Star Trek: "The Doomsday Machine" (Part 2 of 8)

[AJ5k]

"No I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." ♥

This is great! Excellent work! Thanks for uploading!

[ManuelaHertel]

A brilliant performance!

William Windom plays a man who's soul is dead altough his body is still alive. This look from his eyes - unforgettable. His struggle to find words - touching. His sobbing - heart-wrenching.

He is doomed and he knows it. His death later in the espisode is the only logic consequence.

[retro38]

yes well done indeed. thanks for posting. However,I still think/believe the alien race/

Borg theory. 1)it's travelling through the galaxy refueling itself as it goes and I always thought it was heading for the Delta Quadrant although this was never confirmed or denied in this episode.

[Hiraghm]

@retro38 - It's a Berserker.

[silvertheowdude]

great job love those special effects

[dark7element]

You really have to respect Spock for stating "It looks very much like Commodore Decker's planet killer." so calmly under the cirumstances. I think most people's reaction would be "OH SHIT WE'RE GONNA DIE"

[blockmasterscott]

3:49 I always loved how Kirk is trying to comprehend what happened. You can tell hes in a state of shock.

[cdfreester]

William Windom is my favorite guest star of the original series precisely for his performance in this part of the episode and later when he does the Captain Queeg imitation on the Enterprise. It is nearly flawless, and Shatner works off of it wonderfully. BTW, I like your special effects so far, especially what I've seen of the Enterprise and the planet killer. Better than Paramount's re-mastered version! The Constellation may be a little overdone but that is minor quibble.

[OpenMawProductions]

It really pisses me off when people make fun of Windom's performance here. He's playing as exactly as any actor could the kind of insane grief stricken emotions anyone would be feeling if they watched their entire crew of 400 slaughtered, with no way to help. You're trapped on a crippled ship, your crew are begging you to save them. You. Cant. Do. Anything. His reaction, in my book, is perfect. Dare I say, genuine. These visual effects are actually quite good! Well done, Moriarty.

[rredhawk]

William Windom does a great job portraying a person in a "broken" state.

[energicko]

It's ironically amazing how years later, Commodore Decker's son: Captain Decker is forced down to Commander and relinquish the Enterprise by old Kirk. Jim owned them both...and what's even weirder is the Doomsday Machine & VGer were opposite sides of the Borg Collective.

[DJDelta0]

"On the third planet.."

"There is no third planet!"

"Don't you think I know that..?? There WAS!! But not anymore!!!"

[antimony11]

love the last 50 seconds...Sulu looks back at Spock like, "what the #%$! do we do now?!"

[CaptKrev]

"There was,but not anymore!" hahahahahahaha

[Lmomjian]

@mymyharlow I know, right? What an amazing actor!

[lAMRIGHTYOUAREWR0NG]

Perhaps the best episode of the Star Trek series.

[MattInRC]

@mymyharlow "There was, but not anymore!" No one can match the gravitas in this scene...top to bottom, one of my favorite sequecnes in the entire series. "Bones, you ever hear of a Doomsday Machine? No, I'm a doctor not a mechanic." Classic!

[InfiniteMushroom]

Geez, I remember when TV shows of such quality were commonplace. Now it's beyond the comprehension of the American Lumpenproletariat today.

Hell, the youngest kids of the 1960's used to talk about Star Trek and shows like it! The cartoons of the 1960's are high brow by today's standards! We were supposed to be the generation that would do interplanetary space travel.

That's all gone now. Kids today are being trained to be serfs and slaves, who exist on the internet.

[sajakram1]

look at this retard no shame murders his own crew and quietly takes over this crew now, ugly bastard

[dccarino]

Real good job!

[tahoevic]

I say not bad acting look a the spit in his mouth,really look how he is so out of it.

He watched his crew get blasted he has lost his mind.

[tahoevic]

You r the man too bad CBS is run buy greedy fucks.

You should have a nice check in your mail,

and we should be able to WATCH STOS all epi's in full FREE!!!

CBS= captialists bought congress.

[sweetsweatyfeet]

For hammed up over acting, Decker takes the prize. Shatner is humbled by comparison.

[InfiniteMushroom]

@sweetsweatyfeet Shatner's acting is not humbled in these scenes. He is the straight man to Decker's shell-shocked character. Fantastic contrasts are being worked out in the entire episode. You can tell that, beneath his natural commanding posture, Kirk is amazed at what is unfolding in front of him.

[menckencynic]

I love the good old days when you could CHEW up the scenery when acting. "Right out of Hell, I SAW IT!".

We don't have any actors that just gnaw scenery like Kirk anymore. Sad.

[bryanttillman]

The Two Bills. William Windom Rules!

[alborada777]

Great job. Done very well indeed. One of my favourite episodes of TOS.

[schutzenhaus]

This episode always scared me the most when I was a kid (I was born the year this came out). Still does. The new FX are very good.

[Gamergirl052]

Robots eating planets? CREEPY!

[Kapitananime]

you can't keep us hanging like this. please finish this episode.

[bermudarailway]

Original models more convincing.

[Cybrsk8r]

@Raneko

True, but I was referring to Decker. I mean, usually when you kill your entire crew, that's pretty much the end of your command career.

[monkeyboy4746]

Over the years I have heard that some of the "trekkies" knock this episode, I think it is one of the best ones ever, the story, acting, writing, effects, etc. are all really good. It is one of the "intelligent" episodes where the characters seems to be really thinking about their situation.

[1213grandjeep]

PTSD for sure. I would agre with that.lol

[1213grandjeep]

Not insane? OK. Best acting of it I have ever seen.

[1213grandjeep]

Not insane? OK. Best acting of it I have ever seen.

[socalcraigster]

"Don't you think I know that...there was...but not anymore..."

Awesome

[Cybrsk8r]

Here's something I've never understood, though. Why does Kirk say, "I'll stay on board and get her ready"? Get her ready for what? For Decker to take command again? He just killed his whole crew. It's not like Starfleet is going to give him another crew and put him back in command. Can you imagine the reaction of the Starfleet cadets when they find out they're assigned to be Decker's new crew on the Constellation?

[Raneko]

@Cybrsk8r

Never throw away a perfectly good starship even if she's slightly banged up. A little hull work some new engines a fresh coat a paint and she's ready to be put back in service.

[Cybrsk8r]

First off, to PrfMoriarty, you did an awesome job on the animation of the ships, the machine, and the asteriods. I also thought the intro was great, especially the way the ship comes right at you on the first pass.

[1213grandjeep]

William Windom plays a good insane guy!

[PATSAINT85]

@1213grandjeep, he wasn't insane, he just had a very serious case of PTSD, but nevertheless that is one of the finest guest actor performances on Star Trek that I have ever seen!

[socalcraigster]

@1213grandjeep - He is not insane

[socalcraigster]

He is not insane

[jtkirkfan2002]

This is excellent work.

[satanlovesmetal666]

dude the way you did the ship after the fight with the machine is wicked!

[PaisGreenapple3]

good job!



[deanfromromania]

Although I've only watched the first two segments of your work I'm quite thoroughly impressed with the FX job. I think it's even better than the CGI work that Paramount did for the restored TOS. I look forward to further efforts and keep up the most excellent work!

[JP5466]

William Windom's epic performance here cannot be denied!

[GoblinXXX]

@JP5466 Television was lucky to have him back then, that's for sure.

[misterstax1]

Awesome job. If I were a network chief I'd throw enough money to quadruple your salary and hire you to do the whole series!

[hjberg71]

When I was a kid and saw this in the mid 70s, I thought that the insignia on Commodore Decker's tunic was a pretzel - always thinking who would want to be a starship that has a pretzel as their logo?

[Fpaivapendragon]

That show is awesome and the remastering id deserved

[MrBolas33]

The guy who played Decker did a great job.

[misterstax1]

someone once told me the theory the doomsday machine was built to fight the Borg, but what do I know? I'm a doctor, Jim, not a mechanic.

[TheReboot70]

little bit star treck trivia for you..... "matt decker" was will deckers father,will decker being officer decker in star treck the motion picture.the brigde of the "old" enterprise,that was the brigde of the reliant in star treck two.

[McflyMcMurderface]

@TheReboot70 That's some tasty trivia right there.

[neneshubby]

DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT! THERE WAS. BUT NOT ANYMORE!

[jmm1233]

ina galaxy far far way destroying planets , so this is where lucs got the idea of the death star 

[spiderblue43]

This is the most impressive Star Trek ever. It deserves a reboot -the entire disaster of the Decker crew. The horrific nature of the tortured captain is terrifying and captivating. His suicide was also notable.

[Zinc10]

"I'm a doctor, not a mechanic."

Bones... :)

[desa415]

William Windom's performance is fantastic

[whiskeyify]

To all you Star Trek fans out there I have a question about this episode, how come Kirk never tried firing a Photon torpedo at the Doom day Machine?

[americanmonarchist]

@whiskeyify IF Kirk was on the Constellation the photon torpedoes are connected to warp drive which was gone on the Constellation I wondered why Decker didn't fire photon torpedoes when he took command of the Enterprise!

[calimar28]

@americanmonarchist Because the Enterprise was running from the planet killer in warp? So it couldnt fire the photons?

[americanmonarchist]

@calimar28 True I meant when Decker had the Enterprise on the offensive I wondered why they didn't fire a massive volley into the mouth of the Doomsday Machine. I've always wanted to pit the Doomsday Machine against a Borg Cube that would be a battle!

[calimar28]

@americanmonarchist Indeed!

[terrywest111]

@americanmonarchist I think the Doomsday Machine would pwn a Borg Cube.

[Howyaduing]

@terrywest111 More like a Xindi Wepon that uses Anti-protons to destroy planets

[mfisher452]

YOWZA!! Spectacular! Dazzling! Breathtaking!

[jamesfenoff]

OMG!! There are not enough characters allowed to say what needs to said about how well done this work is.

[Druezer]

Beautiful work. Thank you!

[eduardoandres88]

no, i'm a doctor not a mechanic....

[grandpadewey]

This was the episode that turned me on to this show in the first place. I was about seven or eight years old and was fascinated by this show and the rest is history.

[RexBlazer1]

Mechanical planet eater, now where have I heard that one before? (Galactus and Unicron, anyone?)

[omega311888]

@RexBlazer1 i think this came out a tad before unicron ;O) as for galactus he was introduced in '66. about a year before this came out i believe

[toonbat]

You know, I hadn't even seen the original episode before. I'm rather glad I saw yours first, so I can enjoy it fully, as if this was the 'original'. Beautiful detail and composition. I was genuinely frightened when I saw the planet killer. Haven't seen the next chapter yet, and all I can think is 'they're soooooo screwed!" :D

[13spkr]

My all-time favorite episode.

[WC3POchannel10A]

@13spkr Mine too. :-)

[WC3POchannel10A]

Respond to this video... @5:55 Spock is holding his iPad. :-P

[AdrianWaitemusic]

William Windom's best performance EVER!!!!

[Watcher3223]

@mymyharlow

I liked how he says "They say there's no devil Jim, but there is. I saw it, right out of hell, I SAW IT!"

[alucard624]

@Watcher3223 That was actually some great acting. William Windom was brilliant in the role. Delivery of that line was crucial to convince the audience he was very disturbed by what he saw.

[Watcher3223]

@alucard624

Yeah.

Great acting from Mr. Windom (in fact, all around) along with a great story.

It amuses me to no end how CBS passed on Star Trek, believing "Lost in Space" to be more sophisticated sci-fi.

[midnitepony]

So where's the rest of this?

[Hiraghm]

I stand corrected from my first criticism; at points the Enterprise does look plastic-y, but overall it looks very good.

[rangeclerk]

KIRK: "There is no Third Planet!" DECKER: "Opps"!

[Restitutus]

One suggestion: 8:20 would appear even more impressive if the Doomsday Machine was but a black silhouette coming out of the central star, as if it had just been feeding there.

[Antimatter050]

This episode is in my top 5 of the original series!

[pspboy7]

"Bones... you ever hear of a Doomsday machine?"

"No, I'm a doctor not a mechanic!"

LOL love that line :)

[FreedomZealot]

This is BREATHTAKINGLY good. Kudos, cubed!

I've always had two question about this episode:

First, could Fred Saberhagen's "Berserkers" series have been an inspiration (along with Moby Dick, of course)?

Second, would it have made a difference if the Planet-Killer's anti-proton beam had been even slightly impure...?

[berserkley]

@FreedomZealot My guess is after he realized what he did, he pretty much cleaned out the liquor cabinet!

[mierpaul]

Matt Decker looks more like an alcoholic after a binge.

[berserkley]

@mierpaul My guess is after he realized what he did, he pretty much cleaned out the liquor cabinet!

[mikesway23]

Shattered Universe for the ps/2 did a good job recreating this episode along with many others. I also think George Takei and Walter Koenig played their roles perfectly.

[Tokopol]

i liked the old planet killer, it was a little less cheesy looking... believe it or not

[nosorab3]

Is this new Youtube format screwing anyone else? Every so often the page sticks, it doesn't freeze it just becomes stuck one one page and none of the icons work, neither does the refresh button or the back button! The audio comes through, but the page stays the same!

[electricalsemen]

William Windom gave the best guest performance in the entire series. Just look how well he conveys haunted torment.

[photonicus]

Agreed!Best mental breakdown scene ever.

[PrfMoriarty]

@photonicus Also agreed! Windom himself reportedly once said "yeah, I kicked butt in that episode, didn't I?" Love it!

[Spyderblade001]

Something that I had forgotten about this episode until now. When they went looking for the auxilliary control room, it looks like they almost walked past it when they found the Commodore.

[SeansCafe]

That is amazing! I have seen the other videos of just the Enterprise. Nice to see where they originate from. Your labor is most appreciated and I anxiously await the rest!

[aldofro]

Scotty (Gammans)! You've just earned your pay for the week !

And then some!

Well done Professor!

[syanara117]

they say theres no devil jim but there is I SAW IT !!!!! best performance ever!

[WC3POchannel10A]

@syanara117 And William Windom just said it was another job. I think he was just modest. He knew it was a Captain Ahab kind of role. Captain Queeg too I think.

[rowdy8888]

Hopeless pile of junk !

[qland]

I have watched your work over the years, and appreciate the amount of time you have invested in this project. Your efforts are highly respectable.

Thank you from a fan.

[CJCA915]

How did you do the damage, that's something I am lacking on how to do.

[PrfMoriarty]

@CJCA915: That would take a lot more characters than I can spare in a YouTube reply! When this project is finished I'll probably write a "making of" post at my blog, so click through on my profile to my website and bookmark it for, oh, June 2010 or so!

Meanwhile though, I'll give you the Reader's Digest version: The Constellation started as a clone of my Enterprise model, but with modeled damage (including exposed girders and decks) and turbulence bump textures for the hull crumpling damage.

[sixwest]

PrfMoriarty must be caqptured and held at gunpoint until this is finished...

[FLAME4564]

we really need more parts of this.

[PrfMoriarty]

I agree! LOL! I've learned not to make any promises or estimates on when I'll be finished, but I'm working on the next parts of Act II right now and hope to have more to share in the coming weeks. Thanks for stopping by!

[FLAME4564]

np ^^ mabey Paramount could use a good person like u i mean i love the way u've designed the planet killer aswell as the wrecked connie.

[FLAME4564]

^^ beutifuly well done n well remasterd ^^ the damanged constellation looks well preserved in its wrecked state

[PromusKaa]

Beautiful job, Professor! It's nice to see you on YouTube instead of just SciFi-Meshes. :)

I'm a pain-in-the-ass TOS purist, but this is the only "revamped" effort I've seen that I actually like. Keep it up, my friend!