"The Doomsday Machine" was the 35th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 6th episode of the show's second season, first aired on 20 October 1967. The episode was written by Norman SpinradMA, directed by Marc DanielsMA and novelized in Star Trek 3 by James Blish.
References[]
Characters[]
Episode characters[]
- Matthew Decker • Elliott • Karen Greene • Bill Hadley • James (USS Enterprise) • James T. Kirk • John Kyle • Roger Lemli • Ryan Leslie • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery (Crewman) • Elizabeth Palmer • Thom Parham • John Russ • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Richard Washburn
Novelization characters[]
Starships and vehicles[]
- Einstein (class F shuttlecraft) • USS Constellation (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • Doomsday Machine
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Other references[]
- phaser • microtape • robot • total conversion drive • deflector screen • English • Starfleet Order 1-0-4 Section B Paragraph A • Starfleet Order 1-0-4 Section C • anti-proton beam • neutronium • Constitution-class
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- This story is set 5 days before the events of the beginning of Harm's Way where Kirk is still preoccupied by Matthew Deckers death.
- TNG novel: Vendetta
- TNG novel: Before Dishonor
Adaptations[]
Novelized in Star Trek 3.
Novelized in Star Trek 3 reprint.
Novelized in Star Trek 3 reprint.
Novelized in Star Trek 3 reprint.
Novelized in Star Trek 3 reprint.
German language novelization translation in Spock Läuft Amok.
German language novelization translation in Spock Läuft Amok.
Italian language novelization translation in La Pista Delle Stelle 3.
Novelization collected in The Star Trek Reader.
German language novelization translation collected in Der große Sammelband.
Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes 2.
Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes.
Background[]
- In the novelization, Matthew Decker is named "Brand Decker".
Images[]
The Doomsday machine.
Episode image.
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Palmer.
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Montgomery.
Elliott.
Washburn.
Episode image.
Episode image.
Russ.
Kirk.
Uhura.
Spock.
The crew.
Enterprise.
Enterprise.
The USS Enterprise.
The crew.
The crew.
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Amok Time |
TOS episode produced | Next episode: Wolf in the Fold |
| Previous episode: The Apple |
TOS episode aired | Next episode: Catspaw |
| Previous story: The Last Gunfight |
Star Trek 3
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Next story: Assignment: Earth |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Doomsday Gambit Sections 1-3 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: The Doomsday Gambit Sections 4-5 |
| Previous Adventure: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh Chapters 7-11 |
Next Adventure: The First Artifact First Interlude | |
| Previous Adventure: Gemini |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Wolf in the Fold |
Translations[]
- 1971
- Japanese : 最終破壊兵器, translated by Tetsu Ito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
- 1972
- German : Die Maschine des Jüngsten Gerichts, translated by Hans Maeter. (Williams)
- 1973
- Turkish : Kıyamet Günü Makinesi, translated by Reha Pinar. (Altın Kitaplar)
- 1976
- Dutch : Het Laatste Wapen, translated by Jan Koesen. (Luitingh)
- 1978
- Italian : La macchina del Giudizio, translated by Rosella Sanità. (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore)
External link[]
- "The Doomsday Machine" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The Doomsday Machine article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.