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"''Tribbles for Ichneumon'''" is one of the [[Forbidden Episodes of Star Trek]]. | "''Tribbles for Ichneumon'''" is one of the [[Forbidden Episodes of Star Trek.]]. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
The Ichneumon, an alien ambassador from the "Spock's Bug" parallel universe, is sterile, and will soon die without progeny, threatening the intra-universe treaty between Insects and Humans. In a desperate effort to save both universes from extinction, Doctor McCoy synthesizes an experimental fertility drug using compounds isolated from living tribbles, but The Ichneumon refuses to take the drug unless it can first sting its eggs into a living host, naming McCoy as its host of choice. McCoy is ready to sacrifice himself, but is knocked unconscious by a stunt double play Kirk, who is in turn neck-pinched by the actual Leonard Nimoy, who narrates the episode. During this human-on-human action, The Ichneumon grows increasingly impatient, finally stinging itself. | The Ichneumon, an alien ambassador from the "[[Spock's Bug]]" parallel universe, is sterile, and will soon die without progeny, threatening the intra-universe treaty between Insects and Humans. In a desperate effort to save both universes from extinction, Doctor McCoy synthesizes an experimental fertility drug using compounds isolated from living tribbles, but The Ichneumon refuses to take the drug unless it can first sting its eggs into a living host, naming McCoy as its host of choice. McCoy is ready to sacrifice himself, but is knocked unconscious by a stunt double play Kirk, who is in turn neck-pinched by the actual Leonard Nimoy, who narrates the episode. During this human-on-human action, The Ichneumon grows increasingly impatient, finally stinging itself. | ||
And thus does The Ichneumon bear its own young, which eat their progenitor and then sting themselves, ''sub specie aeternitatis''. | And thus does The Ichneumon bear its own young, which eat their progenitor and then sting themselves, ''sub specie aeternitatis''. | ||
== Comparative literature == | == Comparative literature == | ||
* "Flowers for Algernon". | |||
== In the News == | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Spock's Bug]] | |||
* [[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
== External links == | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_for_Algernon Flowers for Algernon] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Tribbles The Trouble with Tribbles] @ Wikipedia | |||
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[[Category:Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes]] | |||
Revision as of 11:46, 5 September 2020
"Tribbles for Ichneumon'" is one of the Forbidden Episodes of Star Trek..
Plot
The Ichneumon, an alien ambassador from the "Spock's Bug" parallel universe, is sterile, and will soon die without progeny, threatening the intra-universe treaty between Insects and Humans. In a desperate effort to save both universes from extinction, Doctor McCoy synthesizes an experimental fertility drug using compounds isolated from living tribbles, but The Ichneumon refuses to take the drug unless it can first sting its eggs into a living host, naming McCoy as its host of choice. McCoy is ready to sacrifice himself, but is knocked unconscious by a stunt double play Kirk, who is in turn neck-pinched by the actual Leonard Nimoy, who narrates the episode. During this human-on-human action, The Ichneumon grows increasingly impatient, finally stinging itself.
And thus does The Ichneumon bear its own young, which eat their progenitor and then sting themselves, sub specie aeternitatis.
Comparative literature
- "Flowers for Algernon".
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Flowers for Algernon @ Wikipedia
- The Trouble with Tribbles @ Wikipedia