• Ai / LLM reviews of Star Trek - The Infinite Vulcan

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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