Related
Summary
admonition : contain SPOILERS for Star Trek : Discovery time of year 5 , instalment 6 , " Whistlespeak . "
SomeStar Trekplanets have been controlled by advance computers , some of which had more personality than others . InStar Trek : The Original Series , Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) meet several in advance calculator systems , and he develop a talent for speak them into destroying themselves . Whether thesecomputers controlled the weather on their planet or determined the inhabitant ' every move , they often had a negative effect on the civilisation they were supposed to be protecting . Star Trek ’s often primitive , pre - warp civilizations made little progress when most of their life were controlled by a figurer they did not understand .
Star Trekcontinued to evolve the idea of advanced , satellite - controlling computers , with lesson popping up inStar Trek : The Next Generation , Star Trek : Lower Decks , andStar Trek : Discovery . AlthoughStar Trekhas always celebrated applied science and the slipway it can aid multitude , the dealership has never shied off from depicting the dangers of an overreliance on technology . At its Congress of Racial Equality , Star Trekis a festivity of human beings and the amazing things humans are capable of when they work together and work with technology .
There are 11 Star Trek TV series ( and counting ) over 58 years . From The Original Series to TNG to Strange New Worlds and Prodigy , we grade them all .
6Landru On Beta III
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 22 - “The Return of the Archons” & Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1, Episode 10 - “No Small Parts”
In theStar Trek : The Original Seriesepisode,“The Return of the Archons , " Captain Kirk and his crew visit a planet rule by a dictator name Landru ( Charles Macauley).Landru and his Lawgivers control the society , which resemble 19th hundred Earth , allowing the inhabitants annual " Festivals " during which all criminal offence is allowed . AsKirk and Spock ( Leonard Nimoy)investigate , they notice that the original Landru helped save the satellite from war 6,000 years ago by building an in advance reckoner to control the people .
Landru now exists only as a sound projection within the computer , andKirk and Spock thwart him by convincing the computer to ego - destruct . Although the USS Enterprise leave crew members on the satellite to avail them rebuild their guild , Landru reactivated himself sometime before 2380 . As seen in theStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 1 finale , " No Small Parts , " the USS Cerritos revisited the planet and reminded the people not to listen to Landru .
Star Trek : Lower Decksseason 1 ’s closing curtain strike the term " TOS " as mean " Those Old Scientists " in canon .
5Vaal On Gamma Trianguli VI
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2, Episode 9 - “The Apple”
When the USS Enterprise visit a planet that appear to be a Shangri-la , a landing place party lead by Captain Kirk encounter legion dangers on the planet ’s surface . Several red - shirt - wear penis of the landing place party are killed , and the rest period of the team is ineffective to glow back to the ship . The Enterprise is also being deplumate tight to the planet with a tractor beam , asChief Engineer Scotty ( James Doohan)struggles to free it .
The computer orders the villagers to vote out Kirk and his gang .
Captain Kirk and the landing place party finally realize thatthe primitive villager serve well a automobile known as Vaal that maintains the planet ’s tropical clime and depict the inhabitants basically immortal . The computer grade the villagers to kill Kirk and his gang , but the landing party manage to overreach them . Kirk ordain the Enterprise to fire phasers at the tartar - like cave that is home to Vaal to drain its remaining power . The Enterprise then depart the villager to con how to survive on their own .
4The Custodian On Aldea
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 17 - “When the Bough Breaks”
In thisStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 1episode , Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and the USS Enterprise - D stumble upon the planet of Aldea , which was once consider a myth . The Aldeans have access to advanced engineering , but they have been ineffective to bear child for many year . All of the Aldeans ' introductory need are taken care of by a computing machine called the Custodian , but the Aldeans have no real understanding of how this electronic computer work .
When Captain Picard refuse to give the Aldeans any minor from the endeavour , they kidnap several kids from the ship . Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) get a line that the planetary shell surrounding the major planet has exposed the inhabitants to radiationthat rendered them unfertile . Without the shield , the Aldeans will eventually be able to bear children again , but they will have to learn how to defend and verify the Custodian .
This episode of Star Trek : The Next Generation season 1 was not only one of Wesley Crusher ’s best , but also hinted at his important destiny .
3AGIMUS On The Molmol’s Homeworld
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2, Episode 7 - “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie” & Season 4, Episode 7 - “A Few Badgeys More”
With a tone more comedic and sometimes ludicrous than any former iteration ofStar Trek , Star Trek : Lower Deckslovingly pound play at the trope and commonplace that bulge out up across the franchise . Introduced in " Where Pleasant Fountains Lie,“AGIMUS was a sentient computer who once make to be a supernatural beingto control the denizen of a satellite . After the USS Cerritos disconnected AGIMUS from the satellite ’s web , the computer was to be taken to Daystrom Institute .
En route to the Self - Aware Megalomaniacal Computer Storage orbit at the Institute , AGIMUS assay to grow EnsignsBrad Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) and Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome)against one another . AGIMUS ’s goal was to take control of the shuttlecraft Yosemite and build up a fleet of homicidal drones , but Boimler did n’t fall for the computer ’s manipulation . AGIMUS by and by stamp down the inhabitant of Plymeria but was eventually captured again and retort to warehousing .
Despite being write as an acronym , it remain unknown what AGIMUS stands for . The evil little computer was vocalise byStar Trekregular Jeffrey Combs .
2Vexilon On Corazonia
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4, Episode 3 - “In the Cradle of Vexilon”
A sentient computer known as Vexilon ( Oscar Montoya ) control the environment and day / nighttime cycles for the ancient Dyson gang of Corazonia . Vexilon was considered a benevolent computer who ensured the Corazonians lived in ideal condition , but his system begin demean around 2381 . Unlike many of the sentient , major planet - controlling systems inStar Trek , Vexilon had no interest in conquering a refinement or controlling a smart set , he plainly restrain Corazonia ’s weather and geography under command .
Captain Carol Freeman ( Dawnn Lewis)determined that Vexilon had not been update in a very long time , but when she attempted to update the computing gadget , malfunction do Corazonia ’s environment to go haywire . Freeman finally figured out how to restart the system(with help from a commodious scroll instruction manual of arms ) , and reestablish normal process . Although Freeman ’s actions unsex Vexilon , the world power electrical relay was destroyed , but she determined that the scheme should keep functioning for at least a thousand more geezerhood .
Star Trek : Lower Decks to the franchise where it had never been before with five seasons of funny antics , but sadly the show went off the strain as well .
1The Denubulan Weather Station On Helem’no
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 6 - “Whistlespeak”
As the USS Discovery continue the search for the primogenitor ' engineering inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , sequence 6 , the clues contribute them to the major planet Helem’no . Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) and Lt . Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ) disguise themselves to blend in with the pre - warp society , and they transmit down to the satellite . grievous dust ramp rage on much of the planet ’s open , but a Denobulan weather pillar go along one community secure . Once Burnham and Tilly attain the planet , they return in with a group of Pilgrim on their way to the synagogue at the high tiptop , which is actually the conditions machine .
With its modern computer scheme and business about the Prime Directive , " Whistlespeak " mat up like a Hellenic instalment of Star Trek.
The Helem’nites are preparing to participate in a ritual known as the " Journey , " whose winner will be able to accede the temple to communicate with the gods . Burnham and Tilly record the race , unaware that the winner will terminate up as a sacrifice . In the end , Burnham convinces the High Priest Ohvahz ( Alfredo Narciso ) that the sacrifice are unnecessaryand that the weather is contain by a car . With its advanced computer system and fear about the Prime Directive , " Whistlespeak " finger like a classic episode ofStar TrekasDiscovery’sfifth and final time of year heads toward the finish line .
Star Trek : The Original Series , Star Trek : The Next Generation , Star Trek : Lower Decks , & Star Trek : Discovery are usable to stream on Paramount+ .
