"The Ultimate Computer" is a season two episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast on March 8, 1968 and repeated June 28, 1968. It is episode #53, production #53, written by D.C. Fontana, based on a story by Laurence N. Wolf and directed by John Meredyth Lucas.
Overview: A skeleton Enterprise crew are assigned to test a revolutionary computer system that is given total control of the ship.
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