Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) One Little Ship (1998) User Reviews

Fun and obviously inspired by "Fantastic Voyage".

[planktonrules · 8/10 · 19 January 2015]

In many ways, this episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" is a lot like the 1960s movie "Fantastic Voyage". This is because the success of this mission ends up relying on a miniaturized ship and its miniaturized crew.

The show begins near some anomaly (that's Star Trek for 'great big something we cannot really describe') and to investigate it, they decide to miniaturize a runabout and its crew. However, in the midst of this, a Jem'Hadar ship appears and attacks. Before long, the Defiant has been captured and the crew appears to be screwed. Their only chance is to somehow sabotage the ship or, perhaps, the tiny ship can slip in an offer assistance.

This is a rather cool episode. Of course it's sill, but it is sci- fi! What I really liked was the funny ending involving Odo--but that's something you'll just need to see for yourself.

One Tiny Step For Mankind

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 22 August 2010]

While taking a break from the war the Defiant is leading an expedition to investigate a strange anomaly; anything going in is shrunk considerably. It is thought that it will be safe to send a shuttle in, as the crew will return to their proper size along with the shuttle when it exits the anomaly. Unfortunately while Dax, Chief O'Brien and the Doctor are inside the anomaly the Defiant is attacked by the Jem'Hadar and their shuttle is thrown out of the anomaly in its shrunken state. With the Defiant under Jem'Hadar control it will be up to the tiny shuttle and its crew to help disable the bridge controls so that Captain Sisko can retake the ship.

This was a fun episode; it was amusing watching Dr Bashir winding up the Chief about them being reduced in size and the shuttle craft was surprisingly cute as it buzzed around engineering shooting at the Jem'Hadar. This episode also introduced a division within the Jem'Hadar that was previously not known about; those created in the Alpha Quadrant clearly believe that they are superior to those created in the Gamma Quadrant.

Honey, I Shrunk the Ship

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 6 November 2018]

The cavalier attitude with which characters accept the most amazing things is strictly Hollywood. The downsizing of people has been a plot entity used many times in Science Fiction. Here, in order to explore and anomaly, several of the crew are reduced in size to a few centimeters. Unfortunately, the Defiant, which is following them, is taken over by the Jem'Hadar, leaving the crew at its mercy. The little people in the little ship become the hope of the others (as well as the creativity and resolve of Benjamin and his people). The fun is in seeing this gnat of a space ship maneuvering within the larger ship, unbeknownst to the Jem'Hadar. It's all a lot of fun.

Exploding electronics

[moakin2005 · 7/10 · 11 July 2018]

Okay so the producers did away with the dreaded (and predictable) red jersey fatalities, but why do most of the extras who are thrown to the floor by an exploding comm panel or work station die?

Size matters not.

[thevacinstaller · 7/10 · 22 November 2021]

This one falls into the 'creative idea' list of star trek episodes. There is nothing to discuss in terms of messages or deeper meaning but it is overall a fun little rollercoaster ride that is executed effectively.

I appreciated the science behind transporting air from the shuttle into the computer station. This episode has the good sense to not try to explain how the shuttle became miniature ----- umm, anomaly? Yup, Anomaly and let's all just move forward with the plot now.

Overall a solid episode but even with 'fun' episodes, I like to have a light dusting of greater meaning or some interesting personal/political conflict to it.

A reasonably fantastic voyage

[snoozejonc · 6/10 · 6 May 2023]

The Jem'Hadar attacks the Defiant whilst a miniaturised shuttle and it's crew helps with a hostage situation.

I enjoyed the concept that pays tribute to a classic sci-fi story of the 60s. For me the best scenes involve the visual moments of the shrunken crew. There is plenty of humorous banter that helps keep the tone quite light and enjoyable.

None of this helps the urgency of the situation involving the Jem'Hadar, as it all feels contrived to fit with the novelty of the shrunken crew. (As does the whole episode) In fact as antagonists they are made to look pretty incompetent at times. The concept of the alpha-gamma variants of the species is quite good, but should have been followed up with more significant material in later episodes.

The regular case are all on good form, particularly Colm Meaney and Alexander Siddig.