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To: Red6
The original Star Trek is a high bench mark to live up to regards the SciFi. The original Star Trek came out in September 1966 and had such things as touch screens, communicators, tractor beams

And yet, every once in a while, an anachronism would be thrown in. I remember one scene inwhat was probably an engineering section, where there was a fight, and sitting all by itself in that pristine, uncluttered, futuristic room was a 20th century style monkey wrench, that was exploited as a weapon.
18 posted on 11/23/2018 11:54:57 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I looked it up. It was an adjustable wrench, not a monkey wrench, and it was used in the episode called “Miri”.


19 posted on 11/23/2018 11:56:59 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

The monkey wrench is eternal. Even the Borg probably have one implanted somewhere.


40 posted on 11/23/2018 2:25:21 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
That's not an anachronism. Even if monkey (or adjustable) wrenches become obsolete in a couple hundred years, they wouldn't be anachronisms. Historical artifacts, maybe — but not anachronisms.

OTOH, a transporter beam in 2018 would be an anachronism. (Unless Elon Musk has one stashed in a secret lab.)

45 posted on 11/23/2018 4:07:24 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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