crew ever to be shown wearing it. "The Naked Time" is also the only episode of The Original Series in which all three principal female characters (Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Yeoman Janice Rand (Grace Lee Whitney), and Nurse Christine Chapel (Majel Barrett)) appear in the same episode. Notes The events of this episode are repeated in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Naked Now", where Riker references the incident as an in-universe historical event. Events are also mentioned in the TNG Season 6 episode "Relics". The 2009 Star Trek film makes a reference to the scene where Sulu acts like a swashbuckler, when Kirk asks Sulu what type of combat training he has and he replies "fencing". Footage from this episode appears in the 2014 film X-Men: Days of Future Past. A reference to this episode is made in the "Hollywood Knights!" episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? when guest star George Takei shows up bare-chested and wielding an epee. Releases In July 2011, the streaming service Netflix made all Star Trek episodes available, which would include this episode. Reception George Takei has repeatedly mentioned in interviews that this is his favorite episode, and spends a chapter on it in his autobiography. In 2012, Christian Science Monitor ranked this the third best episode of the original Star Trek. In 2013, Wired magazine ranked this episode one of the top ten most underrated episodes of The Original Series at that time. In 2015, Syfy ranked this episode as one of the top ten essential Star Trek original series Spock episodes. In 2016, SyFy listed Uhura's rebuff of the maddened Sulu's offer to "protect" her as the character's tenth best moment in Star Trek. IGN ranked "The Naked Time" the 8th best episode of The Original Series in 2016 and the 12th best episode of all Star Trek series in 2013. In 2016, USA Today noted "The Naked Time" as an interesting episode of the Star Trek franchise. In 2018, PopMatters ranked this the 11th best episode of The Original Series. In 2019, Nerdist included this episode on their "Best of Spock" binge-watching guide. See also "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" "The City on the Edge of Forever" "Assignment: Earth" "All Our Yesterdays" "This Side of Paradise" (Star Trek: The Original Series) References External links "The Naked Time" Remastered version reviewed at TrekMovie.com "The Naked Time" Side-by-side comparisons of the 2006