The Battle 

The Enterprise is kept waiting for days on a mysterious rendezvous with Ferenge 'daimon' (captain) Bok's spaceship, then receives a gift which stuns Picard: the USS Stargazer, the lost ... See full summary »

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (created by), Herbert Wright (teleplay by)

Stars:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Patrick Stewart	...	Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes	...	Commander William T. Riker
LeVar Burton	...	Lieutenant Geordi La Forge
Denise Crosby	...	Lieutenant Tasha Yar
Michael Dorn	...	Lt. Worf
Gates McFadden	...	Dr. Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis	...	Counselor Deanna Troi
Brent Spiner	...	Lt. Commander Data
Wil Wheaton	...	Wesley Crusher
Frank Corsentino	...	DaiMon Bok
Douglas Warhit	...	Kazago (as Doug Warhit)
Robert Towers	...	Rata

Storyline

The Enterprise is kept waiting for days on a mysterious rendezvous with Ferenge 'daimon' (captain) Bok's spaceship, then receives a gift which stuns Picard: the USS Stargazer, the lost vessel he commanded in a legendary battle, won by inventing a now classic maneuver. He goes aboard to recover some belongings and takes it in tow, but suffers worrying headaches and starts behaving erratically, until he leaves the Enterprise for it. Data works out Bok's motivation for the gift against his race's mercantile attitude, which even gets him removed from command. Wesley notices very peculiar waves.

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Plot Keywords:

alien starship | voice over narration | female lieutenant | personal quarters | ferengi starship | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 November 1987 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Larry Forrester's script, his second for The Next Generation, originally featured several scenes on board the Ferengi ship to cast further light on their culture but they were all ultimately cut before filming.

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Goofs

Picard is looking into a trunk that contains some of his positions, as if they had been packed. Picard had been forced to abandon the Stargazer so quickly it was very unlikely he had had time to pack anything. And if he HAD had time he would have taken those things with him.

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Quotes

[Daimon Bok has offered Picard his old ship, the Stargazer, as a gift]
DaiMon Bok: Consider it... an act of friendship.
Rata: At no cost? Oh, ugly, very ugly!

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Connections

Referenced in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Bloodlines (1994)

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Soundtracks

Star Trek: The Next Generation End Credits
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

User Reviews

Give? the Ferengi?

Back in his younger days Captain Picard commanded a smaller starship not as powerful or as grand as the Enterprise but one with which he defeated a more powerful Ferengi vessel at like John Paul Jones the cost of that selfsame ship the Constellation.

Now it is being offered to the Federation and to Patrick Stewart in particular as a gift by the Ferengi. That alone is enough to raise a few eyebrows among humans and Ferengi.

This out of character gift is being offered by Daimon Bok played here by Frank Cosentino. But Cosentino has a most ulterior motive in wanting Picard to take the ship in tractor beam tow. In fact Picard starts behaving rather strangely once that happens.

This business with Captain Picard and Daimon Bok would be continued in another episode in TNG's last season. The two really ought to be seen back to back.