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Once Upon a Planet

  • Episode aired Nov 3, 1973
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 23m
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6.2/10
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Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
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Upon returning to the amusement park planet, the Enterprise crew finds the computer, which generates the planet's sophisticated robots, running amok, with the caretaker nowhere to be found.Upon returning to the amusement park planet, the Enterprise crew finds the computer, which generates the planet's sophisticated robots, running amok, with the caretaker nowhere to be found.Upon returning to the amusement park planet, the Enterprise crew finds the computer, which generates the planet's sophisticated robots, running amok, with the caretaker nowhere to be found.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
622
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    • Director
      • Hal Sutherland
    • Writers
      • Gene Roddenberry
      • Chuck Menville
      • Len Janson
    • Stars
      • William Shatner(voice)
      • Leonard Nimoy(voice)
      • DeForest Kelley(voice)
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    • Director
      • Hal Sutherland
    • Writers
      • Gene Roddenberry
      • Chuck Menville
      • Len Janson
    • Stars
      • William Shatner(voice)
      • Leonard Nimoy(voice)
      • DeForest Kelley(voice)
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    • 4User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
    DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
    Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
    Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
    DeForest Kelley in Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
    George Takei in Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
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    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Capt. Kirk
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    Leonard Nimoy
    Leonard Nimoy
    • Mr. Spock
    • (voice)
    DeForest Kelley
    DeForest Kelley
    • Dr. McCoy
    • (voice)
    George Takei
    George Takei
    • Sulu
    • (voice)
    Nichelle Nichols
    Nichelle Nichols
    • Uhura
    • (voice)
    • …
    Majel Barrett
    Majel Barrett
    • Lt. M'Ress
    • (voice)
    • …
    James Doohan
    James Doohan
    • Scott
    • (voice)
    • …
    • Director
      • Hal Sutherland
    • Writers
      • Gene Roddenberry
      • Chuck Menville
      • Len Janson
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    • Trivia
      This is one of very few times that a Federation Starship is shown to be equipped with seatbelts, a common sense precaution whose absence has long puzzled fans. Perhaps the only other time is in a deleted scene in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), made nearly 30 years later.
    • Goofs
      Spock says the Queen of Hearts appears in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. She actually appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
    • Quotes

      Master Computer: I will make them cease to function. I will turn them off.

      Uhura: That's murder.

      Master Computer: Is that a word meaning to cease to function?

      Uhura: Yes, but...

      Master Computer: Good. It is as I wish. I will turn them off.

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      Featured in Drawn to the Final Frontier (2006)

    User reviews4

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    4/10
    Bad...but not horrible.
    When this episode of "Star Trek: The Animated Series" begins, I had high hopes. Sure, the animation was a steaming pile of crap (as usual) but I was happy to see this show visiting one from the original (and GOOD) series. In the original episode "Shore Leave", the crew lands on a planet not realizing it's a pleasure planet where the crew can live out their fantasies in complete safety--sort of like a nice version of "West World". However, inexplicably, instead of it being a fun time, Uhura is kidnapped and McCoy attacked by the computer running the planet. To stop it, it takes Kirk, Spock and Uhuru to talk sense into the computer and butter up it's ego. In the end, the computer says it's sorry for acting like a butt-head and everyone is happy.

    Apart from the crappy animation, this show suffers from a sub-par script that was very disappointing. Now completely horrible but it sure should have been better.
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    • Apr 9, 2015

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    • Release date
      • November 3, 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Filmation Associates
      • Norway Productions
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      23 minutes
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      • Color

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