The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: The Original Series)
"The Doomsday Machine" is a second-season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It is episode #35, production #35, and was first broadcast on October 20, 1967 and repeated on April 19, 1968. It was written by Norman Spinrad, and directed by Marc Daniels.
Overview: The starship Enterprise and its heavily-damaged sister ship, the USS Constellation, must work together to stop an alien planet-killing machine going any further.
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