Paul Winfield guest starred in this TNG episode as an alien captain who is stranded on a planet with Patrick Stewart. The two try desperately to communicate with each other.
A lot of thought went into this episode and it touches on communication something we take for granted. No doubt StarFleet's universal translator was one of the great breakthroughs in history facilitating communications with other races.
What do you do if a race never developed a written language and advanced with an oral tradition? This particular alien race speaks in metaphors that pertain to its history, but who else can possibly understand it.
It's the dilemma of Jean-Luc Picard and the alien Dathan who Paul Winfield plays. A misinterpretation could mean war. It has in our history any number of times.
One of my favorite TNG episodes, Stewart and Winfield are nothing short of brilliant here.
A lot of thought went into this episode and it touches on communication something we take for granted. No doubt StarFleet's universal translator was one of the great breakthroughs in history facilitating communications with other races.
What do you do if a race never developed a written language and advanced with an oral tradition? This particular alien race speaks in metaphors that pertain to its history, but who else can possibly understand it.
It's the dilemma of Jean-Luc Picard and the alien Dathan who Paul Winfield plays. A misinterpretation could mean war. It has in our history any number of times.
One of my favorite TNG episodes, Stewart and Winfield are nothing short of brilliant here.