TOS Episode - The Ultimate Computer

Series :

The Original Series

Rating :

Disc No :

2.7

Episode :

First Aired :

8 Mar 1968

Stardate :

4729.4

Director :

John Meredyth Lucas

Year :

2268

Writers :

Laurence N. Wolfe

Season :

Guest Cast :

Barry Russo as Commodore Robert Wesley	Eddie Paskey as Lieutenant Leslie
James Doohan as M-5 computer voice	Sean Morgan as Ensign Harper
William Marshall as Doctor Richard Daystrom

Plotline :

Kirk must allow the famed Dr Daystrom to install a computer on the Enterprise which can do the jobs of almost the entire crew - including the Captain.

Moral :

Computers :

No computer, no matter how advanced, must be allowed to run a starship

Guest Reviews :

Rating :

4.5000 for 2 reviews

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YATI :

The Woden freighter seen in this episode is a re-use of Khan's DY-100 ship. That was supposed to have been built in the mid 1990s, are these ships still in service 270 years later?

Great Moment :

Kirk's sens of loss and confusion leads to some nice scenes with McCoy in this episode.

Body Count :

53 on the USS Lexington, and the entire crew of the USS Excalibur.

Factoid :

James Doohan, Scotty, provides the voice for the M5 computer.

TNG's Daystrom Institute is named after Dr. Richard Daystrom, as is this website.

Quote :

"Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them." - Spock to Kirk

Datapoints :

Battles :	The M-5 Debacle
Internals :	Constitution Class Corridor #1
Food :	Finagle's Folly
People :	Ensign Carstairs, Phillips, Rawlins
Planets :	Alpha Carinae II
Scitech :	Duotronic, Duotronics, Emergency manual monitor, Multitronic
Ship Classes :	Constitution Class, Saladin Class, Woden
Ship Names :	Constitution Class : NCC 1371 USS Republic, NCC 1657 USS Potemkin, NCC 1703 USS Hood, NCC 1709 USS Lexington
Timeline :	2219, 2243, 2268