Voyager is the first really, really good one in the series. The novel also involves a human space ship observing the extremely rapid evolution of a society on a star about which. Eye of the needle and 10 related entities entities finder. Caretaker parallax time and again phage the cloud eye of the needle ex post facto emanations prime factors state of flux heroes and demons cathexis faces jetrel learning curve. Voyager 19952001 is the third spinoff from the original star trek fourth if you count the animated series, but no one really does. Voyager, a story like eye of the needle should be an event. When a wormhole presents itself to the crew of the voyager they get their hopes up, but its only the first season. Eye of the needle is the seventh episode of the american science fiction television series star trek. When the voyager crew encounters a wormhole and makes. Voyager comes across a previouslyundiscovered wormhole, which holds open the. A discussion in this thread got me thinking about something else about this episode. Voyager s premise is that a bunch of people are 70 years from home and feeling mighty lonesome. Unable to fit through the wormhole, the crew instead tries. He would go on to make four more appearances in voyager, playing a borg, a vidiian, a hirogen and a klingon.
The cycle begins here, and the script for eye of the needle brilliant escalates each new development. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, jennifer lien. Block, lists this episode as one of the ten essential episodes from star trek. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7. The star trek franchise continues as the crew of the uss voyager follows a maquis ship into the badlands and ends up 70,000 light years from home. The book primarily pertains to the development of first season episodes caretaker and eye of the needle, but also included some limited information on later episodes from the first four seasons of the series. Voyager shows us how to stay hopeful even in the most hopeless situation. Cory sticha discuss the dilemma of trying to convince an enemy to trust you about something completely improbable and desperately.
Star trek voyager a thread for fans home theater forum. Sep 29, 2014 eye of the needle really should be a bigger deal than it is. In 2402, the uss voyager made first contact with the lorians, an avian species. The episode was originally formatted as a teaser and five acts. Harry kim discovers a wormhole which leads to the alpha quadrant. Its darker elements are the catalyst for so much of what makes it. Do many star trek fans consider most vulcan characters unfit for command. Uss voyager memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom.
At the end of the episode eye of the needle, i say i would like to have a name, which i think is one of the. Janeways gothic romance holonovel program was to be introduced in this episode, but was then introduced in cathexis. The episode was also ranked as one of the top 10 episodes of star trek. Do you think telekrmor got the messages to starfleet. Voyager there are good episodes that follow blink of an eye. Eye of the needle season 1, episode 7 february 25, 2014. Voyager episode eye of the needle, airing 20 feb 1995. Voyager finally decides to shape up and get serious when the crew discovers a wormhole that leads to the alpha quadrantthats the good quadrant. In the episode, tom paris actually achieves this speed via a kind of transwarp technology developed for one of voyagers shuttles, resulting in weird consequences for the character and one of the star trek franchises most questionable products. Eye of the needle when ensign kim finds a wormhole that might lead to the alpha quadrant, the crew believes they may have found a rapid route home.
The uss voyager remains in service under the command of rear admiral tuvok in 2409. Ghost dance takes the tale much further and gets into the heart of. Feb 10, 2020 eye of the needle written by hilary j. The crew is overjoyed to find a wormhole leading to the alpha quadrant, only to find that it is microsized and terminates in the romulan empire. Eye of the needle is the seventh episode of the american science fiction. Mar 01, 2016 on this weeks boldly going, we head to voyager for the romulan episode eye of the needle comment, like, subscribe and spread the word. The trek nation eye of the needle daily star trek news. Eye of the needle by michelle erica green posted at january, 2004 1. Although the opening to the tunnel in space proves too small for voyager to fly through, janeway decides to launch a microprobe into it to see whats on the other side. I came across this star trek voyager fan fiction story about the letters written to the alpha quadrant by voyagers crew in the season one episode, eye of the needle. On this weeks boldly going, we head to voyager for the romulan episode eye of the needle comment, like, subscribe and spread the word.
In the episode, tom paris actually achieves this speed via a kind of transwarp technology developed for one of voyager s shuttles, resulting in weird consequences for the character and one of the star trek franchises most questionable products. Enterprise in discussions of the franchises history and legacy, no matter how quietly influential the prequel series has become in terms of star trek beyond or star trek. Merritt butrick was kirks son david and tjon on the next generation, marc alaimo was a romulan on tng before becoming gul dukat on deep space nine, suzie plakson was worfs lover kehlayr as well as a. Sep 06, 2017 no matter which part of the franchise, theres something the star trek production teams were always great at. Voyager comes across a previouslyundiscovered wormhole, which holds open the possibility of getting the crew home. Star trek online later that year, the voyager was part of the task force to push the borg out of fluidic space.
But that may be the least of the problems with this particular shortcut. The crew has been scanning constantly for anomalies that might help us shorten our journey home. Granted, voyager had not been lost for a very long time, and i imagine that many friends and family members of the crew didnt even know their loved ones were missing. The wildly successful star trek franchise continues as capt. March 2020 also marked the release of her new book. Fastest form of travel in the star trek universe science. In the seventh episode of the first season of voyager, what a masterpiece.
Christie golden wrote a threenovel sequel to this episode, the dark matters trilogy, in which voyager once again encounters r. And yet, here a romulan is, six episodes into the show. As cloak and dagger established the premise in which the author chose the character of romulan scientist telek rmor from star trek voyagers first season episode of eye of the needle and the events of that episode and has expounded upon them beautifully in this trilogy. Voyager s visible presence has a great effect on the planets culture and technology, as centuries pass on the surface below. Ive started watching voyager again from the beginning but only on season 1 so far. Events on veridian iii, captain jeanluc picard is able to retrieve formerly lost captain james t. Eye of the needle season 1, episode 7 voyager torture. In theory, you could go any place in the wink of an eye. Aboard the uss voyager, captain kathryn janeway notes in her log that ensign harry. Eye of the needle sets a number of precedents for voyager none of them particularly. Voyager encounters a wormhole which leads to the alpha quadrant, but when the. It should, at the very least, be a midseason finale.
Its episode seven, so its never too early to do a maybe we can get home. The show continues for seven years, so we know theyre not going to get home. Janeway makes the decision to not go back 20 years in time because it would pollute the time line to such an extent that the consequences would be unimaginable. Forgotten about eye of the needle which i thought was really good and really enjoyed emanations again. Yes, i would like to receive updates, special offers and other information from star. The episode was created as a way to quickly get voyager back to the alpha quadrant in case the fans revolted against the shows premise. Fyi emanations was the first episode of star trek i ever watched and it got me watching all the other shows. This episode is notably similar to the novel dragons egg, by robert l.
There are solid comedy episodes like renaissance man. Voyager, this is my continuation of the episode 1x07 where the crew manages to make limited contact with the alpha quadrant through a very small wormhole. Vaughn armstrong, tom virtue, michael cumpsty, tarik ergin stardate. One of my favorite ones is in the episode the eye of the needle, which is early season one. Voyager is a reference book which provides a behindthescenes look at the creation of star trek. Voyager makes contact with a ship in the alpha quadrant, but it turns out to.
Like most new shows, the first few shows are a bit tentativewith characters still coming into their own and the shows not yet hitting their stride. Voyager makes contact with a romulan ship through a wormhole that leads back to the alpha quadrant. Though i think it would have been a more dramatic episode if it had aired later in voyagers run, eye of. Star trek has always been episodic, with each episode having a clear beginning, middle, and end, but this was difficult for voyager to maintain with the overarching conundrum that captain janeway and her crew were stuck in the delta quadrant on a journey home that would take seventyfive years. Gizmodo ranked blink of an eye as the 46th out of 100 of the best of all star trek television episodes as of.
Blink of an eye is perhaps the last truly great episode of star trek. Even that image of picard having the borg needle inserted in his eye at the beginning of star trek. Voyager episode blink of an eye, voyager is stuck in orbit of a planet with a tachyon core which causes time on the planet to elapse at a much faster rate than normal. The screenplay was written by bill dial and jeri taylor based on a story by hilary bader, and it was directed by winrich kolbe. Still, being able to inform them of what happened was a big deal. Voyagers visible presence has a great effect on the planets culture and technology, as centuries pass on the surface below. Though i think it would have been a more dramatic episode if it had aired later in voyagers run, eye of the needle remains the best of the early.
Voyager was the first star trek series to use computergenerated imagery cgi, rather than models, for exterior space shots. There are effective homage episodes like author, author. Bader and bill dial and jeri taylor directed by winrich kolbe season 1, episode 6 production episode 107 original air. While star trek as a whole is a wonderful franchise based on a great idea, its my view that by daring to do something different, and taking that idea in a totally new direction, voyager perfected it. This is also his first time playing a romulan in a star trek series after having played klingons and cardassians in star trek. It premiered on upn on february 20, 1995 in this episode voyager discovers and explores the nature of a wormhole. Out of the 16 episodes in the first season of star trek. Eye of the needle went a long way toward underscoring the essential sadness and desperation of captain janeway kate mulgrew and her crew. Voyager follow a maquis ship into the badlands, and one speciessaving decision later, find themselves in the delta quadrant, 70, 000 light years away from the alpha quadrant, the federation, and home.