Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Director:

Robert Wise

Screenplay:

Harold Livingston

Story by:

Alan Dean Foster

Released:

7th December 1979

Stardate:

7412.6

Synopsis:

A destructive energy cloud is detected on a direct heading for Earth. James Kirk, recently promoted from Captain to Admiral persuades Admiral Nogura to give him back command of the Enterprise. However, its Captain, Willard Decker believes that Kirk is not the person for the job because he is not familiar with the refit Enterprise. However, Decker is overruled and Kirk takes command. The Enterprise sets out to encounter the energy cloud, but the Warp Drive malfunctions, and creates a dangerous and unstable wormhole which nearly destroys the Enterprise.

Meanwhile, on Vulcan, Spock (having retired from Starfleet) is on Vulcan undertaking a discipline to purge all emotion. However, he senses intelligence in the energy cloud, and leaves Vulcan to rendezvous with the Enterprise. When he arrives, he informs Kirk of his finding, and Kirk allows Spock to return to Starfleet. Spock then manages to correct the problem in the Warp Drive, and they resume their course towards the energy cloud.

Inside the energy cloud, they discover that it possesses intelligence, and calls itself "V'Ger". It takes control of Lieutenant Ilia's body, and uses it as a probe. It believes that its creator is on Earth, and is prepared to destroy all the "carbon units" (humans) on Earth to find its creator. Kirk, Decker, Spock, McCoy and Ilia venture to the heart of V'Ger,. where they discover that it is actually the space probe Voyager VI, launched from Earth more than 300 years ago, its missions: to collect data and transmit it to its creator. The energy field was created to allow it to complete its mission. V'Ger wishes to join with its creator, and Decker sacrifices his life to join with it. He is listed as "missing".

Rating:

C+

Notes:

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Director:	Robert Wise
Screenplay:	Harold Livingston
Story by:	Alan Dean Foster
Released:	7th December 1979
Stardate:	7412.6
Synopsis:	A destructive energy cloud is detected on a direct heading for Earth. James Kirk, recently promoted from Captain to Admiral persuades Admiral Nogura to give him back command of the Enterprise. However, its Captain, Willard Decker believes that Kirk is not the person for the job because he is not familiar with the refit Enterprise. However, Decker is overruled and Kirk takes command. The Enterprise sets out to encounter the energy cloud, but the Warp Drive malfunctions, and creates a dangerous and unstable wormhole which nearly destroys the Enterprise. Meanwhile, on Vulcan, Spock (having retired from Starfleet) is on Vulcan undertaking a discipline to purge all emotion. However, he senses intelligence in the energy cloud, and leaves Vulcan to rendezvous with the Enterprise. When he arrives, he informs Kirk of his finding, and Kirk allows Spock to return to Starfleet. Spock then manages to correct the problem in the Warp Drive, and they resume their course towards the energy cloud. Inside the energy cloud, they discover that it possesses intelligence, and calls itself "V'Ger". It takes control of Lieutenant Ilia's body, and uses it as a probe. It believes that its creator is on Earth, and is prepared to destroy all the "carbon units" (humans) on Earth to find its creator. Kirk, Decker, Spock, McCoy and Ilia venture to the heart of V'Ger,. where they discover that it is actually the space probe Voyager VI, launched from Earth more than 300 years ago, its missions: to collect data and transmit it to its creator. The energy field was created to allow it to complete its mission. V'Ger wishes to join with its creator, and Decker sacrifices his life to join with it. He is listed as "missing".
Rating:	C+
Notes:

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