Talk:Blink of an Eye (episode)

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Contents 1 Episode talk page 1.1 Maintenance links 2 Comment 1 3 Comment on erroneous calculation 4 Forum:Voyager epi- the crew make first contact with a civilization on its first warp flight. Whats it called? 5 Comment on 'English' lettering 6 Prime Directive Violation 7 Doctor's son 8 Removed comment 9 Inconsistency

[edit] Comment 1

It couldn't be a coincidence that this episode was originally called "Wink of an Eye" AND feature the same kind of phenomenon. -- When it rains... it pours 21:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I wholeheartedly agree. (Vince 17:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Comment on erroneous calculation

One and a half second is one day on the planet, so three years are 24.7 seconds.

Somehow, that doesn't work out. Three years would be 27.4 minutes 212.238.189.9 16:41, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Forum:Voyager epi- the crew make first contact with a civilization on its first warp flight. Whats it called?

Does an episode exist where the crew encounter a craft on it's maiden warp flight ? I seem to recall this but I cannot find reference to it.

I am aware of the TNG episode called First Contact but I am sure there was a voyager one... Am I imagining this ? -- 90.240.242.59 00:43, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Nothing comes to mind. --Alan 00:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

There was an episode where the Voyager was trapped in orbit around a planet where time moved more rapidly than in the surrounding universe. While the Voyager was stuck there, the planet's civilization went from stone-age to space-age. The show ended with space travelers from the planet visiting the Voyager. That may be what you're thinking of. I don't know what the episode was called. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.242.78.68 (talk).

"Blink of an Eye" then --Alan 23:38, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comment on 'English' lettering

Likely a similar seeming alphabet developed from various marking read off the Sky Ship with high powered telescopes, further showing the influence the Sky Ship had on their civilization.

Although a good train of thought, English Lettering was seen when the culture still valued sky-ship as a god. However, thanks for bringing it up here, cause it is an interesting theory if Voyager had a similar impact with culture. --Nmajmani 01:37, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Yea, and additionally I've been wondering if perhaps they sparked that culture. I mean, the entire civilisation rose up from a very primitive state in what, a day or two? What are the odds that this happened *just* as Voyager arrived? Slim. Perhaps something about Voyager's arrival transferred DNA onto the planet thus spawning humanoid life... and as they approached orbit they came a little closer to temporal sync, so the 1.5s/1day rule started out as 1.5s/1year and there was sufficient time for the race to evolve to the point we first see them at between that point and the start of the episode. Hmmm.. 84.92.44.31 16:34, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Prime Directive Violation

This marks another instance of the Voyager crew violating the Prime Directive. Granted it was purely unintentional, but the fact that it isn't brought up is testament to how removed Janeway and her crew have become from Federation doctrine.

Tuvok and the staff discuss the prime directive in the briefing room when the two radio people send up a voice message, just after the scene Seven speeds it up in astrometrics. Tom Paris suggests beaming down and making first contact, but Tuvok objects and Janeway notes that medically speaking it would probably kill them, then the Doctor volunteers. - AJ Halliwell 16:44, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Doctor's son

I thought that the Doctor's mysterious history while on the planet was the best part of the episode yet it's briefly mentioned here and there is no mention of him having a son. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.49.62.252 (talk • contribs) .

Mentioned at The Doctor#Mareeza and Jason Tebreeze. --Bp 16:58, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removed comment

Removed the following comment as an uncited similarity:

• The story for this episode bears a vague resemblance to Robert L. Forward's novel Dragon's Egg, also about a high-speed alien civilization that develops from tribal savagery to spacefaring over the course of a visit by a Human spacecraft.--31dot 21:40, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Inconsistency

When Voyager arrives and departs, its light appears to wink on/off quickly. That doesn't seem to make logical sense. Considering the time difference, Voyager's light should grow/fade over a period of at least a month.– The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.237.66.128 (talk).

Perhaps, but that would fall under the category of Nitpicking, which we generally don't do here.--31dot 00:02, 14 January 2009 (UTC)