Star Trek: The Infinite Vulcan

"Spock, what is the logic in letting a man die for the sake of creating his duplicate? Explain it to me, sir. Explain it to me!"

- Captain Kirk

"The Infinite Vulcan" is the seventh episode of season one of Star Trek: The Animated Series and is the 87th episode released of all programs combined. The episode was directed by Hal Sutherland with a teleplay written by Walter Koenig. The series was produced by Norm Prescott and Lou Scheimer of Filmation Associates with Star Trek regular D.C. Fontana serving as associate producer. The episode stars original cast members William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley reprising their classic roles as Captain Kirk, Mister Spock and Bones. It first aired on NBC on October 20th, 1973. In this episode, the crew of the Enterprise come to the planet Phylos where they discover a dying, sentient race of plant-like beings. The Phylosians are led by a cloned Earth human named Stavos Keniclius V who captures Mister Spock, cloning him as part of an extended plan to forcibly impose peace upon what he feels is a warlike galaxy.