The Ultimate Computer

The Ultimate Computer
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series
Story by:	Laurence N. Wolf
Teleplay by:	D.C. Fontana
Directed by:	John Meredyth Lucas
Novelization in:	Star Trek 9 by James Blish
Production information
Episode no.:	2x24
Production no.:	6149-53
First aired:	8 March 1968
Chronology
Date:	2268
Stardate:	4729.4

"The Ultimate Computer" was the 53rd episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 24th episode of the show's second season, first aired on 8 March 1968. The episode was written by Laurence N. Wolf and D.C. Fontana, directed by John Meredyth Lucas and novelized in Star Trek 9 by James Blish.

References

Characters

Episode characters

Clifford Brent • Pavel Chekov • Richard Daystrom • Enwright • Bill Hadley • Ali Harper • James T. Kirk • Roger Lemli • Ryan Leslie • M-5 computer • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Robert Wesley

Referenced only 

Carstairs (geologist) • Roy Dunsel • Albert Einstein • Anton Harris • Kazanga • Phillips (Yeoman) • Niall Rawlins • Sitar (scientist)

Novelization characters

Pavel Chekov • Richard Daystrom • Enwright • Ali Harper • James T. Kirk • M-5 computer • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Robert Wesley

Referenced only 

Carstairs (Ensign) • Roy Dunsel • Anton Harris • Mason • Rawls

Starships and vehicles

Constitution-class heavy cruisers 

USS Enterprise • USS Excalibur • USS Hood • USS Lexington • USS Potemkin

other vessels 

Woden (ship)

Locations

Alpha Carinae II • Starbase 6

Races and cultures

Human • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Alpha Carinae II native

Science and classification

Technology and weapons

M-5 computer • starship • USS Defiant (NCC-1764) library computer • viewscreen

Materials and substances

atmosphere • blood • gas • oxygen

States and organizations

Federation • Starfleet

Referenced only 

Merchant Marine

Ranks and titles

captain • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • lieutenant commander • officer • scientist • science officer

Other references

anatomy • arm • boot • clothing • Federation members • finger • five-year mission • government • humanoid • language • lifeform • logic • matter • memory • nation-state • orbit • pants • quadrant • races and cultures • rank • space • star • stardate • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2260s) • technology • title • tunic • uniform • universe • weapon • Finagle's Folly

Appendices

Related media

Adaptations

Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes 2.

Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes.

Images

Episode images

Richard Daystrom.

Starbase 6.

Bob Wesley.

Episode image.

Excalibur.

The fleet.

Connections

Timeline

published order
Previous episode: Patterns of Force	TOS episode produced	Next episode: The Omega Glory
Previous episode: The Omega Glory	TOS episode aired	Next episode: Bread and Circuses
Previous story: Return to Tomorrow	Star Trek 9	Next story: That Which Survives
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Uhura's Song	Pocket	Next Adventure: Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited
Previous Adventure: Uhura's Song	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)	Next Adventure: Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited

External links

• The Ultimate Computer article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• The Ultimate Computer article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This character was not named in the episode but the same actor, wearing an officer's Starfleet uniform, was addressed as Brent in TOS episode: "The Naked Time". The same actor also played the character of Vinci.