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Diamonds (TOS19)

Diamonds (TOS19)
First Appearance TOS04 (13 Oct 1966)
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Prime Timeline
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Diamonds were a precious gemstone. On Stardate 1329.1, Harry Mudd claimed that dilithium crystals[1] were "worth three hundred times their weight in diamonds, thousands of times their weight in gold."[2] When forced to fight against the Gorn captain on Stardate 3045.6, Captain Kirk used diamonds as projectiles in a makeshift cannon.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Early episodes of Star Trek had lithium crystals as the power source of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, but this was quickly changed after a few episodes to dilithium, as the properties of lithium, a real substance, were well known, and the producers did not want to limit the writers of future episodes. This entry reflects that retcon.
  2. Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Mudd's Women". Star Trek, season 1, episode 6 (Production number 04). Directed by Harvey Hart. Written by Stephen Kandel. Desilu Productions. 13 October 1966.
  3. Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Arena." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 18 (Production 19). Directed by Joseph Pevney. Story by Fredric Brown. Teleplay by Gene L. Coon. Desilu Productions, 19 January 1967.