Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Doomsday Machine"
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"The Doomsday Machine" is a classic and highly acclaimed episode of Star Trek: The Original Series in which the crew of the Enterprise confronts a planet-destroying superweapon and a traumatized Starfleet commodore obsessed with stopping it.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Doomsday Machine | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jerry Finnerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandingOfficerOfEnterprise | Captain James T. Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | starship versus automated superweapon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Marc Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Fabien Tordjmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 6 ⓘ |
| featuresAntagonist | planet-killer superweapon ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Commodore Matt Decker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresLocation | L-374 system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresVessel |
USS Constellation (NCC-1017)
NERFINISHED
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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space opera ⓘ |
| guestStar | William Windom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guestStarRole | Commodore Matt Decker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray remastered edition
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DVD ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Cold War nuclear anxieties ⓘ |
| musicBy | Sol Kaplan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a planet-destroying superweapon
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intense psychological portrayal of Commodore Decker ⓘ |
| oftenListedAs | one of the best Star Trek: The Original Series episodes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| partOfContinuity | Prime Timeline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The Enterprise discovers the wrecked USS Constellation and a deranged Commodore Decker, then confronts a massive automated planet-killing weapon threatening entire star systems. ⓘ |
| productionCode | TOS 035 ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Desilu Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resolutionMethod | sacrificial detonation of the USS Constellation inside the planet-killer ⓘ |
| season | 2 ⓘ |
| series | Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInUniverse | Star Trek universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stardate | 4202.9 ⓘ |
| starsCharacter |
Hikaru Sulu
NERFINISHED
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James T. Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyota Uhura NERFINISHED ⓘ Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Norman Spinrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teleplayBy | Norman Spinrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| temporaryCommanderOfEnterprise | Commodore Matt Decker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
command responsibility
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obsession ⓘ weapons of mass destruction ⓘ |
| writer | Norman Spinrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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