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* ContractualImmortality: The crew finds a powerful computer machine called NOMAD that believes itself to be perfect, though it mistakenly thinks Captain Kirk is its creator. At one point, NOMAD erases all of Uhura's memories, prompting Scotty to intervene. NOMAD zaps him, and Bones confirms HesDeadJim! Of course, we know that Scotty will survive not only because he is a regular cast member, but also because NOMAD left his body completely intact (when NOMAD kills the RedShirts it simply vaporizes them). Kirk uses NOMAD's belief that he is its creator to get NOMAD to "repair" Scotty.
** Although she did not die, Uhura's erased memories make an interesting version of this trope. We would expect NOMAD to restore her memory, but it is either unwilling or unable to do so. Thus Uhura has to be re-educated completely from scratch, which would in reality [[PutOnABus take years and effectively write her out of any future episodes]]. Yet she is able to relearn everything by the end of the episode! The only way to avoid a PlotHole is to assume that NOMAD actually masked or repressed the memories, not erase them as it claimed--one more strike against its arrogant perceived perfection. This is further demonstrated by her intuitive grasp of Kiswahili that NOMAD was unable to remove. Either that, or they had a backup of Uhura's memories stored away somewhere.
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** Although she did not die, Uhura's erased memories make an interesting version of this trope. We would expect NOMAD to restore her memory, but it is either unwilling or unable to do so. Thus Uhura has to be re-educated completely from scratch, which would in reality [[PutOnABus take years and effectively write her out of any future episodes]]. Yet she is able to relearn everything by the end of the episode! The only way to avoid a PlotHole is to assume that NOMAD actually masked or repressed the memories, not erase them as it claimed--one more strike against its arrogant perceived perfection. This is further demonstrated by her intuitive grasp of Kiswahili that NOMAD was unable to remove. Either that, or they had a backup of Uhura's memories stored away somewhere.
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** The crew finds a powerful computer machine calledNOMAD Nomad that believes itself to be perfect, though it mistakenly thinks Captain Kirk is its creator. "Creator". At one point, NOMAD Nomad erases all of Uhura's memories, prompting Scotty to intervene. NOMAD Nomad zaps him, and Bones confirms HesDeadJim! Of course, we know that Scotty will survive not only because he is a regular cast member, but also because NOMAD Nomad left his body completely intact (when NOMAD intact; meanwhile, when Nomad kills the RedShirts it simply vaporizes them). them. Kirk uses NOMAD's Nomad's belief that he is its creator Creator to get NOMAD Nomad to "repair" Scotty.
Scotty, who is left none the worse for wear (at least physically). Scotty later gets one back on Nomad by being the one to beam the probe out into deep space for its self-destruction.
** Although she did not die, Uhura's erased memories make an interesting version of this trope. We would expectNOMAD Nomad to restore her memory, but it is either unwilling or unable to do so. Thus Uhura has to be re-educated completely from scratch, which would in reality [[PutOnABus take years and effectively write her out of any future episodes]]. Yet she is able to relearn everything by the end of the episode! The only way to avoid a PlotHole is to assume that NOMAD Nomad actually masked or repressed the memories, not erase them as it claimed--one claimed -- one more strike against its arrogant perceived perfection. This is further demonstrated by her Uhura's intuitive grasp of Kiswahili that NOMAD Nomad was unable to remove. Either remove; either that, or they had a backup of Uhura's memories stored away somewhere.
somewhere (but it's simpler that she still had them the whole time).
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** The crew finds a powerful computer machine called
** Although she did not die, Uhura's erased memories make an interesting version of this trope. We would expect
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* ScienceMarchesOn: Kirk shows Nomad a map of the solar system with nine planets. This was before the upgrade of UsefulNotes/{{Ceres}}, the downgrade of UsefulNotes/{{Pluto}} and the discovery of UsefulNotes/{{Eris}}.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: Kirk shows Nomad a map of the Earth's solar system with nine planets. This was before the upgrade of UsefulNotes/{{Ceres}}, the downgrade of UsefulNotes/{{Pluto}} and the discovery of UsefulNotes/{{Eris}}.
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* HilariousInHindsight: During the coda, Kirk says that NOMAD, who thought of itself as his "child", would have made one heck of a doctor after it repairs Scotty. [[Film/StarTrekTheWrathOfKhan "Imagine, my son the doctor!"]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: During the coda, Kirk says that NOMAD, who thought of itself as his "child", would have made one heck of a doctor after it repairs Scotty. [[Film/StarTrekTheWrathOfKhan "Imagine, my son the doctor!"]]
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* ReferencedBy: The ''Series/YoungSheldon'' episode [[Recap/YoungSheldonS5E01OneBadNightAndChaosOfSelfishDesires "One Bad Night and Chaos of Selfish Desires"]]. Sheldon watches this ''Star Trek'' episode. A little exchange between Commander Spock and Captain Kirk is quoted in the ''Young Sheldon'' episode.
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* ReferencedBy: The ''Series/YoungSheldon'' episode [[Recap/YoungSheldonS5E01OneBadNightAndChaosOfSelfishDesires "One Bad Night and Chaos of Selfish Desires"]]. Sheldon watches this ''Star Trek'' episode. A little exchange between Commander Spock and Captain Kirk is quoted in the ''Young Sheldon'' episode.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: Kirk shows Nomad a map of the solar system with nine planets. This was before the upgrade of UsefulNotes/{{Ceres}}, the downgrade of UsefulNotes/{{Pluto}} and the discovery of Eres.UsefulNotes/{{Eris}}.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: Kirk shows Nomad a map of the solar system with nine planets. This was before the upgrade of Ceres, the downgrade of Pluto and the discovery of Eres.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/NichelleNichols got into a dispute with director Marc Daniels over the filming of this episode. As it had already been established that Uhura's first language was Swahili, Nichols believed that, after her mind was erased, Uhura would revert to her first language. However, as Nichols herself did not speak Swahili, Daniels wanted Uhura to just speak English. Nichols refused to, telling Daniels, "Nichelle Nichols doesn't speak Swahili, but Uhura does!" Creator/GeneRoddenberry was eventually brought in to settle the dispute, and he sided with Nichols. A linguist specializing in Swahili was then brought in to write the few lines of Swahili that are spoken in the episode.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/NichelleNichols got into a dispute with director Marc Daniels over the filming of this episode. As it had already been established that Uhura's first language was Swahili, Nichols believed that, after her mind was erased, Uhura would revert to her first language. However, as Nichols herself did not speak Swahili, Daniels wanted Uhura to just speak English. Nichols refused to, telling Daniels, "Nichelle Nichols doesn't speak Swahili, but Uhura does!" Creator/GeneRoddenberry was eventually brought in to settle the dispute, and he sided with Nichols. A linguist specializing in Swahili was then brought in to write the few lines of Swahili that are spoken in the episode.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: Kirk shows Nomad a map of the solar system with nine planets. This was before the upgrade of Ceres, UsefulNotes/{{Ceres}}, the downgrade of Pluto UsefulNotes/{{Pluto}} and the discovery of Eres.
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* WagTheDirector: Creator/NichelleNichols got into a dispute with director Marc Daniels over the filming of this episode. As it had already been established that Uhura's first language was Swahili, Nichols believed that, after her mind was erased, Uhura would revert to her first language. However, as Nichols herself did not speak Swahili, Daniels wanted Uhura to just speak English. Nichols refused to, telling Daniels, "Nichelle Nichols doesn't speak Swahili, but Uhura does!" Creator/GeneRoddenberry was eventually brought in to settle the dispute, and he sided with Nichols. A linguist specializing in Swahili was then brought in to write the few lines of Swahili that are spoken in the
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** Although she did not die, Uhura's erased memories make an interesting version of this trope. We would expect NOMAD to restore her memory, but it is either unwilling or unable to do so. Thus Uhura has to be re-educated completely from scratch, which would in reality [[PutOnABus take years and effectively write her out of any future episodes]]. Yet she is able to relearn everything by the end of the episode! The only way to avoid a PlotHole is to assume that NOMAD actually masked or repressed the memories, not erase them as it claimed - one more strike against its arrogant perceived perfection. This is further demonstrated by her intuitive grasp of Kiswahili that NOMAD was unable to remove.
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** Although she did not die, Uhura's erased memories make an interesting version of this trope. We would expect NOMAD to restore her memory, but it is either unwilling or unable to do so. Thus Uhura has to be re-educated completely from scratch, which would in reality [[PutOnABus take years and effectively write her out of any future episodes]]. Yet she is able to relearn everything by the end of the episode! The only way to avoid a PlotHole is to assume that NOMAD actually masked or repressed the memories, not erase them as it claimed - one claimed--one more strike against its arrogant perceived perfection. This is further demonstrated by her intuitive grasp of Kiswahili that NOMAD was unable to remove. Either that, or they had a backup of Uhura's memories stored away somewhere.
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* RecycledScript: The idea behind this episode was inspired by ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' episode "The Probe", which featured an alien automated probe which headed for Earth after apparently encountering one of our deep space exploration devices. In both cases, the probe nearly kills everyone because of its imperative to sterilize.
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* RecycledScript: The idea behind this episode was inspired by ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' episode "The Probe", "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S2E17TheProbe The Probe]]", which featured an alien automated probe which headed for Earth after apparently encountering one of our deep space exploration devices. In both cases, the probe nearly kills everyone because of its imperative to sterilize.
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* ContractualImmortality: The crew finds a powerful computer machine called NOMAD that believes itself to be perfect, though it mistakenly thinks Captain Kirk is its creator. At one point, NOMAD erases all of Uhura's memories, prompting Scotty to intervene. NOMAD zaps him, and Bones confirms HesDeadJim! Of course, we know that Scotty will survive not only because he is a regular cast member, but also because NOMAD left his body completely intact (when NOMAD kills the RedShirts it simply vaporizes them). Kirk uses NOMAD's belief that he is its creator to get NOMAD to "repair" Scotty.
** Although she did not die, Uhura's erased memories make an interesting version of this trope. We would expect NOMAD to restore her memory, but it is either unwilling or unable to do so. Thus Uhura has to be re-educated completely from scratch, which would in reality [[PutOnABus take years and effectively write her out of any future episodes]]. Yet she is able to relearn everything by the end of the episode! The only way to avoid a PlotHole is to assume that NOMAD actually masked or repressed the memories, not erase them as it claimed - one more strike against its arrogant perceived perfection. This is further demonstrated by her intuitive grasp of Kiswahili that NOMAD was unable to remove.
** Although she did not die, Uhura's erased memories make an interesting version of this trope. We would expect NOMAD to restore her memory, but it is either unwilling or unable to do so. Thus Uhura has to be re-educated completely from scratch, which would in reality [[PutOnABus take years and effectively write her out of any future episodes]]. Yet she is able to relearn everything by the end of the episode! The only way to avoid a PlotHole is to assume that NOMAD actually masked or repressed the memories, not erase them as it claimed - one more strike against its arrogant perceived perfection. This is further demonstrated by her intuitive grasp of Kiswahili that NOMAD was unable to remove.
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* RecycledScript: The idea behind this episode was inspired by ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' episode "The Probe", which featured an alien automated probe which headed for Earth after apparently encountering one of our deep space exploration devices. In both cases, the probe nearly kills everyone because of its imperative to sterilize.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: Kirk shows Nomad a map of the solar system with nine planets. This was before the upgrade of Ceres, the downgrade of Pluto and the discovery of Eres.
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* WagTheDirector: Creator/NichelleNichols got into a dispute with director Marc Daniels over the filming of this episode. As it had already been established that Uhura's first language was Swahili, Nichols believed that, after her mind was erased, Uhura would revert to her first language. However, as Nichols herself did not speak Swahili, Daniels wanted Uhura to just speak English. Nichols refused to, telling Daniels, "Nichelle Nichols doesn't speak Swahili, but Uhura does!" Creator/GeneRoddenberry was eventually brought in to settle the dispute, and he sided with Nichols. A linguist specializing in Swahili was then brought in to write the few lines of Swahili that are spoken in the episode.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/NichelleNichols got into a dispute with director Marc Daniels over the filming of this episode. As it had already been established that Uhura's first language was Swahili, Nichols believed that, after her mind was erased, Uhura would revert to her first language. However, as Nichols herself did not speak Swahili, Daniels wanted Uhura to just speak English. Nichols refused to, telling Daniels, "Nichelle Nichols doesn't speak Swahili, but Uhura does!" Creator/GeneRoddenberry was eventually brought in to settle the dispute, and he sided with Nichols. A linguist specializing in Swahili was then brought in to write the few lines of Swahili that are spoken in the episode.
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