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Star Trek - The Changeling
episode 2.3
Raumschiff Enterprise - Ich heisse Nomad
USA 1967
produced by Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry (executive) for Desilu, Norway Corporation/NBC
directed by Marc Daniels
starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Makee K. Blaisdell, Barbara Gates, Meade Martin, Arnold Lessing, Vic Perrin (voice)
written by John Meredyth Lucas, created by Gene Roddenberry, music by Fred Steiner
TV series Star Trek, Classic Star Trek, Star Trek (original crew)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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The Enterprise passes through a solar system - to find all of its
inhabitants just wiped out. And eventually, the ship itself comes under
attack and it nearly destroyed by a space probe called Nomad (voiced by
Vic Perrin), which seizes its attack only and agrees to be beamed aboard
only when Captain Kirk (William Shatner) contacts it. Thing is, the probe
mistakes Kirk for its creator and thus has blind trust in him. It's now up
to Kirk and company to find out what the probe even wants - all they know
is that it's highly destructive ... and really creates chaos on the
Enterprise, which includes killing Scotty (James Doohan), then reviving
him, wiping Uhura's (Nichelle Nichols) brain and eradicating any number of
security personnel. Now looking up the history books suggests that Nomad
was actually created on earth and sent to space - but just to explore,
there's no explanation for its destructive powers. So Spock (Leonard
Nimoy) uses the Vulcan mind probe to find out that Nomad has actually been
fused with another space probe from another planet, and now it's its
directive to destroy all imperfect life - like all humanoids. It hasn't
massacred the Enterprise's crew yet because it believes Kirk is its
infallible creator (due merely to the fact that its creator had a similar
name), but it's only a matter of time until it will find out, so the only
way to avert disaster is to turn Nomad's logic against itself ... Now
a not even man-sized metal box with a few lights dangling from the ceiling
isn't exactly the best villain to ever grace Star Trek - but
other than that, the episode's pretty solid: There's a good build-up of
suspense, both script and acting hit the right tone of seriousness, and
the regulars are put to good use without falling out of character. Not one
of the best episodes mind you, but a good effort nevertheless.
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