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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792167150
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0792167155
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 24, 2000
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 77480
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1967
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Editorial Review:
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"The Doomsday Machine," Ep. 35 - Kirk is stuck on a disabled ship while its revenge-crazed commander seizes control of the U.S.S. Enterprise from Spock and pursues a planet-killing robot ship. "Wolf in the Fold," Ep. 36 - Has a head injury to Scotty turned him into a cold-blooded "lady-killer"?
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"The Doomsday Machine"
Writer Norman Spinrad had in mind a futuristic Moby Dick when he conjured up this story, though things didn't quite work out that way. The original idea was that the Enterprise would encounter an obsessive, Ahab-like captain whose Starfleet crew had been destroyed by a planet-killing robot ship, and who sought revenge by taking command of James T. Kirk's vessel for a private hunt. Alas, the tough-as-nails actor Robert Ryan proved unavailable for the guest spot, and Trek producers cast the more visibly vulnerable William Windom instead, softening the script accordingly. "The Doomsday Machine," as a result, falls short of its potential. The story still concerns the destruction of life aboard the starship Constellation and Kirk's inability to beam back aboard his own ship. But while a major conflict between Windom's unsteady character, Commodore Matt Decker, and that of Spock (Leonard Nimoy) for control of the Enterprise is entertaining enough, one yearns to see a real showdown. (In karmic terms, that face-off took place later in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, between then-Admiral Kirk and Decker's son, Captain Will Decker, played by Stephen Collins.) Also a little dubious is the tubular robot ship, which is supposed to look both mechanical and organic, yet resembles moldy cannoli. --Tom Keogh
"Wolf in the Fold"
A randy Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley), and Scotty (James Doohan) take shore leave on planet Argelius II, a trip that becomes a nightmare when Scotty is suspected in a series of murders. From its opening scene featuring a seductive belly dancer to the ultimate revelation of the killer's identity, "Wolf in the Fold" has the aura of a psychological horror story. No wonder: the script is by Robert Bloch, author of the novel Psycho (basis for the Hitchcock film), who also came up with the idea of the Enterprise computers being overtaken by none other than Jack the Ripper. Actor John Fiedler, whose raspy, high-pitched voice is most familiar as the sound of Piglet in Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh, is very good as the ultra-annoying Hengist, a skeptical prosecutor out for Scotty's head. One of the few Trek episodes to focus on Scotty, "Wolf" is downright exotic at times in its spooky tone and depiction of the sensual life on Argelius II. (Director Joseph Pevney even spent some of Paramount's money getting a startling overhead shot of a séance.) Here's a weird factoid: Harlan Ellison, author of Trek's great "City on the Edge of Forever" episode, also once wrote a futuristic Jack-is-back story called (ta-da!) "City on the Edge of Tomorrow." --Tom Keogh
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
If you are a Star Trek fan, you can't get much better than the two episodes placed on this disc. I was only really interested in getting the Doomsday Machine episode (arguably one of the best melodramatic episodes of the series) but was pleasantly surprised to find it packaged with the over-the-top "suspense" of "Wolf in the Fold". I think it favorably compares to buying the 45 of KISS's "Beth" only to find "Detroit Rock City" on the flip side!
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Two more great episodes from the second and best season of Classic Trek with the second episode shading the first for the title of the better episode. Rebounding from a truly awful episode in "Catspaw", Robert Bloch, horror-writer extraodinaire responds with the brilliant horror-whodunnit "Wolf in the Fold". This episode alone is enough to warrant getting this volume.
"Doomsday Machine" provides a lot of action and is an above-average episode. Commodore Decker's ill-advised attempt ... Read More
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The planet killer was a weapon machine left over from an unknown war, in a far part of the galaxy and it threatened too leave a path of destruction leading straight through earth's solar system. The Enterprise has its back against the wall and must fight the machine and by fighting activate the machines diabolical algorithms. This machine hull is pure neutrino, a substance so dense that phasers and photons have no affect and even in combination fire between two ships, the doomsday machines continues ... Read More
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The Doomsday Machine
Following a trail of debris and asteroids that are the planetary remains of Systems L370 through L374 the Starship Enterprise discovers the heavily damaged U.S.S. Constellation dead in space. Kirk, McCoy, Scotty and a damage control party beam over to the crippled starship to investigate the cause of its condition, they find the corridors littered with wreckage and debris as well as no one from the crew on board. The ship's phaser banks were completely exhausted and her warp drive ... Read More
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The Doomsday Machine-I've always felt this good episode, in which a(nother) deranged captain pursues a Doomsday Machine (flying doobie?), was a bit overrated. The episode certainly has its share of action, and thought provoking themes. The latter include the dangers of 1) technology and 2) hubris and obsession in the wake of a loss. One problem is that William Windom is no Gregory Peck; his Ahab is over the top. The episode is also somewhat sterile, with too much of the Doomsday Machine and the music that ... Read More
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