Overview
| Production number |
104 |
| Air date |
January 30th, 1995 |
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| Director |
Les Landau |
| Teleplay |
Michael Piller and
David Kemper |
| Story |
David Kemper |
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Story
| A powerful shockwave is detected
in space, which seems to be originated from a nearby planetary system. When Voyager
arrives there, a planet is discovered that was apparently devastated by a global
catastrophe. While an away team is beamed to the surface in order to investigate, Kes has
strange visions. She seems to know what happened on the planet. But also the away team
soon finds out the truth: it discovers that the explosion which led to the destruction of
the entire bioshere, including all inhabitants, was caused by a power plant that used
polaric ions. Suddenly, Janeway and Paris are taken to the past of the planet through
subspace fissures, one day before the armageddon ... |
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- Guest stars
| Makull |
Nicolas Surovy |
| Terla |
Joel Polis |
| Latika |
Brady Bluhm |
Comment
| Episode which sheds light on the
topic environmental awareness and the dangers of technology for the first time since [TNG] The Force of Nature and Star Trek IV, while this time, of course the dangers of
the nuclear fission are indirectly displayed. Although it is an interesting story with
many scientific aspects, it is somehow annoying that the various temporal effects, the
cause-effect-principle etc. have already been dealt with extensively in the previous
episode [VOY] Parallax. Although the focus is put on the drama of
the time travel this time, first another type of episode would have been desirable. |
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Star Trek Facts
| After the disastrous accident on
Chaltok IV in 2268, tests for the power generation with polaric ions have
been forbidden, since an ion generator of that type leads to an interplanetary,
devastating shockwave and a chain reaction in subspace in case of a polaric explosion. |
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