Why does Daystrom have Kirk's body?

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Thanks.

Although . . . MJF did write a novel postulating that the matrix was still there, and another was constructed.

And then tricked into blowing himself up.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Trying to remember what happened to the Kirk android at the end of TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of."

Vaporized.

 

[fireproof78]

Thanks.

Although . . . MJF did write a novel postulating that the matrix was still there, and another was constructed.

And then tricked into blowing himself up.

It's not like the machine went anywhere.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Kind of odd, having a body duplicator that appears to work like some kind of weird gunstock lathe. (And I actually stumped Wikipedia!)

But I'm drifting off-topic.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Completely disintegrated via Hand Phaser by Android Andrea.

I think all the androids got "death by phaser".

 

[fireproof78]

Kind of odd, having a body duplicator that appears to work like some kind of weird gunstock lathe. (And I actually stumped Wikipedia!)

But I'm drifting off-topic.

It's rather an interesting conundrum put forward by the episode itself. Rather appropriately, I was reading an article by a SF author discussion why artificial intelligence may not lead to what appeared in this episode (or other properties like it).

More importantly, to me at least, was the idea that pure logic is not the source of intelligence.

 

[BillJ]

Federation makes good bank on those wanting personal time with historic corpses.

 

[korblborp]

Federation makes good bank on those wanting personal time with historic corpses.

insert "quality time" clip from Harvester here

 

[Timofnine]

Kirk’s corpse is awaiting re-animation. Having been exposed to Borg nano-probes by Romulan’s during the events proceeding the extended universe novel ‘The Return’, his body is quite simply ‘ripening’ instead of ‘fermenting’ or ‘rotting’ in order to regenerate itself and become ‘alive’ again. The Daystrome institute currently have the Shats body in an improvised Borg maturation chamber, slow cooking in homeostasis until they can understand how this bio mechanical process of reanimation of the dead actually works.

 

[flandry84]

I had wildly speculated that had “Destiny”got greenlit,perhaps a somehow revived,re-invigorated Kirk (looking a lot like Paul Wesley) could’ve made the team….yeah ,long shot but what the hell.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Kirk’s corpse is awaiting re-animation. Having been exposed to Borg nano-probes by Romulan’s during the events proceeding the extended universe novel ‘The Return’, his body is quite simply ‘ripening’ instead of ‘fermenting’ or ‘rotting’ in order to regenerate itself and become ‘alive’ again. The Daystrome institute currently have the Shats body in an improvised Borg maturation chamber, slow cooking in homeostasis until they can understand how this bio mechanical process of reanimation of the dead actually works.

Why would the Daystrom Institute have the body of a TV actor?