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Ai/LLM reviews of Star Trek - The Infinite Vulcan
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**Review: *Star Trek: The Animated
Series – “The Infinite Vulcan”***
**Rating: ★★★☆☆ (6.5/10)**
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**Summary:**
Written by *Walter Koenig* (Chekov himself),
“The Infinite Vulcan” dives into classic Trek
territory with a strange planet, a genetically
engineered superman, and… a giant clone of Spock.
Yes, really. The Enterprise crew beams down to
the planet Phylos, meets an advanced plant-based
species, and quickly gets caught up in a plan
to clone Spock into an enormous version
of himself — to bring peace to the galaxy, of course.
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### **The Good:**
- **Big Ideas, Classic Trek Themes:** The episode
channels some familiar but welcome motifs: genetic
engineering, the ethics of cloning, and the
dangers of forced peace. There's even a callback
to the eugenics wars and *Khan* via the scientist
Stavos Keniclius V — a nice bit of continuity.
- **Spock-centric Drama:** The idea of
duplicating Spock’s logic and discipline
as a means of stabilising the galaxy is very
in line with how his character is viewed
in-universe. The conflict between Spock
and his giant clon