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| + | :''For the year 47 see [[Early history]]. |
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| − | {{realworld}}[[Category:Production lists|47 references, List of]] |
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| − | This page is a list of appearances of the number [[47]]. |
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| + | In fan circles, the number '''47''' carries special significance for its frequent recurrence in dialogue and on computer screens. Seemingly innocuous, the number has strangely achieved cult status among some fans. |
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| − | Please click the [[47]] link or read the discussion for explanation as to the significance of this article. |
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| + | The origin of the significance of 47 can be traced to [[TNG]] and [[VOY|Voyager]] writer [[Joe Menosky]], who attended [http://www.pomona.edu/ Pomona College] in [[California]]. There is a club at Pomona called [http://www.47.net/ The 47 Society], which claims that there exists a mathematical proof that all numbers are equal to 47, and that the number 47 occurs with greater frequency in nature than other numbers. |
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| − | ==The Original Series== |
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| − | Although it was before the number 47 had any real meaning to Star Trek there were some instances of 47. |
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| + | Joe Menosky first started including references to 47 in his scripts in the [[TNG Season 4|fourth season of TNG]], and the [[in-joke]] quickly caught on among the rest of the staff. Since then, references to 47 have been included in virtually every episode of all the modern series. |
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| − | * "[[The Man Trap]]" : The number 5147 is seen on [[Crewman]] [[Barnhart]]'s hazard vest after he is killed by the [[M-113 creature]]. |
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| − | * "[[Balance of Terror]]" : [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] logs that they have been motionless for 9 hours and 47 minutes |
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| − | * "[[Bread and Circuses]]" : The [[SS Beagle]] had a crew of 47 |
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| − | * "[[Assignment: Earth]]" : One of the agents [[Gary Seven]] checked up on was [[Agent 347]]. |
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| + | When asked about the significance of the number, [[Rick Berman]] once joked, "47 is 42, corrected for inflation" referring to 42 being "the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" according to ''[[wikipedia:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' by [[wikipedia:Douglas Adams|Douglas Adams]]. |
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| − | ==The Animated Series== |
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| − | * "[[More Tribbles, More Troubles]]" : Kirk arrests [[Cyrano Jones]] for breaking three [[Federation]] mandates and 47 local ones. |
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| + | The number also seems to have some kind of significance to the writers and producers of the ABC series ''[[wikipedia:Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', where it occurs almost as regularly as it does in Star Trek. |
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| − | ==The Next Generation== |
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| − | *The number appears on many [[DVD]] menu screens. For example, all [[TNG Season 4 DVD]] episode menu screens have on them "147" and "P-47". |
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| − | *With the exception of the two episodes without [[stardate]]s, all [[TNG Season 7]] episodes have a substring 47 in the stardate. |
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| − | *The room number on the door opposite to the [[transporter room]] is 3472, and is seen when people are walking out from that room. |
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| − | === Season 1 === |
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| − | * Episode 3 : "[[The Naked Now]]" : A display shows 2472 [http://memory-alpha.org/de/wiki/47] |
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| − | * Episode 10 : "[[Hide and Q]]" : In the cave, the tube is labelled "G-3347" [http://memory-alpha.org/de/wiki/47] |
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| − | * Episode 14 : "[[Angel One (episode)|Angel One]]" : [[Data]] reports that the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise'']] must leave orbit within 47 minutes to ward off a potential [[Romulan]] attack. |
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| − | * Episode 15 : "[[11001001]]" : The ''Enterprise'' docks at [[Starbase 74]]. |
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| − | * Episode 24 : "[[We'll Always Have Paris]]" : Data reports less than 47 minutes remain until the next [[Manheim Effect]]. |
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| − | * Episode 25 : "[[Conspiracy]]" : [[Captain]] [[Walker Keel]] used a [[code 47]] (captain's eyes only) to call his old friend Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]]. |
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| + | * [[47 references]] |
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| − | *Episode 1: "[[The Child]]": [[Deanna Troi]]'s pregnancy lasts 47 hours. |
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| + | * {{wikipedia|47 (number)|47}} |
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| + | * [http://www.schlock.net/the47s.html The 47s] at [http://www.schlock.net Schlock.net] |
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| − | === Season 3 === |
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| + | * [http://www.pomona.edu/welcome/trek/47trek.shtml The Mystique of 47] at [http://www.pomona.edu Pomona College] |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[Deja Q]]" : ''"Even with warp power to the tractor beam, it would mean exceeding recommended impulse engine output by at least ''47'' percent."'' ([[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]]) |
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| + | * [http://cartoons.sev.com.au/archivepage.php?cartoonid=s70 The Number 47] at [http://cartoons.sev.com.au Sev Trek Cartoons] |
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| − | * Episode 20 : "[[Tin Man]]" : 47 people died in the Ghorusuda disaster. |
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| + | [[de:47]] [[sv:47]] |
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| − | * Episode 25 : "[[Transfigurations]]" : Immediately after the opening titles, Dr. [[Beverly Crusher|Crusher]] is in [[sick bay]] attempting to revive the passenger of the [[escape pod]]. At one point a closeup shot shows her pressing a few numbered buttons on a control panel. One of the buttons she presses (the fifth from the top of the panel) is numbered 47. |
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| − | === Season 4 === |
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| − | * Episode 2 : "[[Family]]" : At dinner with his brother's family, Picard incorrectly identifies wine served to him as being of '46 vintage when it is in fact '47. Before returning to the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise'']] his brother gives him a bottle of the '47. |
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| − | * Episode 3 : "[[Brothers]]" : [[Data]] concocts a fiendishly long password in which the substring "47" occurs twice. |
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| − | * Episode 4 : "[[Suddenly Human]]" : ''"We will rendezvous with the warship [[Q'maire]] at ''0740''."'' (Picard) and [[Sector 21947]] |
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| − | * Episode 6 : "[[Legacy]]" : [[Ishara Yar]] tells the senior staff that the hostages' escape pod is at Level 3-C, section 547. |
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| − | * Episode 10 : "[[The Loss]]" : Arrival at the [[T'lli Beta system]] in "six days, thirteen hours and 47 minutes" (Data) |
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| − | * Episode 11 : "[[Data's Day]]" : Data feeds [[Spot]] Feline Supplement #74. |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[Devil's Due]]" : Stardate 44474.5 |
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| − | * Episode 14 : "[[Clues]]" : ''"bearing 285.147"'' ([[McKnight (Ensign)|McKnight]]) |
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| − | * Episode 18 : "[[Identity Crisis]]" : ''"Analyze audio elements from time index 14-4-7 to ..."'' ([[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]]). The archive footage of the [[USS Victory|USS ''Victory'']] was recorded on [[stardate]] 40164.7. The [[LCARS]] screen with the different footprints is labeled 40274. |
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| − | * Episode 19 : "[[The Nth Degree]]" : Shields failure in 47 seconds (Data) and Stardate 44704.2 |
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| − | * Episode 20 : "[[QPid]]" : Picard gives a lecture on the archaeological mysteries of [[Tagus III]]. He says ''"There have been 947 known archeological excavations conducted on the planet's surface. Of those, some 74 are generally believed to have revealed findings of major importance."'' |
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| − | * Episode 21 : "[[The Drumhead]]" : [[Engineering]] [[sensor log]] playback 44765.2. Also, [[Jean-Luc_Picard|Picard]] says: "This hearing is convened at stardate 44780". |
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| − | * Episode 24 : "[[The Mind's Eye]]" : Power is rerouted to auxillary power distribution system code number 44762. |
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| − | * Episode 25 : "[[In Theory]]" : Picard asks how much further until the nebula perimeter is reached. The ''Enterprise'' responds 4.7 million km. |
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| − | === Season 5 === |
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| − | * Episode 2 : "[[Darmok (episode)|Darmok]]" : The [[Computer]] tells [[Counselor]] [[Deanna Troi]] that there are 47 references to "[[Darmok]]" in the [[linguistic database]] for the current sector. [[Worf]] reports the particle gradient as 4/7. |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[Disaster]]" : |
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| − | * Episode 6 : "[[The Game]]" : [[Nurse]] [[Alyssa Ogawa|Ogawa]] tells [[Wesley Crusher]] that she's on level 47 of the addictive game. |
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| − | * Episode 10 : "[[New Ground]]" : [[William T. Riker|Riker]]: "We need to evacuate sections 2'''4''' to 3'''7''', decks 35 to 38." |
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| − | * Episode 14 : "[[Conundrum]]" : An athlete injures herself during [[Holodeck]] Program 47-C, "The Cliffs of Heaven". Riker reads 47 Lysian probes around the perimeter of the Lysian central command. |
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| − | * Episode 18 : "[[Cause and Effect]]" : At the end of the episode, it is revealed that the ''Enterprise'' had been caught in the temporal causality loop for 17.4 days. Also, during the crew's poker game, the numbers 4 and 7 appear frequently. |
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| − | * Episode 19 : "[[The First Duty]]" |
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| − | * Episode 22 : "[[Imaginary Friend]]" |
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| − | * Episode 23 : "[[I, Borg]]" : The virus against the Borg was named "Topological Anomaly 4747". |
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| − | * Episode 26 : "[[Time's Arrow, Part I]]" |
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| − | === Season 6 === |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Time's Arrow, Part II]]" : [[Samuel Clemens]] tells [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] ''"a frequency of, um, .047 on your phaser will correctly activate this... this creature."'' |
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| − | * Episode 4 : "[[Relics]]" : [[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]] is 1'''47''' years old. |
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| − | [[Image:Rikerclock47.jpg|thumbnail|47 Can Be Seen On Riker's Clock]] |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[Schisms]]" : When [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] deactivates his alarm clock, one of the digits on the display is clearly "47". Possibly the second indicator. Later while on the [[holodeck]] trying to recreate the dreams faced by the crew, [[Deanna Troi|Troi]] asks the computer to display a table. The computer states that there are 5047 different classifications of tables in the holographic database. [[Lieutenant]] [[Edward Hagler| Hagler's]] quarters are on Deck 9, Room 19'''47'''. |
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| − | * Episode 6 : "[[True Q]]" |
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| − | * Episode 7 : "[[Rascals]]" |
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| − | * Episode 8 : "[[A Fistful of Datas]]" : Computer core subroutine C'''47''' was replaced by parts of [[Lieutenant Commander|Lt. Cmdr.]] [[Data]]'s programming. Subroutine C47 controls the [[LCARS]] and recreational programs. |
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| − | * Episode 11 : "[[Chain of Command, Part II]]" : [[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]] scans the [[Cardassian]] ship using Quantum Resonance Scan 047. |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[Aquiel]]" : [[Relay Station 47]] is mentioned as well as seen. |
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| − | * Episode 15 : "[[Tapestry]]" |
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| − | * Episode 16 : "[[Birthright, Part I]]" : A power surge from a [[Gamma Quadrant]] device knocks Data unconscious for 47 seconds. |
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| − | * Episode 21 : "[[Frame of Mind]]" : When Riker first appears in the mental institution and asks where he is, he is told that he is in ward 47 of the Tilonus Institute for Mental Disorders. |
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| − | * Episode 25 : "[[Timescape]]" : Lt. Cmdr. Data reports that the starboard [[warp nacelle]] of the [[runabout (Enterprise-D)|''Enterprise''-D runabout]] has been in continuous operation for 47 days. |
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| − | * Episode 26 : "[[Descent, Part I]]" : According to [[Albert Einstein]], [[Stephen Hawking]] increased [[Data]]'s bet by 4. He then wrongly says that this means he must play 7 to call. : Stephen Hawking's winning hand contains four sevens. : The [[Outpost]] on [[Ohniaka III]] had a crew of 274. : The [[Shuttlecraft|Shuttle]] carrying Data and the [[Borg]] [[Borg drone|drone]] is identified heading on a course 2'''47'''.059 |
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| − | === Season 7 === |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Descent, Part II]]" : 47 people are left behind on the planet as the [[Rogue Borg ship]] forces the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise'']] to leave orbit. |
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| − | * Episode 3 : "[[Interface (episode)|Interface]]" : [[Data]] is studying an art form which contains an empty pause lasting for 47 minutes |
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| − | * Episode 4 : "[[Gambit, Part I]]" : As [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] is cataloging the Artifacts, he labels one example "'''47'''8B" |
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| − | * Episode 8 : "[[Attached]]" |
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| − | * Episode 9 : "[[Force of Nature]]" : [[Geordi La Forge|Geordi]] tells the computer to display and enhance grid Delta ('''4'''th letter of the Greek/Phonetic alphabet) '''seven'''teen. |
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| − | * Episode 11 : "[[Parallels]]" : In an [[alternate reality]], [[Starbase 47]] was being observed by [[Cardassians]]. [[Worf]]'s Log entry in the shuttle is from [[stardate]] 47391.2. |
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| − | * Episode 12 : "[[The Pegasus]]" : Captain Picard tells [[William T. Riker|Riker]] that a formal inquiry will be launched into the illegal [[interphase cloaking device]] when the ''Enterprise'' arrives at Starbase 2'''47'''. |
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| − | * Episode 14 : "[[Sub Rosa]]" : [[Ronin]] was 'born' in 1647 [http://memory-alpha.org/de/wiki/47] |
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| − | * Episode 19 : "[[Genesis (episode)|Genesis]]" : The [[Computer]] tells [[Commander]] William Riker that for a [[security]] [[subspace]] channel to be opened to [[Starfleet Command]], an Alpha '''47''' authorisation is required. |
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| − | * Episode 22 : "[[Bloodlines]]" : When Data scans the [[planet]] for human lifesigns we see a display of the 8 people on an LCARS terminal. The numbers attached to each contact are difficult to make out but at least one, the one lowest down on the display, contains the substring "47" |
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| − | * Episode 23 : "[[Emergence]]" : Geordi says that the creation of the object in the cargo bay has drained the [[warp]] energy by 47% |
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| − | * Episode 25 and 26 : "[[All Good Things...]]" : Stardate for the unaltered timeline is 47988. |
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| − | ==Deep Space Nine== |
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| − | The [[USS Defiant (NX-74205)|''Defiant'']]'s registry number is '''74'''205 |
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| − | * Episode 1 + 2 : "[[Emissary (episode)|Emissary]]" : The [[computer]] [[Okudagram|display]] indicated that the [[Idran system]] was located 4.7234 [[light-year]]s from the terminus of the [[Bajoran wormhole]]. |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[Babel (episode)|Babel]]" |
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| − | * Episode 9 : "[[The Passenger]]" |
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| − | * Episode 15 : "[[Progress]]" : [[Kira Nerys|Kira]] tells [[Mullibok]] that 47 others have already left [[Bajor]]'s [[Jeraddo|fifth moon]] and that he should leave too. |
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| − | * Episode 2 : "[[The Circle]]" |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[Cardassians (episode)|Cardassians]]" |
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| − | * Episode 11 : "[[Rivals]]" : [[Ferengi Rules of Acquisition|Rule of Acquisition]] No. 47 is quoted: "Don't trust a man wearing a better suit than your own." |
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| − | * Episode 14 : "[[Whispers]]" : [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] asks the computer which [[planet]] is the largest in the [[Parada]] system. The computer responds Parada 4. When O'Brien asks how many [[moon]]s the planet has the computer replies 7. |
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| − | * Episode 17 : "[[Playing God]]" : Opening between verteron nodes in the wormhole at 130 mark 47. |
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| − | * Episode 19 : "[[Blood Oath]]" |
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| − | * Episode 20 : "[[The Maquis, Part I]]" : Quarters have been arranged on deck 7 in section 4 G - G being the 7th letter of the alphabet |
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| − | * Episode 21 : "[[The Maquis, Part II]]" : When [[Gul Dukat]] gives the freighter ship 15 seconds to lower it's shields he begins to count down starting with "15...10..." but then changing from 5 second intervals instead counting "7...4..." |
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| − | * Episode 22 : "[[The Wire]]" |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[The Search, Part I]]" |
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| − | * Episode 2 : "[[The Search, Part II]]" |
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| − | * Episode 3 : "[[The House of Quark]]" |
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| − | * Episode 4 : "[[Equilibrium]]" |
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| − | * Episode 6 : "[[The Abandoned]]" |
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| − | * Episode 8 : "[[Meridian (episode)|Meridian]]" |
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| − | * Episode 9 : "[[Defiant (episode)|Defiant]]" : The [[USS Defiant (NX-74205)|USS ''Defiant'']] blows up [[Cardassian]] Outpost 47. [[Kira Nerys|Kira]]'s security code is "Kira Delta 547". |
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| − | * Episode 10 : "[[Fascination]]" |
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| − | * Episode 17 : "[[Visionary]]" : Due to malfunctioning [[Replicator]]s, the [[Romulan]] delegation has to be moved to alternative quarters in section 47, level 2 of the [[Deep Space 9#Habitat_Ring|Habitat Ring]] |
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| − | * Episode 21 : "[[The Die is Cast]]" |
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| − | * Episode 23 : "[[Family Business]]" : When [[Benjamin Sisko|Sisko]] is about to go to a [[cargo bay]], [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] mistakenly assumes and says he's going to cargo bay 4. Sisko corrects him and says he's going to bay 7. |
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| − | * Episode 24 : "[[Shakaar]]" : If O'Brien had won one more [[darts]] match against [[Julian Bashir|Bashir]], it would've been his 47th consecutive victory. |
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| − | * Episode 25 : "[[Facets]]" |
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| − | * Episode 26 : "[[The Adversary]]" : [[Jadzia Dax|Dax]] says that the [[USS Defiant (NX-74205)| ''Defiant'']] has 47 people onboard. Later in the episode, Kira says that the Defiant's course has been changed to 015.47 |
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| − | [[Image:PresidentDatapadd.jpg|thumbnail|[[President]]'s [[PADD|datapad]] showing security codes]] |
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| − | * Episode 3 : "[[The Visitor]]" : [[Jake Sisko]] works on a story on a data padd labeled "4747". |
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| − | * Episode 4 : "[[Hippocratic Oath (episode)|Hippocratic Oath]]" |
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| − | * Episode 8 : "[[Little Green Men]]" : When Jake asked [[Nog]] how long they'd stood at their spot on the [[promenade]], Nog joked "2,1'''47'''" : The latter half of the episode takes place in [[1947|19'''47''']]. |
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| − | * Episode 10 : "[[Our Man Bashir]]" : [[Hippocrates Noah]] plans to destroy [[Earth]] using a network of '''74''' lasers positioned at different locations on the [[planet]]'s surface. |
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| − | * Episode 11 : "[[Homefront]]" : The [[Federation President]] uses a [[PADD|datapad]] on which many numbers begin with ''4'' and end with ''7''. The number 47 also appears on a transport tube seen during the first view of [[Starfleet Headquarters]] on Earth. |
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| − | * Episode 12 : "[[Paradise Lost]]" : [[Admiral]] [[Leyton]]'s security access code is Leyton 1 Omega 47 (seen on screen when Sisko and [[Odo]] break into Leyton's personnel assesment log). According to Sisko, the [[Red Squad]] [[cadet]]s returned to base at 19:47 PST. The number 47 also appears on a transport tube seen during the first view of [[Starfleet Headquarters]] on Earth. |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[Crossfire]]" : |
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| − | * Episode 14 : "[[Return to Grace]]" : Timed target practice result from [[Cardassian]] freighter is 3:47. [[Kira Nerys|Kira]] tells [[Tora Ziyal]] that a Cardassian rifle's energy output is 4.7 megajoules. |
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| − | [[Image:24th_Century_weapons_locker.jpg|thumb|Weapons Locker 47 on DS9.]] |
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| − | * Episode 15 : "[[Sons of Mogh]]" : Kira orders [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] to detonate the [[Klingon]]s' mines in grids twenty-two alpha through forty-seven gamma. |
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| − | * Episode 17 : "[[Accession]]" : When [[Akorem Laan]] returns from the [[Bajoran wormhole]], he believes the year is 9174. |
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| − | * Episode 19 : "[[Hard Time]]" : Thinking of suicide, O'Brien takes a [[phaser]] out of [[weapons locker|Weapons Locker]] 47 in a cargo bay. |
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| − | * Episode 20 : "[[Shattered Mirror]]" : [[Ops]] also has a Weapons Locker 47, Kira takes three phasers out of it before attempting to beam over to the [[mirror universe]]. |
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| − | * Episode 21 : "[[The Muse]]" : Jake is working on the same story on the same 4747 data padd as in "The Visitor" |
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| − | * Episode 23 : "[[To the Death]]" |
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| − | * Episode 26 : "[[Broken Link]]" |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Apocalypse Rising]]" : [[Jadzia Dax|Dax]] shows an X-47 polaron emitter. |
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| − | * Episode 4 : "[[...Nor the Battle to the Strong]]" : [[Jake Sisko|Jake]] writes a news report on a different data padd with the number 4747 on it. |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[The Assignment]]" |
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| − | * Episode 12 : "[[The Begotten]]" |
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| − | * Episode 17 : "[[A Simple Investigation]]" |
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| − | * Episode 20 : "[[Ferengi Love Songs]]" |
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| − | * Episode 23 : "[[Blaze of Glory]]" : [[Benjamin Sisko]] uses a security code - ''Sisko - A'''47'''1'' |
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| − | * Episode 24 : "[[Empok Nor (episode)|Empok Nor]]" |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[A Time to Stand]]" : [[Admiral]] [[William Ross]] shows Sisko the location of a [[ketracel-white]] facility on a map labeled "Stellar Cartography 4747" |
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| − | * Episode 6 : "[[Sacrifice of Angels]]" : A voice tells the [[Dominion]] forces to evacuate [[Terok Nor]] via airlocks '''4,7,''' and 12. |
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| − | * Episode 9 : "[[Statistical Probabilities]]" : [[Julian Bashir|Bashir]] presents [[Benjamin Sisko|Sisko]] with a PADD labelled ''47'' |
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| − | * Episode 12 : "[[Who Mourns for Morn?]]" : [[Morn]]'s account number at the Bank of Bolias is C-J-5-74-36 |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[Far Beyond the Stars]]" : [[Joseph Sisko]] quotes from the Bible (2 Timothy 4:7), "''I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.''" |
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| − | * Episode 14 : "[[One Little Ship]]" |
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| − | * Episode 16 : "[[Change of Heart]]" |
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| − | * Episode 18 : "[[Inquisition]]" |
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| − | * Episode 19 : "[[In the Pale Moonlight]]" : Sisko and [[Elim Garak|Garak]] review a datapad with [[Vreenak]]'s bio, the pad is labelled 4778. |
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| − | * Episode 25 : [[The Sound of Her Voice]] : [[Odo]] tells [[Quark]] that his [[Dabo]] wheel breaks station protocol ''47''21 |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Image in the Sand]]" : In the first scene after the opening title sequence, [[Kira Nerys|Kira]] is holding a PADD labelled 4774. Later, while Ben Sisko is using a PADD recreating [[Sarah Sisko]]'s face, the program he used was called: Facsimile Construction Program 047. |
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| − | * Episode 4 : "[[Take Me Out to the Holosuite]]" : During the [[baseball]] game, [[Kasidy Yates]]' number is 47. |
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| − | * Episode 8 : "[[The Siege of AR-558]]" : At the end, [[Major]] Kira says there are 1730 new casualties posted. 17+30=47. |
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| − | *Episode 5 : "[[Chrysalis]]" : [[Lauren]] is holding a datapadd containing [[Nog]]'s personal details. The padd is labelled number ''4774'' |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[Field of Fire]]": [[Joran Dax]] says that they have 47 suspects to eliminate from the list. |
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| − | * Episode 23 : "[[Extreme Measures]]" : While inside [[Luther Sloan]]'s mind, [[Julian Bashir|Bashir]] and [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] are fired upon and collapse to the floor against the wall. Finally, O'Brien decides to try one more door. The panel next to the door he tries has buttons arranged vertically reading, from top to bottom, 51, 47, 88, 3, 69, 40, and 77. The button numbered 47 is the one that O'Brien taps. Another reference is the book Bashir is reading. He was at page 294: take 4 and 9-2 : 7. |
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| − | * Episode 24 : "[[The Dogs of War]]" : [[Brunt]] offers [[Quark]] forty bricks of [[latinum]], to which Quark claims seventy would do. When [[Benjamin Sisko|Sisko]], [[William Ross|Ross]], [[Martok]] and the [[Romulan]] reunite to discuss the [[Dominion]] situation, there is a large computer panel displaying a map: there is a number 547 on the top rule. On the horizontal yellow bar below, there is another figure: 847-9588 (and there is a lot of means to obtain 47 on that display, by the way). |
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| − | ==Voyager== |
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| − | ''The ''Star Trek: Voyager'' Complete Series on [[DVD]] contains a total of 47 discs.'' |
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| − | *The ship's registry number is NCC-'''74'''656. |
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| − | *Any episode with [[Species 8472]] has substring 47, starting with "[[Scorpion, Part I|Scorpion]]". |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Caretaker_(episode)|Caretaker]]" : The interval between each energy pulse from the [[Caretaker's array|Array]] increases by "point four seven" seconds in frequency. |
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| − | * Episode 3 : "[[Parallax]]" : [[The Doctor]] is programmed with the experience of 47 medical officers. The Doctor tells [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] to switch to channel 47, the Emergency Holographic Medical Program Channel. |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[Phage_(episode)|Phage]]" : The Doctor says [[Neelix]] will survive another 47 minutes. [[Harry Kim|Kim]] says they are 547 meters away from source. |
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| − | * Episode 9 : "[[Emanations]]" : The crew discover the 247th element. |
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| − | * Episode 10 : "[[Prime Factors]]" : A screen in engineering shows a Quantum Analysis number ''7429'' |
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| − | * Episode 12 : "[[Heroes and Demons]]" : The Doctor says he had to work for 74 hours to create a cure for a disease. |
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| − | * Episode 16 : "[[Learning Curve]]" : [[Tuvok]] reports there are 47 gelpacks remaining. |
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| − | * Episode 3 : "[[Projections]]" : The [[USS Voyager|Voyager]] crew is stored in memory block 47-Alpha. |
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| − | * Episode 4 : "[[Elogium (episode)|Elogium]] : [[Harry Kim]] reports that [[shield]]s are down to 47% |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[Non Sequitur]]" : Harry Kim lives in flat 4G - G being the 7th letter of the alphabet. Strangely enough, he also works in [[Starfleet Headquarters]] in Level 6, Subsection 47 of the main building. |
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| − | * Episode 10: "[[Cold Fire]]" : [[Tanis (Ocampa)|Tanis]] says [[Suspiria]] will contact Voyager within 47 hours. |
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| − | * Episode 12 : "[[Resistance]]" : Voyager must set a course 219.47 to hide in an electrical storm. |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[Prototype (episode)|Prototype]]" : The [[android]] is automated unit [[3947]]. |
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| − | * Episode 17 : "[[Dreadnought (episode)|Dreadnought]]" : The last time [[B'Elanna Torres|Torres]] was onboard Dreadnought was stardate '''47'''582 . The episode itself takes place on stardate 49'''47'''7 |
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| − | * Episode 21 : "[[Deadlock]]" : B'Elanna Torres says she's tried remodulating the carrier five times on 47 different frequencies. |
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| − | * Episode 22 : "[[Innocence]]" : B'Elanna is looking at a planetary scan labelled 0'''47''' |
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| − | * Episode 25 : "[[Resolutions]]" : During a [[Vidiian]] attack, [[Lieutenant]] [[Tom Paris|Paris]] reports the shields were down to 47% |
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| − | === Season 3 === |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Basics, Part II]]" : This one is barely on screen for more than a second but as [[The Doctor]] receives a message from [[Tom Paris]] he is viewing ''Vessel Schematic '''4747''''' |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Basics, Part II]]" : As [[Lon Suder]] tries to disable the secondary [[phaser]] couplings and is shot by a [[Kazon]], he reaches for a button to push. The button directly above it is labled "247". |
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| − | * Episode 3 : "[[The Chute]]" : The 47th Voyager episode. [[Tom Paris]] is wrongly convicted of killing 47 Akritirian patrolers. |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[False Profits]]" : [[Arridor]] tells [[Kol]] that they must turn to the [[Ferengi Rules of Acquisition|Rules of Acquisition]] for guidance, to the fully annotated edition with all 47 commentaries. |
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| − | * Episode 8 : "[[Future's End, Part I]]" : [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] says to [[Chakotay]] that Southern California sank in the sea in 20'''47'''. The police unit that chases [[Captain]] [[Braxton]] down the alley identifies itself as "247". [[Kes]] and [[Neelix]] are watching television shows from the [[Earth]]. In the bottom of the screen the number 1'''47''' can be seen. After [[Tuvok]] destroyed the harddisk of [[Rain Robinson]]'s computer, the message "Fatal System Error #00'''47'''" can be seen on the bottom off the screen. As Braxton is running away from the police, the male officer reports as "247" over the radio. |
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| − | * Episode 9 : "[[Future's End, Part II]]" : [[Henry Starling|Starling]]'s assistant uses communication satellite SATCOM 47 to beam Starling off [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']]. Aboard the [[Aeon]] Starling enters the information "penetration point at 96 mark 047" to the computer. |
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| − | * Episode 11 : "[[The Q and the Grey]]" : [[Harry Kim]] reports a [[supernova]] at bearing 217 mark 47, |
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| − | * Episode 12 : "[[Macrocosm]]" : The Doctor enters a mine and proceeds on "vector 147". |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[Fair Trade]]" : According to Paris, the proper container for [[Bio-mimetic gel]] is [[Starfleet]] Standard issue container L647X7. |
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| − | * Episode 14 : "[[Alter Ego]]" : As [[B'Elanna Torres|B'Elanna]] tries to enter the holodeck after the briefing, the numbers 34 and xx7 (not sure what the x's are) appear on top of each other, making a "47" vertically. Just before Tuvok beams over to [[Marayna]]'s station, Chakotay reports "Shields down to 47 percent." When Tuvok returns, he makes a log entry dated 50471.2. |
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| − | * Episode 15 : "[[Coda]]" : On the crashed shuttle craft, you can barely make out "NCC-74" something on the hull during the lightning flashes. |
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| − | * Episode 17 : "[[Unity]]" : Chakotay has to beam over to module 47 Omega section 9 in order to activate the neuroelectric generator. |
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| − | * Episode 19 : "[[Rise]]" : Once Neelix stabilizes the mag-lev carriage, he reports: "Velocity: 47 kilometers per hour and holding." |
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| − | * Episode 21 : "[[Before and After]]" : The temporal variance of the [[Krenim]] torpedo causing Kes's travel backwards through time is 1.47 microseconds. |
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| − | * Episode 22 : "[[Real Life]]" : Tuvok reports astral eddy "bearing down on us, 047 mark 19." |
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| − | * Episode 23 : "[[Distant Origin]]" : A [[Voth]] scientist says that the skeleton they found is "from a species found nowhere in known space. And yet, we share 47 genetic markers with this being." Later, when the Doctor examines a Voth, he also counts 47 genetic markers in common. |
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| − | * Episode 25 : "[[Worst Case Scenario]]" : At the staff meeting, Chakotay reports the holoprogram ''Insurrection Alpha'' "has been accessed 47 times by 33 different crewmembers." When Tuvok accesses the program to continue editing, he states "Security clearance Tuvok 4-7-7-4." He uses the same code when he tries to abort an auto-destruct sequence later. |
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| − | * Episode 26 : "[[Scorpion, Part I|Scorpion]]" : The identification sign for a console that a few crewmen transfer through the corridors states the number 47. Later, a medical display states 'Image Enhancement 47'. |
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| − | * Episode 2 : "[[The Gift]]" : The communications node that [[Seven of Nine]] notices in main engineering has [[Starfleet]] ID 59S47B. [[Annika Hansen]] was born on [[stardate]] 25479 at the Tendara Colony. |
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| − | * Episode 8 : "[[Year of Hell, Part I|The Year of Hell, Part I]]" : The temporal variance of the [[Krenim]] torpedo is still 1.47 microseconds, but the timeline has changed so that [[Kes]] is not there to be affected by it. The episode also shows "Day 47" of the Year of Hell. |
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| − | * Episode 11 : "[[Concerning Flight]]" : [[USS Voyager|Voyager]]'s main [[computer core]] is capable of "simultaneous access to 47 million data channels." |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[Waking Moments]]" : Chief Medical Officer's Log, Stardate 51471.3. |
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| − | * Episode 14 : "[[Message in a Bottle]]" : Janeway says "We're in the [[Delta Quadrant]], at coordinates 18 mark 205 mark 47." Back in the [[Alpha Quadrant]], a [[Romulan]] [[commander]] who's commandeered the [[USS Prometheus]] calls for "Attack pattern beta-four-seven." |
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| − | * Episode 15 : "[[Hunters]]" : [[Harry Kim|Kim]] reports the [[Hirogen]] ship is "on a heading 274 mark 13" |
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| − | * Episode 18 : "[[The Killing Game]]" : The bar takings are 12'''47''' Francs. |
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| − | * Episode 19 : "[[The Killing Game]]" : While attempting to disable the neural interfaces from the sickbay, [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] accesses a computer terminal labelled "Auxilliary Systems 0470" |
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| − | * Episode 25 : "[[One (episode)|One]]" : Seven orders the computer to "adjust heading by .347 degrees starboard" |
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| − | * Episode 25 : "[[One (episode)|One]]" : As in Season 3, episode 1, [[The Doctor]] consults ''vessel schematic'' '''4747''' when accessing [[Mission Ops]] I. |
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| − | * Episode 26 : "[[Hope and Fear]]" : [[Admiral]] [[Hayes (Male Admiral)|Hayes]] says that 47 test flights have been made with the new slipstream drive. We learn that Janeway was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana -- a very deep in-joke for the trackers of 47 references; Bloomington's zipcode is 47401. |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Night]]" : The ''Patient Biomedical Status'' reports "Cellular degredation 13.'''47'''" and the [[Theta radiation]] levels fluctuate, but end with .'''47''' most of the time. |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Night]]" : [[Tom Paris|Paris]] reports the time to reach the vortex is 47 seconds. |
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| − | * Episode 2 : "[[Drone_(episode)|Drone]]" : The [[Borg]]/EMH emitter hybrid known as [[One]] was able to assimilate 47 billion teraquads of information from Voyager's computers. |
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| − | * Episode 3 : "[[Extreme Risk]]" : [[Chakotay]] said to [[B'Elanna Torres|Torres]] she has run the program for 47 seconds. |
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| − | * Episode 4 : "[[In the Flesh]]" : [[Boothby]] says Chakotay's registration number is 47-Alpha-612. |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[Once Upon a Time]]" : Worried about her mother, [[Naomi Wildman]] quotes [[Starfleet]] regulation 476-9, "All away teams must report to the [[Bridge]] at least once every 24 hours." |
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| − | * Episode 7 : "[[Infinite Regress]]" : Naomi Wildman tells [[Seven of Nine|Seven]] that she knows all 47 suborders of the [[Prime Directive]]. |
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| − | * Episode 9 : "[[Thirty Days]]" : When [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] tells [[Burkus]] the cause of his ocean world's containment problem, he complains "I'm supposed to go back and explain this to 47 regional sovereigns?" |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[Gravity (episode)|Gravity]]" : Janeway promises to rescue the away team in 30 minutes and tells them about the time differential, that "according to our calculations, the differential ration is .4744 seconds per minute." [[Tuvok]] calculates that "according to that formula, 30 minutes would translate to 2 days, 11 hours and 47 seconds." |
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| − | * Episode 18 : "[[The Fight]]" : In [[Sickbay]], as [[The Doctor]] puts Chakotay back in his vision quest, the display reads "14 '''47'''". |
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| − | * Episode 22 : "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]" : One of the log entries in Seven's study of Tom and B'Elanna is from [[stardate]] 52647. |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Equinox, Part II]]" : While the [[Doctor]] from the [[USS Equinox]] is finding the frequency of [[USS Voyager|Voyager's]] shields, he accesses a screen named Subspace Comm Protocols 047. |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[Alice (episode)|Alice]]" : In [[Main Engineering]], [[Harry Kim]] reports, "Power fluctuation's down to '''4'''.'''7'''%." |
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| − | * Episode 8 : "[[One Small Step]]" : As [[Chakotay]] asks [[Tom Paris|Paris]] if the [[tractor beam]] is ready there is a screen in the background which is labeled "Vessel Status 4747". |
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| − | * Episode 11 : [[Seven of Nine]] shows borg classification 3472, a particle density anomaly, on the view screen in [[Astrometrics]] to some of the senior crew. |
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| − | * Episode 26 : "[[Unimatrix Zero, Part I]] : The panel in the [[cargo bay]] where [[Tuvok]] is performing the [[Vulcan mind meld|Bridging of Minds]] is marked "Neural/Synaptic Monitor 147". |
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| − | * Episode 1 : "[[Unimatrix Zero, Part II]] : At the beginning of the episode, [[The Doctor]] is working on a science station titled "Neural Circuitry Pattern 247" (incidentally, this is also the episode's production number). |
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| − | * Episode 9 : "[[Flesh and Blood]]" : In [[astrometrics]], while searching for the rogue hologram ship, the number 47 can be seen on the main screen. |
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| − | * Episode 19 : "[[Author, Author]]" : At the end of the episode, the hologram of The Doctor that is working on the [[Federation]] dilithium processing facility in the [[Alpha Quadrant]] suggests to another hologram that he should view holo-program 47 beta during his diagnostic. |
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| − | * Episode 24 : "[[Endgame]]" : [[Seven of Nine|Seven]] says that there are at least 47 [[Borg]] [[Borg cube|cubes]] within the [[nebula]]. |
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| − | * Episode 5 : "[[Impulse|Impulse]]" : The crew complement of the ''[[Seleya]]'' is 1'''47'''. |
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| − | * Episode 10 : "[[Similitude]]" : [[Sim]]'s space coffin's ID number (visible during final scene) begins with 2'''47'''. |
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| − | * Episode 13 : "[[United]]" : [[Travis Mayweather]] reports that [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']] will take '''47''' minutes to intercept the [[prototype]] [[Romulan drone-ship]] at maximum [[warp]]. |
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| − | * Episode 15 : "[[Affliction]]" : Close-ups of [[Malcolm Reed]]'s [[Tactical]] console display references of '''47'''. |
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| − | * Episode 16 : "[[Divergence]]" : In ''Enterprise'''s [[brig]], [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] tells [[Lieutenant]] Reed that the [[starship]]'s [[warp reactor]] will breach in '''47''' minutes if measures aren't taken to save the ship. |
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| − | * Episode 19 : "[[In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II]]" : [[T'Pol (mirror)|Mirror T'Pol]] tells [[Jonathan Archer (mirror)|mirror Archer]] that '''47''' crew members from the [[ISS Enterprise (NX-01)|mirror ''Enterprise'']] made it to the [[USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|''Defiant'']] |
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| − | * Episode 20 : "[[Demons]]" : Trip is invited to a [[Terra Prime]] meeting at level '''7''' junction '''4'''. |
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| − | * Episode 21 : "[[Terra_Prime_(episode)|Terra Prime]]" : The hybrid baby is held in chamber 03-'''47'''. |
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| − | * Episode 22 : "[[These Are the Voyages...]]" : [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Next Generation]] section of episode starts on [[stardate]] 47457.1. |
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| − | * ''[[Star Trek: Generations]]'' : '''47''' out of 150 [[El-Aurian]] refugees were saved by the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)|USS ''Enterprise''-B]]. [[Data]] says that the [[nexus]] will arrive at [[Veridian III]] in '''47''' minutes. |
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| − | * ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' : The code entered by [[Lieutenant]] [[Hawk (Lieutenant)|Hawk]] to release the Magnetic Interlock is 32'''47'''82398'''47'''9578393. [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]]'s voice [[authorization code]] was "Picard-'''4'''-'''7'''-Alpha-Tango". The screen on which the coordinates for Graveit Island are entered is labeled "Evacuation Pod II-'''47'''". |
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| − | * ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' : The scan which compared Picard's and [[Shinzon]]'s [[DNA]], is labeled "DNA Comparison Scan 029'''47'''". A message from Captain Picard sent to [[Deanna Troi]] during the battle with the ''[[Scimitar]]'' contained the string "Auto Confirmation '''47''' 765'''4 7'''839". |
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Revision as of 06:20, 12 September 2006
- For the year 47 see Early history.
In fan circles, the number 47 carries special significance for its frequent recurrence in dialogue and on computer screens. Seemingly innocuous, the number has strangely achieved cult status among some fans.
The origin of the significance of 47 can be traced to TNG and Voyager writer Joe Menosky, who attended Pomona College in California. There is a club at Pomona called The 47 Society, which claims that there exists a mathematical proof that all numbers are equal to 47, and that the number 47 occurs with greater frequency in nature than other numbers.
Joe Menosky first started including references to 47 in his scripts in the fourth season of TNG, and the in-joke quickly caught on among the rest of the staff. Since then, references to 47 have been included in virtually every episode of all the modern series.
When asked about the significance of the number, Rick Berman once joked, "47 is 42, corrected for inflation" referring to 42 being "the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" according to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
The number also seems to have some kind of significance to the writers and producers of the ABC series Alias, where it occurs almost as regularly as it does in Star Trek.