Yeah, but in the short story the dead planet actually was earth - ends with him finding a copper disk and going “e pluribus unum? What does that mean?” before throwing it away and getting back on ship. Very definitely not the same as the garbage TV series.
I recommend reading the short stories - the series absolutely lost the meaning of every single one of them.
I have to admit this is what I thought was going to happen once the old android started messing with the navigational controls. The twist being that he was telling the truth at the end when he was talking about Earth being hit by some gobbldygook that messed it up.
I recommend reading the short stories - the series absolutely lost the meaning of every single one of them.