  
Title ------------------------
The Doomsday Machine
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Writer ---------------------------------
Norman Spinrad
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Director ----------------------------------
Marc Daniels
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Original Air Date ------------------ October 20,
1967
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Order of Filming ------------------------------------
35th
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Order of Broadcasting ----------------------------
35th
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Filmed ---------------------------------
Late June 1967
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Captain James T. Kirk ------------ William Shatner
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Lieutenant Cmdr. Spock ---------- Leonard Nimoy
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Dr. Leonard "Bones"
McCoy ---- DeForest
Kelley
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Lt. Cmdr. Montomery
Scott ------- James
Doohan
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Lieutenant Sulu ----------------------- George
Takei
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Commodore Matt Decker -------- William Windom
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Lt. Palmer -------------------------- Elizabeth Rogers
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Elliot -------------------------------------- John Copage
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Washburn -------------------------- Richard Compton
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Lt. Kyle ---------------------------------- John Winston
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Russ ----------------------------------------- Tim Burns
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Security Guard ------------------------- Jerry Catron
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William Windom's Stunt Double - Vince Deadrick
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Sent
to investigate the destruction of several planetary systems, the U.S.S.
Enterprise discovers a crippled starship, the U.S.S. Constellation,
floating in space. Commodore Matthew Decker is the only one left on the
ship. Kirk and Scotty remain on board the Constellation to try and
repair the starship, while McCoy beams Decker aboard the U.S.S.
Enterprise.
Decker
informs the crew that a giant robot ship, a planet-eating machine made
by a long-dead alien race, is roaming the galaxies, consuming all in
its path for fuel, including whole planets. When Decker challenged it,
the "berserker," as he calls it, attacked. Decker beamed his entire
crew to the planet's surface below, only to have the robot consume that
planet, killing the Constellation's entire crew.
When
the "berserker" returns, Decker, consumed with guilt over the loss of
his crew, pulls rank on Spock and takes control of the U.S.S.
Enterprise. He seems determined to destroy the machine, even at the
cost of another ship and crew. Kirk, still on board the Constellation,
contacts Spock and supports his claim that Decker is exhibiting
suicidal behavior and is therefore unfit to command. Thwarted, Decker
steals a shuttlecraft and flies it down the 'throat' of the giant robot
ship, killing himself.
Realizing
that Decker's idea, on a larger scale, might work, he sets the
Constellation to self-destruct and send it after Decker's shuttlecraft.
Due to a transporter glitch, Kirk barely makes it back to the U.S.S.
Enterprise before the Constellation explodes, destroying the planet
killer in its path. |
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the name of the
WAVs to listen
Total WAVs: 35
Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
(2) Command ----------------
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
(3) Junk ---------------------
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Scotty
(4) Behind -------------------
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Commodore
Matt Decker
Here's an
interesting piece of trivia:
Commodore Matt Decker is the father of Captain
Will Decker from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
(5) Devil ---------------------
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Commodore
Matt Decker
(6) Planet -------------------
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Captain
Kirk - Commodore Matt Decker
(7) Rubble -------------------
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Commodore
Matt Decker
(8) Galaxy -------------------
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Mr. Spock
Dr. McCoy
Another of
McCoy's
famous lines of dialogue!!
Captain
Kirk
(11) Killer --------------------
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Mr. Spock
(12) Impulse -----------------
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Captain
Kirk - Scotty
(13) Lucky -------------------
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Mr.
Spock - Dr. McCoy
Commodore
Matt Decker
(15) Duty --------------------
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Commodore
Matt Decker
Dr. McCoy
McCoy sounds
very
desperate!
This episode has some of the best
tense moments of the entire series.
(17) Power ------------------
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Mr. Spock
This is an
odd
comment for Spock to make.
Why can't the deflector screens stay at full power?
(18) Push --------------------
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Scotty
(19) Phasers -----------------
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Captain
Kirk - Scotty
(20) Lunatic -----------------
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Captain
Kirk - Commodore Matt Decker
Kirk doesn't
hold
anything back when
it comes to the safety of his ship.
Can you picture another well known Enterprise
captain saying this to a superior officer?
I think not.
Captain
Kirk
You tell him
Kirk!!
(22) Attack ------------------
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Commodore
Matt Decker - Captain
Kirk
Captain
Kirk - Commodore Matt Decker
"Blast
regulations!" Great line!!
Another reason Kirk is the best captain in the fleet!
(Yes, I know it's just a TV show)
(24) Bluff --------------------
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Commodore
Matt Decker - Mr. Spock
Commodore
Matt Decker
(26) Death ------------------
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Mr. Spock
Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
Captain
Kirk - Scotty
(29) Throat ------------------
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Mr.
Spock - Captain
Kirk
(30) Poof --------------------
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Scotty
A very
technical
term for an explosion!
Scotty
(32) Beam -------------------
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Captain
Kirk
I once saw a
fan-made 'skit' where Kirk says,
"Beam me aboard." then a piece of wood falls on him!
I don't mind poking a bit of fun
at Star Trek now and then. I poke fun not to
ridicule, but because I like the show so much.
(33) Can't -------------------
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Captain
Kirk - Mr. Spock
Spock says
the word
"Can't" which isn't like him;
he usually doesn't use contractions.
Not using contractions was one of the ways
Leonard Nimoy acted emotionless and it
worked very successfully.
(34) Welcome ----------------
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Mr. Spock
Mr.
Spock - Captain
Kirk
A bit out of
character for Spock. He normally
doesn't engage in speculation like this. Also,
Spock says "can't" again instead of "cannot"
which isn't like him either.
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