The Infinite Vulcan story
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. (Although Kirk never actually says "Beam me up, Scotty" in the series, in this episode he does say "Beam us up, Scotty.")
8 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| plant-like being | choice | Phylosian :: Phylosians |
| alien brought pandemic | major | Dr. Stavos Keniclius had carried with him to the Phylosian home world a seemingly mild disease that, once unleashed, spread among the Phylosians and drove them nearly to extinction. |
| eugenics | major | mad scientist planned to create master race using eugenics |
| human cloning | major | A mad scientist cloned a giant Spock. |
| obsession | major | Stavos Keniclius 5 :: Keniclius |
| obsession with a life-dedicated project | major | Stavos Keniclius 5 :: Keniclius |
| telepathic ability | minor | Spock mind melded with the giant Spock. |
| xenophobia in society | minor | Phylosians paranoid of strangers |