Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 1, Episode 7 - "What are Little Girls Made of?"

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🗓️ 27 September 2012

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "What are Little Girls Made of?", ancient robot technology and a brilliant but misguided scientist leave Kirk, Chapel and the crew of the Enterprise in a lurch.

Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray

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0:00.0	Now entering nerdist.com
0:04.8	Mission Log, a Rodenberry Star Trek podcast. I'm your co-host, John Champion. And I'm your other
0:39.1	co-host, Can Ray. When you join us each week on Mission Log, you're part of our ongoing mission
0:43.5	to watch every episode of Star Trek ever, and then discuss what's going on, what lessons we
0:49.5	might have picked up along the way. We'd like to get out from behind the wheel. We kick the tires. We check the oil
0:55.4	to see as Star Trek still holds up and if the messages are relevant today. On this episode,
1:01.3	Kirk meets a brilliant but I'm going to say brilliant but brilliant scientist, though some
1:06.4	might say brilliant but mad scientist who plans to create a breed of androids superior to humans.
1:11.6	It's what are little girls made up?
1:14.2	What are little girls made of, Ken?
1:15.9	I don't know.
1:16.5	Circuits and gears, apparently.
1:17.7	I don't know.
1:18.1	With pulse points and everything in this episode.
1:20.3	Hey, before we start on the show, though, let's remind people that they can reach out and
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1:52.7	Or if you want to go truly old school, John.
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