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* RecycledSet: This was one of several episodes produced solely to use preexisting sets in an effort to save money.
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* RecycledSet: This was one of several episodes produced solely to use using only preexisting sets in an effort to save money.
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** This was made for a 1960's American audience. Hence Pounds per Square Inch.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Although the episode usually places very highly in fan polls and best-of lists, certain members of the production staff were (and are) a good deal less enthused. Writer Norman Spinrad disliked the end result, complaining about the casting (he wanted Robert Ryan for Decker) and the underwhelming depiction of the planet killer (which he envisioned as having been "bristling with weapons"). In an interview for the Archive of American Television, story editor D.C. Fontana actually named it as her least favourite episode.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Although the episode usually places very highly in fan polls and best-of lists, certain members of the production staff were (and are) a good deal less enthused. Writer Norman Spinrad disliked the end result, complaining about the casting (he wanted Robert Ryan for Decker) and the underwhelming depiction of the planet killer (which he envisioned as having been "bristling with weapons"). In an interview for the Archive of American Television, story editor D.C. Fontana Creator/DCFontana actually named it as her least favourite episode.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: William Windom didn't enjoy working on the show. He said that Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy weren't getting along at the time which made the set's atmosphere tense.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: William Windom Creator/WilliamWindom didn't enjoy working on the show. He said that Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy weren't getting along at the time which made the set's atmosphere tense.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Some sources hold that the episode was influenced by Creator/FredSaberhagen's series of berserker stories, a series of robotic killing machines built as a doomsday device by a now-vanished race to wipe out their rivals. However, author Norman Spinrad denies the influence:
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* InspirationForTheWork: Some sources hold that the episode was influenced by Creator/FredSaberhagen's series of berserker Berserker stories, about a series of robotic killing machines built as a doomsday device by a now-vanished race to wipe out their rivals. However, author Norman Spinrad denies the influence:
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* InspirationForTheWork: Some sources hold that the episode was influenced by Creator/FredSaberhagen's series of berserker stories, a series of robotic killing machines built as a doomsday device by a now-vanished race to wipe out their rivals. However, author Norman Spinrad denies the influence:
-->I wasn't conscious of the Saberhagen stuff when I was doing this, but I was certainly conscious of ''Literature/MobyDick''. And, actually, my unpublished novelette, which was the genesis of ("The Doomsday Machine"), was written before the Saberhagen stuff.
-->I wasn't conscious of the Saberhagen stuff when I was doing this, but I was certainly conscious of ''Literature/MobyDick''. And, actually, my unpublished novelette, which was the genesis of ("The Doomsday Machine"), was written before the Saberhagen stuff.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Decker was originally meant for Creator/RobertRyan, but he was unavailable.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Decker was originally meant for Creator/RobertRyan, but he was unavailable.unavailable.
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** This was made for a 1960's American audience. Hence Pounds per Square Inch.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The air pressure aboard the ''Constellation'' is measured in Pounds per Square Inch. kPa (kilopascal) is currently the preferred measure of pressure.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The air pressure aboard the ''Constellation'' is measured in Pounds per Square Inch. kPa (kilopascal) is currently the preferred measure of pressure.pressure.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Decker was originally meant for Creator/RobertRyan, but he was unavailable.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Decker was originally meant for Creator/RobertRyan, but he was unavailable.
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* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/JamesDoohan named this as his favourite episode for its highlighting of the engineering aspects of the ''Star Trek'' world.
* DolledUpInstallment: Writer Norman Spinrad recycled a short story of his called ''The Planet Eater'' which had been roundly rejected by publishing houses, despite being heavily influenced by ''Literature/MobyDick''. He was able to convince Creator/GeneRoddenberry that it would make a viable subject for an episode.
* HostilityOnTheSet: William Windom didn't enjoy working on the show. He said that Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy weren't getting along at the time which made the set's atmosphere tense.
* DolledUpInstallment: Writer Norman Spinrad recycled a short story of his called ''The Planet Eater'' which had been roundly rejected by publishing houses, despite being heavily influenced by ''Literature/MobyDick''. He was able to convince Creator/GeneRoddenberry that it would make a viable subject for an episode.
* HostilityOnTheSet: William Windom didn't enjoy working on the show. He said that Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy weren't getting along at the time which made the set's atmosphere tense.
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* RecycledSet: This was one of several episodes produced solely to use preexisting sets in an effort to save money.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Although the episode usually places very highly in fan polls and best-of lists, certain members of the production staff were (and are) a good deal less enthused. Writer Norman Spinrad disliked the end result, complaining about the casting (he wanted Robert Ryan for Decker) and the underwhelming depiction of the planet killer (which he envisioned as having been "bristling with weapons"). In an interview for the Archive of American Television, story editor D.C. Fontana actually named it as her least favourite episode.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Although the episode usually places very highly in fan polls and best-of lists, certain members of the production staff were (and are) a good deal less enthused. Writer Norman Spinrad disliked the end result, complaining about the casting (he wanted Robert Ryan for Decker) and the underwhelming depiction of the planet killer (which he envisioned as having been "bristling with weapons"). In an interview for the Archive of American Television, story editor D.C. Fontana actually named it as her least favourite episode.episode.
* ScienceMarchesOn: The air pressure aboard the ''Constellation'' is measured in Pounds per Square Inch. kPa (kilopascal) is currently the preferred measure of pressure.
* ScienceMarchesOn: The air pressure aboard the ''Constellation'' is measured in Pounds per Square Inch. kPa (kilopascal) is currently the preferred measure of pressure.
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* IAmNotShazam: The planet killer is consistently referred to as just that—however, it is sometimes remembered as "The Doomsday Machine", that being the name of the episode and everything.
* JerkassWoobie: Decker. We feel bad for him since he's mourning the loss of his crew and ''clearly'' suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Still, he can be a real jerk.
* JerkassWoobie: Decker. We feel bad for him since he's mourning the loss of his crew and ''clearly'' suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Still, he can be a real jerk.
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* IAmNotShazam: The MagnumOpusDissonance: Although the episode usually places very highly in fan polls and best-of lists, certain members of the production staff were (and are) a good deal less enthused. Writer Norman Spinrad disliked the end result, complaining about the casting (he wanted Robert Ryan for Decker) and the underwhelming depiction of the planet killer is consistently referred to (which he envisioned as just that—however, it is sometimes remembered as "The Doomsday Machine", that being having been "bristling with weapons"). In an interview for the name Archive of the episode and everything.
* JerkassWoobie: Decker. We feel bad for him since he's mourning the loss of his crew and ''clearly'' suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Still, he can be a real jerk.American Television, story editor D.C. Fontana actually named it as her least favourite episode.
* JerkassWoobie: Decker. We feel bad for him since he's mourning the loss of his crew and ''clearly'' suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Still, he can be a real jerk.
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* IAmNotShazam: The planet killer is consistently referred to as just that—however, it is sometimes remembered as "The Doomsday Machine", that being the name of the episode and everything.
* JerkassWoobie: Decker. We feel bad for him since he's mourning the loss of his crew and ''clearly'' suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Still, he can be a real jerk.
* JerkassWoobie: Decker. We feel bad for him since he's mourning the loss of his crew and ''clearly'' suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Still, he can be a real jerk.
