The Enterprise is chosen to be the test ship for a new “Ultimate Computer”. The computer will run the ship unattended, so Kirk must sit on his ass and do nothing. There will then be a war games scenario between the Enterprise, Excalibur and Lexington. Dr. Daystrom, the creator of the M5 computer, will be there as well. The best part is that Daystrom is played by William Marshall aka Blacula and also the King of Cartoons.
The M5 gets out of control and soon threatens to actually destroy the Excalibur and Lexington … and now vice versa. Daystrom loses his mind and ends committed to an institution or something. In an often used move versus computers, Kirk tricks the machine into being illogical and thus shutting itself down.
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2 comments:
seems like they would have invented this ultimate computer a lot longer ago
Pretty lame episode actually. Good thing I watched like 5 episodes this weekend, I have no time anymore during the week!!
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