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In the 60ies, Television was in its infancy. Special effects like we nowadays know and expect from any series or movie did not exist at that time, thus the production of The Classic Series looks more than primitive compared to nowadays standards. The regular alien had bad hair and weird make-up, sometimes combined with a strangely shaped forehead-mask and a wig. Planet beam down scenery consisted of an either blue or green sky and purple rocks - or green purple rocks with a bit of blue left over from last week The special effects team just had polystyrene paint and hoped the audience had imagination.
A space anomaly was done by using a Kaleidoscope and some "really spooky music", sometimes the kaleidoscope was replaced by a strange floaty face with an echoed voice. When the Enterprise would become engaged in some serious trouble, the engines made some incredible noises, which actually sounded more like repairing bad plumbing than "faster than light speed engines in trouble".
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