2.41 : I, Mudd.

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The one with Norman the android.

An Enterprise crewman called Norman reveals that he is an android, and locks the ship on course for an unknown destination. In caves beneath an uncharted planet they find Harry Mudd, would-be Emperor of a race of sophisticated androids. They plan to protect mankind from itself by stealing the ship and control the galaxy, and to strand the entire crew behind, along with Harry.

They use irrational behaviour to knock out some of the androids, then give a set of paradoxical questions to Norman, the controlling android, to give him an electronic nervous breakdown. They then leave Harry behind with 500 duplicates of his ex-wife.

How did Norman get assigned to the Enterprise in the first place? Some of those Commodore heads should roll!

As well as split screen shots, identical twins were used for each android 'series'.

It's surprising that Data never wanted to visit this planet, or that the Federation never investigated this planet further, the androids seem just as sophisticated as Data is.
 

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