Star Trek 's sexual undertones , as a result of transdimensional singularity , were influenced by Ray Bradbury .
who merges with Dave in a singularity in 2010 : Odyssey Two ; also the merger of Captain Decker ( with the AI simulacrum of Lieutenant Ilia ) and V'Ger ( first a purely technological singularity ) in Star Trek : The Motion Picture , in which the technological/biological merger culminates in a transdimensional singularity , this case having decided sexual overtones , in a premise strongly influenced by Ray Bradbury.
Technological singularity