Contents 1 Needs attention 2 Orange make-up 3 Sarjenka's house 4 Wow 5 Removed

Needs attentionEdit

This article just needs fleshed out a bit across the board. --Renegade54 19:45, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Orange make-up Edit

• "Data and Sarjenka were originally meant to become much closer, but the orange make-up smeared too easily."

This sounds curious. I believe a source would be welcome. --Liberlogos 08:30, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

To quote from the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion:

• "In "Pen Pals", however, the writers had to limit the two characters' closeness, because Nikki Cox's orange makeup became smudged so easily on contact." --Jörg 08:42, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you VERY much, Jörg. However, the statement that they "were originally meant to become much closer" feels like an extrapolation, if this is the complete form of the source. --Liberlogos 08:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

There's a clear difference between "limit their closeness" (meaning physically) and "become much closer" (meaning emotionally). It makes the article confusing and misleading. I'm going to reword it. Lee Wilson 11:27, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Sarjenka's house Edit

Even though Sarjenka comes from a very low-tech civilization, I vaguely remember that her house had a very sophisticated-looking automatic "dissolving door". Does anyone else recall this? Glitch? Kellyterryjones 20:02, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Their civilisation was unaware of interstellar life, but "low-tech" is subjective. You should consider that Sarjenka, a child, possessed a powerful transmitter. While not especially high-tech, it's not inconceivable that they had developed many technologies that we lack and yet still lacked a means for interstellar travel. After all, she did have some very sciencey clothing ;-) – Pesky 16:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow Edit

Hey, I know this isn't the place for this, and someone'll probably come along and remove this comment -- it's all good -- but man, this episode was awful. Poor writing, inconsistencies with how the characters would act... blah.

Whew. Feel better having gotten that out there. 69.33.83.162 04:12, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Removed Edit

• The Prime Directive as featured in this episode differs from its depiction in most other modern-era Star Trek, in that it is stated that the Directive ceases to apply in the event of a direct request for aid. In later episodes (such as "Redemption") the Prime Directive is shown to be completely immutable, even in the face of a request for assistance.

I removed the above. Such analysis should probably occur on the page about the Prime Directive.--31dot 00:33, November 30, 2010 (UTC)