Phantasms (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
| "Phantasms" | |
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| Star Trek: The Next Generation episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 6 |
| Directed by | Patrick Stewart |
| Written by | Brannon Braga |
| Featured music | Dennis McCarthy |
| Production code | 258 |
| Original air date | October 25, 1993 |
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"Phantasms" is the 158th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The sixth episode of the seventh season.
As the Enterprise sits adrift in space from unknown warp engine problems, Data's dream program leads to apparently aberrant behavior.
Data experiences a strange dream that begins with him walking a corridor within Enterprise, then hearing a rotary dial phone sound, and sees three workmen that he says are "dismantling a warp plasma conduit". When he tries to speak to them, he can only emit a high-pitched noise. The workmen turn and rip off Data's appendages, finally tearing off his head, before Data "wakes" from the dream. Though Data is worried about the odd nature of dreams Counselor Troi suggests he continue, as dreaming can be therapeutic.
Captain Picard is invited to a regal Admirals' dinner, an event that Picard has been trying to avoid for several years as it would be rather boring. Unable to provide excuses, he orders the Enterprise towards Starbase 219 where the banquet is to be held, but they find the new warp drive will not engage. Data and Chief Engineer La Forge attempt to diagnose the problem, but after double checking the new configuration, the engines refuse to engage.
Later, Data finds himself in another dream, now set in Ten-Forward. In addition to the workmen, other members of the crew are present, in particular Troi as part of a large cake. The workmen prompt Data to cut into the shoulder of the cake while Troi tries to convince Data to stop. Suddenly Data "wakes," finding other crew members looking for him, as he has been late for his shift. Data has never experienced this before, and tries to understand the meaning of his dreams with a holodeck simulation Sigmund Freud. Later, while still working with La Forge to repair the engines, he begins to see imagery from his dreams while waking, including seeing crewmen with small mouths on their bodies, and an engineering tool appearing briefly as the cake knife. Later, Data attacks Troi on the turbolift, wounding her on her shoulder, where he claimed he saw one of those mouths. Data willingly puts himself under guard in his quarters, fearing what harm he might do to others.
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