In a lot of episodes, we get to see our boys in bondage, tortured or whipped - especially Captain Kirk, who's really asking for it, sometimes. He loves to flount his gleaming chest, and his shirt gets ripped quite often. It's different for the ladies, of course, since their clothes are usually pretty non-existent from the start. But still, all this torturing and whipping gives us an unparalleled occasion to see lovely men displaying their stamina and courage and muscles... No, Star Trek was never supposed to be a kink show, but...
The Chest Hair | Jails and Bondage | Whipping and Torture |
But first, let's talk of the Chest Hair Question. Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, Captain Kirk shaves his chest! It's canon. I bet he just got jealous when he saw Spock's manly, curly chest hair.
There's a shadow on his chest! |
Is it dirt? Is it hair? |
it's the right colour... |
...and the right place for chest hair! |
And a last shot! |
Charlie X, aired soon after: check out the pecs! and the abs! |
Jails and Bondage
First Kirk... |
Then a dignified Spock... |
..are led to this mind-altering device. |
Kirk joins Spock in jail! |
Spock greets Kirk: 'see my new flat!' |
Spock is not bothered... |
The evil pancakes drive Spock mad. |
He is tied to a Sickbay bed! |
He regains control and frees himself. |
The whole landing party is chained to the wall... |
...including the Captain. |
They are then put to jail. |
They are ordered to put a harness on. |
The harness and punishing collar (and whipmarks). |
They even tie up people who hadn't asked for it! |
Spock doesn't seem to care about being a prisoner. |
Kirk wears nice handcuffs! |
So does Spock. |
Chekov first succumbs! Must be the tinfoil suits' fault. |
he writhes on his bed and screams! He's seen the Tholian and his pill-box ships! |
Uhura is perefctly sane, but he gleefully ties her up anyway. |
Whipping and Torture
See also the oddities of Vulcan physiology, which seems to require the application of strong blows to the head.
The agonizer |
The agonized |
Chekov in the Agony Booth |
They make Kirk slap himself... |
...then give big presents so that Kirk can shield... something precious? ;-) |
Then they make the Captain crawl... |
...and Spock dance around! |
And laugh! |
And cry! |
And Kirk play horse to Alexander's rider! (I'm sure Shatner just loved doing this ep. Seriously.) |
Spock sings, and Christine & Uhura are almost crying. Not a good career move, then... |
They make Spock kiss Christine... and he is totally disgusted. Ewww, a girl! |
First interracial kiss on TV, blabla... but OMG Uhura is DA WOMAN |
And now they bring out the whip and hot poker! The girls are not pleased |
And they even start on some 'knife play' (and say 'knife play', too!) |