The Probe

Story: The Changeling
Written By: John Meredyth Lucas
Series: Star Trek: The Original Series
Year: 1967

This episode is decent. It has basically the exact same plot as the first film. An Earth probe is returning home, but it has become sentient and is looking for its creator, attempting to destroy that which stands in it’s way. In some ways this episode is better than the Motion Picture, because this doesn’t spend 4 hours looking at special effects and just focuses on the story and characters. On the other hand the special effects are tremendous in that film and pretty lame here. Both stories have a tendency to be dull though.
Nomad or V’Ger, pick your poison, either way you may either love it or be bored to tears by it.

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