The Infinite Vulcan

ST episode
name = The Infinite Vulcan


A giant Spock clone
series = The Animated Series
ep_num = 007
prod_num = 007
date = October 20, 1973
writer =Walter Koenig
director = Hal Sutherland
guest = none
stardate = 5554.4
year = 2269
prev =
next = The Magicks of Megas-tu

The Infinite Vulcan is an episode of and was written by Walter Koenig.

Plot outline

While visiting the newly discovered planet Phylos, Lt. Sulu picks up a walking plant, called a Retlaw, and is poisoned. The alien species that inhabit the planet, who are plantlike beings, approach and save Sulu's life.

From them the crew discovers that most of the Phylosians were wiped out by a plague brought to the planet by Dr. Keniclius, a Terran scientist who survived Earth's Eugenics Wars.

A giant clone of Keniclius, named Keniclius Five, kidnaps Mr. Spock in order to clone him and create an intergalactic peacemaker, at the expense of the original Spock's life.

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Walter Koeing

The name of the Retlaw is a pun. It is Walter spelt backwards, a reference to the writer of the episode, Walter Koenig.

Due to budget constraints, Koenig was not a regular member of the cast, and Chekov did not appear in the animated Star Trek. His having written this episode marks the first time a Classic Trek cast member worked on the other side of the camera in Star Trek.

External links

*StarTrek.com link|ANI|22002