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#49: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 8 "I, Mudd"
Written by Stephen Kandel, directed by Marc Daniels.
Stardate 4513.3 (July 2268)
"This place is even better than Leningrad!" - Ensign Chekov
A man named Crewman Norman transfers aboard the Enterprise. After days of rubbing Doctor McCoy the wrong way for his robotic behavior, Norman forced his way into auxiliary control with superhuman strength and sabotages the Enterprise into redirecting to coordinates in unknown space. Once the sabotage is complete, and measures are taken to prevent the crew of the Enterprise from undoing it without destroying the ship in the process, Norman reveals he is an android and shuts down until the days-long journey is completed. There, in orbit of an unknown planet, Norman tells Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, Doctor McCoy, Lieutenant Uhura, and Ensign Chekov to beam to the surface saying that his kind needs their help. On the surface, Norman introduces the away party to his master; Harcourt Fenton Mudd. Mudd announces that he is the King of this planet and that they are staying there for the rest of their lives.
Originally released: 3 November 1967
"I, Mudd" on Memory Alpha (mirror)
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