DOOMSDAY: A Star Trek Fan Production
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Tales from The Neutral Zone in association with Avalon Universe presents "DOOMSDAY," the third Star Trek Fan Film from Neutral Zone Studios in Kingsland, GA
Based on the original story by Norman Sprinrad, music by Sol Kaplan, and visual effects by Samuel Cockings, "DOOMSDAY" is an exciting Star Trek adventure!
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In just 50 years we went from entire studios being required to make a tv show, to just a few dedicated fans in their spare time producing sonething similar.......amazing what a passion can achieve.
Even more amazing that the corporate Powers That Be haven't tried to shut these productions down as they've so aggressively done in the past. Guess the CBS cash cow finally has enough money.
I've been trying to talk Tolkien fans into doing the same. Sure its cheezy to start out with, and these arent professional actors, but the writing and scenery has certainly been great. The directing is really improving too, but you really find out what professional actors can do, but the more practice the better. Is there a webpage or something that links ALL the trek fan shows?
This is the story we have been waiting for, the story of Matt Decker and his battle against the evil planet killer. The story is great thanks to a team of writers and actors who bring it all together.
Will Patterson
13 hours ago The Doomsday Machine Planet Killer VS the Death Star. Who would win? My money's on the Planet Killer.
@@jamieolberding7731 Hull of pure neutronium and an anti-proton beam? DEFINITELY the planet killer!
@@eliirvin5576 I strongly agree. The Death Star is TOTALLY TOASTED AND ROASTED!!!
you might want to get out of the basement a little more if you were waiting for this. When the muffin top spare tire security dude walked from the turbo lift.....Thats when the laughter started.
@@davidbocek (In a Supreme Dalek voice): [offended] "WE DALEKS DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME HIDING IN BASEMENTS HUMAN!!! YOU WILL SHOW MORE RESPECT TO THE DALEK SUPREME OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!!!"
Absolutely amazing. The last scene showing Decker at the same position he was found at The Doomsday Machine episode is very powerful.
One criticism I've had about TOS was the design of the Auxiliary Control. Since it's supposed to be down in the secondary section, I've always thought that it should look like an abbreviated version of the Main Bridge..like the "Battle Bridge" on the Galaxy Class Ships. The 1976 Blueprints showed a bridge located a few yards behind the Nav Deflector System!
"The Doomsday Machine" was the first Star Trek episode I ever saw, and still one of my favorites. Three cheers for a very well written and produced prequel!
One of my top 5
"The Doomsday Machine" was the first episode of the series that had been remastered.
This blows STD out of the water.
I loved how there was two shots for the science officer, one showing him looking into the device and then a shot of just that screen. I don't why, but usually when they show everything it ruins the magic and imagination of it but having two shots just kept it all. Beautiful.
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A dead 🦫 is better than STD.
Wow. And it makes Decker's appalling guilt even more painful when one realizes that there was absolutely nothing he could have done any differently to achieve any better results.
no.
He could have chosen NOT to take hostile action against something with the power to destroy an entire planet.
@@firebird77clonefirebird89 Course 180°, Warp 9 until communications restored, General Mobilization.
And if that didn't work, hide behind the planet killer. It could fire in only one direction and poorly against fast-dodging targets. Also, why did Decker not put his crew in shuttlecraft and escape pods and then land them along the length of the destroyer? Once the D/M got within a few light-years of a starbase or inhabited system, launch the crafts and race ahead to broadcast the terrible news and a forewarning. His decision to leave his crew helpless on a floating target, the planet killer's next fuel, was insane. Some more sane crew member should have pointed this out and made a hopefully more sensible recomendation.
The whole bridge crew must have lost their minds too, just as their commander did. Great performance by William Windom, though.
Decker was a fool. A monkey could have had a better result
William Windom would give a healthy smirk to this production. Good job crew!!
William Windom was such versatile actor, He preformed a wide range of characters in shows like Gun Smoke, The Twilight Zone, Mannix and dozens others. RIP.
Great work everyone! I had a blast portraying Commodore Decker! Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity! I love it!
Y'all did awesome. Kirk and Scott sounded just like Shatner and Doohan... though I do think that it should've read at the end 'Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry '... again nice work. Wish I could've been apart of it 😁
William Windon (Character's O.G. Actor) Would Be Proud.
You did a great job in the role, bro. I certainly hope to see more from you guys. LLAP 🖖
Outstanding work on this..........awesome prequel to the original episode!
You guys did good for not having what Hollywood has and such.
"The Doomsday Machine" is my favorite episode of "Star Trek." This is my favorite fan production. Great job to everyone involved. Clearly a labor of love.
Really? While I love it, don't know if it would make my top 10
Excellent! We have the opportunity to see Commodore Decker before the time when the Enterprise finds him and to understand his PTSD he suffered for losing his ship and crew
It was not only PTSD, but over-compensation as well. He nearly destroyed the Enterprise, by his firing weapons uselessly, instead of regrouping with the fleet. If Spock hadn't been on the Enterprise, and relieved Decker, all hands would have been lost...Truly Spock was the finest First Officer in the fleet
@@marknorth8904 Agree 100%
What was a Starfleet Commodore doing on the Constellation? Where was his Squadron of ships? This has never been answered.
@@love2rumba1 It has been implied that the Enterprise was the flagship of Starfleet. However, never in the show is actually mentioned. One possible reason to have Commodore Decker onboard the Constellation is that it was actually the flagship. Just a thought...
@@abacero2009 Flag of the AO, Enterprise being one of a few others operating under it. Enterprise was closest. On the show if they add all of those details, they'd go way over their run time.
I love the planet killing space blunt. It's just like the silicon puke monster. It's why I love Star Trek.
Space Blunt 🤣🤣🤣
A planet smoking space blunt? Dope!
It's an ice cream cone.
Silicon Puke Monster.....damn!
@@toddkurzbard Looked phallic enough for Lexx!
I wish that the Star Trek: Continues team has made a prequel episode of Doomsday Machine. What would have been better if Decker had to watch the Planet with his evacuated Crew gets destroyed and the cries for help falling silent in the background. Then the Planet Killer flies very close to the Constellation. Decker yells "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR DO IT" but the Planet Killer turns and flies away and lief him alone with his pain.
Wow! that would have been a great scene for Vic's crew to dramatize...hope the other Fan groups try that.
This version was done exceptionally well. but I know Star Trek Continues performers would be expic! Sadly lost actor who played Mr Sulu last year. RIP
Star Trek Phase II did something like that. If you can find it, it's worth watching, and Capt. Pike's story in how he got his injuries are in this as well.
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While I appreciate the centiment, I think we did a pretty good job
NOT a bad effort. Not a "Continues" level but a decent effort with some strengths of its own. EXCELLENT choice of subject, too . Excellent ending .
One of our obstacles is available funds. We just don't have the money that STC had. With that kind of money, we could do all kinds of things different, but as Vic himself is quick to admonish, the story is the important bit. If one tells a good story, the rest becomes mere background.
@@eliirvin5576 They needed to be introduced to Quantum Designs AZ... because art needs to meet story tell...
Nice to see Star Trek live again.
Love the Star Trek TOS Nation! The Doomsday Machine is my all time FAVORITE! The story, the acting, the people and especially the music! Sol Kaplan was the man in TOS! I truly enjoyed this production. I hope you will continue to do more! L L A P!
As I've thought often of late: the soul of Star Trek lies mainly in the hearts of its fans these years. A nod to everyone who worked on this.
"The Doomsday Machine" is one of the episodes I rewatch most frequently.
Glad to see a new fan production at all, let alone using those sets.
Everyone is using those set now, with a slew of fan films out there.
@@FRACTUREDVISIONmusic have they changed the fan film rules?
@@randycompton5230 In regards to what? You can make as many as you want. They just can't be more than so many minutes total per "episode"/story, with a limit on two/multi parters too.
I did a search last month looking for new fan projects, and there was a bunch, many, using that bridge.
Idk how many, enough to make me wonder how cheap or not it is to rent that thing. Which, I have no idea where they are other than the one Crawley rents out I even forget where it is. North East US somewhere.
Am starting to wonder there's a lot TOS bridge sets they don't all look the same! ;)
@@FRACTUREDVISIONmusic okay. I was thinking they had to use officially licensed costumes.
@@randycompton5230 there was something in the rules about that, yes. I'm no expert on the guidelines though. :)
Deserves a Academy Award for this production!!
Best I've seen so far in the post Paramount 'guidelines' era. Attention to detail excellent!
Damn Commodore Decker’s crew looked a bit rough. Old personnel…to say the least. But I do have to give my props…that production was world class. Live long and prosper.
The people that performed as captain and crew of Star Ship Constellation were middle age. But, that's about same age as fans who loved TOS, myself included.
The ONLY thing that would have made it better would have been for Vic Mignona and Chris Doohan to walk in and find "Decker" slumped over in that aux control room!
Pretty shallow to call them "rough".. not in the spirit of Trek (or IDIC) at all
Who was Old? None of the primary cast members were over 35.
Ironic that a low budget fan production is ten times better than anything CBS and J.J. has put out with its Discovery Era/NuTrek garbage. As well as ten times more canon and true to the spirit of Trek. Kudos to you guys! Please make more.
Because the fans actually care about their favorite IPS.
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i expected more frantic screaming from the people on the planet but overall, pretty good. REALLY loved the message to his son at the end
Yeah, in the Original episode, Cmdr Decker did make reverence to 400 people screaming for him to beam them out.
I have to admire the heart that went into this fan production.
They don't call it the DOOMSDAY MACHINE for nothing! Thanks for showing us the before! I just don't think jumping into a fight is wise if you don't have a plan to win.
The TOS music really adds to the continuity of the production, the washed out look of the captain also adds something different to it
Perfect illustration of Paramount's reluctance to deal with competition. This was better than anything the big studios are putting out these days. Nice to see some real love for the franchise again. Well done!
Better than anything the big studios are putting out....dude you need to get out more!
@@jimcarey7150 perhaps you should go learn at a film school how the process is done with passion and love for the art. My fall classes begin in August.
@@seancollett6 No thanks. I'll continue watching older stuff and newer stuff that the big studios are putting out...and Dust and Oat Studios, etc.
This may be the most ridiculous thing I've read all week.
@@christheghostwriter That's because you don't understand subtext or the importance of wanting to tell stories that are inspired by passion. Everyone involved in this truly loves Star Trek. In all likelihood everyone paid money out to make it. They did something creative for the love of it and posted it for others to enjoy at no cost. Which makes it infinitely more enjoyable to watch than a hundred million dollar production by people who hate Star Trek for people who hate Star Trek. Enjoy the collapse.
This was a pleasant surprise. There is love in this work. There is unity in this work. This IS Star Trek.
Finally - the back story ALL OF US have wanted to voyeuristically view (from a safe distance, of course)!! Thanks so much for this enjoyable effort.
Small, tiny complaint about treating intraship & planet-to-transporter room communications as if it were TNG Era, but otherwise well done.
Nice to see Star Trek done properly, with respect to canon. Nice touch having a security office post next to the turbolift when the ship goes to red alert.
Impressive production. The real spirit of Star Trek is still alive. Kudos to all!
We've been interesting to have Q enter the shuttlecraft and take Matt Decker with him to safely before its destruction..
@@davidgeoghegan8506 You have the makings of a good script.
Qua Pla.
Would be interesting to see the alien race that created the Doomsday Machine
If William Windom were alive today, he would love to see this production.
Nice job filling in the blanks as to what happened just prior to "The Doomsday Machine."
That was emotional, with that you can understand why Matt Deckers' mind destabilised powerful and brings to us a full view of an amazing story, bravo everyone.
I was three years old when I first saw this episode. It is one of the ones that has still stuck with me for all of these years. As Paul Harvey used to say back in the 20th century, and now you know the rest of the story.
that's one of the best Trek episodes I've ever scene (53 years old mind you). That was awesome! The message to Will at the end was icing on the cake.
This was one of my favorite episodes.
I'm glad that some fans made this fan film
Very nice production. And I love how it adds a credible backstory to the original TOS "The Doomsday Machine." I often wondered about the decisions Decker made which resulted in the loss of his crew and how he wound up in the aux control room of the Constellation. Which, this only magnifies the wonderful acting William Windom did in portraying Commodore Decker -- a man who was both doomed and driven to near insanity by a weapon that was in his words "right out of hell."
There is sort of a Moby Dick theme that runs through parts of TNG a lot, maybe have Decker be sort of like Cptn Ahab being obsessed with trying to kill this thing, and that would carry on into the original TOS episode. I made a comment about this being a great idea, but it needs to be done as a full length feature film by the major studio and expanded to 90-120 minutes, and my mind had been racing for the past half hour trying to imagine what that story line would be and what characters could be developed and what the motivations would be, etc.
The episode "The Doomsday Machine" is my top second favorite episode of all Star Trek TOS. I waited for over 55 years to see this unique episode of the fate of the USS Constellation under the Commodore Matt Decker's command. It was a good short video show. Thank you! 👍😃👍
Notice: In the Star, Trek crew had drastically changed from the 1960s to the 2020s. People are much heavier and older today in a contrast to thinner and younger crews in the 1960s. 😖
There is a flaw in the USS Constellation's back of two outset engine nacelles, and there were none of the wrecks. It displayed the wrecked back of two outset engine nacelles in the episode "The Doomsday Machine". 😲
This was the prequel that was needed to this classic episode. It wasn't an hour long, but it was more than enough to show what happened before Enterprise's arrival. It would have been awesome if during the TNG series, if they made a special hour long episode just to show this prequel. It would have blown fans mind! But there was one commenter who just didn't 'get it'.
God you did it. You recreated the aesthetic that too me, is the most essential piece of Star Trek. Bravo, you're set's are immaculate.
What's so good that got a guy that looks just like commodore Decker and plays his role excellently !
Thank you very much! It was an honor to portray him.
Thanks for this cool episode! This short fan film is far more faithful to the Star Trek spirit than anything the big studios are trying to call Star Trek these days.
GREAT JOB by ALL!! As a long time Star Trek fan (since the beginning) I really enjoyed your production. Fast forward a few centuries and you’ll find Capt Picard dealing with one of the last Doomsday Machines per the novels. Apparently they were made to destroy the Borg after the machines makers home world was destroyed and assimilated. Novel is called “Vendetta”. A good read for sure. Cheers
Thank GOODNESS for 'Star Trek' FANFIC. Thanks to Paramount and Disney, it's up to YOU GUYS to 'carry the torch' and preserve 'Star Trek'.
Very well written. I didn't expect a "Doomsday Machine" prequel when I clicked on this. I've been watching STAR TREK since it's original run, when I was a kid, and this was a wonderful homage to TOC. I particularly liked how you slipped a STAR TREK: the Motion Picture connection in there. Nice job. It's good to see TREK being done by people who know and respect the source material.
Its* original run. Not it's.
Well done everyone. A great concept to show the Constellations's POV and what happened. Loved it.
Doomsday Machine was in my top five episodes. Very well represented here. Bravo
The Doomsday Machine is by far and away my most favorite TOS episode. The sheer terror on Decker's face and his guilt-driven mania that almost killed the Enterprise - whoa - images and a storyline that forever seared themselves into my brain. You guys are to be congratulated!! This is a very worth prequel to that awesome classic! Well done!
Thank ypu
If only "Discovery" had one 10th the integrity of this project. Thank's.
This is outstanding. I wish SNW would take a hint from this.
But I must say that this ship has one of the oldest and best fed crew around. I would fit right in. 😂😂😂
Yeah, this was a great concept, but the elderly/portly crew just screamed "fan production".
I thought that was just me. The flappy way in which they walked to the transporters was very un-starfleet. It was the only thing, however, that made me realise I wasn't watching 'official' Trek.
Both A Powerful And Moving Story. The Doomsday Machine Is One Of My Favourite
Original Series Episodes. In My Opinion A Fitting Tribute To That Episode, Thank You.
April 2024 - As an older person who remembers Star Trek first appearing on NBC in the 60s. Let me say your team’s salute to the original series Star Trek was outstanding!! My thanks also to Paramount, for letting your team be creative as a quality fan production inspired by Star Trek.
Excellent. This is an honourable homage to The Doomsday Machine. Thank you for making and sharing it.
Big oof watching a Connie get shredded like that. Although I have to say, despite all the structural damage, its a testament to both the toughness of the Constitution Class and the know-how of Commander Scott's skill that she got underway under her own power again. Gotta say, I really didn't expect a 12-minute short to pack that much of an emotional impact, but that sure caught me right in the feels when the order was given to abandon ship. Its good to see that some folks still remember what makes good Trek - and its incredible that in spite of Paramount's non-competition 'guidelines', you guys still managed to squeeze good Trek into 12 minutes.
The Doomsday Machine was always my favorite episode. You did a great job with this prequel. Bravo!
Excellent. It fits perfectly with the original series episode. Getting a chance to actually see Decker try to fix the mess.
In keeping with how star trek began… well done all, and thank you
OMG!...This is True Star Trek!
That was great! Thank you all for taking the time to make real Trek.
Great job! I've always wanted to see Decker's story with the Planet Killer! Bravo!
Dovetails perfectly with what we learned from commodore decker.
Wow! Only just discovered this now. Outstanding work! The sets hold SO TRUE to TOS. Damn near perfect. The feel of it was just like the TOS... Great to see how Commodore Decker ended up where and how he was. Great SFX work, too! Loved the original sounding sound effects. They really kept everything in the TOS zone!
A big thank you to the cast and crew. I loved the attention to detail on the sets. And cast did an excellent job.
Very very solid. It is a realistic view of the back story on what is possibly Star Treck's finest hour ! Well done 👌👌👌
How is a fan production better than ST-D and Picard? A) When the actors, writers , and production staff respect the source material, and B) When the story itself is excellent.
This is such a production. Bravo!!!!
the first 2 seasons of Star Trek Picard until Terry Matalas came in and made the season Final of Star Trek Picard just as good with the old TNG crew just as good
these productions are made with such love ... and old, out of shape crew members. And somehow the Commodore developed quite a regional accent. ;-) but it's great.
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This Crew and Captain saved billions of life but they will never knew it.
WOW! The prequel to my all-time favorite episode! You guys did a GREAT job! Kudos to the cast and crew and effects, everything! The production values are perfect! Ray, you and the gang down in Kingsland are making some serious Star Trek history! Having been down there and visited the amazing sets myself, I can say you are all spot on! Bravo on all these great productions! This one is brilliant!!!! I love it!
Many thanks! 🖖😁👍
Doomsday Machine is my favorite episode. Beautiful job on the prequel!!! ❤
Thank you very much for keeping the spirit of Star Trek alive!
Excellent production. The plot of "The Doomsday Machine" reminds me very much of "Jaws". Even the suspenseful music is similar. Of course, the planet killer obviously influenced the Death Star ten years later. Love seeing those colorful TOS uniforms too, and the female crew members wearing nylons. This was a labor of love. Thank you!
Over the years, people mentioned they felt Jaws riffed from the Doomsday Machine track.
As for the TDM ep's feel/tone, IIRC, they went for a Caine Mutiny or similar film of the era, and, IIRC someone akin to Jimmy Stewart would have been cast. Something fell through, and William Windom's was picked up. His performance was so intense they had to dial him back or the ep would have been too dark, demoralizing, and more. Even in the 70s, I felt that, and that made it my fav Trek ep next to Balance of Terror.
TBH, this production feels the most tear-jerking of any Trek ep to date because I was projecting,. expecting those agonizing pleas from the planet the way 60s Decker emoted.
So, I'm glad that in this the screaming from the planet was left out/dialed back. Tho, part of me still wanted it there for authenticity to Decker's sheer losses.
@@davidsyes5970 Listen to Man's theme from Walt Disney's Bambi. Then you'll know where John Williams got his Jaws theme from.
The story goes back to Captain Ahad of Moby-Dick fame. Maybe the Constellation should’ve been named the Pequod.
At least with the Death Star, there was an easy way to take the g damn thing out easily... The exhaust port thingie.
@@mikegallant811 Maybe, Kirk could have rammed a shuttle craft up it’s butt hole and constipated it to dead.
This is a great fan production and it was eerie knowing how badly it was going to end.
Day Before Doomsday! This is the tale I always wanted to see! Excellent job!!
A Very nice and Well done to the cast and crew....and the Writers. Congratulations on that pre-Doomsday Machine episode.
A very good effort. The OS episode we never got to see. I would have liked of Decker attempting more of a fight however.
OUTSTANDING!! A story that ALL Trekkies have wanted to see! Great job and thanks to all involved.
Wow, this was amazing. Sets, effects, lights, story, actors... There is probably nothing I didn't like :)
We need more of these classic Star Trek productions! It's what brought me into the fold years ago. I thoroughly enjoyed this one! :-)
WELL DONE, a AAAAA+ rating for this production that fills in Star Trek history.
In some ways, this presentation is appreciably better than I had anticipated. Congratulations, everyone.
This was a fun video and I really got into it. Loved the backstory of the Doomsday machine.
Don really did a brilliant job on this screenplay. We had a lot of fun making it.
Nice work. The Doomsday Machine is an outstanding episode of the original Star Trek, and you have honored it with this short fan film. Thanks for making this, I enjoyed it.
Samuel always does great VFX!
Sam is a friggin vfx god in our eyes. Josh did some vfx too which are equally good. We're damn lucky to have a relationship with both of them.
The sets look great. Nice prequel to one of my favorite episodes. Well done.
i want to give a shootout to all the magnificent actors actresses you made this seem believable, much more than i expected. you need a regular series, one where you get paid to entertain us true star trek fans and continue, the fine art of star trek story telling.
Brilliant and beautiful! Gave me goosebumps of the series that made it all happen.
Great idea for a prequel story! Love the cinematography, the lighting and the grade!
Thank you so much.
Now THAT'S STAR TREK, unlike what we've been cursed with these last few years with the Discwokevery and Pictard POS !
Now now... as Kirk said to Scotty, "Young minds, fresh ideas. Be tolerant."
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Loooool 🤣👍🏻
Fantastic, brought a tear to my eyes seeing a production faithful to the original spirit of the show. Thank you and well done.
This is fantastic. Thank you to everyone involved for a great tribute to a great episode
You did a great job. This is Star Trek. The story was easily surmised. With current events, it was nice to take a quick trip into "The Neutral Zone". 🙂
Good interpretation of the original episode keep up the good up the work.
Nicely done, I really enjoyed that! Do another one!
Awesome! Great writing, amazing Neutral Zone set, and a wonderful cast. Well done, all!
This was fantastic! It was an awesome back story for the episode The Doomsday Machine! Plus the tie in Of Will Decker was brilliant, this had imagination, and was true to Star Trek! So much better in less than 15 minutes than Discovery is for the full hour! It’s fans who should have the jobs in Hollywood writing Star Trek, instead of the brain dead idiots that give us the crap they produce! Very nicely done!
One of my favorite memories as a kid was buying a model of the Enterprise, and torching / scarring it up to look like the wrecked Constellation, and hanging that above my bed as a reminder of what NOT to do with your crew when a planetkiller is nearby...
Bravo! What an excellent homage and love letter to one of the best episodes of the original Star Trek!
1:04 She did the classic Mr. Sulu worried look/turn!
Awesome job you guys! The set, the lighting, sounds, costumes all on point! We can definitely see the hard work that went into this!
THANK YOU!!! I've wanted to see this scene my entire life!!
Great job nephew.