Episode Behind the Scenes

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The third season saw a number of changes on "Star Trek." Gene Roddenberry, upset over the problems with NBC, quit the show, the main titles were changed from yellow to blue, the theme song now featured an operatic female singer accompanying the music, Mr. Spock, in terms of writing, became almost an equal to Captain Kirk, and the most devastating change of all, the show was moved to Friday nights at 10pm.
   
The "SHERIFF" sign is written in the "Star Trek" title typeface.
   

Although the Earps and Doc Holliday walk four abreast, and even in a march (synchronized steps), the positions of the men in the line shift from scene to scene. Doc Holliday, for example, starts at the left end (as you look at them), moves one position right, and is on the right end as the four gunmen arrive at the Corral.
   
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place behind the O.K. Corral, not in it
   
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place at 2:47 p.m. in the afternoon, not 5:00 p.m. as indicated here
   
The "half-sets" that were explained as part of the Melkotian limits were actually due to budget restraints.