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Title ----------------
The Ultimate Computer
Story -------------------
Lawrence N. Wolfe
Teleplay ---------------------- D.C.
Fontana
Director -------------- John Meredyth
Lucas
Original Air Date -------------
March 8, 1968
Order of Filming -----------------------
53rd
Order of Broadcasting -----------------
53rd
Filmed -----------------
Mid December 1967
Captain James T. Kirk --------
William Shatner
Lieutenant Cmdr. Spock ------
Leonard Nimoy
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy --
DeForest Kelley
Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott -- James Doohan
Lieutenant
Sulu ---------------
George Takei
Lieutenant Uhura ------------
Nichelle Nichols
Ensign Pavel Chekov ---------- Walter Koenig
Dr. Richard Daystrom -------- William Marshall
Commodore Robert Wesley ------ Barry Russo
Ensign Harper ----------------- Sean Morgan
Commodore Enwright's voice -- James Doohan
M5 Computer voice ----------- James Doohan
"The Ultimate Computer"
M5 was thought to be the ultimate
computer to ever be created up to that point.
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Germany --------------------
Computer M-5
Italy --------------- The Computer
That Kills
Japan ---------------- Fearful
Computer M-5
Portugal ------------ The Supreme
Computer
The U.S.S. Enterprise is
chosen to be the test ship for the new M-5 multitronic computer system,
a computer meant to be able to run a starship without human
intervention. Also aboard for the test is Dr. Richard Daystrom, the
inventor of the M-5 and an obsessive and unstable individual.
Initially the M-5
performs well,
but when it decides to destroy a robot freighter, Kirk orders the test
canceled. The M-5, however, protects itself and makes it impossible for
it to be disconnected. The computer becomes increasingly erratic, a
result of Dr. Daystrom's decision to impress his engram onto the
computer as part of its programming. Starting a scheduled war games
drill, M-5 uses the full arsenal of the U.S.S. Enterprise to attack
four other Federation starships.
In a last-ditch appeal
to the M-5,
Kirk makes the computer realize that it has committed the sin of
murder. Since Dr. Daystrom would be ethically abhorred at such an act,
the M-5 is equally penitent and tries to commit suicide by leaving the
U.S.S. Enterprise defenseless against a counter-attack by the remaining
other starships. At the last moment, Spock and Scott are able to finish
disconnecting the M-5 unit. Kirk keeps the shields down, gambling
successfully that the attacking ships would not fire on an undefended
vessel. Restoring communications next, the fleet is called off.
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Click the name of the
WAVs to listen
Total WAVs: 34
(1) Expert ------------------- 33.0 KB
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Commodore
Wesley - Mr. Spock
(2)
Machine ----------------- 20.8 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Commodore Wesley
Not a great job for
the captain of a starship.
(3)
Surgeon ----------------- 25.2 KB
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Mr. Spock
Spock makes a joke!
Dr.
Richard Daystrom
(5)
M5 ---------------------- 21.1 KB
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Captain
Kirk - Dr. Richard Daystrom
Dr. McCoy
Captain
Kirk
Kirk is rubbing the
back of his neck as he says this.
Just thought you might want to know.
(8)
Sorry -------------------- 20.8 KB
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Dr. McCoy
Boy is he right!!
This is true even in the "real" world.
(9)
Honest ------------------- 10.9 KB
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Dr. McCoy
(10)
Ship -------------------- 7.68 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(11)
Alpha ------------------- 12.0 KB
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Mr.
Chekov
Dr.
Richard Daystrom / M5
Recognize the voice
of M5?
It's none other than James Doohan!
Dr.
Richard Daystrom
Mr. Spock
Amen to that!!
(15)
Loyalty ----------------- 19.8 KB
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Mr. Spock
Touching words.
(16)
Dunsel ------------------ 12.0 KB
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Commodore
Wesley
(17)
Blazes ------------------ 41.2 KB
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Dr.
McCoy - Mr. Spock
(18)
Soup ------------------- 5.90 KB
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Dr. McCoy
(19)
Doctor ------------------ 15.0 KB
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Dr. McCoy
I wonder what a
'Finnagles Folly' is?
(20)
Odds ------------------- 15.8 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(21)
Kirk --------------------- 22.1 KB
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Captain Kirk - Dr. McCoy
Very classy toast
by McCoy.
(22)
Wind ------------------- 78.0 KB
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Captain
Kirk
Nice speech.
(23)
Job --------------------- 20.6 KB
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Captain
Kirk
You tell him Kirk!
(24)
Power ------------------ 10.7 KB
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Scotty
Dr.
McCoy - Mr. Spock
Captain
Kirk
(27)
Genius ------------------ 35.3 KB
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Captain
Kirk
(28)
Goose ------------------ 12.0 KB
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Mr. Spock
(29)
Engrams ---------------- 22.1 KB
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Dr.
Richard Daystrom
(30)
Officer ------------------ 19.3 KB
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Mr.
Spock - Captain
Kirk
(31)
Murder ------------------ 17.5 KB
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Mr. Spock
(32)
Plug -------------------- 17.3 KB
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Captain
Kirk
Dr.
McCoy - Mr. Spock
(34)
Illogic ------------------- 22.9 KB
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Mr. Spock
A very funny ending
to a pretty good episode.
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