Season Two

The Changeling

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Production #			37
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AIRDATE DATA
Original Airdate:		29 September, 1967
Order in Season 2:	3	Order in TOS:	32
Order for all Star Trek series:			32
STARDATE DATA
Original Stardate:		3451.9
Order in Season 2:	6	Order in TOS:	37
Order for all Star Trek series:			37

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Synopsis - The ship is attacked by a probe of unknown origin that almost destroys it. It stops its attack when it hears Kirk's name over communications. The probe, Nomad, turns out to an Earth probe launched in 2020. It's programming has been significantly altered and it even kills Scotty and erases Uhura's mind.

The Changeling gives us our first glimpse at how a "living", thinking machine would perceive humans. The subject has been dealt with time and again on Trek, particularly with the Borgs in the Next Generation universe. But this was our first glimpse. A science probe sent out two centuries earlier, returning back to find it's creator believeing it a mechanical machine, not an "imperfect biological lifeform". This episode also features another use of the Vulcan Mind Meld; this time with a machine.



Cast
Series' Regulars/Irregulars
Captain James T. Kirk -	William Shatner
Commander Spock -	Leonard Nimoy
Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy -	DeForest Kelly
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott -	James Doohan
Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu -	George Takei
Lieutenant Nyoto Uhura -	Nichelle Nichols
Nurse Christine Chapel -	Majel Barrett
Guest Cast
Nomad -	Vic Perrin
Crewman Singh -	Blaisdael Makee
Crewman -	Martin Meade
Crewwoman -	Barbara Gates
Secutity Guard -	Arnold Lessing
Jackson Roy Kirk -	Photo only, Uncredited
Written by:	John Meredyth Lucas
Directed by:	Marc Daniels

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