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A '''disease of the week''' is an illness that serves as a plot device in a single [[Star Trek]] (or other [[science fiction|SF]] series) episode. The existence of disease-based episodes that occur on [[Federation]] planets or bases is amusing in light of Federation claims to have eliminated disease. | A '''disease of the week''' is an illness that serves as a plot device in a single [[Star Trek]] (or other [[science fiction|SF]] series) episode. The existence of disease-based episodes that occur on [[Federation]] planets or bases is amusing in light of Federation claims to have eliminated disease. It is also not unusual for pathogens to be brought on board by members of an [[away team]], despite the existence of a "biofilter" in the [[transporter]] system that is supposed to remove them. | ||
==Star Trek Examples== | ==Star Trek Examples== | ||
===TOS=== | |||
* "The Gallileo Seven": A plague on Makus III requires the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']] to deliver medical supplies. | |||
* "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield": The planet Ariannus is plagued with a bacteria that endangers billions of lives. | |||
===TNG=== | ===TNG=== | ||
* "Code of Honor": A plague on Styris IV requires the [[Enterprise-D|''Enterprise'']] to retrieve a medical treatment from the non-[[Federation]] planet Ligon II. | * "Code of Honor": A plague on Styris IV requires the [[Enterprise-D|''Enterprise'']] to retrieve a medical treatment from the non-[[Federation]] planet Ligon II. | ||
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[[Category: Star Trek]] | [[Category: Star Trek]] | ||
[[Category: Disease]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:40, 23 January 2023
A disease of the week is an illness that serves as a plot device in a single Star Trek (or other SF series) episode. The existence of disease-based episodes that occur on Federation planets or bases is amusing in light of Federation claims to have eliminated disease. It is also not unusual for pathogens to be brought on board by members of an away team, despite the existence of a "biofilter" in the transporter system that is supposed to remove them.
Star Trek Examples
TOS
- "The Gallileo Seven": A plague on Makus III requires the Enterprise to deliver medical supplies.
- "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield": The planet Ariannus is plagued with a bacteria that endangers billions of lives.
TNG
- "Code of Honor": A plague on Styris IV requires the Enterprise to retrieve a medical treatment from the non-Federation planet Ligon II.
- "Too Short a Season": Admiral Jameson has a chronic case of Iverson's Disease.
- "Angel One": A virus that Wesley acquired during shore leave infects most of the crew of the Enterprise.
- "The Schizoid Man": Dr. Ira Graves is dying of Varnay's Disease.
- "Sarek": Sarek is suffering from Bendii Syndrome, a disease that causes dementia in elderly Vulcans.