Spock's Brain

This week in the Mission Log, two words: Spock’s Brain. Three more words: Remote control Spock. Oh yes. This is that time. It may not have been intended that way at the time, but certainly the “camp” value lends itself to self-conscious parody. Either way it’s cool. as to how they were able to control spock with six buttons, given the timeline we must assume these guys all grew up with advanced video games requiring a mastery of button combos. Quick web check, over 64000 combinations if each button considered a number. You know, it’s ok to say that sometimes conventional wisdom is 100% accurate.

MCCOY [OC]: Right now. KIRK: All right. On my way. UHURA: Deck five. Personnel, no damage. Captain's log, stardate 5431.4. for fifteen hours and twenty minutes we have been following the ion trail of the spaceship that has Spock's brain. Time left to us, eight hours and forty minutes. Captain's log, stardate 4351.5. We are beaming down to a primitive glaciated planet in the Sigma Draconis star system. Time left to us to find Spock's brain, eight hours and twenty nine minutes. SCOTT: Over here, sir. There's food in there and a whole pile of other stuff. A storehouse for our muscular friends. (They step inside carefully.) KIRK: Ready? (He steps across the beam and a metal shutter slams down, sealing the cave entrance. The 'elevator room' drops rapidly.) MCCOY: Call Chekov and tell him to send my stomach down. Captain's Log, stardate 5431.6. Immediately after making contact with Spock's brain, Doctor McCoy, Engineer Scott, and myself were taken prisoner inside a highly complex civilisation hundreds of metres below the surface of planet Sigma Draconis Seven. The primitive creature we encountered above warned us about the givers of pain and delight and the frightening consequences of being captured by them. Ship's log. Lieutenant Sulu recording. I am holding the Enterprise in orbit about planet Sigma Draconis Seven. Captain Kirk's hunch that Spock's brain is on this planet appears to be correct. Ensign Chekov remains on the surface to act as liaison between the Captain and the Enterprise. Captain's log, Stardate 5432.3. Doctor McCoy is proceeding to restore Spock's brain. Our problem, we do not know how long his increased surgical knowledge will stay with him. Any additional attempt to use the teaching device is impossible. It would kill my medical officer. Captain's log, supplemental. Our race against time to save Spock's life may prove futile. Doctor McCoy has lost the surgical knowledge he obtained from the teacher. He has been drawing on his own skills and surgical techniques in an attempt to continue the operation, but he is faltering and uncertain. In a desperate hope that he can draw on Spock's brain for assistance, I instructed Doctor McCoy to give priority to connecting Spock's vocal chords.