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Revision as of 14:23, 24 April 2006
| Series: | TNG |
| Season: | 2 |
| Original Airdate: | 27 March 1989 |
| Production Number: | 138 |
| Year: | 2365 |
| Stardate: | 42625.4 |
| Story by: | "Keith Mills" (Tracy Tormé) |
| Directed by: | Cliff Bole |
The Enterprise investigates the wreckage of a 21st century Earth spaceship orbiting a distant planet and the appearance of a casino with inhabitants based on a paperback novel.
Summary
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Memorable quotes
"What do you call this planet?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"This planet. What do you call it?"
"Earth... What do you call it?"
"We call it Theta 8."
"How charming."
- - Riker, Clerk, Worf
Background Information
- Fermat's last theorem is mentioned as being unproved for 800 years. This is now false by Wiles's proof of the mid 1990s. However, the proof uses methods unknown in Fermat's time, so perhaps this statement refers to proving the theorem in a manner that Fermat might have used. It was later corrected for in a comment made between Tobin and Jadzia Dax in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Facets" by making the comment that many others have tried more original approaches to Fermat's Last Theorem since Wile's original proof in the 1990s. Cliff Bole also directed "Facets".
- The idea of an advanced alien race recreating a suitable environment from a wayward astronaut's cultural artifacts to for him live out his final days was first detailed by notable science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey. A somewhat similar concept is also explored in the Voyager episode, "Displaced".
- The 52-star flag seen in "The Royale" is unusual in that the field of stars rests on a red stripe instead of a white stripe. The 15-star "Star-Spangled Banner" flown over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 was the last such flag, and since then, all flags (then returning to 13 instead of 15 stripes) have had the familiar arrangement of the field being to the left of the first seven stripes and resting on the 8th, a white. This was probably an error in the art department, but being a future flag, it could be "official," with the government making that change for one reason or another -- though it seems unlikely.
Links and References
Guest Stars
- Diana Muldaur as Katherine Pulaski
- Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien
- Sam Anderson as The Assistant Manager
- Jill Jacobson as Vanessa
- Leo Garcia as The Bellboy
- Noble Willingham as Texas
- Gregory Beecroft as Mickey D
References
blackjack; Cadillac; Charybdis; class K; Colonel; craps; Fermat's last theorem; "The Hotel Royale"; Jacob; Klingon; Las Vegas; Lubbock; Todd Matthews; methane; NASA; Nevada; neon; nitrogen; Stephen G. Richey; Rita; Room 727; Sol system; Texas; Theta 116 VIII; Theta 116 system; United States Air Force; United States of America; Zen
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