Yet another "asteroid heading to destroy a planet" episode. This one has a twist. The asteroid is actually a large generational ship. The inhabitants do not know that they are on a ship at all, to them it seems like a planet. Oh and by the way McCoy is dying from a rare disease. The usual trio beam down and discover that the people are controlled by a device named the "oracle" (why an Earth word???). They are implanted with a chip in the temple. McCoy falls in love with a woman and they get married. There is a scene in which the two of them talk about love and crap .... it seriously lasts 15 minutes. But I'll tell you this, unlike Shatner, DeForest knows how to kiss a gal like a normal human.
McCoy agrees to have a chip installed in his head because he wants to stay with his wife, and he's going to die anyway. He reads a sacred book of knowledge and reports back to the Enterprise, the oracle is mad and electrocutes him. Spock then does surgery to remove McCoy's chip. Oh yeah and that sacred book just happened to have the cure for McCoy's fatal disease.
ST TOS COUNTDOWN: 64 down 16 to go
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Was this an actual episode? heh.
This episode is ridiculous, but actually entertaining. There a few decent episodes in the mess of season three.
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