The remastered version of the fan-favorite Star Trek episode, “The Ultimate Computer” premieres in syndication nationwide during the weekend of February 9, 2008. In “The Ultimate Computer,” the Starship Enterprise crew is replaced by an experimental computer, and the ship is tested in war games with four other starships. Unfortunately, the new computer shares the frailties of its all-too-human creator, and the Enterprise becomes a deadly killer, hunting down unsuspecting starships with deadly result.
“The Ultimate Computer” stars William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, with DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy and William Marshall as the brilliant – but unstable – computer scientist, Dr. Richard Daystrom. The original episode was first aired in March, 1968. Teleplay by D.C. Fontana from a Story by Laurence N. Wolfe. The episode was directed by John Meredyth Lucas. Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Trek is distributed in nationwide syndication by CBS Paramount Television.
Station: The Starship Enterprise arrives at a space station to test a new computer system in the remastered version of “The Ultimate Computer,” the Star Trek episode premiering in syndication this weekend.
Fleet: Four Federation starships join the Enterprise in war game exercises.
Phaser: Under the control of a malfunctioning computer, the Enterprise fires a deadly phaser blast at another starship.
Lexington: The Starship Lexington leads an armada whose mission is to stop the Starship Enterprise, even if it means the death of the Enterprise crew.
Check your local TV listings for exact day and time to see this great remastered episode.
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