Ep. 10 What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Kirk and Chapel go to meet Chapel's fiance, a man named Roger Korby, who captures them and makes a duplicate android of Kirk. Of course, it is discovered that Korby himself, and all of his companions, are also androids.

To be honest, this wasn't my favorite episode. There were some glaring plot holes, at least the way I saw it. For instance, how did Spock know so easily that the android wasn't Kirk, just by one insult? And if Kirk's brain were truly doubled, as Korby said, Kirk chanting the insult during the doubling wouldn't have fooled the android. He would have known what Kirk was doing. It was interesting that William Shatner's then-enormous ego was sated by having two Kirks AGAIN. This was only the ninth episode of Kirk's show, and it was the second he was doubled. I also found in unbelievable how Kirk out-witted the androids, causing them to kill themselves. I certainly didn't see the logic in that, and it just didn't make sense to me. Another inconsistency was the security guard waiting several seconds before pulling his phaser when startled, and even then not pulling it urgently. I didn't even hear a sound from him until he plunged to his death. Shouldn't a trained Starfleet office react quicker, and fight off an attacker? He had just pulled his phaser, albeit very late. He should have been on his guard. I also was amused that in Chapel's second episode of the series, she was featured. Must pay off to sleep with, then marry, the show's creator. I did miss the rest of the supporting cast. Uhura had very little to do, and even McCoy was left out completely. It wasn't a terrible hour of television, it just wasn't one of Star Trek's best.

RECURRING CHARACTERS:
Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
Majel Barrett as Chapel

NOTABLE GUEST STARS:
Michael Strong as Dr. Richard Korby
Harry Basch as Dr. Brown
Sherry Jackson as Andrea
Ted Cassidy as Ruk

Quote:
"Mind your own business, Mr. Spock. I'm sick of your half breed interference." ~ Kirk, trying to give his android double a 'tell'