I was a child, too.
But I noticed!
Booooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also that they arrive at a planet with a crew of several hundred and then beam down the Captain, Science Officer, Chief Engineer, Chief Doctor, Weapons Officer and Chief navigator to face unknown dangers. Sigh. Unless they have a couple of blokes in red shirts who invariably die. Perhaps the rest refuse to beam down. Sigh. Again.![]()
I give up. You are right. Always the "others" died. The unimportant ....
Nevertheless I loved it !