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The conception of strange phenomena making ambition come straight has become one of the many story ideas inStar Trek ’s armoury over the retiring 57 years . These types of episode cast light on belovedStar Trekcharacters ' hopes , fears , and desire , which can sometimes cause a great heap of embarrassment . For example , in theStar Trek : Deep Space Nineepisode " If Wishes Were Horses " , Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) was mortified when his sexual fantasy of Lt . Jadzia Dax ( Terry Farrell ) was bring to life by an unnamed alien force .
For other eccentric , there was a catharsis in face up their own dreaming and imaginary figment . For model , Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner)got a chance to beat up his erstwhile Starfleet Academy scourge , Finnegan in theStar Trek : The Original Seriesepisode " Shore Leave . " There ’s a long story ofStar Trekepisodes about the baron of the imagination , something that shew to be so fascinating to the alien inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 1 , episode 16 , " If Wishes Were Horses . "
9Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 1, Episode 17, “Shore Leave”
Aired 29 December 1966
It ’s interesting that theStar Trek : The Original Seriesepisode " Shore Leave " first air during the vacation , as its allusions toAlice in Wonderlandfeel fitly festal . " Shore Leave " finds the Enterprise crew taking some much - demand residual and relaxation on a major planet where their imaging are lend to life . As well as Alice and the White Rabbit from Lewis Carroll ’s novel , Kirk and the crew meet a black knight that apparently kill Dr. Leonard " Bones " McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ) with a shaft through the pectus . Thankfully , the satellite ’s alien caretaker arrives at the ending of the episode to reveal that while the world is designed to gain anything that visitor can conceive of , nothing is lasting , including McCoy ’s " death . "
8Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 1, Episode 9, “Once Upon a Planet”
Aired 3 November 1973
" Shore Leave " got ananimatedStar Treksequel in theStar Trek : The Animated Seriesepisode " Once Upon a satellite . " When the USS Enterprise returned to the planet , they discovered that the elderly foreign caretaker had pass and leave the chaotic reckoner in charge . The planet has descended into chaos , with the Enterprise crew facing menace including a two - headed dragon . Taking advantage of the exalt shape , " Once Upon a major planet " run for broke with the references to Lewis Carroll’sAlicebooks . Dr. McCoy has to deal with the Queen of Hearts , and both Alice and the White Rabbit yield for a relaxing picnic with Bones and Lt . Hikaru Sulu ( George Takei ) after the crisis is over .
7Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 6, “Where No One Has Gone Before”
Aired 26 October 1987
InStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 1 , sequence 6 , " Where No One Has Gone Before " , the USS Enterprise - D was sling into the furthest recess of the known universe . It quick became apparent that in this uncharted region of blank space , imagination could be brought to life . Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) was reunite with his pet Targ , while Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) had teatime with his mother . Much like Kirk ’s replay with Finnegan , the reunion between Picard and his female parent throw him some comfort , which takes on new meaning after recent revelations aboutPicard ’s family inStar Trek .
6Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 10, “Hide and Q”
Aired 23 November 1987
When Commander William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) was given the power of a Q , he offered to make dream come true for the gang of the USS Enterprise - D. Riker mature Wesley Crusher ( Wil Wheaton ) so that he could last become an grownup . Riker also created a distaff Klingon teammate for Worf and restored the sight of Lt . Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) , but his gifts were declined . Geordi said that the terms of having his aspiration earn was " too gamy " , as it would basically lead to Riker mislay his humanity . " Hide and Q " is a story about the perils of have the power to award wishes , as Riker ’s enticement puts him at hazard of being lost to the Q Continuum .
5Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 5, Episode 22, “Imaginary Friend”
Aired 4 May 1992
In " Imaginary Friend " , a deep nebula stimulate an imaginary friend of Clara Sutter ( Noley Thornton ) to become real . Clara was a troubled child who was struggling to fit into liveliness aboard the USS Enterprise - D. Her imaginary ally Isabella ( Shay Aster ) picked up on Clara ’s turmoil and believed that the crew of the Enterprise were being brutal to her friend . jeopardise to use her powers to put down the USS Enterprise , she was finally convinced not to by notoriouschild hater Jean - Luc Picard , who explained that the formula Clara was constricted by were in place for her own safety .
4Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 1, Episode 16, “If Wishes Were Horses”
Aired 16 May 1993
A mysterious alien force became fascinated with the human imagination in theStar Trek : Deep Space Nineepisode " If Wishes Were sawhorse . " In an endeavour to communicate with Commander Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) and the crowd of DS9 , the aliens be various figments of their imagination to test them . While the aliens were aboard DS9 , anything could become tangible , from snow on the Promenade to a terrific and deadly subspace anomaly . Sisko eventually worked out that the paint to their survival was to plainly block believing , a solution that won him the respect of the foreigner masquerading as baseball fable Buck Bokai ( Kenore Young ) .
3Star Trek: Voyager, Season 6, Episode 4, “Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy”
Aired 13 October 1999
Star Trek : Voyager ’s EMH Doctor(Robert Picardo ) began try out with daydreams , which caused all way of complications for him and the work party of the USS Voyager . When a race of aliens tapped into the Doctor ’s daydreams instead of Voyager ’s systems , they father a very different take on life aboard the spaceship . When the aliens launched an attack against Voyager , the crew was forced to make the Doctor ’s dream into a reality by acting out his fantasies . This mean that the EMH gravel to shortly overlook Voyager in his persona as Emergency Command Hologram . Despite the embarrassment of his intimate fantasies being aired to the bunch , the Doctor was awarded a medal for his study in saving Voyager .
2Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 3, Episode 3, “Mining the Mind’s Mines”
Aired 8 September 2022
Star Trek : Lower Decksvisited a major planet where imagination was brought to life , thanks to the proliferation of psychic mine on the surface . After they were tax with safely disposing of the psychical mines alongside the USS Hood ’s own lower Thomas Decker , things get wildly out of hand . When the psychic mines were shatter , they conjured up hair-raising images like Borg serpent , Klingon clowns , and a Kukulkan fromStar Trek : The Animated Series . national flag Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) , Brad Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) , and Sam Rutherford ( Eugene Cordero ) teamed up with the USS Hood ’s lower deckers to see past the nightmare and find out what was really going on .
1Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 1, Episode 9, “The Elysian Kingdom”
Aired 23 June 2022
InStar Trek : Strange New Worlds ' nance story , " The Elysian Kingdom " , the news report Koran that Dr. Joseph M’Benga ( Babs Olusanmokun ) take to his daughter Rukiya ( Sage Arrindell ) was convey to life-time by an alien entity . This call on the entire gang of the USS Enterprise into fag tale original , from malign wizards , to hunters , and violate princesses . The Enterprise itself was transformed into a lush fairy tale kingdom staring with candlelight and forests . It was an outlandish and hilariousStar Trekepisode , but it also realized Dr. M’Benga ’s dream of a well-chosen life for his terminally ill daughter .
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