When the U.S.S.
Enterprise encounters another starship, the U.S.S.
Yosemite, trapped in a plasma streamer, a young engineer
named Reginald Barclay comes up with a plan to reach the
vessel. The crew adopts his plan, but Barclay balks when
he realizes that the crew wants him to join them as part
of the Away Team. Deathly afraid of the transporting
process, he backs out at the last minute, leaving the
rest of the Away Team to transport to the fire-marred
Yosemite. There, they find that one dead body is the
only sign of humanity, and they also notice several
fragments of a broken sample container. Later,
emboldened by a session with Troi, Barclay is able to
rejoin the Away Team just in time to transport back.
Each member returns to the Enterprise without incident
except Barclay, who encounters a sinister-looking
creature while in molecular form.
Back on board the Enterprise, Barclay is genuinely
shaken by what he has seen. Geordi has O'Brien run a
full diagnostic on the transporter, but the tests show
nothing unusual. Barclay is able to relax, but becomes
even more unnerved when his arm begins to radiate light
in the precise spot where the creature touched him.
Meanwhile, in Sickbay, Beverly performs an autopsy on
the Yosemite crew member and is shocked as each of the
dead man's systems briefly and separately come to life,
one after the other.
Beverly's examination
reveals that the crew member was killed when his body
was invaded with high-energy plasma. Geordi, Data and
Barclay realize that the plasma was brought inside the
ship in the sample container that was fragmented, and
that the plasma somehow exploded. The three try to
determine why the explosion occurred, but Barclay is
unable to concentrate, still shaken by what he saw on
his arm. Geordi reports Barclay's condition to Troi, who
immediately relieves him of his official duties. Late
that night, Barclay returns to his room to sleep, but is
unable to do so when his arm begins glowing again — this
time all the way up to his shoulder. Sure that something
must be hidden in the transporter, he summons O'Brien to
help him find it.
O'Brien transports
Barclay to the Yosemite and back, and Barclay encounters
the creature during the trip. Sure of what he has seen,
he wakes the senior staff to tell them, and while Picard
is skeptical at first, he authorizes an in-depth
investigation. Beverly examines Barclay and finds that
he has been exposed to the same plasma that killed the
Yosemite crew member.
Data and Geordi
discover that the plasma particles are actually life
forms, and that some of those life forms are inside
Barclay. Thus Barclay must confront his greatest fear -
of being dematerialized and permanently lost in
molecular limbo. During the transport, however, Barclay
encounters the creature again. Instead of panicking, he
takes its hand and brings it back to the ship with him.
When they arrive, everyone is shocked to see that it is
a human being — one of the crew members from the
Yosemite. The crew rescues the two other crewmen trapped
in molecular limbo, and Barclay, having beaten his fear,
emerges as a hero. |
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Production: 228
Season: 6 Episode: 2
Air Date: 09.28.1992
Stardate: 46041.1 |
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Patrick Stewart as
Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes as William Riker
Brent Spiner as Data
LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn as Worf
Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi |
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Dwight Schultz as Reginald
Barclay
Renata Scott as Admiral Hayes
Thomas Velgrey as Crew Member
Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien
Majel Barrett as Computer Voice
Patti Yasutake as Nurse Ogawa |
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| The ceiling of the transporter
chamber on the Enterprise D is in fact the floor of the
transporter chamber from the Enterprise in the original
series. |
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Realm of Fear"
#40276-228
Written by
Brannon Braga
Directed by
Cliff Bole
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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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FINAL DRAFT
JULY 15, 1992
STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 07/15/92 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Realm of Fear"
CAST
PICARD BARCLAY
RIKER ADMIRAL HAYES
DATA SCIENCE SHIP CREWMEMBER
BEVERLY
TROI
GEORDI
WORF
Non-Speaking
DEAD CREWMEMBER
O'BRIEN THREE CREWMEMBERS
NURSE OGAWA
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking
BARTENDER
SUPERNUMERARIES
ENSIGN DERN
STAR TREK: "Realm of Fear" - 07/15/92 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Realm of Fear"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
MAIN BRIDGE
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM PLASMA STREAMER
OBSERVATION LOUNGE
SICKBAY SCIENCE SHIP
ENGINEERING
CORRIDOR
TEN FORWARD
BARCLAY'S QUARTERS
TRANSPORTER ROOM
TROI'S OFFICE
SCIENCE SHIP
SCIENCE OPS.
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