Star Trek: The Next Generation (s01e01-02)

Encounter at Farpoint

by D. C. Fontana

Release: 28 September 1987
Format: TV Episode
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Debatable Time Travel
Original Language: English

As the new captain of the Enterprise and other new members of his crew become acquainted with their galaxy class starship and its capabilities, they travel to a curious city on Deneb IV and also encounter a powerful being from the Q who, among other things, exhibits a possible power over time itself.

— Michael Main

Troi: Captain, sir, this is not an illusion of a dream.
Picard: But these courts belong in the past.
Troi:I don’t understand either, but this is real.

DEBUT

Star Trek: The Next Generation (s01e01-02), “Encounter at Farpoint” (Paramount Domestic Television, USA, 28 September 1987) [syndicated].

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 2100 to 2199: A.D. 2079, possibly as a simulation or recreation
Near Future, AD 2300 and Beyond: A.D. 2364

Timeline Models

Unexplained Timeline Model

Time Travel Methods

Alien Time Travel Technology

Fictional Tags

Groupings

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From the battle bridge of the Enterprise, A. D. 2364 ⋙ to a 21st-century court at an unknown time. Note: Q transports Picard, Data, Troi, and Yar to the court, which is possibly simulated or recreated.
From an unknown time ⋙ to the main bridge of the Enterprise at an unknown time. Note: After the encounter at the court, Q transfers the gang back to the Enterprise battle bridge. O’Brien never noticed they were gone.