Dammit woman, go through the black holes!

[Kai Winn]

The last black hole opened up inside Nero's ship when Spock rammed it in the Jellyfish. The Narada was being crushed into it.

The idea that black holes are a means of magical transport is an old one in sci-fi, but I have no idea where it originates.

probably crichton's sphere. his ship could go through a black hole and back in time, but a few charges of c4 destroyed it. that's so absurd.

the term black hole was coined at the time tos was produced. before they were known as black stars.

so what protected the narada passing trough the wormhole? shields? it's like a paper protecting from a nuclear blast. they have multifunctional shields, don't they? good against beam weapons, projectiles, time distortions, and even gravity is rendered harmless. could have erected a force field around the black hole in the interior, the less advanced enterprise-d did that in every other episode.

 

[F. King Daniel]

^And how often did those forcefields in TNG, DS9 and Voyager actually work? They couldn't even be relied upon to keep someone in the brig!

 

[Nick M]

Black holes are dangerous. They've got a good chance of crushing the heck out of you. Better to err on the side of caution.

I am putting this on parchment, getting it matted and hanging it in my son's room. Just replacing the words "Black holes" with "Women"- the title: Truest Statement Ever

 

[kimc]

The last black hole opened up inside Nero's ship when Spock rammed it in the Jellyfish. The Narada was being crushed into it.

The idea that black holes are a means of magical transport is an old one in sci-fi, but I have no idea where it originates. It's fantasy, but is it really any worse than the idea that all aliens are humans with useless forehead bumps?

Those forehead bumps are useful tools given to humanoids via evolution.

After centuries of forgetting to pack spoons with their lunches, Cardassians can now just dip their foreheads into their pudding cups! They like tapioca best.

Okay, so what's in YOUR tapioca?