The Changeling (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 2 |
| Episode | 3 |
| Production Number | 37 |
| Release Date | 29 Sep 1967 |
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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 2020 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)
Engineer
Medical Technician
Security officers
Security officers
Security officers
Dr. Jackson Roykirk
Crewman Singh
Transporter Operator
Transporter Technician
Yeoman
antigrav
Nomad schematic
Nomad
brig
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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
