"The Changeling" (TOS)

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Star Trek: The Original Series episode television episode

"The Changeling" (TOS) is a first-season Star Trek: The Original Series episode in which the Enterprise encounters Nomad, a damaged Earth probe that has merged with an alien device and now threatens to destroy all imperfect life.

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Surface form	Occurrences
The Changeling (TOS)	0

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Star Trek: The Original Series episode ⓘ television episode ⓘ
continuity	Prime Timeline ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuresAntagonist	Nomad ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Hikaru Sulu ⓘ James T. Kirk ⓘ Leonard McCoy ⓘ Montgomery Scott ⓘ Nyota Uhura ⓘ Spock ⓘ
featuresEvent	Kirk convinces Nomad it is imperfect ⓘ Nomad boards the USS Enterprise ⓘ Nomad erases Uhura's memory ⓘ Spock mind melds with Nomad ⓘ
featuresStarship	USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) ⓘ
featuresTechnology	Nomad space probe ⓘ
featuresTheme	artificial intelligence ⓘ creator and creation relationship ⓘ machine logic vs human imperfection ⓘ
follows	The Apple (TOS episode) ⓘ
franchise	Star Trek ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ
hasFandom	Star Trek fandom ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of a reprogrammed Earth probe as a genocidal AI ⓘ influencing later Star Trek stories about rogue probes and AIs ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	NBC ⓘ
plotSummary	The Enterprise encounters Nomad, a damaged Earth probe that has merged with an alien device and now threatens to destroy all imperfect life. ⓘ
precedes	Mirror, Mirror (TOS episode) ⓘ
productionCode	6149 ⓘ
resolution	Nomad ⓘ surface form: Nomad self-destructs after logical contradiction
season	1 ⓘ
series	Star Trek: The Original Series ⓘ
setting	23rd century ⓘ Federation space ⓘ

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