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Ich kopier einfach mal den Artikel von der Webseite, aber ist mal interessant zu sehen... 
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A particular example is of a strange lifeform accidentally trapped on a starship. It threatens the crew until they can find a way to communicate and take it home. This happened in Lonely Among Us, The Cloud, The Haunting of Deck 12 and Vox Sola.
Another is when a senior officer (usually the captain) falls in love with the irresistable monarch of an alien world. This occurred in Elaan of Troyius, The Perfect Mate, Precious Cargo and, to a lesser extent, The Dauphin.
Gravitational fields have caused identical emotional reactions in various starship crews in The Naked Time, The Naked Now and Singularity, causing the loss of inhibitions. A virus caused rapid aging in both The Deadly Years and Unnatural Selection.
A recurrent theme is the possession of one or more characters by another entity. These include Wolf in the Fold, Return to Tomorrow, Lonely Among Us, Conspiracy, The Schizoid Man, The Passenger, The Assignment and Vis a Vis, amongst others.
Another is the kidnap of one or more members of the crew to serve an alien culture, as in The Gamesters of Triskelion, The Mark of Gideon, When the Bough Breaks, Samaritan Snare, Critical Care and Workforce.
Then there is the technology, often military, that outlives its makers and/or its purpose, seen in What are Little Girls Made Of?, I Mudd, The Doomsday Machine, Booby Trap, The Arsenal of Freedom, Tin Man, Babel, Prototype and That Which Survives.
The Return of the Archons showed a world in thrall to its technology. This theme was repeated in The Apple, For the World is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky, Spock's Brain, A Taste of Armageddon and Justice.
At times technology can go out of control, threatening the crew. The Changeling (and its virtual remake The Motion Picture), The Ultimate Computer, Dreadnought, Warhead (Dreadnought 2) and Elementary Dear Data (and similar holodeck-based stories - A Fistful of Datas et al) are all examples.
Talking holodecks, why is it that so many Starfleet officers become obsessed with holocharacters. There was Geordi LaForge in Booby Trap, Reg Barclay in Hollow Pursuits and ofcourse Kathryn Janeway in Fair Haven. Are they all a few photons short of a full EMH?
Then there is the point when technological creations are recognised as new lifeforms in their own right. This includes Measure of a Man, Evolution, The Quality of Life and Ship in a Bottle.
In Where No Man Has Gone Before a crewman was bestowed with god-like power. This was also seen in Charlie X, The Nth Degree and QWho.
Powerful beings appear to be plentiful in our galaxy and most of them amuse themselves by toying with lesser lifeforms, as in The Squire of Gothos, Arena, Who Mourns for Adonais, The Spectre of the Gun, Savage Curtain, Plato's Stepchildren, Where Silence Holds Lease and just about any episode with Q in it.
Stories involving imposters and doubles always make for interesting watching and, ofcourse, its generally the captain who is replaced or duplicated. The Enemy Within, What Are Little Girls Made Of?, The Man Trap, Time Squared, Live Fast and Prosper, By Inferno's Light and Whispers are all examples of this.
Stranding crew members together and showing their interaction is a favourite plot device: I have lost count of the shuttles that have crashlanded on barren planetoids. See Galileo Seven, Shuttlepod One, Dawn, The Enemy, Gravity, etc.
If a crew goes on vacation you can bet it will not be without incident. There will always be a planet to save or an unfriendly party to deal with. Remember Shore Leave, The Captain's Holiday, Let He Without Sin and Two Days and Two Nights. Risa is obviously not really the relaxing spot its reputed to be, but its fine if you enjoy adventure holidays.
Some of my favourites are the psychological dramas, where the minds or memories of one or more of the crew are tampered with. These include The Mind's Eye, Flashback, The Inner Light, Frame of Mind, Coda, The Voyager Conspiracy, Memorial and Unforgettable.
Cultural contamination is a recurring topic, where a planet's society is altered due to outside influence either inadvertantly or deliberately, as in A Piece of the Action, A Private Little War, Patterns of Force, Pen Pals, Who Watches the Watchers and The Communicator.
Temporal contamination is another concern in a universe where time travel has been proved not only probable but possible. Tomorrow is Yesterday, City on the Edge of Forever, Yesterday's Enterprise, Trials and Tribble-ations, Timeless and Shockwave are good illustrations. |
Quelle: The Unofficial Star Trek Fact Files Index
Gruss B.
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