“Tin Man”
“Tin Man” The Betazoid Tam Elbrun establishes relations with a space-dwelling creature called Gomtun that lives in the Beta Stromgren system whose star is about to explode. The Romulans are interested in the creature too. They send two Warbirds of which one is destroyed by Gomtun, under the influence of Elbrun’s telepathic abilities. When the second Warbird arrives, Gomtun hurls the Enterprise and the Romulan ship through space, far away from the pending supernova. Gomtun was once a starship with a crew and has decided to commit suicide in the star explosion. Elbrun, who was always plagued by the many voices in his head in the presence of other humanoids, decides to stay with Gomtun. summary by Ex-Astris-Scientia
Wow! Made a huge imppression on me the first time over. And second. And thrid…
The concept of oversensitive Betazoid is something I have yet to use in my own Trek. Anyway, the very notion of a bioship being able to bond with a humanoid is powerful. Love it!
August 27th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Hey, cool, an episode we both love for the very same reasons.