Future Tense
- Episode aired Feb 19, 2003
- TV-PG
- 43m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
1.7K
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Enterprise discovers a pod with the body of a human that seems to be wanted by both Sulibans and Tholians.Enterprise discovers a pod with the body of a human that seems to be wanted by both Sulibans and Tholians.Enterprise discovers a pod with the body of a human that seems to be wanted by both Sulibans and Tholians.
Daphney Damaraux
- Crewman
- (uncredited)
Peter Godoy
- Enterprise Crewman
- (uncredited)
Scott Sterling Hill
- Ensign Hutchison
- (uncredited)
Roy Joaquin
- Enterprise Sciences Crewman
- (uncredited)
Mark Major
- Human Corpse
- (uncredited)
Tim Storms
- Suliban Warrior
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAn early pitch for the story that became "Future Tense" had the USS Defiant (from The Tholian Web (1968)) appearing instead of a timeship from the 31st century. The Defiant later appeared in In a Mirror, Darkly (2005) and In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II (2005).
- GoofsWhen Enterprise is running from the Suliban trying to get to the safety of the Vulcan ship, they state they are only a few million and then a few hundred thousand km away, yet they are traveling at maximum warp and are a few minutes then several seconds away, respectively. Even at the speed of light, it would take less than half a minute to travel a few million km At maximum warp, it would take them about a tenth of a second.
- Quotes
Captain Jonathan Archer: If a Human and a Vulcan did have a child... I wonder if he'd have pointed ears.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek Online (2010)
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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Really good but it sagged a bit when things started repeating themselves.
When the show begins, Enterprise encounters a very odd space capsule. Inside they find a dead man--and he'd been dead for a long time. However, Dr. Phlox's autopsy discovers something that shocks them all--the human has traces of Vulcan DNA! And, later, Phlox also finds evidence of other alien DNA. Slowly they come to realize that the capsule is from another time--1000 years in the future and the dead man inside was a time traveler!
Soon, Suliban ships show up and insist that Archer turn over this capsule. When he naturally refuses, more Suliban ships appear and begin attacking. Enterprise takes off in space and soon finds that their support, a Vulcan ship, has been attacked by Tholians--and now the Tholians want the capsule as well!! Is there any way out of this mess?
This is a pretty exciting episode and I liked the idea of them finding a dead Dr. Who-like being. But the show also suffers from two things--too many occurrences where scenes are repeated again and again due to 'spatial anomalies' and this is quite annoying. Also, by the end of the show, nothing is really accomplished. Worth seeing but a bit weak.
Soon, Suliban ships show up and insist that Archer turn over this capsule. When he naturally refuses, more Suliban ships appear and begin attacking. Enterprise takes off in space and soon finds that their support, a Vulcan ship, has been attacked by Tholians--and now the Tholians want the capsule as well!! Is there any way out of this mess?
This is a pretty exciting episode and I liked the idea of them finding a dead Dr. Who-like being. But the show also suffers from two things--too many occurrences where scenes are repeated again and again due to 'spatial anomalies' and this is quite annoying. Also, by the end of the show, nothing is really accomplished. Worth seeing but a bit weak.
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- planktonrules
- Mar 27, 2015
Details
- Runtime43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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