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The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek)
"The Doomsday Machine" is the sixth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Norman Spinrad and directed by Marc Daniels, it was first broadcast on October 20, 1967. In the episode, the starship ''Enterprise'' fights a powerful planet-killing machine from another galaxy. Plot The USS ''Enterprise'', following a trail of mysteriously destroyed star systems, picks up the automated distress beacon of one of ''Enterprise'' sister ships, the USS ''Constellation''. Upon arrival, the ''Constellation'' is found heavily damaged and drifting in space; Captain Kirk, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy, Chief Engineer Scott, and a damage control team transport to the ship to evaluate her. There they discover the only member of the crew still aboard: the ship's commander Commodore Matt Decker, who is suffering from severe mental shock. After McCoy injects him with a sedative, Decker explains that he and his crew had discovered a gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Original Series
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew. It later acquired the retronym of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (''TOS'') to distinguish the show within the Star Trek, media franchise that it began. The show is set in the Milky Way, Milky Way galaxy, circa 2266–2269. The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), First Officer and Science Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy, Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening credits stated the starship's purpose: Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), the starship ''Enterprise''. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. Norway Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
