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Myriad Universes: The Changeling

The Changeling

"The Changeling" (TOS 37)

Series	Star Trek
Season	2
Episode	3
Production Number	37
Previous	Wolf in the Fold (TOS 36)
Next	The Apple (TOS 38)
Released	29 Sep 1967
Advertising	Amazon

Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)

Stardate 3541.9: The Enterprise encounters a probe named Nomad.

The Enterprise investigates the destruction of the Malurian system's four billion inhabitants and locates an unexpected source: a self-contained computer/space probe of great power called Nomad. The device threatens the Enterprise, but Kirk and crew are temporarily saved when Nomad mistakes Captain James Kirk for its creator, Human scientist Jackson Roykirk. Nomad, a space probe launched in 2002 to seek out alien life in the galaxy, was damaged by a meteor that confused its programming and cut it off from Earth. It then encountered an alien probe, Tan-Ru, which was launched to secure sterilized soil samples. The resulting hybrid mechanism believes that its mission is to destroy imperfect life forms. Its altered programming and weapons make "the changeling" capable of fulfilling its new mission. Kirk uses the machine's confused image of him as a basis for its destruction: he convinces Nomad that it is imperfect, and the device is transported out into space before it self-destructs.

Image Gallery

Map of the Sol system (enhanced; Original)
Lt. Carlisle
Command Crewman
Engineer
Engineer
Security Officer Lemli
Ens. Roger Lemli
Medical Technician
Dr. Jackson Roykirk
Security Officer #1
Security Officer #2
Security Officer #3
Crewman Singh
Transporter Technician
Yeoman
antigrav
Nomad schematic
Nomad
brig

Related Data

Astrometrics	Antares; Earth; Jupiter; Malurian system; Mars; Mercury; Neptune; Pluto; Saturn; Sol system; Uranus; Venus
Chronology	Prime Timeline; 2002; 2267; Stardate 3541.9
Culture	Beyond Antares; changeling; English language; music; singing; Swahili language
Education	doctor; doctorate; nurse; physician
Food
People	Brent; Carlisle; Christine Chapel; Command Crewman (TOS37); Connors; Engineer (TOS37); Engineering Crewman (TOS37); Hadley; James T. Kirk; Lemli; Roger Lemli; Manway; Leonard McCoy; Jackson Roykirk; Montgomery Scott; Security Officer (TOS37A); Security Officer (TOS37B); Security Officer (TOS37D); Singh; Spock; Hikaru Sulu; Transporter Technician (TOS37); Nyota Uhura; Yeoman (TOS37)
Politics	Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Ranks (Crewman, Ensign, Lieutenant, Starfleet Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain); United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology	anatomy; antigrav; antimatter; atmosphere; audio receiver; binary; biobed; blood; brain; central nervous system; communications; communicator; computer; disease; distress signal; forcefield; impulse drive; Jefferies tube; kilogram; kilometer; mathematics; meteor; meter; microtapes; mind meld; nacelle; Nomad; PADD; phasers (Type 2, shipboard phasers); photon torpedo; radiation; sensors; shields; Symbalene blood burn; Tan Ru; telepathy; time (hour, week); transporter; tricorder; turbolift; universal translator; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Xenology	dogs; Humans; hybrids; Malurians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	auxiliary control room; bridge; briefing room; brig; logs; red alert; sickbay; Starfleet Uniforms (2266)

Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner

Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
and DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Written by
John Meredyth Lucas

Directed by
Marc Daniels

Produced by
Gene L. Coon

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman

Featuring
James Doohan … Scott
Nichelle Nichols … Uhura
George Takei … Sulu
Majel Barrett … Christine Chapel

With
Blaisdell Makee … Singh
Barbara Gates … Crewwoman
Meade Martin … Crewman
Arnold Lessing … Security Guard
and
Vic Perrin … Nomad's Voice

Script Consultant
D.C. Fontana

Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis

Theme Music by
Alexander Courage

Music Composed and Conducted by
Fred Steiner

Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman

Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies

Film Editor … Fabien Tordjmann
Unit Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Elliot Schick
Set Decorator … Joseph J. Stone
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Westheimer Company
Sound Effects Editor … Douglas H. Grindstaff
Music Editor … Jim Henrikson
Re-Recording Mixer … Elden E. Ruberg, C.A.S.
Production Mixer … Carl W. Daniels
Script Supervisor … George A. Rutter
Casting … Jospeh D'Agosta
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Makeup Artist … Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Styles … Pat Westmore
Gaffer … George H. Merhoff
Head Grip … George Rader
Property Master … Irving A. Feinberg
Special Effects … Jim Rugg

A Desilu Production
In Association With
Norway Corporation

Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow

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 '''With'''<br/>
 [[Makee, Blaisdell|Blaisdell Makee]] &hellip; [[Singh]]<br/>
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