Here we have the greatest original Star Trek episode of all time. I could watch this a thousand times and never get board of it. Too bad the original series didn't go 10 seasons (like it should have). They could have made a "Return of Nomad" episode to complement this one.
I don't think it was simmering at all. Nomad starts out this episode having killed an entire race, then nearly destroys the ship and proceeds to assault and kill a bunch of people on the ship. It's more terror than anything. Kirk knows he has to manage this thing somehow to save lives
You just know HAL 9000 Watched this episode... "I'm sorry Dave I'm Afraid I can't do that." Loved this episode as a kid, having coffee a phrase popped in my head "I am one, I am Nomad" And I had to look for this and I Thank You. Everything you purchased during this era was made in the USA, except for cheap transistor radios from Japan (still remember what they smelled like). I was so touched I almost had to put on my Star Trek Underoos, (Patton Oswalt joke about Comiccon) --- All will be lost like tears in the rain... R. H.
It sways when moving off the transporter pad, and the camera angles deliberately cut off either the very top of the model (and thus the wire) or portions of the bottom (to hide it being carted around).
They Did. It was V'ger. The Movie is basically this episode, drawn out. They did it again in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Same overall theme. Probe launched, comes back reprogrammed to kill. Must save the Universe. Common trope. Roddenberry wrote westerns and this is a space western. Good guy saves the day from the black hat.
When I was 10 years old watching star the first time, it all seemed amazing, futuristic and impressive. This was one of several sci-fi series that helped to inspire me to make a career in science & technology. Now as a semi-retired software engineer, by today's standards it is laughable, especially the control panels. The most totally absurd thing in Star trek that as a kid, I completely missed was how everyone including "aliens", spoke English and how so many alien planets had beings who looked exactly like humans or very close (e.g. Vulcans, Kingons and Romulans).
Cost saving measures- "universal translator" so no need to invent a language. Near human "aliens" = less cost for wardrobe and make up. Even the "Transporter" was a cost saving measure- no need for a landing sequence.
NOMAD-You are from the third planet? Kirk-Yes... Yes.... Yes... NOMAD-Do you like Spagetti and other Italian foods? Kirk-Yessssssss... NOMAD-Is the Vulcan Spock your best friend? Kirk-Yesssssss
KIRK UNIT, ARE YOU FROM CANADA, YES. DO YOU DRIVE CARS WITH SQUARE WHEELS, YES. YOU LIKE TO SPANK YOUR MONKEY? YES, YES, ITS ALL TRUE! SPOCK, TAKE ME YOU FOOL !
@@roberthaworth8991 Machine, human or godlike. The best intentions are fallible. Weather Charlie X, Trelane, Dr. Corby, The M-5 computer, Apollo, etc. The fact that Nomad could not distinguish between Jackson Roy Kirk and Capt. James T. Kirk is a huge error. Nomad acknowledged the error when Kirk told Nomad the facts. So Nomad had the ability to understand-- the error, Nomad was already programed with the correct information of the creator.
What Nomad must think about looking at a human body ... "I am smaller than you, Creator, but can disintegrate star systems when they are in my way - what can you do? It must be awesome."
Nomad references "the other", an entity he encountered that changed his purpose. They never expand on who or what that other was. The Borg? V'ger? Something else entirely?
This is the scene where Kirk tells the probe which "seeks out and sterilizes imperfect biological beings" and had already killed billions, how to get to Earth.
Amazing what Star Trek foresaw (flip phones, tricorders, etc) and even TNG couldn't foresee (iPhones with cameras, AI being centuries ahead in time, etc.)
I kept my flip phone past when it was obvious smart phones were replacing them. My girlfriend at the time made fun of me, "You just like it because it makes you feel like Captain Kirk!". She got me. Shields were down, I had to get a smart phone after that.
Along with the movie run silent run deep in that movie the first officer is resentful and feels displaced after being promised the command only to be replaced buy a more experienced officer both Star Trek the motion picture and run silent run deep with directed by Robert Wise
Nomad and V-ger should get along marvelously.
Oh fine leave somebody dressed in red with nomad
Big mistake!
Singh is not killed.
What could possibly go wrong ?!
Quite a few red shirts met their maker this episode.
They met The Kirk?
As does every episode
They are called extras
Including scotty if im not mistaken
Here we have the greatest original Star Trek episode of all time. I could watch this a thousand times and never get board of it. Too bad the original series didn't go 10 seasons (like it should have). They could have made a "Return of Nomad" episode to complement this one.
Except Nomad destroyed itself.
They did....and renamed it V'ger
@@martinbuchanan5551 That was Voyager as Nomad self destructed... but point taken.
They brought back Spock (Star Trek III - The Search for Spock) then Captain Kirk (Star Trek - Generations), they can bring back Nomad!
@@universalassociates6857 Spock was part of an ecosystem created by Genesis. Kirk was in the Nexus. Nomad however, was disintegrated.
Kirk "Can we beam Nomad aboard the Enterprise?"
Scotty "Yes."
Kirk "Good, leave it stranded in the pattern buffer."
Their mission is to seek out and examine novel life forms. That means interacting with it.
"This unit will look after your needs", what a way to kill a crew member.
After Kirk almost got them all killed by talking, they leave killer spree Nomad with this staffing guy.
Singh is not killed.
@@vittoriostoraro "Singh is not killed."
---Where did I say he was?
@@955472 Your statement was simple. Simple statements do not work with simple biological units. You must be clear, verbose and specific.
Well, he is wearing red.
Only Scotty asks a question that Nomad can understand."What's your source of power?"
@@TheConstitutionFirst Right turn a fictional show into politics. Ok.
A string hanging from the ceiling and a couple of AA batteries?
I always enjoyed this episode. It came 7 years before the greatest episode in sci-fi history the Genesis of the Daleks
The future of Voyager 1 and 2
No, that's ST: TMP.
"Creator Kirk, does this unit have a soul?"
Upload the code!
I was always struck by the simmering sense of danger in this epsisode. One of the best.
yep - Like star Trek 1
I don't think it was simmering at all. Nomad starts out this episode having killed an entire race, then nearly destroys the ship and proceeds to assault and kill a bunch of people on the ship. It's more terror than anything. Kirk knows he has to manage this thing somehow to save lives
KIRK, I LOST A SON. NOMAD THOUGHT I WAS IT'S MOTHER. MY SON THE DOCTOR , KIND OF GETS YOU RIGHT HERE !
Nomad looks like a floating garbage disposal 😀
In a sense that is what it does
@@yoshiguy35 Nomad taking out the garbage!
"I am Nomad. I work digitally from any place on the Planet."
lol, good one!
Kirk defeats him by saying he is no longer allowed to work remotely, thus confining him to the office.
You just know HAL 9000 Watched this episode... "I'm sorry Dave I'm Afraid I can't do that."
Loved this episode as a kid, having coffee a phrase popped in my head "I am one, I am Nomad"
And I had to look for this and I Thank You. Everything you purchased during this era was made in the USA, except for cheap transistor radios from Japan (still remember what they smelled like).
I was so touched I almost had to put on my Star Trek Underoos, (Patton Oswalt joke about Comiccon)
--- All will be lost like tears in the rain... R. H.
As a kid I thought the robot was floating around the ship, not realizing it was tied to a wire.
Seemed too steady to be on a wire. Perhaps it was fastened to a rolling cart.
It actually looked pretty realistic. It was kind of hard to see what they were attaching the nomad object to
It sways when moving off the transporter pad, and the camera angles deliberately cut off either the very top of the model (and thus the wire) or portions of the bottom (to hide it being carted around).
I am so confused. If only we knew who that robot was. But he never told us his name, so we will forever be left guessing.
I'm pretty sure his name is V'Ger.
Ton-Rue!!!🖖👽
Tan Ru. His name was Tan Ru
Wasn't his name Robert Paulson?
This is a really cool and fascinating episode! Why couldn't they introduce a version of Nomad in any of the subsequent Trek shows?
It was a one of a kind mutant robot.
They had already done it in The Motion Picture.
They Did. It was V'ger. The Movie is basically this episode, drawn out. They did it again in
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Same overall theme. Probe launched, comes back reprogrammed to kill. Must save the Universe. Common trope. Roddenberry wrote westerns and this is a space western. Good guy saves the day from the black hat.
It's actually referenced in Picard season 2, in the museum where René attends the gala for her upcoming shuttle launch.
I always find it funny that Spock asks the question that nomad finds insufficient but Scotty asks the question that nomad can answer.
Nomad "this unit functions irrationally"
Spock "Well I think we both can agree on that"
Ya know, with a name like NO MAD, this machine is pretty angry and ticked off.
Ha ha! Good one!
3:48 I love how quickly Spock snapped up to stop Kirk from correcting Nomad. Like he was thinking "This is a genocidal robot, it needs a leesh."
Wow that nomad probe is true narcissistic 😂
"uhyes"
Air Orr, Airrroar!!! FallTee FallTeee😂 poor Nomad.💥
When I was 10 years old watching star the first time, it all seemed amazing, futuristic and impressive. This was one of several sci-fi series that helped to inspire me to make a career in science & technology. Now as a semi-retired software engineer, by today's standards it is laughable, especially the control panels. The most totally absurd thing in Star trek that as a kid, I completely missed was how everyone including "aliens", spoke English and how so many alien planets had beings who looked exactly like humans or very close (e.g. Vulcans, Kingons and Romulans).
Cost saving measures- "universal translator" so no need to invent a language. Near human "aliens" = less cost for wardrobe and make up. Even the "Transporter" was a cost saving measure- no need for a landing sequence.
Anyone know what the hard house tune was that used ‘I am nomad you are in error’ as a sample was?
NOMAD-You are from the third planet?
Kirk-Yes... Yes.... Yes...
NOMAD-Do you like Spagetti and other Italian foods?
Kirk-Yessssssss...
NOMAD-Is the Vulcan Spock your best friend?
Kirk-Yesssssss
KIRK UNIT, ARE YOU FROM CANADA, YES.
DO YOU DRIVE CARS WITH SQUARE WHEELS, YES.
YOU LIKE TO SPANK YOUR MONKEY? YES, YES, ITS ALL TRUE! SPOCK, TAKE ME YOU FOOL !
"The sterilization against your ship was unnecessary"---this was Nomad's first error! So there were 3 in total.
It’s not an error if the machine was acting on the best information available to it at the time.
@@roberthaworth8991 Machine, human or godlike. The best intentions are fallible. Weather Charlie X, Trelane, Dr. Corby, The M-5 computer, Apollo, etc. The fact that Nomad could not distinguish between Jackson Roy Kirk and Capt. James T. Kirk is a huge error. Nomad acknowledged the error when Kirk told Nomad the facts. So Nomad had the ability to understand-- the error, Nomad was already programed with the correct information of the creator.
I checked with NASA... we launched no probes called Nomad back in the 2000s
There was no massive war in the 90s either. I know, I was there.
I thought it was weird that Nomad's voice went super high when he was overloading at the end of the episode.
What Nomad must think about looking at a human body ... "I am smaller than you, Creator, but can disintegrate star systems when they are in my way - what can you do? It must be awesome."
I am V'Ger...
Voyager.. lol
Scotty: "Thats a machine". LOL
In his opinion...
💥TAN RU......NOMAD.....TAN RU....NOMAD.....NON SEQUITUR 💥
I believe parts of NOMAD were used for the Romulan cloak device as well. Low budget, like a lot of productions in the day.
I am, Funnybot
I am Nomad, I also have a side gig as a klingon cloaking device lol
One of the very few times when Spock lied.
Spock made up the Vulcan Death Grip in "The Enterprise Incident"
Nomad kills 4 billion people -- then Kirk leaves one of his crew with it. Alone.
Imagine if they added Nomad to the regular cast so he could follow Kirk around all the time and ask Mr. Data style questions.
Nomad references "the other", an entity he encountered that changed his purpose.
They never expand on who or what that other was. The Borg? V'ger? Something else entirely?
V'ger
He is The Kirk, but little did he know, he is also The Sisko.
Wow, this aged well!
It is rare to see this phrase used as its literal meaning these days. It is usually only used for sarcasm now.
This is the scene where Kirk tells the probe which "seeks out and sterilizes imperfect biological beings" and had already killed billions, how to get to Earth.
@2:40 is hilarious.
i still cannot believe the Navy uses planes as
refueling aircraft for combat aircraft in mid-flight
I prefer Nomad
GMP
This carbon unit functions irrationally. Oh... wait.....
Nomad do you know the story of Adam and Eve?
Is this like a Perpetual timeshare?
Amazing what Star Trek foresaw (flip phones, tricorders, etc) and even TNG couldn't foresee (iPhones with cameras, AI being centuries ahead in time, etc.)
I kept my flip phone past when it was obvious smart phones were replacing them. My girlfriend at the time made fun of me, "You just like it because it makes you feel like Captain Kirk!". She got me. Shields were down, I had to get a smart phone after that.
if you're a dangerous AI then you should stay away from Kirk
What's his name again?
How many times does Nomad say, "I am Nomad"
This episode was basically copied for STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE
Along with the movie run silent run deep in that movie the first officer is resentful and feels displaced after being promised the command only to be replaced buy a more experienced officer both Star Trek the motion picture and run silent run deep with directed by Robert Wise
You mean, "Where Nomad Has Gone Before", lol
Spock lies.
Where is Nomad when you need him...This system is infested with an imperfect biological infestation.