The Doomsday Machine (TOS episode)
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"The Doomsday Machine" is a highly acclaimed original Star Trek episode in which the Enterprise confronts a planet-destroying automated weapon and a traumatized Starfleet commodore obsessed with stopping it.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| antagonist | planet-killing automated weapon ⓘ |
| basedOn | original teleplay by Norman Spinrad ⓘ |
| conflictType | starship versus automated weapon ⓘ |
| continuity | prime Star Trek timeline ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | highly acclaimed by Star Trek fans and critics ⓘ |
| director | Marc Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | broadcast television ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Commodore Matt Decker
NERFINISHED
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Hikaru Sulu NERFINISHED ⓘ James T. Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyota Uhura NERFINISHED ⓘ Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFaction | United Federation of Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Starfleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresRank | Commodore GENERATED ⓘ |
| featuresStarship |
USS Constellation (NCC-1017)
NERFINISHED
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTechnology | planet killer ⓘ |
| franchise | Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction television episode ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | yes ⓘ |
| hasFandomRanking | often listed among the best Star Trek: The Original Series episodes ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
USS Constellation (NCC-1017)
NERFINISHED
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| musicBy | Sol Kaplan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a planet-destroying superweapon
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intense psychological portrayal of Commodore Decker ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The USS Enterprise encounters the wrecked USS Constellation and a deranged Commodore Matt Decker, discovering a massive automated weapon that destroys planets and must be stopped. ⓘ |
| producer | Gene L. Coon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesSeason | Star Trek: The Original Series season 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
23rd century
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space ⓘ |
| theme |
command responsibility
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obsession ⓘ weapons of mass destruction ⓘ |
| title | The Doomsday Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Norman Spinrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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