Star Trek: The Original Series
Commodore Matt Deckereventually explicate that the USS Constellation encountered a monumental planet - kill political machine , which damaged their ship when they tried to destroy it . Decker evacuated his crew to a nearby satellite , butthe doomsday machine soon destroy the satellite and the Constellation ’s full work party with it . After transferring over to the Enterprise , Decker steals a shuttlecraft and flies into the motorcar in a suicide run . This gives Kirk the theme to explode the Constellation inside the planet killer . Kirk ’s plan destroys the motorcar ’s power system , leave it numb in space , and the planet killer whale never seem onscreen again .
Star Trek Never Revealed What Happened To TOS’ Doomsday Machine
Is The Planet Killer Still Adrift In Space?
Upon study the major planet killer , Spock ( Leonard Nimoy)determines that the machine is automated and self - sustaining as long as it has planet to waste . Spock also concludes that the machine originated from outside of the Milky Way galax , and will turn out through many more populated earthly concern if it continues on its course . Captain Kirk surmise that the doomsday simple machine may have been make by an alien raceas a bluff in some long - forgotten war . Because the neutronium hull of the machine is nearly indestructible , Kirk realizes that the only room to destroy it is from the inside out .
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When the Constellation ’s weapons detonate inside the machine , it leaves the now inert major planet sea wolf float in outer space . Considering how much remains unknown about the Day of Judgement political machine , it seems likely that Starfleet would bid to persist in studying it . They have no way of knowing if the machine has some variety of ability to repair itself or if its comportment in space will induce other problem . Kirk and Spock even speculate at the end of theclassicStar Trekepisodethat there could be other doomsday machines out there , but this train of thought is never followed up on either .
Star Trek’s Failed Plans To Bring Back The Doomsday Machine
The Planet Killer Has Fascinated Many Star Trek Writers
Although the doomsday machine has never appeared again onscreen , it has pop up in variousStar Trektie - in materials and other project projects . In 2004,Babylon 5creator J. Michael Straczynski and screenwriter Bryce Zabel aim aStar Trekrebootstarring thecrew fromStar Trek : The Original Series . While Paramount reportedly never seriously weigh their proposal , their story would have incorporated the takings of the doomsday automobile . Their show ’s friend would be pursuing an alien race who turned out to be the original creators of the planet killer .
A mannequin of the planet killer can be check at a taproom at Starbase 25 inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 2 , sequence 5 , " An Embarrassment Of Dooplers . "
TheStar Trek : The Next Generationtie - in novelVendettaby Peter David features a similar gadget that was believed to have been created as a weapon to combat the Borg . SeveralStar Trekshort stories , strip , and video games have also featured version of the satellite killer , some of them direct continuations of " The Doomsday car , " while others have incorporated dissimilar sort of planet - killing machines . As far as the officialStar Trekcanon is worry , however , the fortune of the doomsday auto Captain Kirk happen onStar Trek : The Original Seriesremains a enigma .
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