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#82: Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 7 "The Infinite Vulcan"
Written by Walter Koenig, directed by Hal Sutherland.
Stardates 5554.4 through 5554.8 (early 2269)
"Well, how 'bout that. Great-granddaddy's weed spray still works." - Doctor McCoy
Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, Doctor McCoy, and Lieutenant Sulu have beamed down to a newly-discovered planet in search of new life forms. Sulu finds a plant that can uproot itself and walk to a new location before replanting. While handling the creature, he gets stung by it and immediately falls ill. McCoy has difficulty helping Sulu with conventional medicine when the party is approached by a peaceful group of botanical creatures. They warn that Sulu is close to death and that their remedies can save him. They identify themselves as Phylosian and tell Kirk that humanoids came to their planet before and accidentally brought their species to the brink of extinction. They bring the party deep inside a structure and reveal that they had lured them here to capture Spock. The humanoid the Phylosians had previous contact with was Dr. Stavos Keniclius; a scientist on Earth during the time of the Eugenics Wars who has kept himself alive through cloning and plans to do the same to Spock. Kirk and company attempts to rescue Spock from the Doctor's clutches, while contending with the locals and a 40-foot tall clone of himself.
Originally released: 20 October 1973
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