My favourite fact about Star Trek TOS is that, because automatic doors weren’t invented yet, the ‘automatic doors’ in TOS were really just some guy yanking a rope and pulley system to make them slide open. Problem was the person was far enough away that they couldn’t see when exactly the doors needed to be open, and relied on a signal from somebody just off set. The actors, however, had to act as if they were 100% confident the doors were going to open at the exact time and moment despite the fact that they occasionally did not which lead to multiple occasions in which the actors walked directly into the doors while they were opening.
“Stealing the Enterprise” from the score to Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, composed by James Horner.
A little note: this is one of my all-time favorite pieces composed for the Trek films because Horner weaves together multiple themes from the original series and his own score for Star Trek II to create the perfect soundtrack to stealing a starship. That and the fact I can recite all the dialogue as I listen to it.
“Steady… Steady… All right, Mr. Scott!
“Sir?”
“The doors, Mr. Scott!”
“Aye, sir! I’m working on it!”
It’s worth seeking out the expanded edition if you can; it’s a little spendy, but there’s a lot of music that wasn’t included on the original release.
