Future Tense
- Episode aired Feb 19, 2003
- TV-PG
- 43m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
1.8K
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Enterprise discovers a pod with the body of a human that seems to be wanted by both Sulibans and Tholians.Enterprise discovers a pod with the body of a human that seems to be wanted by both Sulibans and Tholians.Enterprise discovers a pod with the body of a human that seems to be wanted by both Sulibans and Tholians.
Jef Ayres
- Crewman Haynem
- (uncredited)
Daphney Damaraux
- Crewman
- (uncredited)
Peter Godoy
- Enterprise Crewman
- (uncredited)
Scott Sterling Hill
- Ensign Hutchison
- (uncredited)
Roy Joaquin
- Enterprise Sciences Crewman
- (uncredited)
Mark Major
- Human Corpse
- (uncredited)
Tim Storms
- Suliban Warrior
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAn early pitch for the story that became "Future Tense" had the USS Defiant (from The Tholian Web (1968)) appearing instead of a timeship from the 31st century. The Defiant later appeared in In a Mirror, Darkly (2005) and In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II (2005).
- GoofsWhen the Enterprise is running from the Suliban trying to get to the safety of the Vulcan ship Archer tells the Tholians they are only a few million kilometers away, then about a minute later T'Pol states they are 600,000 kilometers from the Vulcans. Even at just warp 1, the speed of light (299,792 km/s), it would only take 6.6 seconds to travel 2 million km and 2.001 seconds to travel 600,000 km. However the Enterprise is traveling at maximum warp, warp 5 is 125 times the speed of light so it would only take .05 seconds to travel 2 million km and .016 seconds to travel 600,000 km.
- Quotes
Captain Jonathan Archer: If a Human and a Vulcan did have a child... I wonder if he'd have pointed ears.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek Online (2010)
- SoundtracksWhere My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
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Featured review
A Really Thought Provoking Episode
Things get a little dicey when the idea of time travel comes into play. In this episode, a strange space ship that looks pretty much like a chunk of metal, is found with a dead man inside. The Enterprise is first on the scene and pulls it into a cargo bay. It turns out that there are some incredible physical aspects to this ship. Also, the man inside it has an odd combination of DNA that show things that just can't exist at this time. Archer soon suspects that time travel is involved. Soon some old friends show up. The Suliban and the Tholians want their hands on the newly discovered ship. Unfortunately, the Enterprise has a moral obligation to hang on to the ship and they soon come under serious fire. The good thing is that the two attacking parties begin to go after each other. I really enjoyed the way this turns out because it plays well with the realities of time travel.
Details
- Runtime43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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