Talk:The Next Phase (episode)

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Contents 1 Episode talk page 1.1 Maintenance links 2 Ghost-Paradox 3 No connection, no reason 4 Questions

[edit] Ghost-Paradox

Where does the Information about the Ghost-Paradox come from? Although it makes sense, I wasn't able to find any further information about this particular term anywhere else. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.44.172.143 (talk).

I disagree that there is even a paradox here, because they explicitly state they are not ghosts, but "phased" in a different molecular state so that they "have no substance". Therefore, since they are not ghosts, I don't think the paradox (if it exists) applies here.--71.213.95.25 18:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Read the article on what "ghost-paradox" means. It is not restricted to ghosts. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 18:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

This episode also suffers from one of the most frequently made mistakes in science fiction, the Ghost-paradox. If La Forge and Ro are out of phase with the universe, and can pass through matter, then why don't they sink through the Enterprise bulkheads? And since air would pass through their lungs, rather than be absorbed by their lungs, why don't they suffocate? Furthermore, since light would interact with neither Ro's eyes nor La Forge's VISOR, they would both be blind, and would not be able to see their surroundings, which they were able to do throughout the episode. (Not to mention the number of tables they absent-mindedly touched or chairs they sat in without thinking...)

It reads to me like nothing but a big ole nitpick, which I thought was against the rules around here. Which is why I'm removing it AndroidFan 18:49, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

This episode suffers from the we-don't-know-if-we're-dead-but-if-this-were-not-tv-we-would-soon-have-to-go-to-the-bathroom-so-we-would-know-we-were-alive paradox. Crude, perhaps, but undebatable and irresistible to point out.--24.213.177.161 01:53, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Except that you have no idea what the effect of being out of phase would have on the digestive tract. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 01:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Being out of phase really messes it up, trust me on that

[edit] No connection, no reason

I removed this:

• There is no known relation between the episode title and Star Trek: Phase II.

If there's no known relation... why are we mentioning it? --The reverend 00:41, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

The name itself is a relation. They both include "Phase". The note explains that the writers and producers did not intend anything by that, or for them to have anything to do with each other. There are other instances where the writers did intend a relationship, or were paying homage. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 00:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, but I believe User:The reverend is clearly right here. What crazy idea is it to add a background note to all pairs articles that have no relation, just because the use the same word of the english language? Somehow, the logic of that escapes me at the moment. -- Cid Highwind 01:31, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Reading what I wrote is making my brain hurt. Sorry about that momentary insanity. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 04:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Questions

Why don't Geordi and Ro pass through the floor? How is it that Ro can't slam her hand on Crusher's desk but she can sit in her Nav. chair and touch her console? Wasn't there and ENT episode like this? ThetaOrion

None of that was explained in the episode, although there is a bit of discussion about this already above. "Vanishing Point" was similar, but ultimately different. --Alan 15:48, 28 March 2009 (UTC)