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When a specialist in propulsion makes modifications to the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s warp drive that send it 2.7 million light years out of the galaxy, then an impossibly unreturnable 1 billion light years in the other direction, it is his assistant, a mysterious alien, and Wesley Crusher that must bring it back home.
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When an experimental engine modification throws the ''Enterprise'' to the edge of the known universe, the crew must rely on a mysterious alien to guide the ship home.
   
 
==Summary==
  
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[[File:Kozinski and Traveler arrive.jpg|thumb|''"Where is the captain, please?"'']]
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The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} has met the {{USS|Fearless}} in order to take on a [[Starfleet]] propulsion [[specialist]] who will perform an upgrade on the [[warp drive]]. He has already performed the upgrade on the ''Fearless'', as well as the [[USS Ajax|''Ajax'']]. Both these ships reported an increase in engine efficiency. [[William T. Riker|Riker]], however, is not convinced. He and [[Data]] have run a controlled test of the formulae that the engineer, [[Kosinski]], has sent over, and found them to have no effect. [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] reasons that there's no harm in letting him come over and attempt the upgrade. Riker is still skeptical, so Picard sends him to meet Kosinski when he beams aboard, along with [[The Traveler|his assistant]]. Riker, [[Deanna Troi|Troi]] and [[Chief Engineer]] [[Argyle]] go to meet him in the [[transporter room]]. Kosinski is pompous and arrogant. He asks why the [[captain]] isn't there to meet him and demands to be taken to [[engineering]]. As he leaves, Troi comments to Riker that Kosinski is as he appears – loud and arrogant – but she can sense nothing from his assistant, not even his presence.
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The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} has met the {{USS|Fearless}} in order to take on a [[Starfleet]] propulsion [[specialist]] who will perform an upgrade on the [[warp drive]]. He has already performed the upgrade on the ''Fearless'', as well as the [[USS Ajax|''Ajax'']]. Both these ships reported an increase in engine efficiency. [[William T. Riker|Riker]], however, is not convinced. He and [[Data]] have run a controlled test of the formulae that the engineer, [[Kosinski]], has sent over, and found them to have no effect. [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] reasons that there's no harm in letting him come over and attempt the upgrade.
   
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Riker is still skeptical, so Picard sends him to meet Kosinski when he beams aboard, along with [[The Traveler|his assistant]]. Riker, [[Deanna Troi|Troi]] and [[Chief Engineer]] [[Argyle]] go to meet him in the [[transporter room]]. Kosinski is pompous and arrogant. He asks why the [[captain]] isn't there to meet him and demands to be taken to [[engineering]]. As he leaves, Troi comments to Riker that Kosinski is as he appears – loud and arrogant – but she can sense nothing from his assistant, not even his presence.
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[[File:Traveler.jpg|thumb|Kosinski's assistant, The Traveler in main engineering in 2364]]
  
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In engineering, Riker questions Kosinski about what he is going to do and asks him to explain his formulae. At first Kosinski resists, but eventually agrees to explain himself to Riker and Argyle. Meanwhile [[Wesley Crusher|Wesley]], who is also in engineering, watches the assistant enter the formulae on a screen and suggests various changes to the inputs. When Kosinski is ready, Picard orders the ''Enterprise'' to [[warp]] 1.5. As the ship accelerates, both Kosinski and his assistant enter various information. Suddenly a console alarm goes off and Kosinski shouts at the assistant, who has made an error. Outside the ship, the ''Enterprise'''s engines suddenly engage with a massive burst of speed. The assistant grabs his console and starts to "[[phase]]" in and out of view, noticed only by Wesley.
  
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[[File:Traveler phases.jpg|thumb|left|The Traveler "phases" out of reality]]
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In engineering, Riker questions Kosinski about what he is going to do and asks him to explain his formulae. At first Kosinski resists, but eventually agrees to explain himself to Riker and Argyle. Meanwhile [[Wesley Crusher|Wesley]], who is also in engineering, watches the assistant enter the formulae on a screen and suggests various changes to the inputs. When Kosinski is ready, Picard orders the ''Enterprise'' to [[warp]] 1.5.
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As the ship accelerates, both Kosinski and his assistant enter various information. Suddenly a console alarm goes off and Kosinski shouts at the assistant, who has made an error. Outside the ship, the ''Enterprise'''s engines suddenly engage with a massive burst of speed. The assistant grabs his console and starts to "[[phase]]" in and out of view, noticed only by Wesley.
 
 
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On the [[bridge]], [[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]] tells the captain they are passing warp 10, and Data later says that their velocity is off the scale. The ''Enterprise'' hurtles through space, with phenomena whizzing past at extremely high speed. Picard orders that they reverse engines (which Data comments on as having never been done at their current speed), and the ''Enterprise'' flashes out of warp. When asked for the ship's position, La Forge replies incredulously that they have traveled 2,700,000 [[light year]]s.
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[[File:Kosinski explains.jpg|thumb|left|After claiming he has broken the warp barrier, Kosinski explains the procedure]]
  
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On the [[bridge]], [[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]] tells the captain they are passing warp 10, and Data later says that their velocity is off the scale. The ''Enterprise'' hurtles through space, with phenomena whizzing past at extremely high speed. Picard orders that they reverse engines (which Data comments on as having never been done at their current speed), and the ''Enterprise'' flashes out of warp. When asked for the ship's position, La Forge replies incredulously that they have traveled 2,700,000 [[light year]]s. They are now in the [[M-33 Galaxy]], and at maximum warp it will take them over 300 years to get home. Kosinski, Riker and Argyle arrive on the bridge. Picard asks them what happened and Kosinski replies that he made "a mistake, a wonderful mistake". He is highly excited, claiming he has broken the [[warp barrier]] and that his name will go down in history. However, hearing the procedure that Kosinski used, Commander Riker isn't convinced.
 
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[[File:M33.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise'' in galaxy M-33]]
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They are now in the [[M-33 Galaxy]], and at maximum warp it will take them over 300 years to get home. Kosinski, Riker and Argyle arrive on the bridge. Picard asks them what happened and Kosinski replies that he made "a mistake, a wonderful mistake". He is highly excited, claiming he has broken the [[warp barrier]] and that his name will go down in history. However, hearing the procedure that Kosinski used, Commander Riker isn't convinced.
   
 
Down in engineering, Wesley is talking to the assistant. He realizes that the assistant has been performing the "upgrades" all along, and that Kosinski is just a joke. The assistant tells him he means no harm to the ship or the crew – he made a mistake. He is exhausted now, and Wes offers to get his mother, but the assistant declines. Wes then says that from looking at the [[warp equation]]s he thinks [[time]] and [[space]] and thought are all one thing. This surprises the assistant, who tells him never to say such a thing again "in a world that's not ready for it."
  
Down in engineering, Wesley is talking to the assistant. He realizes that the assistant has been performing the "upgrades" all along, and that Kosinski is just a joke. The assistant tells him he means no harm to the ship or the crew – he made a mistake. He is exhausted now, and Wes offers to get his mother, but the assistant declines. Wes then says that from looking at the [[warp equation]]s he thinks [[time]] and [[space]] and thought are all one thing. This surprises the assistant, who tells him never to say such a thing again "in a world that's not ready for it."
   
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Picard orders Kosinski to bring them home, and they return to engineering. Wes tries to tell Riker about the assistant, but he won't listen. Kosinski sets up to return them home, and the ''Enterprise'' shoots into warp with another tremendous burst of speed. As they input the equations, it becomes obvious to Kosinski that it is not working. Then Riker sees the assistant as he starts to "phase" again and then collapse across the console. Meanwhile, the ''Enterprise'' picks up incredible speed moving into untold measurements. On the [[viewscreen]], spatial phenomena streak past faster and faster into indistinguishable light blurs. Picard orders full stop, and the ''Enterprise'' blasts out of warp once more, now 1 billion light years from the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] in the other direction. Outside the ship, clouds of cosmic dust and energy beings swim in a never-ending blue abyss. Data concludes that they must be at the [[End of the universe|edge of the known universe]].
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Picard orders Kosinski to bring them home, and they return to engineering. Wes tries to tell Riker about the assistant, but he won't listen. Kosinski sets up to return them home, and the ''Enterprise'' shoots into warp with another tremendous burst of speed. As they input the equations, it becomes obvious to Kosinski that it is not working. Then Riker sees the assistant as he starts to "phase" again and then collapse across the console.
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[[File:Enterprise blasts to edge of universe.jpg|thumb|left|''"This isn't working!"'']]
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Meanwhile, the ''Enterprise'' picks up incredible speed moving into untold measurements. On the [[viewscreen]], spatial phenomena streak past faster and faster into indistinguishable light blurs. Picard orders full stop, and the ''Enterprise'' blasts out of warp once more, now 1 billion light years from the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] in the other direction. Outside the ship, clouds of cosmic dust and energy beings swim in a never-ending blue abyss. Data concludes that they must be at the [[End of the universe|edge of the known universe]].
   
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[[File:Yvette.jpg|thumb|Jean-Luc Picard experienced a brief vision of his mother, Yvette]]
 
 
[[Worf]] is at his station when he suddenly sees a [[targ]] in front of him, his childhood pet. [[Natasha Yar|Yar]] also sees it but it disappears just as quickly. Then she sees her pet [[cat]] and is back on the [[Turkana IV|colony]] where she grew up, trying to avoid a [[rape gang]]. La Forge touches her and she snaps out of it. In frustration, Picard leaves for engineering. When the [[turbolift]] doors open, Picard almost steps out into space before throwing himself back inside. The doors open again and he goes into a corridor. He meets two crewmen running from some unseen pursuer. Picard sees an [[ensign]] in a [[cargo bay]] dancing [[ballet]].
  
[[Worf]] is at his station when he suddenly sees a [[targ]] in front of him, his childhood pet. [[Natasha Yar|Yar]] also sees it but it disappears just as quickly. Then she sees her pet [[cat]] and is back on the [[Turkana IV|colony]] where she grew up, trying to avoid a [[rape gang]]. La Forge touches her and she snaps out of it. In frustration, Picard leaves for engineering. When the [[turbolift]] doors open, Picard almost steps out into space before throwing himself back inside. The doors open again and he goes into a corridor. He meets two crewmen running from some unseen pursuer. Picard sees an [[ensign]] in a [[cargo bay]] dancing [[ballet]].
   
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[[File:Picard speaks to his mother.jpg|thumb|Picard speaks to his mother]]
 
The visions of thought seeming to become visual reality soon become more evident to the captain when he then sees his dead [[Yvette Gessard|mother]], and starts to talk to her before he is interrupted by Riker. When he looks back, she's gone. They manage to get to engineering where [[Beverly Crusher|Crusher]] is examining the now unconscious assistant. Riker informs Picard that it was the assistant all the time, not Kosinski. Picard orders [[general quarters]] and tells the crew that they are in a region of space where thoughts become reality, and that they must try to subdue their thoughts.
  
The visions of thought seeming to become visual reality soon become more evident to the captain when he then sees his dead [[Yvette Gessard|mother]], and starts to talk to her before he is interrupted by Riker. When he looks back, she's gone. They manage to get to engineering where [[Beverly Crusher|Crusher]] is examining the now unconscious assistant. Riker informs Picard that it was the assistant all the time, not Kosinski. Picard orders [[general quarters]] and tells the crew that they are in a region of space where thoughts become reality, and that they must try to subdue their thoughts.
   
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The assistant is brought to [[sickbay]] where Picard tells Crusher to wake him. They must leave this place before their own thoughts cause the ship to be destroyed. The assistant wakes and tells Picard that he is a Traveler from another plane of existence. He is traveling through their [[galaxy]], observing them, using his knowledge of propulsion to get passage on [[Starfleet]] ships. Kosinski is just his cover. He meant no harm to the ''Enterprise''. He tells them [[Human]]s shouldn't be here for a long time, until they have learned to control their thoughts. Picard asks him if he can get them home. He tells him he will try.
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[[File:Fire illusion, remastered.jpg|thumb|left|Illusions of fire at the [[end of the universe]]]]
  
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The assistant is brought to [[sickbay]] where Picard tells Crusher to wake him. They must leave this place before their own thoughts cause the ship to be destroyed. The assistant wakes and tells Picard that he is a Traveler from another plane of existence. He is traveling through their [[galaxy]], observing them, using his knowledge of propulsion to get passage on [[Starfleet]] ships. Kosinski is just his cover. He meant no harm to the ''Enterprise''. He tells them [[Human]]s shouldn't be here for a long time, until they have learned to control their thoughts. Picard asks him if he can get them home. He tells him he will try. He then asks for a private word with Picard. The others leave and the Traveler tells Picard that people like Wesley are the reason that he travels. He compares him to [[Mozart]], only instead of [[music]], Wes has, or will have, the ability to manipulate [[time]], [[space]] and thought. He urges Picard to encourage Wes, but not to tell him or Beverly any of this.
 
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[[File:Traveler tells Picard about Wesley.jpg|thumb|left|''"He is just a boy... for now."'']]
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He then asks for a private word with Picard. The others leave and the Traveler tells Picard that people like Wesley are the reason that he travels. He compares him to [[Mozart]], only instead of [[music]], Wes has, or will have, the ability to manipulate [[time]], [[space]] and thought. He urges Picard to encourage Wes, but not to tell him or Beverly any of this.
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The Traveler returns to engineering and Picard makes an announcement, telling everyone to concentrate on home and on the Traveler's well being. They follow the same procedure as before: the ship jumps to warp 1.5 and the Traveler uses his powers to attempt to send them back. He starts to "phase" as before and the ship hurtles through space. Then the Traveler disappears altogether and the ''Enterprise'' finds itself back where it started.
   
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[[File:Wesley joins bridge crew.jpg|thumb|''"If you don't mind, sir, I'd like to sit here awhile."'']]
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The Traveler returns to engineering and Picard makes an announcement, telling everyone to concentrate on home and on the Traveler's well being. They follow the same procedure as before: the ship jumps to warp 1.5 and the Traveler uses his powers to attempt to send them back. He starts to "phase" as before and the ship hurtles through space. Then the Traveler disappears altogether and the ''Enterprise'' finds itself back where it started. Mindful of the Traveler's advice, Picard calls Wesley to the bridge and thanks him for his part in their successful return. He then makes him an [[acting ensign]], "for conduct in the true spirit and traditions of Starfleet." He instructs Riker to make out a duty roster for him and tells him to learn the ship and its operations from top to bottom. Then Wesley takes his place on the bridge as the ''Enterprise'' resumes course.
  
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Mindful of the Traveler's advice, Picard calls Wesley to the bridge and thanks him for his part in their successful return. He then makes him an [[acting ensign]], "for conduct in the true spirit and traditions of Starfleet." He instructs Riker to make out a duty roster for him and tells him to learn the ship and its operations from top to bottom. Then Wesley takes his place on the bridge as the ''Enterprise'' resumes course.
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"''Where none have gone before.''"
  
"''Where none have gone before.''"
 
: - '''Picard''' and '''Data'''
  
: - '''Picard''' and '''Data'''
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"''The safety of the ''Enterprise'' may be entrusted to those two.''"
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: - '''Riker''', on The Traveler and Kosinski
   
   
 
"''How basic shall I be?''"
  
"''How basic shall I be?''"
 
: - '''Kosinski'''
  
: - '''Kosinski'''
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"''Perhaps you could call it the Kosinski scale.''"<br />
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"''Why not? Yes, of course. Since I'm the one who has made the so-called warp barrier meaningless.''"
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: - '''Argyle''' sarcastically to '''Kosinski'''
   
   
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"''Spoken like a ''true'' Starfleet Academy graduate. It is tempting, eh, Number One?''"
  
"''Spoken like a ''true'' Starfleet Academy graduate. It is tempting, eh, Number One?''"
 
: - '''Data''' and '''Picard'''
  
: - '''Data''' and '''Picard'''
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"''Well yes, this could seem like magic to you. ''"<br />
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"''No. No, it actually makes sense to me. Only the power of thought could explain what has been happening.''"
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: - '''The Traveler''' and '''Picard'''
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"''Thought is the essence of where you are now.''"
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: - '''The Traveler'''
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"''He and a few like him are why I travel.''"
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:- '''Riker''' and '''Picard''', just after Wesley has been made acting ensign
  
:- '''Riker''' and '''Picard''', just after Wesley has been made acting ensign
   
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==Background Information==
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== Background information ==
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=== Production history ===
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* Wesley Crusher is given a field commission of acting ensign in this episode.
  
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* Revised final draft script: {{d|30|July|1987}}
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* This episode marks the debut of [[Rob Bowman]] as a ''Trek'' director. He later went on to direct twelve more episodes of ''The Next Generation''. {{w|Daniel Petrie Sr.}} was originally hired to direct the episode, but quit when he was approached to direct the film ''Cocoon: The Return''. Producer [[Robert Justman]] said that hiring twenty-seven-year-old Bowman to direct this segment was one of his proudest achievements on the show. Bowman was terrified, trying to make a good impression on his first assignment, and overcome any doubts of his youth. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', p. 36)
  
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* Filmed: {{d|5|August|1987}} &ndash; {{d|13|August|1987}}
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* Premiere airdate: {{d|26|October|1987}}
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* UK premiere airdate on [[BBC|BBC2]]: {{d|17|October|1990}}
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=== Story and script ===
 
* This story was loosely based on the [[Pocket TOS]] novel ''[[The Wounded Sky]]'', also written by one of this episode's writers &ndash; [[Diane Duane]]. Producer [[Maurice Hurley]] did numerous uncredited rewrites on Duane and [[Michael Reaves]]' original script, but it still had much in common with their original concept. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', p. 36)
  
* This story was loosely based on the [[Pocket TOS]] novel ''[[The Wounded Sky]]'', also written by one of this episode's writers &ndash; [[Diane Duane]]. Producer [[Maurice Hurley]] did numerous uncredited rewrites on Duane and [[Michael Reaves]]' original script, but it still had much in common with their original concept. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', p. 36)
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* While shooting the scene in this episode where Riker tells Picard "''It wasn't him, it never was. It was his assistant''", [[Jonathan Frakes]] had some difficulty saying the line and eventually could not say it without breaking into a laugh. According to [[Patrick Stewart]], the event soon spread "''like a bushfire''" throughout the set, to point where ''The Next Generation''{{'}}s sound mixer, [[Alan Bernard]], had to wheel his sound cart off the set as he also could not stop laughing. Stewart later recalled this story to Frakes in {{y|2012}} at the Calgary Comic-Con Expo, where he still couldn't say the phrase very well. (''[[TNG Season 1 DVD]] special feature "Memorable Missions"''; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHIHaVwbGCw&feature=relmfu])
 
 
* In the original teleplay, Kosinski was responsible for both the warp effect and the accident. He also had a son, who felt his father is more interested in his work, than him. The hallucinations were much more bizarre than in the actual episode: [[Jack Crusher]] appeared to Picard and Beverly, and the ''Enterprise'' appeared inside a "cosmological egg". When the starship escaped, it exploded and caused the birth of a new universe. As a sort of "[[Bible|Biblical]] pun", the ''Enterprise'' spends six days "missing", and Picard orders the next day to be a day of rest. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', p. 36)
  
* In the original teleplay, Kosinski was responsible for both the warp effect and the accident. He also had a son, who felt his father is more interested in his work, than him. The hallucinations were much more bizarre than in the actual episode: [[Jack Crusher]] appeared to Picard and Beverly, and the ''Enterprise'' appeared inside a "cosmological egg". When the starship escaped, it exploded and caused the birth of a new universe. As a sort of "[[Bible|Biblical]] pun", the ''Enterprise'' spends six days "missing", and Picard orders the next day to be a day of rest. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', p. 36)
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* Footage of the {{USS|Fearless}} traveling next to the USS ''Enterprise''-D was previously seen in {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}} (sans [[Deneb IV]] in the background), where the {{ShipClass|Excelsior}} vessel represented the {{USS|Hood|Excelsior class}}.
 
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* Only the left hand of the unnamed [[transporter chief]] on duty in [[transporter room|personnel transporter room 3]], who informs the bridge at the beginning of the episode that Kosinski and the Traveler are ready to beam aboard, is seen. The voice actor is not identified.
  
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[[File:Dorn and Emmy-Lou.jpg|thumb|[[Michael Dorn]] on set with wild boar [[Emmy-Lou]]]]
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* This episode marks the debut of [[Rob Bowman]] as a ''Trek'' director. He later went on to direct twelve more episodes of ''The Next Generation''. {{w|Daniel Petrie}} was originally hired to direct the episode, but quit when he was approached to direct the film ''Cocoon: The Return''. Producer [[Robert Justman]] said that hiring twenty-seven-year-old Bowman to direct this segment was one of his proudest achievements on the show. Bowman was terrified, trying to make a good impression on his first assignment, and overcome any doubts of his youth. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', p. 36)
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* While shooting the scene in this episode where Riker tells Picard "''It wasn't him, it never was. It was his assistant''", [[Jonathan Frakes]] had some difficulty saying the line and eventually could not say it without breaking into a laugh. According to [[Patrick Stewart]], the event soon spread "''like a bushfire''" throughout the set, to point where ''The Next Generation''{{'}}s sound mixer, [[Alan Bernard]], had to wheel his sound cart off the set as he also could not stop laughing. Stewart later recalled this story to Frakes in {{y|2012}} at the Calgary Comic-Con Expo, where he still couldn't say the phrase very well. (''[[TNG Season 1 DVD]] special feature "Memorable Missions"''; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHIHaVwbGCw&feature=relmfu])
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* Geordi's line about the ship passing warp 10 was looped in post-production, and the line as it was originally spoken ("warp 5" instead of "warp 10") is featured in the episode's trailer.
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=== Cast and characters ===
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* This episode marks the first appearance of [[Eric Menyuk]]'s [[The Traveler]]. He reappears in {{e|Remember Me}} and {{e|Journey's End}}.
 
* Worf's [[targ]] is played here by a [[Russia]]n wild boar named [[Emmy-Lou]].
  
* Worf's [[targ]] is played here by a [[Russia]]n wild boar named [[Emmy-Lou]].
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=== Music ===
 
* The piece of music played by the string quartet in this episode is Mvt. 1, "Allegro", from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]'', K. 525.
  
* The piece of music played by the string quartet in this episode is Mvt. 1, "Allegro", from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]'', K. 525.
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* When the illusory string quartet disappears, the crewman is sitting at a table with a small bottle and a glass on a tray. As both were originally created for {{film|3}}, the bottle features the [[Federation]] logo of that time.
  
 
* When Picard meets his mother, there is also an unidentified recurring (until episode 17 {{e|When The Bough Breaks}}) melody.
  
* When Picard meets his mother, there is also an unidentified recurring (until episode 17 {{e|When The Bough Breaks}}) melody.
 
* The episode's score, composed and conducted by [[Ron Jones]], was recorded on {{d|25|September|1987}} at [[Paramount Stage M]]. ([[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Ron Jones Project]]'' liner notes'' [http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/notes/box05_disc01.html]) The complete episode score, totalling 21 minutes 15 seconds, appears on Disc One of the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Ron Jones Project]]'' collection.
  
* The episode's score, composed and conducted by [[Ron Jones]], was recorded on {{d|25|September|1987}} at [[Paramount Stage M]]. ([[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Ron Jones Project]]'' liner notes'' [http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/notes/box05_disc01.html]) The complete episode score, totalling 21 minutes 15 seconds, appears on Disc One of the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Ron Jones Project]]'' collection.
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* During Picard's speech towards the end of the episode, a crewmember is seen looking at an [[LCARS]] interface with directions to [[holodeck|Holodeck 4J]]. This is the same graphic that was seen in {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}} when [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker]] was looking for the holodeck.
  
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=== Sets, props and costumes ===
 
* The [[master systems display]] (nicknamed the "pool table") in [[main engineering]] was used for the first time in this episode. However, as {{e|The Last Outpost}} was broadcast before this episode, though produced later, the table is first seen in that episode. Main engineering also features many chairs and benches never seen again.
  
* The [[master systems display]] (nicknamed the "pool table") in [[main engineering]] was used for the first time in this episode. However, as {{e|The Last Outpost}} was broadcast before this episode, though produced later, the table is first seen in that episode. Main engineering also features many chairs and benches never seen again.
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* The two vertical light panels flanking the wall mounted master systems display in main engineering are illuminated yellow, an effect only seen in this episode.
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* The two vertical light panels flanking the wall mounted master systems display in main engineering are illuminated green (which is only visible in the color-corrected HD release; the original mistakenly shows them being yellow.), an effect only seen in this episode.
 
* For the last time until {{film|7}} a corridor leading to main engineering, which is located directly behind the office, is seen. Normally, that opening is closed by a fake wall with LCARS interfaces, which is only removed when main engineering is redressed as a corridor lounge.
  
* For the last time until {{film|7}} a corridor leading to main engineering, which is located directly behind the office, is seen. Normally, that opening is closed by a fake wall with LCARS interfaces, which is only removed when main engineering is redressed as a corridor lounge.
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* Upon arrival at M-33, it is mentioned that a return trip to the Federation, using normal warp drive, through 2 galaxies, would take three hundred years. The time given is the same as that of the [[Kelvan]]'s trip in {{TOS|By Any Other Name}} from the [[Andromeda Galaxy]].
  
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* The episode received its UK premiere on [[BBC|BBC2]] on {{d|17|October|1990}}.
  
 
* Among the items from this episode which were sold off on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] on eBay is a pair of special effects make-up hands for [[The Traveler]]. {{stala|8782}}
  
* Among the items from this episode which were sold off on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] on eBay is a pair of special effects make-up hands for [[The Traveler]]. {{stala|8782}}
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=== Special and visual effects ===
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* Visual effects artist [[Robert Legato]] described the creating of "The Edge of the Universe" in the [[TNG Season 5 DVD]] special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Five" ("Visual Effects").
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* Director Rob Bowman recalls, "''The effects in that episode were, at times, extremely frustrating and complex, so I didn't know what they were going to look like. It's tough to have people react to something that even I can't identify. Many special FX are just vaguely discussed during shooting and only finalized during post-production. So at times, that was difficult.''" ("Rob Bowman - Director of a Dozen", ''[[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine]]'' Vol. 10, p. 15)
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=== Continuity ===
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* Wesley Crusher is given a field commission of acting ensign in this episode.
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* Footage of the {{USS|Fearless}} traveling next to the ''Enterprise''-D was previously seen in {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}} (sans [[Deneb IV]] in the background), where the {{class|Excelsior}} vessel represented the {{USS|Hood|Excelsior class}}.
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* When the illusory string quartet disappears, the crewman is sitting at a table with a small bottle and a glass on a tray. As both were originally created for {{film|3}}, the bottle features the [[Federation]] logo of that time.
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* During Picard's speech towards the end of the episode, a crewmember is seen looking at an [[LCARS]] interface with directions to [[holodeck|Holodeck 4J]]. This is the same graphic that was seen in {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}} when [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker]] was looking for the holodeck.
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* Upon arrival at M-33, it is mentioned that a return trip to the Federation, using normal warp drive, through 2 galaxies, would take three hundred years. The time given is the same as that of the [[Kelvan]]'s trip in {{TOS|By Any Other Name}} from the [[Andromeda Galaxy]].
 
* This is the only episode where Picard says "cease red alert" to stand down red alert.
  
* This is the only episode where Picard says "cease red alert" to stand down red alert.
 
* A subspace radio communication can travel 2.7 million light years in 51 years and 10 months or 52,000 light years per year.
  
* A subspace radio communication can travel 2.7 million light years in 51 years and 10 months or 52,000 light years per year.
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* Despite The Traveler's admonition to Picard never to discuss their conversation regarding Wesley with either him or his mother, in {{e|Journey's End}}, both Beverly and Wesley discuss that conversation as if they had full and open knowledge of it.
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* Geordi's line about the ship passing warp 10 was looped in post-production, and the line as it was originally spoken ("warp 5" instead of "warp 10") is featured in the episode's trailer.
  
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* Although it is stated that it would take the Enterpise-D 300 years to travel the 2.7 million light years home, it is later stated that it would take Voyager 70 years to travel 70,000 light years, which means the Enterprise-D is 9 times faster than Voyager at maximum warp.
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* This episode marks the first appearance of [[The Traveler]]. He reappears in {{e|Remember Me}} and {{e|Journey's End}}.
  
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* Visual effects artist [[Robert Legato]] described the creating of "The Edge of the Universe" in the [[TNG Season 5 DVD]] special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Five" ("Visual Effects").
  
   
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=== Awards ===
 
* This episode was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Sound Mixing in a Drama Series.
  
* This episode was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Sound Mixing in a Drama Series.
   
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=== Production History ===
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=== Reception ===
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* A mission report titled "Where None Have Gone Before" by [[Robert Greenberger]] was published in ''[[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine]]'' Vol. 3, pp. 22-26.
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* Revised final draft script: {{d|30|July|1987}}
  
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* Director [[Rob Bowman]] remembers, "''It was a very enlightening script, the likes of which you don't very often see on television. I felt very fortunate that it was such a great script, but, personally, I was ''terrified'' because it was my first episode and I wanted to make a good impression. I worked on that show every day I had the script, which, including the shooting, was like 20 days for me.''" ("Rob Bowman - Director of a Dozen", ''[[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine]]'' Vol. 10, p. 13)
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* Filmed: {{d|5|August|1987}} &ndash; {{d|13|August|1987}}
  
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===Video and DVD releases===
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=== Video and DVD releases ===
 
* Original [[Star Trek VHS releases in the UK|UK VHS release]] (two-episode tapes, [[CIC Video]]): [[TNG Season 1 UK VHS|Volume 3]], catalogue number VHR 2273, {{d|2|July|1990}}.
  
* Original [[Star Trek VHS releases in the UK|UK VHS release]] (two-episode tapes, [[CIC Video]]): [[TNG Season 1 UK VHS|Volume 3]], catalogue number VHR 2273, {{d|2|July|1990}}.
 
* UK re-release (three-episode tapes, [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]): Volume 1.2, catalogue number VHR 4643, {{d|4|May|1998}}.
  
* UK re-release (three-episode tapes, [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]): Volume 1.2, catalogue number VHR 4643, {{d|4|May|1998}}.
 
* As part of the [[TNG Season 1 DVD]] collection.
  
* As part of the [[TNG Season 1 DVD]] collection.
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* As part of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation 25th Anniversary Event]].''
 
* As part of the [[TNG Season 1 Blu-ray]] collection.
  
* As part of the [[TNG Season 1 Blu-ray]] collection.
   
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=== Featuring ===
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* [[Charles Dayton]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Science division crewmember (2364)|Crewmember]]
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* [[Charles Dayton]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Science division crewmember (2364)|Crewmember]]
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* [[Victoria Dillard]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Ballerina|Ballerina]]
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* [[Victoria Dillard]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Ballerina|Ballerina]]
   
 
=== Uncredited co-stars ===
  
=== Uncredited co-stars ===
 
* [[James G. Becker]] as [[Youngblood]]
  
* [[James G. Becker]] as [[Youngblood]]
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* [[Darrell Burris]] as an [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Security officer/engineer|operations division officer]]
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* [[Darrell Burris]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Security officer/engineer|operations division officer]]
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* [[Dexter Clay]] as a [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Security officer (2364-2365)|security officer]]
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* [[Jeffrey Deacon]] as a [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Bridge Crewman (2364-2366)|command division officer]]
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* [[Jeffrey Deacon]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Bridge Crewman (2364-2366)|command division officer]]
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* [[Emmy-Lou]] as the [[Klingon]] [[Targ]]
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* [[Emmy-Lou]] as [[Klingon]] [[Targ]]
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* [[Nora Leonhardt]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Female science division/command division ensign|science division ensign]]
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* [[Dennis Madalone]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Fire fearing crewman|science division crewman]]
 
* [[Tim McCormack]] as [[Bennett (Ensign)|Bennett]]
  
* [[Tim McCormack]] as [[Bennett (Ensign)|Bennett]]
 
* [[Lorine Mendell]] as [[Diana Giddings]]
  
* [[Lorine Mendell]] as [[Diana Giddings]]
 
* [[Unknown performer]]s as
  
* [[Unknown performer]]s as
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** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#String quartet crewman|Command division officer]]
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** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Skirted command division officer|Command division officer in a skant]]
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** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Scared command division officer|Female command division officer]]
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** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Scared command division officer|Female command division officer]]
 
** [[Unnamed illusory people#Rape gang|Four rape gang members]]
  
** [[Unnamed illusory people#Rape gang|Four rape gang members]]
 
** [[Cat|Tasha's cat]]
  
** [[Cat|Tasha's cat]]
 
** [[Unnamed illusory people#String quartet musicians|Three string quartet musicians]]
  
** [[Unnamed illusory people#String quartet musicians|Three string quartet musicians]]
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For additional meanings of "Where No One Has Gone Before", please see Where No One Has Gone Before.
For the TOS episode with a similar title, please see "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

When an experimental engine modification throws the Enterprise to the edge of the known universe, the crew must rely on a mysterious alien to guide the ship home.

Summary

File:Kozinski and Traveler arrive.jpg

"Where is the captain, please?"

The USS Enterprise-D has met the USS Fearless in order to take on a Starfleet propulsion specialist who will perform an upgrade on the warp drive. He has already performed the upgrade on the Fearless, as well as the Ajax. Both these ships reported an increase in engine efficiency. Riker, however, is not convinced. He and Data have run a controlled test of the formulae that the engineer, Kosinski, has sent over, and found them to have no effect. Picard reasons that there's no harm in letting him come over and attempt the upgrade.

Riker is still skeptical, so Picard sends him to meet Kosinski when he beams aboard, along with his assistant. Riker, Troi and Chief Engineer Argyle go to meet him in the transporter room. Kosinski is pompous and arrogant. He asks why the captain isn't there to meet him and demands to be taken to engineering. As he leaves, Troi comments to Riker that Kosinski is as he appears – loud and arrogant – but she can sense nothing from his assistant, not even his presence.

Traveler phases

The Traveler "phases" out of reality

In engineering, Riker questions Kosinski about what he is going to do and asks him to explain his formulae. At first Kosinski resists, but eventually agrees to explain himself to Riker and Argyle. Meanwhile Wesley, who is also in engineering, watches the assistant enter the formulae on a screen and suggests various changes to the inputs. When Kosinski is ready, Picard orders the Enterprise to warp 1.5.

As the ship accelerates, both Kosinski and his assistant enter various information. Suddenly a console alarm goes off and Kosinski shouts at the assistant, who has made an error. Outside the ship, the Enterprise's engines suddenly engage with a massive burst of speed. The assistant grabs his console and starts to "phase" in and out of view, noticed only by Wesley.

On the bridge, La Forge tells the captain they are passing warp 10, and Data later says that their velocity is off the scale. The Enterprise hurtles through space, with phenomena whizzing past at extremely high speed. Picard orders that they reverse engines (which Data comments on as having never been done at their current speed), and the Enterprise flashes out of warp. When asked for the ship's position, La Forge replies incredulously that they have traveled 2,700,000 light years.

File:M33.jpg

The Enterprise in galaxy M-33

They are now in the M-33 Galaxy, and at maximum warp it will take them over 300 years to get home. Kosinski, Riker and Argyle arrive on the bridge. Picard asks them what happened and Kosinski replies that he made "a mistake, a wonderful mistake". He is highly excited, claiming he has broken the warp barrier and that his name will go down in history. However, hearing the procedure that Kosinski used, Commander Riker isn't convinced.

Down in engineering, Wesley is talking to the assistant. He realizes that the assistant has been performing the "upgrades" all along, and that Kosinski is just a joke. The assistant tells him he means no harm to the ship or the crew – he made a mistake. He is exhausted now, and Wes offers to get his mother, but the assistant declines. Wes then says that from looking at the warp equations he thinks time and space and thought are all one thing. This surprises the assistant, who tells him never to say such a thing again "in a world that's not ready for it."

Picard orders Kosinski to bring them home, and they return to engineering. Wes tries to tell Riker about the assistant, but he won't listen. Kosinski sets up to return them home, and the Enterprise shoots into warp with another tremendous burst of speed. As they input the equations, it becomes obvious to Kosinski that it is not working. Then Riker sees the assistant as he starts to "phase" again and then collapse across the console.

Enterprise blasts to edge of universe

"This isn't working!"

Meanwhile, the Enterprise picks up incredible speed moving into untold measurements. On the viewscreen, spatial phenomena streak past faster and faster into indistinguishable light blurs. Picard orders full stop, and the Enterprise blasts out of warp once more, now 1 billion light years from the Milky Way Galaxy in the other direction. Outside the ship, clouds of cosmic dust and energy beings swim in a never-ending blue abyss. Data concludes that they must be at the edge of the known universe.

Worf is at his station when he suddenly sees a targ in front of him, his childhood pet. Yar also sees it but it disappears just as quickly. Then she sees her pet cat and is back on the colony where she grew up, trying to avoid a rape gang. La Forge touches her and she snaps out of it. In frustration, Picard leaves for engineering. When the turbolift doors open, Picard almost steps out into space before throwing himself back inside. The doors open again and he goes into a corridor. He meets two crewmen running from some unseen pursuer. Picard sees an ensign in a cargo bay dancing ballet.

Picard speaks to his mother

Picard speaks to his mother

The visions of thought seeming to become visual reality soon become more evident to the captain when he then sees his dead mother, and starts to talk to her before he is interrupted by Riker. When he looks back, she's gone. They manage to get to engineering where Crusher is examining the now unconscious assistant. Riker informs Picard that it was the assistant all the time, not Kosinski. Picard orders general quarters and tells the crew that they are in a region of space where thoughts become reality, and that they must try to subdue their thoughts.

The assistant is brought to sickbay where Picard tells Crusher to wake him. They must leave this place before their own thoughts cause the ship to be destroyed. The assistant wakes and tells Picard that he is a Traveler from another plane of existence. He is traveling through their galaxy, observing them, using his knowledge of propulsion to get passage on Starfleet ships. Kosinski is just his cover. He meant no harm to the Enterprise. He tells them Humans shouldn't be here for a long time, until they have learned to control their thoughts. Picard asks him if he can get them home. He tells him he will try.

Traveler tells Picard about Wesley

"He is just a boy... for now."

He then asks for a private word with Picard. The others leave and the Traveler tells Picard that people like Wesley are the reason that he travels. He compares him to Mozart, only instead of music, Wes has, or will have, the ability to manipulate time, space and thought. He urges Picard to encourage Wes, but not to tell him or Beverly any of this.

The Traveler returns to engineering and Picard makes an announcement, telling everyone to concentrate on home and on the Traveler's well being. They follow the same procedure as before: the ship jumps to warp 1.5 and the Traveler uses his powers to attempt to send them back. He starts to "phase" as before and the ship hurtles through space. Then the Traveler disappears altogether and the Enterprise finds itself back where it started.

Wesley joins bridge crew

"If you don't mind, sir, I'd like to sit here awhile."

Mindful of the Traveler's advice, Picard calls Wesley to the bridge and thanks him for his part in their successful return. He then makes him an acting ensign, "for conduct in the true spirit and traditions of Starfleet." He instructs Riker to make out a duty roster for him and tells him to learn the ship and its operations from top to bottom. Then Wesley takes his place on the bridge as the Enterprise resumes course.

Log Entries

Memorable Quotes

"Yes, but where is this place?"
"Where none have gone before."

- Picard and Data


"The safety of the Enterprise may be entrusted to those two."

- Riker, on The Traveler and Kosinski


"How basic shall I be?"

- Kosinski


"Perhaps you could call it the Kosinski scale."
"Why not? Yes, of course. Since I'm the one who has made the so-called warp barrier meaningless."

- Argyle sarcastically to Kosinski


"Captain, we're here. Why not avail ourselves of this opportunity for study? There is a giant proto-star here, in the process of forming. No other vessel has been out this far."
"Spoken like a true Starfleet Academy graduate. It is tempting, eh, Number One?"

- Data and Picard


"Well yes, this could seem like magic to you. "
"No. No, it actually makes sense to me. Only the power of thought could explain what has been happening."

- The Traveler and Picard


"Thought is the essence of where you are now."

- The Traveler


"He and a few like him are why I travel."

- The Traveler, on Wesley Crusher's abilities


"You're not involved in this decision, boy!"

- Picard, to Wesley Crusher


"Please don't interrupt me, Wesley."

- Picard


"It's a Klingon Targ, from home, from when I was a child."
"So you're telling me that that thing's a kitty-cat?!"
"Yes. I suppose you could call it that."

- Worf and Tasha


"Should I send for Dr. Crusher?"
"Why? Is someone ill?"

- Riker and Picard, just after Wesley has been made acting ensign

Background information

Production history

Story and script

  • This story was loosely based on the Pocket TOS novel The Wounded Sky, also written by one of this episode's writers – Diane Duane. Producer Maurice Hurley did numerous uncredited rewrites on Duane and Michael Reaves' original script, but it still had much in common with their original concept. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, p. 36)
  • In the original teleplay, Kosinski was responsible for both the warp effect and the accident. He also had a son, who felt his father is more interested in his work, than him. The hallucinations were much more bizarre than in the actual episode: Jack Crusher appeared to Picard and Beverly, and the Enterprise appeared inside a "cosmological egg". When the starship escaped, it exploded and caused the birth of a new universe. As a sort of "Biblical pun", the Enterprise spends six days "missing", and Picard orders the next day to be a day of rest. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, p. 36)

Production

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Michael Dorn on set with wild boar Emmy-Lou

  • This episode marks the debut of Rob Bowman as a Trek director. He later went on to direct twelve more episodes of The Next Generation. Daniel Petrie was originally hired to direct the episode, but quit when he was approached to direct the film Cocoon: The Return. Producer Robert Justman said that hiring twenty-seven-year-old Bowman to direct this segment was one of his proudest achievements on the show. Bowman was terrified, trying to make a good impression on his first assignment, and overcome any doubts of his youth. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, p. 36)
  • While shooting the scene in this episode where Riker tells Picard "It wasn't him, it never was. It was his assistant", Jonathan Frakes had some difficulty saying the line and eventually could not say it without breaking into a laugh. According to Patrick Stewart, the event soon spread "like a bushfire" throughout the set, to point where The Next Generation's sound mixer, Alan Bernard, had to wheel his sound cart off the set as he also could not stop laughing. Stewart later recalled this story to Frakes in 2012 at the Calgary Comic-Con Expo, where he still couldn't say the phrase very well. (TNG Season 1 DVD special feature "Memorable Missions"; [1])
  • Geordi's line about the ship passing warp 10 was looped in post-production, and the line as it was originally spoken ("warp 5" instead of "warp 10") is featured in the episode's trailer.

Cast and characters

Music

Sets, props and costumes

  • The master systems display (nicknamed the "pool table") in main engineering was used for the first time in this episode. However, as "The Last Outpost" was broadcast before this episode, though produced later, the table is first seen in that episode. Main engineering also features many chairs and benches never seen again.
  • The two vertical light panels flanking the wall mounted master systems display in main engineering are illuminated green (which is only visible in the color-corrected HD release; the original mistakenly shows them being yellow.), an effect only seen in this episode.
  • For the last time until Star Trek Generations a corridor leading to main engineering, which is located directly behind the office, is seen. Normally, that opening is closed by a fake wall with LCARS interfaces, which is only removed when main engineering is redressed as a corridor lounge.
  • Among the items from this episode which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay is a pair of special effects make-up hands for The Traveler. [3]

Special and visual effects

  • Visual effects artist Robert Legato described the creating of "The Edge of the Universe" in the TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Five" ("Visual Effects").
  • Director Rob Bowman recalls, "The effects in that episode were, at times, extremely frustrating and complex, so I didn't know what they were going to look like. It's tough to have people react to something that even I can't identify. Many special FX are just vaguely discussed during shooting and only finalized during post-production. So at times, that was difficult." ("Rob Bowman - Director of a Dozen", The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 10, p. 15)

Continuity

  • Wesley Crusher is given a field commission of acting ensign in this episode.
  • Footage of the USS Fearless traveling next to the Enterprise-D was previously seen in "Encounter at Farpoint" (sans Deneb IV in the background), where the Excelsior-class vessel represented the USS Hood.
  • When the illusory string quartet disappears, the crewman is sitting at a table with a small bottle and a glass on a tray. As both were originally created for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the bottle features the Federation logo of that time.
  • During Picard's speech towards the end of the episode, a crewmember is seen looking at an LCARS interface with directions to Holodeck 4J. This is the same graphic that was seen in "Encounter at Farpoint" when Commander William T. Riker was looking for the holodeck.
  • Upon arrival at M-33, it is mentioned that a return trip to the Federation, using normal warp drive, through 2 galaxies, would take three hundred years. The time given is the same as that of the Kelvan's trip in TOS: "By Any Other Name" from the Andromeda Galaxy.
  • This is the only episode where Picard says "cease red alert" to stand down red alert.
  • A subspace radio communication can travel 2.7 million light years in 51 years and 10 months or 52,000 light years per year.
  • Despite The Traveler's admonition to Picard never to discuss their conversation regarding Wesley with either him or his mother, in "Journey's End", both Beverly and Wesley discuss that conversation as if they had full and open knowledge of it.
  • Although it is stated that it would take the Enterpise-D 300 years to travel the 2.7 million light years home, it is later stated that it would take Voyager 70 years to travel 70,000 light years, which means the Enterprise-D is 9 times faster than Voyager at maximum warp.

Awards

  • This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing in a Drama Series.

Reception

  • A mission report titled "Where None Have Gone Before" by Robert Greenberger was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 3, pp. 22-26.
  • Director Rob Bowman remembers, "It was a very enlightening script, the likes of which you don't very often see on television. I felt very fortunate that it was such a great script, but, personally, I was terrified because it was my first episode and I wanted to make a good impression. I worked on that show every day I had the script, which, including the shooting, was like 20 days for me." ("Rob Bowman - Director of a Dozen", The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 10, p. 13)

Video and DVD releases

Links and references

Starring

Also starring

Guest stars

Guest Star

Featuring

Uncredited co-stars

Stand-ins

References

2064; 2415; acting ensign; Ajax, USS; ballet; Bessel function; cat; End of the universe; exhaustion; Fearless, USS; galaxy; Gessard, Yvette; intermix formulae; Klingon; Kosinski scale; medical tricorder; Milky Way Galaxy; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; music; phase; protostar; rape gang; science vessel; Starfleet Academy; targ; Tau Alpha C; Transporter Room 3; The Traveler; turbolift; Triangulum Galaxy (M33 Galaxy); Turkana IV; universe; "warp barrier"; warp drive; warp engine; warp field

Other references

Holodeck 4J; subspace field compensator; target acquisition

External links

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