"The Changeling"
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"The Changeling" is a classic episode of the original Star Trek series in which the starship Enterprise encounters a powerful, malfunctioning Earth probe named Nomad that threatens all life it deems imperfect.
Aliases (1)
- The Changeling ×51
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
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television episode → |
| antagonist |
Nomad
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| basedOn |
concept of a malfunctioning space probe
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| directedBy |
Marc Daniels
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| episodeNumberInSeason |
3
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| featuresCharacter |
James T. Kirk
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Leonard McCoy → Montgomery Scott → Nomad → Spock → Uhura → |
| featuresStarship |
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
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| featuresTechnology |
phasers
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tractor beam → transporters → |
| firstBroadcastOrder |
3rd episode of season 2
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| followsEpisode |
Who Mourns for Adonais?
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| franchise |
Star Trek
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| genre |
science fiction
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| guestStar |
Vic Perrin
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| guestStarRole |
voice of Nomad
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| inUniverseDate |
stardate 3541.9
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| notableElement |
Nomad mistakes Captain Kirk for its creator Jackson Roykirk
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| notableFor |
early exploration of rogue AI in Star Trek
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| originalAirDate |
1967-09-29
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| originalNetwork |
NBC
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| originalSeriesLeadActor |
DeForest Kelley
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Leonard Nimoy → William Shatner → |
| originOfAntagonist |
Earth probe Nomad
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| plotSummary |
The Enterprise encounters a powerful Earth space probe called Nomad that has been altered and now sterilizes what it deems imperfect life.
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| precedesEpisode |
Mirror, Mirror
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| producedBy |
Gene L. Coon
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| productionCode |
603-39
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| resolution |
Kirk causes Nomad to realize its own imperfection, leading to its self-destruction
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| runningTime |
approximately 50 minutes
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| season |
2
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| series |
Star Trek: The Original Series
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| setInCentury |
23rd century
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| themes |
artificial intelligence
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identity and mistaken identity → perfection and imperfection → |
| threatens |
all imperfect lifeforms
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| title |
The Changeling
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| writtenBy |
John Meredyth Lucas
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Nomad
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Nomad ("The Changeling") → |
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Jean Marsh
("The Changeling")
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appearedIn |
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Roy Kirk
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associatedWithEpisode |
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The Changeling
("The Changeling")
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