"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
, directed by
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
- Referenced only
- Guillermo Masada
Novelization characters
Starships and vehicles
- (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
Background
- In the novelization, Matthew Decker is named "Brand Decker".
Images
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 |
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.