"Pen Pals" was the 41st episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 15th episode of the show's second season, first aired during the week of 1 May 1989. The episode was written by Melinda M. SnodgrassMA and Hannah Louise ShearerMA and directed by Winrich KolbeMA.
Summary
Log entries
- Captain's log, stardate 42695.3
- We're the first manned vessel to enter the Selcundi Drema sector. Unmanned probes have recorded unusual levels of geological activity in all five planetary systems. I am hoping the Enterprise will find the answer to this enigma.
- captain's log, stardate 42696.3
- We are entering the second Selcunidi star system where Acting Ensign Crusher will begin his planetary mineral survey, the results of which may help unlock the geological puzzle.
- captain's log, stardate 42737.3
- It has been six weeks since our entrance into the Selcundi Drema sector. Each system has revealed the same disturbing geological upheavals on every planet.
- captain's log, Stardate 42741.3
- We are entering into orbit of Drema IV, the planet from which Data received the distress signal. Sensors indicate that the volcanic activity is increasing.
References
Characters
- Alans • Bennett (Ensign) • Wesley Crusher • Data • Davies • Hildebrant • Geordi La Forge • Miles O'Brien • Jean-Luc Picard • Prixis • Katherine Pulaski • William T. Riker • Sarjenka • Deanna Troi • Darien Wallace • Worf • Youngblood • USS Enterprise-D computer
Starships and vehicles
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Other references
- science • Dreman dilithium • Elanian singer stone • entrafield • first contact • horse • illium-629 • leevka • memory • memory wipe • Selcundi Drema sector • zabathu
Chronology
- stardate 42695.3, 2365 (2360s chronology, Enterprise-D voyages)
- Enterprise travels to Selcundi Drema.
Appendices
Related media
- TNG episode: "Who Watches the Watchers?"
- SCE eBook: Progress
- DS9 novel: Avatar, Book One - While experiencing flashbacks induced by the Orb of Memory Data recalls Sarjenka, from this episode.
Images
Sarjenka.
Drema IV tectonic activity scan after a group of class-1 probes fitted with harmonic resonators stabilized the planet’s surface.
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: The Icarus Factor |
TNG episode produced | Next episode: Q Who? |
| Previous episode: The Icarus Factor |
TNG episode aired | Next episode: Q Who? |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Icarus Factor |
Next Adventure: The Captain and the King (flashback) | |
External link
- "Pen Pals" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.