, young Charles Evans is transferred to the starship Enterprise. Sole survivor of a crash eighteen years earlier, he is welcomed aboard with open arms. The boy, however, harbours a dangerous secret.

Intentions:

Renamed 'Charlie's Law' from the original script of the episode, my third attempt at adapting a Star Trek: The Original Series episode into a 1960s Twilight Zone episode brings us to 'Charlie X', probably *the* episode that best fits my idea, since it virtually is a Twilight Zone episode set on the ship of Kirk and crew.

Change List:

So, once you take out all the Captain's Logs and exterior space shots, all that's left to edit is the main material. Here's what I have shaved off, which brings the edit in under thirty minutes: * All Captain's Logs and exterior space shots. * The "is that a girl?" exchange. * Charlie swatting Janice on the posterior. * The first part of the bridge scene discussing Charlie's survival. * The opening of the recreation room scene, prior to Uhura's ad-libbed singing. * The synthetic turkey and Kirk explaining the inappropriateness of hitting a woman, in the corridor. This also removes a continuity error with Kirk's uniform. * The rest of the scene after the Antares is destroyed, including the 'live turkeys' prank. * The entire chess scene. * The end of the scene in which Janice introduces Tina to Charlie. * Rand bringing her concerns to the bridge. * The scene between Kirk and Charlie in the former's quarters. * All the gym scene after Charlie disintegrates Sam. * A few lines from both the briefing room discussion, and Kirk's questioning of Charlie. * The subsequent bridge scene up until Uhura is electrocuted. * Charlie's unannounced visit to Rand's quarters has been edited to cut out the commercial break. * Charlie entering and breaking free from the brig. * Uhura picking up a transmission, and Charlie telling Kirk it is his game to decide whether it is real or false. * Some of the sequence of Kirk attacking Charlie, and the Thasians breaking through. * Charlie's pleading to stay has been cut. Instead, Kirk speaks for him immediately. Opening TZ narration edited from 'Elegy' and 'The Fugitive'. Closing TZ narration edited from 'The Parallel'.

Additional Notes:

Initially, I thought it best to keep the episode in its current format, more or less, and treat it as one of the would-be Season Four episodes, since I wasn't sure what I could cut. However, the real purpose behind these edits, is for me to adapt a Classic Trek fifty minute episode, into the more traditional half hour approach to anthologies.

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