#the ultimate computer

[hogwartstoalexandria]

"Loyalty to one man, and one man only."

"To Captain Dunsel."

"To James T. Kirk, Captain of the USS Enterprise."

is this episode trying to kill me with how Bones and Spock both support Jim in his existential crisis in their own ways?

[starberry-cupcake]

'the ultimate computer' aka uncannily precise vision of the future in which starfleet wants to replace jim with ai but spock and bones are not having it

I am going feral at all the times ai is being a menace in this show and how accurate it is to the bs present we're living in

[departmentq]

Fans celebrate the casting of Nichelle Nichols as Uhura as a moment for actors of color, which they should be.

But I also wanted to spotlight the casting of these iconic guest starring characters, seen in episodes of TOS.

Percy Rodriguez was cast as flag officer Commodore Stone, who was Kirk's superior in the chain of command. Stone is one of the officers that presides over Kirk's court martial.

Booker Bradshaw was the original Dr. M'Benga, seen in two episodes of TOS. at the time, M'Benga was Starfleet's first and only medical specialist in Vulcan Physiology, having spent a year's residency on Vulcan.

One of the finest minds in computer technology in the 23rd century, and creator of the duotronic computer, Dr. Richard Daystrom, was played by William Marshall, whose work in Shakespeare, and his roles as Paul Robeson and Frederick Douglass, added to the gravitas of his portrayal.

A flag officer, a specialist in Vulcan medicine, and one of the finest minds in a field of technology, played by actors of color, during the turbulent 1960s.

[trek-tracks]

Come on, Spock, what mysterious relative is it this time?

[skybson]

2x24 - The Ultimate Computer

[starofhisheart]

That time Jim was jealous of a computer

[spirk-trek]

"Compassion. That's the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it's the one thing that keeps men ahead of them."

Deforest Kelley as Doctor "Bones" McCoy | Star Trek The Original Series (1966-69)

[borgcast]

Spock- "The M-5 itself has not behaved logically."

McCoy- "please, Spock, do me a favour and don't say it's fascinating."

S- "No... but it is... interesting."

[mephistopheles]

thing is, the original star trek correctly predicted a lot of the technology we have today. cell phones, which probably exist because of star trek. automatic doors. synthesised female-voiced computers that you can ask questions to, and they'll collate information to give you a response. digital styluses. touch screen tablets. search engines. speech-to-text dictation software. skype. one episode, 'the ultimate computer,' even features a decision-making AI so advanced that certain people argue it can successfully replace a human. but star trek also predicted that by the time we had these technologies, we'd be better than we are. we'd be kinder, peaceful, a "united earth." i dont know, man. i dont know

[jim-kirks-bubble-butt]

boyfriends

[69lightningmcqueen69]

McCoy in The Ultimate Computer

[discoonthegrass]

The Ultimate Computer: Kirk and a sub-skeleton crew are ordered to test out an advanced artificially intelligent control system - the M-5 Multitronic system, which could potentially render them all redundant.

The Squire of Gothos: A being that controls matter and creates planets wants to play with the Enterprise crew.

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[frogayyyy]

[electronickingdomfox]

Yeah, Bones, I guess the other thousand times you were in the bridge instead of sickbay were also because of M-5. Sure, blame the poor, innocent computer...

[trek-tracks]

Moon'll stop doing that if it knows what's good for it

[spockbag]

Slugs vs. computer 😘✨🖖🐌💫🤷