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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instanceOf Star Trek: The Original Series episode
television episode
cinematographyBy Jerry Finnerman
commandingOfficerOfEnterprise Captain James T. Kirk
linked to: James T. Kirk
conflictType starship versus automated superweapon
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed
director Marc Daniels
editor Fabien Tordjmann
episodeNumberInSeason 6
featuresAntagonist planet-killer superweapon
featuresCharacter Commodore Matt Decker
featuresLocation L-374 system
featuresVessel USS Constellation (NCC-1017)
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
franchise Star Trek
genre science fiction
space opera
guestStar William Windom
guestStarRole Commodore Matt Decker
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray remastered edition
DVD
inspiredBy Cold War nuclear anxieties
musicBy Sol Kaplan
notableFor depiction of a planet-destroying superweapon
intense psychological portrayal of Commodore Decker
oftenListedAs one of the best Star Trek: The Original Series episodes
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork NBC
partOfContinuity Prime Timeline
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
resolutionMethod sacrificial detonation of the USS Constellation inside the planet-killer
season 2
series Star Trek: The Original Series
setInUniverse Star Trek universe
linked to: Star Trek
stardate 4202.9
starsCharacter Hikaru Sulu
James T. Kirk
Leonard McCoy
Montgomery Scott
Nyota Uhura
Spock
storyBy Norman Spinrad
teleplayBy Norman Spinrad
temporaryCommanderOfEnterprise Commodore Matt Decker
theme command responsibility
obsession
weapons of mass destruction
writer Norman Spinrad

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Marc Daniels directed Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Doomsday Machine"