Where No One Has Gone Before
Where No One Has Gone Before
This Story: Season 1 Episode 6 (production code 106)
TNG Overall: Episode 6
Trek Overall: Story 106, Episode 108
Airdate: 26 Oct 1987
Written by Diane Duane & Michael Reaves
Directed by Rob Bowman
Notes
- This was based on a novel by Diane Duane called “The Wounded Sky“.
- The first appearance of Erik Menyuk’s “The Traveller”. He appears twice more (Remember Me & Journey’s End).
- Menyuk was a finalist to be cast as Data, but lost to Brent Spiner.
- Tasha Yar gets some back story and small character development, one of the few episodes to do that.
- Wesley gets his field commission to “acting Ensign” in this episode.
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— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 21, 2024
This is one that when it was new, I never cared for & never watched again until now. It just did nothing for me. In reading about it I found this is a minority opinion. It was a Wesley heavy ep pic.twitter.com/sSxJLlF0nb
#StarTrekMarathon Star Trek TNG Ep 6 - Where No Man Has Gone Before - 26 Oct 1987 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 21, 2024
which is a surprise. It sets up a long game of what ultimately becomes of his character in other incarnations (Picard & Prodigy). I did like some of the visuals, though. Better than I remember. pic.twitter.com/MA7GyFUlKJ