Booby Trap
- Episode aired Oct 28, 1989
- TV-PG
- 45m
The Enterprise triggers an ancient yet effective trap left by an extinct race, with a perfectly preserved derelict ship serving as cheese for Picard.The Enterprise triggers an ancient yet effective trap left by an extinct race, with a perfectly preserved derelict ship serving as cheese for Picard.The Enterprise triggers an ancient yet effective trap left by an extinct race, with a perfectly preserved derelict ship serving as cheese for Picard.
- Crewman Nelson
- (uncredited)
- Enterprise Computer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Youngblood
- (uncredited)
- Enterprise-D Ops Ensign
- (uncredited)
- Bailey
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSusan Gibney (Dr. Leah Brahms) auditioned for the roles of Counselor Deanna Troi and Lt. Tasha Yar before Marina Sirtis and Denise Crosby were cast respectively. She was later a front runner for Captain Kathryn Janeway and Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact (1996) but Kate Mulgrew, Jeri Ryan and Alice Krige were cast in these roles.
- GoofsGeordi says that the Enterprise's warp engines have tens of thousands of light-years on them; however, it has been established throughout TNG, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), and Star Trek: Voyager (1995) that it would take the average Federation starship from the late 24th century more than 10 years at maximum warp to travel 10,000 light years. The U.S.S. Voyager was stranded 75,000 light-years from Federation space, and it was revealed that even if it were possible to maintain maximum warp for the whole time (which it is not) it would take 75 years to return to the Federation. That averages about 10,000 light-years per decade. Intrepid-class starships like Voyager are faster than Galaxy-class starships, with Voyager's maximum sustainable speed being warp factor 9.975 and the Enterprise-D's being warp factor 9.6; so, with the Enterprise-D only being in service for three years as of this episode, there is no way it has more than 10,000 light-years of travel on it. In fact it likely has less than 3,000 light-years on it.
- Quotes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [of the Promellian battle cruiser] It is exactly as they left it, Number One - 'in the bottle'.
[Data and Worf, like Riker earlier, look at him rather blankly]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: The ship in the bottle... Oh, good Lord, didn't anybody here build ships in bottles when they were boys?
Lieutenant Worf: I did not play with toys.
Lt. Commander Data: I was never a boy.
Chief Miles O'Brien: I did, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [pleased] Thank you, Mr. O'Brien.
- ConnectionsEdited into Star Trek: The Next Generation: Genesis (1994)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
The Enterprise has arrived in the proximity of Orelius IX--the location of an Armageddon-like battle in space a thousand years ago. Both sides destroyed the other and little is left except an exploded planet--a vast monument to the stupidity of war. While in this region, the ship begins receiving distress signals from a long-dead ship. Naturally, the Captain is curious and an away team investigates. However, once near this ship, they realize that they, too, are in trouble. The same devices that caused this ancient ship to become stuck in space are now holding the Enterprise firm. Additionally, something in space is now causing a HUGE drain on the ship's energy as well as bombarding the ship with lethal radiation. It sure looks like they are screwed. To deal with this seemingly insurmountable problem, Geordi brings up a holo-creation of a brainiac scientist who built the Enterprise and together they look for a solution to their dilemma.
The other theme in this one is LaForge's pathetic dating life. It begins with him completely striking out with a fellow crewmember and ultimately ends with him becoming infatuated with the holo helper. Will LaForge ever get to meet this lady in person? Yup--two years later she'll re-appear in "Galaxy's Child" and you'll learn whether the real Dr. Brahms is anything like her holo alter-ego.
In some ways this episode is quite original and interesting. But, like many of the lesser episodes, just about everything (other than a brief landing on the dead ship they discover) takes place aboard the Enterprise--making the show a bit stagy and slow. Worth seeing, though it also has a high creepy factor, as LaForge seems amazingly desperate and lonely.
- planktonrules
- Nov 16, 2014
Details
- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1