Q Who
- Episode aired May 6, 1989
- TV-PG
- 46m
Q tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time.Q tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time.Q tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time.
- Q
- (as John deLancie)
- Enterprise Computer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Borg
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
- Command Division Officer
- (uncredited)
- Borg
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Borg
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Borg were originally conceived as being a race of insects (as featured in the previous season's Conspiracy (1988)). Budget restrictions meant that the decision was made to go with cyborgs instead. Nevertheless, Q Who still went $50,000 over budget. Insectoid races would appear as enemies in the subsequent series Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001).
- GoofsAs Guinan warns Picard to protect the Enterprise from the Borg, Picard orders the shields raised. Moments later, even though the shields are active, the Borg beam over. Considering that they are technologically much more advanced, it is conceivable that they may have found a way to transport through shields.
- Quotes
Capt. Picard: I understand what you've done here, Q. But I think the lesson could have been learned without the loss of 18 members of my crew.
Q: If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.
- Crazy creditsThe episode's credits begin a full minute after the theme music.
- Alternate versionsTo fit more commercial time, BBC America cuts bits and scenes from episodes. In their edit for this episode, the final conversation between Guinan and Picard while played chess is completely excised.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Borg (2004)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
It's quite an encounter with this square shaped space ship handled by a crew of half carbon based humanoids and half robotic all part of the same mind and obeying one will. All the Borg want is technology. To try it, absorb it and absorb those who have it in their singular collective.
This was the first of many encounters with the Borg in this and subsequent Star Trek franchise series. Memorable it is.
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- May 3, 2018
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1