Threshold (Voyager episode)
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| Star Trek: VOY episode | |
| "Threshold" | |
 Tom Paris breaks the transwarp threshold in the Shuttlecraft Cochrane designed to reach warp 10, but there are some peculiar side effects. |
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| Episode no. | 31 |
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| Prod. code | 132 |
| Airdate | January 29, 1996 |
| Writer(s) | Brannon Braga |
| Director | Alexander Singer |
| Guest star(s) | Raphael Sbarge as Michael Jonas |
| Year | 2372 |
| Stardate | 49373.4 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Alliances" |
| Next | "Meld" |
Threshold is the 26th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 15th episode in the second season.
[edit] Plot
Tom Paris breaks the transwarp threshold in the Shuttlecraft Cochrane designed to reach warp 10, but there are some peculiar side effects.
[edit] Notes
This is often considered to be the worst Voyager episode ever. Its author, Brannon Braga, in an interview on the DVD release of season 2, called the episode "terrible" , and notes it was the worst episode he wrote.[1] The breaking of the warp 10 barrier is stated in the episode itself to be impossible, yet nonetheless happens; the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual had explained that warp 10 meant infinite speed and thus was effectively meaningless.
Many fans have decided to ignore the events of the episode. A later episode may give backing to this view: in "Dark Frontier", Paris told Seven of Nine that he'd "never travelled in transwarp".
[edit] External Links
- Threshold article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
- Threshold recap at the Agony Booth
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