Is There in Truth No Beauty?

You know, obviously we talk a lot about infinite diversity in infinite combinations.

Of course, the explanation of that is in a terrible episode [laughs], is in Is There in Truth No Beauty? Okay, maybe not terrible, mediocre, but, um, it's, it's, that is at the heart, the DNA of what Star Trek is, infinite diversity in infinite combinations.

It's a beautiful sentiment that Gene created.

He created it to sell necklaces, but it was great, so, and we've run with it, right? So what's the episode that you think imp- epitomizes Star Trek in every way?

This is the first of six original series episodes that take place entirely aboard the Enterprise.

The others are The Changeling, Journey to Babel, Babel itself is never seen, Elon of Troyes, Is There in Truth No Beauty, and Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.

So some good episodes in there.

This is the first and only appearance of the ship's gymnasium.

That is a fitting emblem of the gap between the ideal and its execution.

Now, initially, Leonard Nimoy pushed back hard on the Edict Medallion when Roddenberry introduced it in the season three episode, Is There in Truth No Beauty? That was in 1968.

Nimoy believed Roddenberry wrote the medallion into the script primarily to sell the physical prop to fans through Lincoln Enterprises, Roddenberry's merchandise company.

Nimoy felt uncomfortable essentially being used to advertise a product mid-episode and resisted filming the scene as originally written.