| IMHO this is a silly episode.
No! Really? A silly episode of Star Trek?
Actually, I've got to agree. Of the 77 or so silly episodes, this was the dumbest. However, you've got to remember that in the 60s, television was pretty unsophisticated; science fiction doubly so¹. Network execs were just as idiotic then as they are now, so anything approaching credibility would've been axed.
1. Can you tell I watched Hitchhikers on DVD last night? |