episode #07 - The Infinite Vulcan
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episode #07 - The Infinite Vulcan
Air Date: 10/20/73 written by Walter Koenig
This episode was written by Walter Koenig (the actor who played Chekov); Koenig dabbled in writing besides his acting. This was his avenue to participate in the animated series as he was not one of the voice actors (and Chekov's character was not featured in TAS). Koenig used the premise of the Eugenics Wars (mentioned in TOS Space Seed) to fashion his own take on the ideal, superior race. In this case, a scientist from another era has fashioned a giant cloned body for himself. He then does the same thing with Spock, so then there are two 20-foot-high giants (though how the uniform was enlarged/duplicated...? Never mind...).
This episode also features a race of talking plant people and small flying dragons. Visually, it's ideal for such an animated series. But, the ideas don't really go anywhere. The supposed villain - a giant scientist - turns out to be simply clueless in his plans to create a master race which would bring peace to the galaxy by taking it over. There's barely any effort involved in getting him to rethink his plans. I admire Koenig for branching out into writing such a sci-fi episode but it ends up as one of the lesser ones, being mostly pointless. This does have an early presentation of cloning, prevalent in many later films in the seventies. BoG's Score: 5.5 out of 10
This episode was written by Walter Koenig (the actor who played Chekov); Koenig dabbled in writing besides his acting. This was his avenue to participate in the animated series as he was not one of the voice actors (and Chekov's character was not featured in TAS). Koenig used the premise of the Eugenics Wars (mentioned in TOS Space Seed) to fashion his own take on the ideal, superior race. In this case, a scientist from another era has fashioned a giant cloned body for himself. He then does the same thing with Spock, so then there are two 20-foot-high giants (though how the uniform was enlarged/duplicated...? Never mind...).
This episode also features a race of talking plant people and small flying dragons. Visually, it's ideal for such an animated series. But, the ideas don't really go anywhere. The supposed villain - a giant scientist - turns out to be simply clueless in his plans to create a master race which would bring peace to the galaxy by taking it over. There's barely any effort involved in getting him to rethink his plans. I admire Koenig for branching out into writing such a sci-fi episode but it ends up as one of the lesser ones, being mostly pointless. This does have an early presentation of cloning, prevalent in many later films in the seventies. BoG's Score: 5.5 out of 10
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