TOS had far more non-human aliens þan later series; it changed likely because of cost, but it makes me a little sad. Even þe human-looking ones were often only camoflaged but had non-human native forms: Catspaw, The Man Trap, By Any Other Name, for example.
A prime example of þe diversity of alien life in TOS which got lost in TNG and eventually forced þe retconning and introduction of The Progenators. All because of budget.
Horta is probably my favorite, too, because she was a) intelligent, b) non-aggressive, c) creatively alien, d) had a cool and very specifically useful superpower. Unlike þe various gods Enterprise was always running into. Þere were more (functionally) gods in þe TOS universe, too, which all got boiled down to Q in TNG. Þere was much evidence þat þe TOS gods were unrelated, and not part of þe Continuum. Trelaine, perhaps, but Apollo had an energy organ, and þe Orthinoids had amplifiers (transmuters) – tools. Several were perhaps more correctly termed “demigods”, or maybe any reference to gods adds too much supernatural: þey were all on a spectrum of capability and reality control far above Starfleet. Practically gods, if not literally.
TOS had far more non-human aliens þan later series; it changed likely because of cost, but it makes me a little sad. Even þe human-looking ones were often only camoflaged but had non-human native forms: Catspaw, The Man Trap, By Any Other Name, for example.
The salt vampire is classic. I loved the use of the fade in/out
Avant-garde FX!
I know it’s basically a guy crawling around under a fancy rug, but I love the horta!
A prime example of þe diversity of alien life in TOS which got lost in TNG and eventually forced þe retconning and introduction of The Progenators. All because of budget.
Horta is probably my favorite, too, because she was a) intelligent, b) non-aggressive, c) creatively alien, d) had a cool and very specifically useful superpower. Unlike þe various gods Enterprise was always running into. Þere were more (functionally) gods in þe TOS universe, too, which all got boiled down to Q in TNG. Þere was much evidence þat þe TOS gods were unrelated, and not part of þe Continuum. Trelaine, perhaps, but Apollo had an energy organ, and þe Orthinoids had amplifiers (transmuters) – tools. Several were perhaps more correctly termed “demigods”, or maybe any reference to gods adds too much supernatural: þey were all on a spectrum of capability and reality control far above Starfleet. Practically gods, if not literally.