"The Changeling"

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"The Changeling" is a classic episode of the original Star Trek series in which the starship Enterprise encounters a powerful, malfunctioning Earth probe named Nomad that threatens all life it deems imperfect.

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Generate an image of "The Changeling" ("The Changeling" is a classic episode of the original Star Trek series in which the starship Enterprise encounters a powerful, malfunctioning Earth probe named Nomad that threatens all life it deems imperfect.)

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The Changeling 8
"The Changeling" canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Star Trek: The Original Series episode ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
antagonist Nomad ⓘ
basedOn concept of a malfunctioning space probe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
directedBy Marc Daniels ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 3 ⓘ
featuresCharacter James T. Kirk ⓘ
Leonard McCoy ⓘ
Montgomery Scott ⓘ
Nomad ⓘ
Spock ⓘ
Uhura ⓘ
linked to: Nyota Uhura
featuresStarship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) ⓘ
featuresTechnology phasers ⓘ
tractor beam ⓘ
transporters ⓘ
firstBroadcastOrder 3rd episode of season 2 ⓘ
followsEpisode Who Mourns for Adonais? ⓘ
franchise Star Trek ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
guestStar Vic Perrin ⓘ
guestStarRole voice of Nomad ⓘ
inUniverseDate stardate 3541.9 ⓘ
notableElement Nomad mistakes Captain Kirk for its creator Jackson Roykirk ⓘ
notableFor early exploration of rogue AI in Star Trek ⓘ
originalAirDate 1967-09-29 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
originalSeriesLeadActor DeForest Kelley ⓘ
Leonard Nimoy ⓘ
William Shatner ⓘ
originOfAntagonist Earth probe Nomad ⓘ
linked to: Nomad space probe
plotSummary The Enterprise encounters a powerful Earth space probe called Nomad that has been altered and now sterilizes what it deems imperfect life. ⓘ
precedesEpisode Mirror, Mirror ⓘ
producedBy Gene L. Coon ⓘ
productionCode 603-39 ⓘ
resolution Kirk causes Nomad to realize its own imperfection, leading to its self-destruction ⓘ
runningTime approximately 50 minutes ⓘ
season 2 ⓘ
series Star Trek: The Original Series ⓘ
setInCentury 23rd century ⓘ
themes artificial intelligence ⓘ
identity and mistaken identity ⓘ
perfection and imperfection ⓘ
threatens all imperfect lifeforms ⓘ
title The Changeling ⓘ
linked to: "The Changeling"
writtenBy John Meredyth Lucas ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roy Kirk → associatedWithEpisode → "The Changeling" ⓘ
The Changeling → title → The Changeling ⓘ
subject linked to: "The Changeling"
linked to: "The Changeling"
Nomad → appearsInEpisode → "The Changeling" ⓘ
Nomad → appearsInEpisode → The Changeling ⓘ
subject linked to: Nomad space probe
linked to: "The Changeling"
Jean Marsh → appearedIn → The Changeling ⓘ
linked to: "The Changeling"
Tan Ru → appearsInEpisode → The Changeling ⓘ
linked to: "The Changeling"
Nomad boards the USS Enterprise → appearsIn → "The Changeling" ⓘ
George Murdock → notableWork → The Changeling ⓘ
linked to: "The Changeling"
Nomad-Tan Ru → inspiredByEpisode → The Changeling ⓘ
linked to: "The Changeling"
Nomad kills several Enterprise crew members → appearsInEpisode → The Changeling ⓘ
linked to: "The Changeling"
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2 DVD → containsEpisode → The Changeling ⓘ
linked to: "The Changeling"