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[[Spiner, Brent|Brent Spiner]] … [[Starfleet Lieutenant Commander|Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]]<br/> | [[Spiner, Brent|Brent Spiner]] … [[Starfleet Lieutenant Commander|Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]]<br/> | ||
[[Sirtis, Marina|Marina Sirtis]] … [[Counselor]] [[Troi, Deanna|Deanna Troi]]<br/> | [[Sirtis, Marina|Marina Sirtis]] … [[Counselor]] [[Troi, Deanna|Deanna Troi]]<br/> | ||
| − | [[Burton, LeVar|LeVar Burton]] … [[Starfleet Lieutenant | + | [[Burton, LeVar|LeVar Burton]] … [[Starfleet Lieutenant|Lieutenant]] [[La Forge, Geordi|Geordi La Forge]]<br/> |
| − | [[Dorn, Michael|Michael Dorn]] … [[Starfleet Lieutenant | + | [[Dorn, Michael|Michael Dorn]] … [[Starfleet Lieutenant|Lieutenant]] [[Worf]]<br/> |
[[Wheaton, Wil|Wil Wheaton]] … [[Starfleet Ensign|Acting Ensign]] [[Crusher, Wesley|Wesley Crusher]] | [[Wheaton, Wil|Wil Wheaton]] … [[Starfleet Ensign|Acting Ensign]] [[Crusher, Wesley|Wesley Crusher]] | ||
Revision as of 12:30, 14 August 2021
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Season | 2 |
| Episode | 7 |
| Production Number | 133 |
| Release Date | 30 Jan 1989 |
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Stardate 42494.8: Pulaski suffers from a disease that induces rapid aging
Answering a distress call from the U.S.S. Lantree, the Enterprise finds by visual scans that the ship's entire crew has died of old age — even ensigns in their twenties. Mysterious "hyperaging" has also hit the ship's last stop, the Darwin Genetic Research Station, where the stricken staff begs to have its genetically engineered "super-children" rescued, after assuring the Enterprise crew that they do not carry the disease. A skeptical Picard wants the children checked anyway; to avoid contamination, Data pilots a shuttle so that Dr. Pulaski can examine one of the children in isolation.
The children — who appear much older than their actual age — turn out to be the cause of the disease, and the crew is shocked when Pulaski herself is quarantined at Darwin to help with the cure research. Picard is not willing to accept the loss of his Chief Medical Officer. He pushes his people to modify the transporter's biofilter to screen out the virus. A hair sample finally provides a necessary, uninfected DNA sample, and the doctor and lab staff are eventually cured. Unfortunately, the Darwin youth must be isolated forever. In one last gesture, the Enterprise returns to the Lantree, scuttling the infected ship with full honors.
Director
Paul Lynch
Writer
John Mason & Mike Gray
Starring
Patrick Stewart … Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes … Commander Will Riker
Brent Spiner … Lieutenant Commander Data
Marina Sirtis … Counselor Deanna Troi
LeVar Burton … Lieutenant Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn … Lieutenant Worf
Wil Wheaton … Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher
Guest Starring
Diana Muldaur … Dr. Kate Pulaski
Patricia Smith … Dr. Sara Kingsley
Colm Meaney … Transporter Chief
J. Patrick McNamara … Captain Taggert
Scott Trost … Transporter Ensign
