CONTAGION
Stardate: 42609.1
Rating: 9 Humour: - Action: + Tension: + Romance: --
| Alternate Titles: |
German: |
"DIE ICONIA SONDEN" |
| Written By: |
Gerber, Steve
Woods, Beth |
| Director: |
Scanlan, Joseph L. |
| Executive: |
Roddenberry, Gene |
| Co-Executive: |
Berman, Rick
Hurley, Maurice |
| Producer: |
Armus, Burton
Gray, Mike
Mason, John |
| Line-Producer: |
Livingston, David |
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Cast
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Plot
The Enterprise rushes to the Neutral Zone to aid the U.S.S. Yamato which
has been plagued by systems failures. Shortly after the arrival of the
Enterprise, the Yamato explodes and a Romulan ship uncloaks. After
examining the logs of the Yamato, it becomes clear that the Romulans were
not responsible for the destruction of the ship. The captain of the Yamato
had apparently found the legendary planet of Iconia and his ship was
infected by a computer virus transmitted by a probe from that planet. That
virus was apparently the cause of the system failures and the final
destruction. Unfortunately, since the Enterprise downloaded the logs from
the Yamato's computers, it too has the same virus. Picard must travel to
Iconia in the hopes of finding a cure to the virus.
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In-Jokes
- The Iconian artifact has various markings on it, including "Kei and Yuri"
(DP), "Dirty Pair" (DP), "Gundam" and "Totoro."
- Also, the various views as seen through the portal include: Toronto's
City Hall and Nathan Phillip's Square (depicting the arches over the
reflecting pool/skating rink), and Toronto's City Council Chambers.
- Also, in this episode, the Romulan ship that attacked the Enterprise was
named the "Harkonnen", which just happens to be the name of the family
that attacked the Atriedes family in the Dune series.
- In this episode, another Galaxy Class Starship is mentioned: the USS
Yamato. This was originally the flagship of the Japanese fleet that
fought in World War II at both the Coral Sea and Midway before it was
sunk by Torpedo Bombers from an American carrier. Many years later, a
Japanese Animation series was done in which a battleship is reconfigured
to become a starship in order to recover something called the "Cosmo
DNA". This series was called "Starship Yamato", however, this series was
known in the United States as "Star Blazers".
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Quotes
[Picard gets a cup of flowers from the replicator]
| Wesley: |
"Didn't you order tea, sir ??" |
| Picard: |
"Now, that should not have happend.." |
| Picard: |
"Welcome to the bridge, Mister LaForge." |
| Riker: |
"Fate...protects fools, children, and ships named Enterprise." |
[LaForge gets hit by a enerypulse from a panel]
| LaForge: |
"Data, what happend ??" |
| Data: |
"Any answer would be near speculation. This is yet another example of how our actions produce random results." |
| LaForge: |
"Thank you Data, I noticed." |
| Data: |
"That was not manual override." |
[The virus hits deep now]
| Wesley: |
"Sir, the shields are back up.." |
| Riker: |
"Perfect timing.." [Pause] |
| Wesley: |
"Sir, the shields are back down.." |
| Tactical: |
"Phaser-banks are down..." |
| Wesley: |
"Shields are back up.." |
| Troi: |
"In another time and place, this could be funny..." |
| Riker: |
"Status of torpedo-banks ?" |
| Tactical: |
"They're down too.." |
| Riker: |
"If it becomes necessary to fight, could you locate me some rocks to throw at them?" |
| Riker: |
[To Romulan Commander] "Having a little problem with your systems, commander ??? Maybe we should consider persponing the war, and solve our more emidiate problem...." |
| Picard: |
"The victors invariably write the history to their own advantage." |
| Data: |
"Blue...blue...blue." |
| Picard: |
"I hope that isn't a stutter." |
| Picard: |
"So how's it been here, Number One? Some old routine job?" |
| Picard: |
"Now I see why you want to handle all the away teams, Number One. That's where all the excitement is." |
| Pulaski: |
"It's a time-honored way of practicing medicine. With your head, and your heart, and your hands." |
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