Overcoming his fear of transporter, Lt. Barclay joins an away team, only to find something in the beam with him.Overcoming his fear of transporter, Lt. Barclay joins an away team, only to find something in the beam with him.Overcoming his fear of transporter, Lt. Barclay joins an away team, only to find something in the beam with him.
Thomas K. Belgrey
- Crewmember
- (as Thomas Belgrey)
K.C. Amos
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
David Keith Anderson
- Ensign Armstrong
- (uncredited)
Lena Banks
- Starfleet Ensign
- (uncredited)
Michael Braveheart
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
Cameron
- Ensign Kellogg
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first Trek episode to show a transporter process from the transported's point of view.
- GoofsThough a force field had been erected around the transporter chamber, a re-materializing crew member's leg falls outside the pad before the field is dropped.
- Quotes
Barclay: The idea of being... deconstructed molecule by molecule, it's more than I can stand. Even when I was... a child, I always had a dreadful fear that, if ever I was dematerialized, that I would... never come back again whole. I know, sounds crazy, but...
Counselor Deanna Troi: It's not crazy at all. You *are* being taken apart molecule by molecule.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Timescape (1993)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Featured review
Fairly good but nothing particularly memorable
Reg Barclay tries to overcome his fear of the transporters.
This is a relatively enjoyable episode with another good performance from Dwight Schultz.
The story is not the most interesting, but if you appreciate sci-fi detail regarding the various technologies portrayed in Star Trek, you might find it fascinating as it discusses the working of the transporters in depth. It also works well as an allegory to the fear of flying.
It is centred around Barclay, so as with all episodes about this character you need to at least find him entertaining to enjoy it. Personally I quite like seeing a different type of personality take centre stage and think Schultz is always good value for his screen time.
Colm Meaney also has a decent amount of screen time and a good dynamic with Schultz in their scenes together.
There are certain aspects of this episode I do struggle with. I'm not a fan of the concept that there is a major transporter problem that happens to affect the one character who has a phobia of transporters. Plus it is very heavy on technobabble.
Visually it contains some decent effects, but for an episode entitled 'The Realm of Fear' I expected something a bit scarier in the transporter than what we are shown.
This is a relatively enjoyable episode with another good performance from Dwight Schultz.
The story is not the most interesting, but if you appreciate sci-fi detail regarding the various technologies portrayed in Star Trek, you might find it fascinating as it discusses the working of the transporters in depth. It also works well as an allegory to the fear of flying.
It is centred around Barclay, so as with all episodes about this character you need to at least find him entertaining to enjoy it. Personally I quite like seeing a different type of personality take centre stage and think Schultz is always good value for his screen time.
Colm Meaney also has a decent amount of screen time and a good dynamic with Schultz in their scenes together.
There are certain aspects of this episode I do struggle with. I'm not a fan of the concept that there is a major transporter problem that happens to affect the one character who has a phobia of transporters. Plus it is very heavy on technobabble.
Visually it contains some decent effects, but for an episode entitled 'The Realm of Fear' I expected something a bit scarier in the transporter than what we are shown.
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- snoozejonc
- Oct 31, 2021
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- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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