The Infinite Vulcan

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Star Trek: The Animated Series episode
"The Infinite Vulcan"

A giant Spock clone
Episode no. 007
Prod. code 007
Airdate October 20, 1973
Writer(s) Walter Koenig
Director Hal Sutherland
Guest star(s) none
Year 2269
Stardate 5554.4
Episode chronology
Previous "The Survivor"
Next "The Magicks of Megas-tu"

The Infinite Vulcan is an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series and was written by Walter Koenig.

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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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[edit] 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.

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