Friendship One
- Episode aired Apr 25, 2001
- TV-PG
- 43m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.7K
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For the first time in seven years, Voyager gets a mission from Starfleet Command: retrieve the 21st century probe Friendship One from a nearby planet.For the first time in seven years, Voyager gets a mission from Starfleet Command: retrieve the 21st century probe Friendship One from a nearby planet.For the first time in seven years, Voyager gets a mission from Starfleet Command: retrieve the 21st century probe Friendship One from a nearby planet.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Friendship One probe in this story is a thinly veiled approximation of the (appropriately named) Voyager I & II space probes launched by NASA in 1977. They also include records (made of gold) that have greetings from Earth in 55 languages including - no kidding - whale. There are also over 100 scenes of Earth and music from Bach to Chuck Berry. At this point in time, the probes are over 13 billion miles (21 billion km) from home, but still far from even one light year, which is 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion km).
- GoofsThe Friendship One probe, launched in 2067, bears the Starfleet arrowhead emblem. The Trek time line has established that this emblem was a mission-specific one assigned to the Enterprise in the 2260s and wasn't adopted by the whole of Starfleet until after then.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Trek (1966)
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Cool make-up.
Now that the Federation can have regular contact with Voyager, they ask that they look for the Friendship 1 probe that was sent to the Delta Quadrant a long, long time ago. However, when the shuttle team land, they find that the place IS inhabited (despite the sensors) and these people are really angry. They blame the Earth for their plight, as they used the technology that powered Friendship 1 (antimatter) and destroyed themselves. Sure, a few folks remain, but they look nasty and are suffering from the aftereffects of the antimatter explosion. Not surprisingly, these folks are very hostile and soon take some of the away team prisoner. Now they try to use the team as a bartering tool and things get even nastier very quickly.
This episode features some very nice make-up effects. The sore- covered aliens look really realistic and nasty. While the baby didn't look great--the rest of them sure did. In addition, the story is pretty exciting and worth seeing.
By the way, this story seems a lot like an episode from "Space: 1999" concerning a probe powered by a 'Queller Drive'. This system ended up killing things because of its toxic emissions--and soon folks effected by it come looking for retribution!
This episode features some very nice make-up effects. The sore- covered aliens look really realistic and nasty. While the baby didn't look great--the rest of them sure did. In addition, the story is pretty exciting and worth seeing.
By the way, this story seems a lot like an episode from "Space: 1999" concerning a probe powered by a 'Queller Drive'. This system ended up killing things because of its toxic emissions--and soon folks effected by it come looking for retribution!
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- planktonrules
- Mar 7, 2015
Details
- Runtime43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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