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An exciting new story of interplanetary adventure!

Summary

From the original book jacket: Captain Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise find themselves in the middle of an undeclared war waged by the Klingon Empire...

The Organians should be consulted about the war but their entire planet has disappeared – or been destroyed...

Mr. Spock entered the transporter chamber. His image would be flashed to Organia by the huge machine's faster-than-light tachyons. But the experiment failed. Suddenly there were two Mr. Spocks. One of them had to be destroyed...

BUT WHICH ONE?

From the April 1985 reprint book jacket: "Captain's log, stardate 4181.4. We are at war with the Klingon Empire."

Launching an unprovoked attack upon the Federation, the Klingons have broken the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty – leaving the Enterprise stranded deep in uncharted space, cut off from the rest of the Federation fleet.

To find out what happened to the Organians, Commander Scott rigged an experimental modification of our transportation system designed to enable a tachyon replica of Mr. Spock to travel faster-than-light to Organia. But the experiment failed, and incredibly, left us with two identical Spocks: one of whom is a replica in every way the opposite of our first officer, a traitor whose continued existence poses a grave threat to the Enterprise and quite possibly the entire Federation.

One of the Spocks must die. But which one...

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Background information

This was the first original Trek novel published by Bantam Books. It was a sequel to TOS: "Errand of Mercy", the original script by Gene L. Coon and the novelization by James Blish, author of the popular Star Trek 1 and continuing series of TOS novelizations.
The Bantam novel series have a plethora of different cover images: the English version of this novel has been released with at least three different covers, a new one for each subsequent printing. There have been three US cover printings by Bantam (February 1970, April 1985, and June 1999). The 1990s edition cover is credited to artist Kazuhiko Sano.
"Spock must die" was a subliminal message suggested to Captain Kirk in the sixth story arc of the UK Star Trek comics.
The concept of transporter duplication was addressed in other canonical productions, TOS: "The Enemy Within" and TNG: "Second Chances". "Second Chances", in particular, is a later occasion of the transporter being used to create an identical duplicate.
An editor at Bantam copyedited Kirk's reference to McCoy from "Bones" to "Doc", apparently being unfamiliar with the reference to McCoy's oft-used on-screen nickname. Author James Blish wrote a piece about the error in the introduction of a later novelization.

Cover Gallery

Characters

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Bantam TOS characters.

James T. Kirk: Enterprise captain.
Spock: Enterprise science officer and exec.
Leonard McCoy: Enterprise CMO.

Montgomery Scott: Enterprise engineer.
Uhura: Enterprise communications officer. She was considering spending a couple of weeks teaching a language to Lt. Purdy.
Hikaru Sulu: Enterprise helmsman.
Ayelborne: Organian.
Claymare: Organian.
Trefayne: Organian.
Purdy: Starfleet lieutenant stationed at Starbase 16, who wanted to be taught how to speak Eurish.

References

Klingons
Klingon Empire
Organia
Organians
Starbase 16: Federation starbase.
transporter

Timeline

2267
2268

External link

Spock Must Die! at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-In the middle of an undeclared war with the Klingons, an experiment to contact the vanished Organians through the transporter chamber creates a duplicate of Spock.
-==Plot Summary==
+==Summary==
+;From the original book jacket:
-PLOT SUMMARY HERE (two to four paragraphs).
+:''[[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel|crew]] of the [[starship]] [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']] find themselves in the middle of an undeclared [[military conflicts|war]] waged by the [[Klingon Empire]]...''
+:''The [[Organian]]s should be consulted about the war but their entire [[planet]] has disappeared &ndash; or been destroyed...''
-==Background==
-This was the first [[TOS|original ''Trek'']] [[novels|novel]] published by [[Bantam Books]]. It was a sequel to [[TOS]]:"[[Errand of Mercy]]" written by [[James Blish]], author of the popular [[Star Trek 1]] and continuing series of TOS novelizations.
+:''Mr. [[Spock]] entered the [[transporter]] chamber. His image would be flashed to [[Organia]] by the huge machine's [[faster-than-light]] [[tachyon]]s. But the experiment failed. Suddenly there were two Mr. Spocks. One of them had to be destroyed...''
-The concept of [[transporter]] duplication was addressed again in a later [[canon]]ical production, [[TNG]]:"[[Second Chances]]."
+:''BUT WHICH ONE?''
-An editor at Bantam copyedited Kirk's reference to McCoy from "Bones" to "Doc," apparently being unfamiliar to the reference to McCoy's oft-used onscreen nickname. Author James Blish wrote a piece about the error in the introduction of a later novelization.
+;From the [[April 1985]] reprint book jacket:
+:"''[[Captain's log]], [[stardate]] 4181.4. We are at war with the [[Klingon]] Empire.''"
+:''Launching an unprovoked attack upon the [[Federation]], the Klingons have broken the terms of the [[Organian Peace Treaty]] &ndash; leaving the ''Enterprise'' stranded deep in uncharted [[space]], cut off from the rest of the Federation fleet.''
+:''To find out what happened to the Organians, [[Commander]] [[Scotty|Scott]] rigged an experimental modification of our transportation system designed to enable a tachyon replica of Mr. Spock to travel faster-than-light to Organia. But the experiment failed, and incredibly, left us with two identical Spocks: one of whom is a replica in every way the opposite of our [[first officer]], a traitor whose continued existence poses a grave threat to the ''Enterprise'' and quite possibly the entire Federation.''
+:''One of the Spocks must die. But which one...''
+{{review}} <!-- further summary
+==Memorable quotes==
+QUOTES -->
+==Background information==
+* This was the first [[TOS|original ''Trek'']] [[novels|novel]] published by [[Bantam Books]]. It was a sequel to {{TOS|Errand of Mercy}}, the original script by [[Gene L. Coon]] and the novelization by [[James Blish]], author of the popular ''[[Star Trek 1]]'' and continuing series of TOS novelizations.
+* The Bantam novel series have a plethora of different cover images: the English version of this novel has been released with at least three different covers, a new one for each subsequent printing. There have been three US cover printings by Bantam ({{m|February|1970}}, {{m|April|1985}}, and {{m|June|1999}}). The 1990s edition cover is credited to artist [[Kazuhiko Sano]].
+* "Spock must die" was a subliminal message suggested to Captain Kirk in the [[Sixth UK Story Arc|sixth story arc]] of the [[Star Trek Comic Strip (UK)|UK ''Star Trek'' comics]].
+* The concept of [[transporter duplication]] was addressed in other [[canon]]ical productions, {{TOS|The Enemy Within}} and {{TNG|Second Chances}}. "Second Chances", in particular, is a later occasion of the transporter being used to create an identical duplicate.
+* An editor at Bantam copyedited Kirk's reference to McCoy from "Bones" to "Doc", apparently being unfamiliar with the reference to McCoy's oft-used on-screen [[nickname]]. Author James Blish wrote a piece about the error in the introduction of a later novelization.
+===Cover Gallery===
+<gallery>
+File:Spock must die (reprint).jpg|Cover of 1985 reprint
+File:Spockmustdie.jpg|Cover of 1999 reprint
+</gallery>
+==Characters==
+{{non canon characters|Bantam TOS}}
+[[File:Leonard McCoy, 2267.jpg|thumb|"Bones" McCoy]]
+; [[James T. Kirk]] : ''Enterprise'' captain.
+; [[Spock]] : ''Enterprise'' [[science officer]] and [[XO|exec]].
+; [[Leonard McCoy]] : ''Enterprise'' [[CMO]].
+[[File:Montgomery_Scott,_2267.jpg|thumb|Scotty]]
+; [[Montgomery Scott]] : ''Enterprise'' [[engineer]].
+; [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] : ''Enterprise'' [[communications officer]]. She was considering spending a couple of weeks teaching a [[language]] to Lt. Purdy.
+;[[Hikaru Sulu]] : ''Enterprise'' [[helmsman]].
+; [[Ayelborne]] : Organian.
+; [[Claymare]] : Organian.
+; [[Trefayne]] : Organian.
+;Purdy : Starfleet [[lieutenant]] stationed at Starbase 16, who wanted to be taught how to speak Eurish.
 ==References==
+; [[Klingon]]s
-[[Ayelborne]]; [[Claymare]]; [[Klingon]]s; [[Klingon Empire]]; [[Organia]]; [[Organian]]s; [[Spock]]; [[transporter]]; [[Trefayne]] DO NOT WIKILINK NON-CANONICALLY MENTIONED PERSONS, PLACES, THINGS OR TERMS..
+; [[Klingon Empire]]
+; [[Organia]]
+; [[Organian]]s
+;Starbase 16 : Federation [[starbase]].
+; [[transporter]]
+===Timeline===
-==Other Bantam Series==
+*[[2267]]
-*[[Star Trek 1|Star Trek]] (novelizations) by James Blish
+*[[2268]]
-*[[Star Trek: New Voyages]] (collections)
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