The Doomsday Machine story
After losing his entire crew to an alien planet-eating machine, Commodore Matthew Decker pulls rank on Kirk in order to play a game of cat-and-mouse with the mechanical adversary. His efforts to destroy the menace place the Enterprise in grave danger. This episode serves as the back story for the Star Trek 25th Anniversary Game Boy game .
21 total · 4 choice · 4 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attack from outer space by a giant spaceborne being | choice | A world eating, worm-like machine was going around consuming Federation planets for fuel. |
| coping with a massive loss of comrades | choice | Commodore Matt Decker was a wreck of a man after a giant, planet eating machine killed his entire crew down to the last man. |
| obsession | choice | Matt Decker :: Decker with destroying the space worm |
| world eating machine | choice | A world eating, worm-like machine was going around consuming Federation planets for fuel. |
| crew's attachment to their ship | major | Kirk :: Kirk |
| descent into madness | major | Matt Decker :: Decker |
| human vs. sentient machine | major | space worm |
| the desire for redemption | major | Matt Decker :: Decker |
| anger | minor | Matt Decker :: Decker at Spock |
| clash of wills | minor | Kirk/Matt Decker :: Kirk/Decker |