Doomsday Machine (part 5 of 7) Star Trek TOS 1966 1967 1968

[@danielhenke6149]

"A commander is responsible for the lives of his crew...and for their deaths. Well, I should have died with mine." Absolutely gut wrenching.

[@nassauguy48]

Which is why he probably hated beating up that red shirt.

[@jenniferbrooks2540]

decker is a mirror image of kirk. only he made the wrong call that killed his crew. it's sad but kirk sees himself in decker when decker kills himself. the burden of command.

[@markymarknj]

I've seen this episode multiple times, yet this part still chokes me up. It's one of the most poignant scenes in all of TOS.

[@georgehenderson7783]

@@markymarknj Same here. 😖

[@markymarknj]

@@georgehenderson7783what's also poignant about Commodore Decker's death is Capt. Kirk's last second pleas with him to not throw his life away.

[@metalmadness5851]

Commodore Dekker, from what I understand in the expanded lore, was very like Kirk. Always found a way to win, save his ship and crew, a defeat his enemy. Then he ran into the Doomsday Machine and lost everything. Don't blame the guy for going a bit crazy, most people probably would. But, same as Kirk, he still found a way to win, even if it cost him his life. Absolutely fantastic episode and flatly one of the best ever. Loved it as a kid, love it now.

[@danieldickson8591]

Given the responsibilities of a starship captain in that era, only an exceptional officer could earn command. And Decker had risen to the rank of Commodore, meaning he'd lived up to that responsibility for quite some time.

[@jacksagrafsky4936]

This episode shows just how good the series Star Trek was and has been.

[@dataquester]

Yip

[@jaimhaas5170]

Very true.

[@billlombard9911]

Fantastic series nothing ever has come close

[@johnshelton6434]

The Doomsday Machine has always been my favorite episode.

[@danieldickson8591]

The choreography of that hand-to-hand fight was pretty intense and realistic for 1960s television. I got the distinct impression these really were two trained fighters going at it.

[@KAJ1701A]

Absolutely, at the top of the list as one of my favorite TOS episodes! The part where Decker sacrifices himself, Spock says “He’s gone”, then music, then fade to black… Damn!!!

[@kirkhenry3867]

Exactly 💯

[@lisasimmons5362]

Utterly masterful acting, dialogue, music, direction. Absolutely legendary episode!!!

[@oobrocks]

Yes

[@Jagar_Tharn]

I notice you didn't say "fight choreography" lol :D

[@Foxonian]

I always liked how William Windom portrayed Decker is being both fascinated and terrified at the same time when into the planet killer. Now that is great acting!

[@Emper0rH0rde]

He was a paratrooper at Normandy. Most of his fellow troopers were killed or lost in action. He went to a *dark place* for this role.

[@dongilleo9743]

Some think it was a reaction to some extreme heat from the Doomsday machine, but I have always thought of it as fear combined with him finally slipping into insanity. He has been right on the edge of losing it all along, heading off to commit suicide shows how mentally broken he is, and when faced with death he finally loses his mind completely.

[@Emanresuadeen]

He’s based on Captain Ahab from the novel _Moby Dick_ ; obsessed with revenge on the great white whale that had bitten off his leg. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Ahab

[@kevinpalmer5709]

William Windom's role as Commodore Decker was quite moving, to say the least. I see his reactions from on committed intent

[@kevinpalmer5709]

Didn't get to finish my reply. From committed intent to suicide to doubt to regret - all too late. Very well acted.

[@Primitarian]

As ridiculously primitive as the special effects are, the acting, the writing, and the musical score--even if arguably over the top--take this to an emotional level that is rarely approached today. It disturbed me as a kid when I first saw this in the 1970s, and it still does.

[@Jagar_Tharn]

I had nightmares about this episode.

[@joet7136]

​@@Jagar_Tharn i was creeped out by the lava monster and that big alien lurch guy that threw a redshirt down a pit, but the doomsday machine was just cool and awesome to me.

[@pat5882]

Listen to the musical score for this episode, The Jaws theme is in the same key. Spielberg takes a good deal from The Doomsday Machine and uses that for Jaws.

[@JH-su9vl]

Nah the music isn’t over the top it’s perfect

[@blockmasterscott]

"I've been prepared for death ever since....ever since I killed my crew". Seeing that just breaks my heart.

[@The_Lucent_Archangel]

Imagine that guilt. It's impossible.

[@richelliott9320]

Yes that one sentence explains his actions

[@jaimhaas5170]

A true leader of men.

[@markymarknj]

I've seen this episode multiple times, yet this scene still gets me; it still chokes me up.

[@ericgraham5752]

Star Trek always have the Perfect Music and Sound Effects!!!

[@komradewirelesscaller6716]

That's one of the things also that l always so dearly loved about this series. The music and sound effects were often like a perfectly combined mutual symphony together!!

[@billlombard9911]

You can’t redo perfection ever

[@oobrocks]

One of the best demonstrations of panic ever put to film: unforgettable

[@TroyConvers5000]

3:02 Decker commits suicide in slow motion while his friend tries to 'talk him off the ledge', and fails. Once you realise that, this scene hits even harder.

[@scrmepal]

Star Trek didn't get to air in the UK until late in 1969, and the show was constantly rerun throughout the early 70's, in a prime time slot. People just couldn't get enough of it!

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

Yep..they'd go through all three seasons then start over again

[@christiane.g.4142]

That security guard was no slouch. He was light on his feet and he could FIGHT!

[@daviddaugherty5528]

All Security in Star Trek sucked except Worf and the MACO's on board NX-01

[@RW4X4X3006]

Starfleet combatives! We used to practice them in the yard after watching an episode.

[@Pondimus_Maximus]

I like how Commodore Decker actually had to work to get the best of that security guard, half his age, even after sucker-punching him!

[@marcusjustice6165]

23rd Century Starfleet Command Starship Commanding Officers Captain Jim Kirk-Enterprise Commodore Matt Decker- Constellation Captain Ron Tracey- Exeter were proficient in Hand to Hand combat. Captain Ben Sisko-Defiant NX-74205 carried on that fighting tradition in the 24th Century as well Captain Jean Luc Picard Enterprise 1701D During The TNG series run.

[@dataquester]

N reality Jerry catron woulda kicked ww's azz......

[@micnorton9487]

..well it WAS sort of a sucker-punch lol...

[@Asertix357]

One of the toughest red shirts in the series

[@nassauguy48]

@@Asertix357 LOL. Not tough enough!

[@astarshiptoguidemeby3741]

Beautiful orchestra music. Beautiful.

[@musicman201047]

The fight...my favorite part in this scene...Decker kicks booty.

[@nassauguy48]

Yeah, I really like that scene. Decker pounded the crap out of that pretty boy.

[@swayzietimpson2994]

Gotta give it to that Redshirt, he put up quite a bit longer fight than literally any other Redshirt (Scotty excluded) that I've seen in the series.

[@nassauguy48]

True, but unfortunately for him, Decker was stronger AND smarter. He never recovered from that sucker punch.

[@danieldickson8591]

@@nassauguy48 That security officer might have been taking it a little easy on the Commodore out of respect. But against an experienced opponent that's a fatal mistake.

[@kirkhenry2652]

I think that this is the most powerful, emotional scene from all of Star Trek (for me). Best episode (for me). I was so sad for Commodore Decker and the Constellation crew.

[@donfisher8035]

The detailed sets, lighting with shadows and color everywhere. And the timeless music sync with every creative sound effect. Characters so real the actors are the characters. And chilling ending but most inevitable. Something Spock might add.

[@elliotjoseph6093]

Love these old 1960s fight scenes

[@delavalmilker]

Scotty was such a wizard in this episode.

[@flashbaneyify]

He admitted that this episode, that he was able to do more with the ship at that time. One of the best episodes ever.

[@michaelbarlow6610]

@ delavalmilker. "The Doomsday Machine" is a great episode of Star Trek, but it is absurd that Scotty repairs the transporter's circuitry in the Jeffries' Tube using no tools and with bare hands risking getting electrocuted!. Scotty really was a "miracle worker" to pull that off!

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

@@michaelbarlow6610 He had help from the other members who beamed aboard

[@elizabethjordan5755]

@@High_Priest_Jonko I noticed Washburn's the same actor as the Romulan that Kirk confronts when stealing the cloaking device in "The Enterprise Incident ".

[@ericsmith8373]

I can hear Scotty's thoughts. "That damn Vulcan is telling ME how to fix the transporter!"

[@scarboroughjames7]

William Windom's reaction as the shuttlecraft came closer to being consumed by the doomsday machine love it.

[@dataquester]

The fight scene is my fav of this episode. Jerry catron's (Montgomery) moves r awesome!!

[@nassauguy48]

LOL. Not awesome enough, he got the crap kicked out of him!

[@dataquester]

Yip but n reality I doubt WW (decker) would have had a chance against him...

[@dataquester]

Definitely my favorite episode of TOS!

[@bryanschmidt7336]

Thank you mike for putting this on youtube. I have this episode on bluray, but this is more convenient. Also, "I should have died with my crew" tugs at every string in my heart.

[@williamhaynes4800]

I've always wanted to punch my CO. I watch this whenever I get the urge.

[@edgufler1122]

Thank you very much for the video... this is one of my favorite episodes .

[@steveh1121]

That shuttle craft was huge!

[@fonya4380]

Such a great sequence as Decker goes in

[@cygnustsp]

"your only logical alternative is to return to the ship"... Spock later understood that logic isn't always the answer

[@jeffclark1129]

When Star Trek was celebrating its 20th anniversary in 1986, Paramount Pictures released the uncut, original episodes on VHS and Beta in late 1986 and '87. When watching the uncut version of "The Doomsday Machine," I have noticed snippets of dialogue and whole scenes that didn't appear in the syndicated reruns (Kirk's line, "Matt, you can't throw away your life like this." And the scene where Decker was stealthily making his way toward the Shuttlecraft Hangar Deck). This videotapes are great and still have quite a few of them even after 25, 30 years!

[@dataquester]

You are right I remember watching the original versions of this back in the seventies. They have cut so much of it out for commercials

[@Shineon83]

Thanks so much for downloading this wonderful episode

[@MadMetsFan]

William Windom was always in demand because he could get very emotional very quickly - a useful skill set to to have when taping on a hectic TV schedule. Unimportant facts: based on his fighting stance @0:53 it appears that William was a lefty.

[@rogerscottcathey]

Wonder how they came up with the sound effects of the doors. Maybe they were actual pneumatic sounds. Every sound effect is cool. Perfect. How amazing.

[@mdfilmguy]

0:52 "Montgomery to security, I need backup!" No, no, try to take the crazy man on by yourself.

[@bcask61]

I can’t believe Montgomery let that old man kick his ass like that. And who left the keys in the damn shuttlecraft?

[@storyoc]

thats the biggest joint i ever seen-i smoked one almost that big first time i watched that episode-think ill roll another

[@therealawakener7]

One of the best escapes from a full nelson ever via some sort of double ear clap, lol. UFC eat your heart out.

[@davidbrewer7961]

Top 5 episode

[@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork]

Those reaction shots are crazy. Never seen anything like it. When the Commodore is piloting the shuttle into the planet killer, you can see him regretting his decision....

[@timothyturner1056]

I love the dramatic music score when Decker killed himself.

[@buxeessingh2571]

If you listen closely, you can tell that it is the opening bar of "Taps". Now *that* is a nice touch.

[@undertaker4518]

There just never be anything better

[@shinybugg9156]

He makes some great crazy faces

[@paularose8430]

I like the way the red shirt man fought a good fight. But decker ended up winning. But my favorite part was when Kirk told decker Not With My Ship You Don’t. Then he ended up saving the day. He defeated the Doomsday machine! Way to go Kirk .

[@dq1275]

I love the redone modern graphics in the remastered version. It was a fine art to enhance yet keep the original intent and feel of the original SPX of the original TOS of ghe 60’s. This episode benefitted greatly. Well done.

[@PC4USE1]

This episode,City on the Edge and Mirror,Mirror are the best of STOS. All written by Sci-Fi writers and 2 directed by Marc Daniels. Television at it's best in the late 60s.

[@ronniegibson4821]

No way.the doomsday machine episode is way better than .the mirror mirror episode.great acting by actor william windom.and all the suspense of trying to destroy that thing.if not what would have happened to other planets and solar systems.if kirk and crew had not stopped it.it is a top 5 greatest tos episode!

[@squidproquo2241]

Immunity Syndrome, Trouble with Tribbles, Friday's Child.

[@ronniegibson4821]

Balance of terror and arena.kirk at his best.in these two episodes.

[@michaelbarlow6610]

@ Robert Blakemore. As good a "Star Trek" episode as " Mirror, Mirror" was and is, "Charlie X", "The Conscience of the King", "Miri", "Journey To Babel", "Space Seed", "Amok Time" and "Assignment Earth" were and are better episodes than "Mirror, Mirror".

[@michaelbarlow6610]

@ Ronnie Gibson. Although "The Doomsday Machine" is one of the best episodes of the original Star Trek TV series, it is not in the top 5 best episodes. In no particular order (except the first one on the list) the top 5 episodes are "The City on the Edge of Forever", "Journey To Babel", "Charlie X", "Miri", and "The Conscience of the King". "Amok Time", "Balance of Terror", "Assignment Earth" and "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (which of course was Star Trek's second pilot) would be ,in no particular order, the next 4 episodes in the list of top 9 Star Trek:TOS episodes.

[@Hobert-v4s]

This guy doesnt take listening to commands too well he resists!!

[@brianwinters5434]

Great episode.

[@goldenagenut]

Good little fight scene!

[@joet7136]

'Acting Captain Spock to custodian services. Please send emergency crew to clean scuff marks on deck 7!'

[@craigbrowning9448]

On the Syndicated version of this Episode KTVU aired during the 1970, the fight between Decker and the Red Shirt was cut out along with Scotty's comment about the shields and part of Kirk's dialogue with Decker in the Shuttle.

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I remember that! Damn you, Channel 2, LOL.

[@Pondimus_Maximus]

Criminal!

[@tracynation2820]

Excellent. 💙 T.E.N.

[@terryrose4804]

And in a fan film he was actually blasted back to 1980's Earth somehow. And it was old William Windom playing himself. Hard to watch, but good to see him doing something again back then.

[@flashbaneyify]

In real life, I believe he passed away soon after he filmed that episode.

[@teach-learn4078]

I think I’m going to…..insert long dramatic pauses when I….talk….. because I too….am Canadian!

[@kevinoverbeck4250]

That ax-handle behind the head works every time!

[@ivydex3073]

Awww, yes. Good, old fashioned fight scenes.

[@dongilleo9743]

Maybe I missed something, but I didn't really see any serious knock out blows in the fight. The final hit is in the lower back; painful, but not something that would make someone unconscious. I've been hit, had a fall from a good height, and survived a serious car wreck, and none of that knocked me out.

[@arizonadaveellis7500]

That is the scariest episode I've ever seen on Star Trek! Just think, that was before both the Death Star and The Starkiller Base from the Star Wars trilogy!

[@nickhydier1201]

Maybe this is where George Lucas partially got the inspiration for the Death Star.

[@johnhallett5846]

I was too young when I saw it for the first time to truly understand Dekker. Once I watched it again in my late 20's I realized what my younger self had missed. Dekker's guilt at the death of his crew truly drove him insane with the need to destroy the devil. I cannot imagine what it must have been like for him to sit in his shattered command and listen to them begging him to help them. And realizing that is had been his mistake to send them there. That was all on him. From that point on, he was going to die trying to kill what had ripped his soul out.

[@VitalityMassage]

4:31 That's how I look when I've got bad gas.

[@jaimhaas5170]

Don't you have any close relatives you could share that with???

[@mathewwallis2863]

What the hell? I looked this episode up SPECIFICALLY for the music and this is DIFFERENT! What's up???

[@PatrickVasquez-q2u]

Favorite

[@JohnALong-nl2hj]

I liked that Decker was stubborn.

[@jaimhaas5170]

Decker is one tough SOB ...even Spock would have had trouble tangling with him.

[@mtrich8113]

You know Spock would have just made him have give him the Vulcan nerve pinch GAME OVER!

[@nassauguy48]

@@mtrich8113 How relieved Decker must have been when the wimpy red shirt was chosen to escort him to his room. ("Thank God they didn't ask Spock to bring me back. I'll have no problem with this loser!")

[@TheBlueThird]

Trumpets high note flutter tongue. Awesome

[@mikeluvrs]

I always wonder what it was like watching this for the first time in the 1960's. Pretty intense stuff back then.

[@rwarren58]

Decker Eagle's claw was better than the crewman's crane technique. Thanks for this, man!

[@andreturner4190]

That security guard is a good fighter what is his name in real life wow he's awesome

[@marcusjustice6165]

The Late Jerry Catron (1932 to 2017) He was also featured in Season 3 of Voyage To The Bottom of The Sea T.V. Series.

[@gerardcousineau3478]

Watch out when a Commodore sneeze.

[@marcusjustice6165]

"Matt...You're a Starship Commander that makes you a valuable commodity. We need you, Your Experience Your Judgment ....Matt (Commodore Matthew Decker turns off the shuttlecraft's communication system and does not hear) We're Stronger With You Than Without You!"

[@heedmywarning2792]

It would have been great to see the M5 Multitronic Unit vs the Doomsday Machine.

[@GenerationXT]

Their weapons were ineffective against it. So it wouldn't make much difference who or what controlled the ship.

[@heedmywarning2792]

@@GenerationXT you are completely dismissing the possibility that the AI could adapt and be creative.

[@GenerationXT]

@@heedmywarning2792, Yes I know about the M5 and it's capabilities. However this isn't the same as going up against other star ships, as occurred in the "The Ultimate Computer" episode. Here you're dealing with a vessel in which the hull is unaffected by star fleet weapons. Regardless of its ability, the M5 can only take advantage of whatever weapons it has to work with.

[@heedmywarning2792]

@@GenerationXT The M5 has access to hundreds of years of military tactics from the main computers database. You actually believe the M5 wouldn't have searched the information at top speed and came to the conclusion of "put a bomb down the weak point of the Doomsday Machine"? You keep harping on "the M5 only had so many weapons, and they didn't work". The crew(s) had the same problem. If a human could figure it out, the M5 could too, Especially a computer based on a human brain.

[@marcusjustice6165]

M5 unit with Commodore Matt Decker engrams-guilt and revenge for the loss of the Constellation's crew and a Desire to preserve Federation citizens lives-The M5 unit would fly The host Starship into The Doomsday Machine and blow itself up.

[@Dmarcoot]

We’re stronger with than without you” goosebumps

[@mrunderhill40]

Space Karate at its finest !

[@markdimaio8396]

Spock wearing first Bluetooth earphone

[@daffidavit]

It was "subspace". Bluetooth was gone by the 23rd century.

[@Cybrsk8r]

I wonder if the Borg started out that way. One day you're wearing your bluetooth earpiece and the next thing you know you've got an artificial arm and tubes and shit coming out of your chest.

[@mikebennet7697]

I like how everybody on the Enterprise is an expert in Krav Maga close quarters combat

[@ericsmith8373]

His expressions as he gets closer and closer to the DM shows how terrifying it was.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

For a man who is going through some serious emotional instability, apparently Decker has lightning quick reflexes.

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

“I’M ACTING!”

[@richelliott9320]

One of the better fight scenes too

[@thatguy1860]

Best fight scene ever...

[@ReaLifeHDchannel]

I love this episode. One of its gems is how to treat people. Decker was in shock for the loss of his crew. He then turned his regret into an iron will that didn't last long and that didn't treat people well. Then his loss of control turned into suicide, swamped with guilt. This set of responses is a valuable insight into our emotions and personality. At first, the crew criticized Decker's judgement when he was in command, especially when he kept saying "I'm in command." Then when he goes to suicide, they try to take that back. What seems like strength can be an unbalanced sense of control.

[@bigbearfuzzums7027]

The script is riddled with liberal white hate which is why no one cared if the show disappeared!

[@767Robson]

Great fun episode. If one were to want to get too technical why in the world would the builders of the planet killer have such a weak design that one could destroy it by driving something into the inside of it?

[@salamander7217]

i have a few theories a) maybe they weren't expecting anything to survive long enough to get inside b) maybe thousands of years floating through space weakened the inner workings c) maybe the engineers who made put in a purposeful weak spot as a failsafe, so it wouldnt be completely unstoppable, or to absolve their guilt for creating such a thing

[@opinionatedpossum1945]

ACHILLES HEEl, right? Umm…all weapon systems have weaknesses. Birds can down planes by entering the engines. Tanks are usually strong in front-but weak in the back. A missile battery or a howitzer can be easily destroyed, provided you can get at it. A sub can be destroyed very quickly once you find it. The Doomsday Machine was impregnable from all sides, and destroyed anything approaching it…but the Shuttle was judged too small to bother with by the Machine's logic…and so when it got inside, it caused havoc. Like chucking a grenade inside the hatch of a tank, or like birds in turbine engines.

[@davicool9958]

Best guest actor in the Star Trek Canon

[@jimmycrackkorn1596]

Doomsday machine vs the Borg.

[@justincobb5853]

Roger Gonzalez the novel, Star Trek: Vendetta

[@GeorgeMonet]

Borg would win. The Doomsday machine can't even bring down the shields on an obsolete ship like the Enterprise here. It is also only slightly faster than the obsolete super slow Enterprise. Borg ships have stronger weapons, stronger shields and are much faster. Plus Borg ships have their own cutting beams. They could also transport a bomb strong enough to destroy subspace inside of the Doomsday machine.

[@buddhabudz2371]

It IS BORG 🤖

[@jeffgalef121]

Versus the whale probe in ST IV.

[@FLAME456X]

@@GeorgeMonet But the Doomsday Machine has an advantage the purpose to destroy planets that have been assimilated by the borg.

[@briancooney9952]

Am i the only one that thinks it would be hilarious if it made a burp noise at the end?

[@jaimhaas5170]

Decker is a real man...they take responsibility for their decisions.

[@richardschumacher]

Kaplan was an experienced composer for movies. His score here can stand by itself as a suite. The complete original musical track is available from various sources. It was once available from GNP Crescendo Records on CD, along with the complete musical track for "Amok Time" which introduced other classic ST musical themes.

[@icemachine79]

All that work Scotty did on repairing the _Constellation_ is about to go up in smoke.

[@heedmywarning2792]

he earned his pay

[@w9gb]

... OR permitted the Constellation to be the “Final Solution” to stop the “Doomsday Machine”.

[@CommanderBalok]

The Constellation was wrecked. It would have been decommissioned and scraped had it survived these events. So it wasn't that much of a loss.

[@marcusjustice6165]

@@CommanderBalok She- The U.S.S. Constellation NCC-1017 - fought well enough for Starfleet Command to commission The Constellation Class Starships in The 24th Century which included Jean Luc Picard's First Captaincy The U.S.S. Stargazer NCC-2893.

[@dongilleo9743]

Decker's whole rationale for sending his crew down to the planet was that his ship was crippled: no working engines, no weapons, etc. Scotty comes on board with a three man damage control team and in little time gets the impulse engines working at 1/3 speed, recharges a phaser bank, gets the ship's communication system working again. Obviously the ship was still severely damaged, and if it had survived would needed to have been completely rebuilt. Still, if Scotty and three additional men could do what they did, what could Decker's full crew have accomplished if he hadn't sent them off to their deaths. It just shows another weakness and lack of leadership on Decker's part. He gets into a battle with the planet killer, seemingly with a faulty plan and tactics, and once he's beaten he pretty much gives up, and sends his crew to the planet. He stays because of some brave sounding, but empty "captain, last man on ship" ideal. Instead of charging into an uneven battle, how about getting out of range of the interference so he can contact Star Fleet? He didn't see the danger of sending his crew down to a planet, when earlier they had seen the planet killer slicing up other planets? Were there any shuttle craft still operational when he sent his crew down? How about putting the biggest bomb you can make and remote control fly it into the mouth of the planet killer? How about sending any surviving shuttles down to the planet surface with the crew? Did he send down any emergency supplies or equipment with his crew so they could survive being stranded there for however long it might take for someone to find them? Instead of giving up and sending his crew off, while he stayed to be the dramatic "captain, last man on the ship", his course of action should have been "don't give up the ship!" It's hard to see Kirk doing the same thing as Decker. I think Kirk in a similar situation would have never abandoned ship while there was still some chance to make some repairs and keep his crew on board.

[@nassauguy48]

The security guard made one HUGE mistake during his fight with Decker. When he had Decker down against the wall, he should not have let up on him. He stood back, whereas he should have continued with the beatdown in order to subdue Decker. You saw how Decker took full advantage of that respite. And you also saw how he did NOT let up on the guard once he got the upper hand. He just kept brutally pounding away until knocking him out completely. Decker was a much smarter fighter!

[@elizabethjordan5755]

Could you imagine if Star Fleet got wind of that fight had Decker changed his mind? Someone's goose would've been cooked big time! A Commodore's word against a lowly security guard's? Better to be knocked out than kicked out!🥺🥺🥺

[@mattsamoto4451]

Strongest a red shirt has ever been. Bud sadly his shirt means he must loose or die, its in the job description.

[@javierortegon4425]

4:57 THE UPPER PODS OF THE ENTERPRISE HAS VENT HOLES ! NO LIGHTED SPHERICAL OBJECTS ON REAR PODS ,!

[@micnorton9487]

The Deck racked up Montgomery something proper like lol...

[@nassauguy48]

Yup, he fixed him but good!

[@blockmasterscott]

Poor Decker. He had surviver’s guilt from losing his crew and death was the only way for the pain to stop.

[@daffidavit]

@ Man, that was a scary thing you said. Some dumb ass kid might actually believe what you said is a real viable answer to life.

[@elizabethjordan5755]

@@daffidavit I felt the same way about a friend's suicide until a wise woman reminded me I wasn't responsible for his mental issues. We can't be held accountable for other's actions in that case.

[@cygnustsp]

This episode was based on a Humphey Bogart movie, which was based on who knows how many stories. It's fun fiction but stories are just stories.

[@SierraThunder]

This is what always perplexed me about this episode. The Constellation had shuttlecraft as well, why the Hell didn't Kirk use one to get off of the ship instead of dealing with wonky transporters? I mean, other than it being an infinitely more rational notion....

[@deaths2934]

You would think security would be just a little better at their job than they are...

[@dongilleo9743]

Seems like a reoccurring theme throughout the Star Trek series. Security people are always getting caught by surprise or being bested. And speaking of security, how is someone able to go to the shuttle bay, open the doors, and fly a shuttle out, without anyone stopping them?

[@blockmasterscott]

I was thinking of how Spock should have sent both guards with him, knowing how mental he was, and just have 2 replacements come to the bridge.

[@nassauguy48]

I swear, these guys would be jobbers in the wrestling world.

[@lostpapertown]

Red Shirt sec means no brain

[@am4793]

The idea of the Doomsday Machine came to Gene Roddenbury while eating a rather delicious pastry horn. He exclaimed delightfully that the cream filled horn was the end of him, hence the Doomsday Machine story line.

[@Arizonaheat956]

Who else was a teenager watching this episode when it first aired?

[@kevinemmers7025]

Normally Spock's logic is impeccable. But, here see him having only one guard escort Decker when a second guard was immediately available.

[@tayzer22]

This is still hardcore after all these years.

[@AboveAvgMan]

Kirk lost at least half of his crew during the 5 year mission. Except for the head bow , a moment of silence and a bit of obligatory sad music for the audience . He never seemed to bothered.

[@maryhlad7501]

I wouldn’t want to play poker with Mr. Spock. He might win.