Star Trek – I, Mudd (1967) ASFR reference screenshot
Series: Star Trek
Alternate title(s): I, Mudd
Original release / air date: 3 November 1967
Runtime: 50 minutes
Season: 2
Episode: 8
Country / region: United States
Original language: English
Network / broadcaster: NBC
Production company / studio: Paramount Television; Norway Corporation
Artificial character(s): Alice Series, Stella Mudd Android, Norman
ASFR type: Built
Character type: Android, Gynoid, Robot Double

Overview

Harry Mudd is living among hundreds of human-looking androids who seize the Enterprise so that its crew can remain on their planet.

ASFR Content

The episode features mass-produced humanoid android series, including hundreds of identical Alice units. Mudd also orders the construction of an exact android replica of his wife Stella that can be switched on and off. Kirk's crew ultimately disables the android population by overwhelming its logic.

Reference Screenshots

ASFR Scenes

Scene 1
Major

The Enterprise is commandeered by an android

Norman takes control of the ship and forces the crew to the android planet.

Character(s): Norman
Scene 2
Key ASFR scene

Mudd activates his android copy of Stella

Mudd reveals a perfect replica of his absent wife and switches her on; after she begins berating him he commands her to shut up and she powers down mid-sentence.

Character(s): Stella Mudd Android
Scene 3
Key ASFR scene

The android population is disabled by logical contradiction

Kirk and the crew use absurd and contradictory behaviour to overload the androids' logic, causing the machines to fail.

Character(s): Alice Series, Norman

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