Episode follow up stories

[I am not Herbert]

Pawns and Symbols is a sequel to Day of the Dove in that it follows the fallout from those events on Kang and Mara (but mercifully does not bring back the warmongering pinwheel). Their characterization is actually quite well done.

Web of the Romulans brings back the smitten computer from Tomorrow is Yesterday, which then plays a surprisingly large role in the episode.

 

[DonIago]

^There's a short story in, if I recall correctly, 7 Deadly Sins, that follows up on * as well.

On the flip side, Greg Cox's Q-Continuum stories tell us some of *'s backstory., and tie into WNMHGB, "The Last Outpost", and others.

 

[Extrocomp]

The Dark Matters trilogy is a follow-up to "Eye of the Needle" featuring Telek R'Mor.

The Strange New Worlds stories are full of follow-ups:

"The Last Tribble" is a follow-up to "The Trouble with Tribbles" featuring Cyrano Jones. It ignores the events of "More Tribbles, More Troubles".

"The Lights in the Sky" is a follow-up to "The Gamesters of Triskelion" featuring Shahna.

"Where I Fell Before My Enemy" is a follow-up to "Arena" featuring the Gorn captain and the Metrons.

"Ambassador at Large" is a follow-up to "The Corbomite Maneuver" featuring Balok and David Bailey.

"The Hero of My Life" is a follow-up to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home featuring Gillian Taylor.

"Reciprocity" is a follow-up to "The Chase" involving the first humanoid race.

"Almost... But Not Quite" is a follow-up to "Future's End" featuring the DTI investigating Voyager's trip to 1990s Earth.

"The Healing Arts" is a follow-up to "The Empath" featuring the Minaran empath species.

"The Aliens are Coming!" is a follow-up to "Tomorrow is Yesterday" and "Little Green Men" featuring John Christopher and Captain Wainwright.

"The Fourth Toast" is a follow-up to "Yesterday's Enterprise" featuring Richard Castillo.

"Out of the Box, Thinking" is a follow-up to "Ship in a Bottle" featuring James Moriarty.

"Dorian's Diary" is a follow-up to "Valiant" featuring USS Valiant survivor Dorian Collins.

"Missed" is another follow-up to "The Trouble with Tribbles" featuring the tribbles left behind on the Enterprise.

"Scotty's Song" is another follow-up to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home featuring Gillian Taylor and the whales.

"Prodigal Son" is a follow-up to "The Child" featuring the noncorporeal entity once known as Ian Andrew Troi.

"Isolation Ward 4" is a follow-up to "Shadows and Symbols" featuring Benny Russell and Dr. Wykoff.

"Personal Log" is a follow-up to "Living Witness" featuring the EMH backup copy after leaving the Kyrian-Vaskan planet.

"Legal Action" is a follow-up to "A Piece of the Action" featuring Bela Oxmyx and the Iotians.

"Bluff" is a follow-up to "The Most Toys" featuring Kivas Fajo.

"Restoration" is a follow-up to "Fury" featuring Kes returning to her homeworld.

"On the Rocks" is a follow-up to "Threshold" and might qualify as redeeming the episode. It features the mutant offspring of Paris and Janeway that were left behind.

 

[I am not Herbert]

oh and the whinnying kirk-horse from plato's stepchildren gets reified as athene the equiraptor in enterprise: the first adventure

 

[James Swallow]

I've done a couple...

The Stuff of Dreams is a follow-up to Star Trek: Generations.

Sight Unseen is a follow-up to "Schisms".

The Dark Veil is partly a follow-up to

Spoiler

"I, Mudd"

 

[Therin of Andor]

Can we create a list of novels with the episodes they follow up on?)

Memory Beta makes links for elements of novels and comics that are prequels and sequels to episodes.

 

[Stevil2001]

The real question would be, is there an episode of pre-CBSAA Trek that has never received a follow-up? I'm sure that's true of the later series, especially DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise, but is there an episode of the original to never receive a sequel somewhere?

 

[somebuddyX]

"Echoes" has elements of Voyager's "Deadlock" but isn't the main thrust of the story.

 

[Extrocomp]

The real question would be, is there an episode of pre-CBSAA Trek that has never received a follow-up? I'm sure that's true of the later series, especially DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise, but is there an episode of the original to never receive a sequel somewhere?

I don't think "Wink of an Eye" and "Turnabout Intruder" have ever received follow-ups.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Pawns and Symbols is a sequel to Day of the Dove in that it follows the fallout from those events on Kang and Mara (but mercifully does not bring back the warmongering pinwheel).

That warmongering pinwheel of Beta XII-A is given the name of ( * ) and appears alongside The One (the faux "God" from ST V), the Gorgan ("And The Children Shall Lead") and a Q-like being called 0 (as in "Nil") for an epic team-up adventure in the "Q Continuum" trilogy of novels by Greg Cox.

I don't think "Wink of an Eye" and "Turnabout Intruder" have ever received follow-ups.

"Turnabout Intruder" is referenced in the TOS novel, "Assignment: Eternity", as the novel takes place a week after this episode. The "Enterprise" novel, "What Price Honor?", implies that the mind-swapping technology comes from a race called the Anu'anshee.

I am sure Peter David references an odd occurrence on Camus II in the "New Frontier" novels. Several other books reference the planet.

 

[Christopher]

I don't think "Wink of an Eye" and "Turnabout Intruder" have ever received follow-ups.

The former has a follow-up in the Mission Brief appended to my recent Star Trek Adventures standalone campaign Lurkers.

Although, really, I think we should draw a distinction between an actual sequel to an episode and a book that simply include a concept or element from an episode. I mean, "The Alternative Factor" introduced the word "dilithium," so is every mention of dilithium a followup to that episode? Does a return appearance by Charlene Masters count as a followup? In both cases, I'd say no.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

A follow-up, in my mind, continues/recalls/fleshes out:

* The specific storyline/issues of an episode (specific advances in technology, questions of morality on a certain planet, etc)
* The portion of a character's arc depicted in that episode (an ill character's long recovery, a character's new career, a character wrestling with their identity and life goals)
* The relationship between two characters that is explored at length in a particular episode (such as Kirk and Helen Noel, Spock and T'Pring, etc)
* The culture and society of a major race (Vulcan-Romulan reunification, Ferengi reforms, etc)

It is not a name check, a quick "so and so says hello", a recurring side character who says aye captain or a ship that docked at the same space station two days ago.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Yes, and during my two Canadian fall vacations (first one, from Vancouver to Toronto by rail; the second, Toronto, Halifax, Charlottetown, St. John's, and the inside of the Montreal train station, by a combination of rail, bus, and air), I had a number of meals in various Tim Hortons locations. The first was the one across the street from the Vancouver train station, on my way either to or from the science museum.

As to "Man Trap" follow-ups, I'm rather surprised that, at least so far as I can recall, the only references to salt vampires to date have been the stuffed one in Trelane's castle, and a couple of sight-gags in LD (particularly the one with Mariner being completely matter-of-fact, and Boimler reacting the way I would have reacted). And as per CLB and LCC above, none of those qualify as "follow-ups."

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

My primary interest is in exposing those story arc gaps we have yet to utilize/exploit, depending what you think of doing so.

 

[Christopher]

As to "Man Trap" follow-ups, I'm rather surprised that, at least so far as I can recall, the only references to salt vampires to date have been the stuffed one in Trelane's castle, and a couple of sight-gags in LD (particularly the one with Mariner being completely matter-of-fact, and Boimler reacting the way I would have reacted). And as per CLB and LCC above, none of those qualify as "follow-ups."

My DTI: The Collectors briefly referenced some time-snatched salt vampires rescued from extinction by the title organization. But it was just a quick reference, not an in-depth examination, so it wouldn't fit by Laura's definition.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

But it was just a quick reference, not an in-depth examination, so it wouldn't fit by Laura's definition.

Indeed. Which is probably why I have no memory of it, even though I'm certain I've read The Collectors. I've been working my way through various Pike novels (just finished his visit to the Captain's Table), and so far, all I could remember about any of them was that they were Pike novels (well, I remember that the Legacies Trilogy is multi-era, and that it involves what appears to be the prime universe counterpart to the Tantalus Field). So if I'm forgetting entire novels, please forgive me for not remembering a bit that you just described as "throwaway."

(And speaking of Pike's visit to the Captain's Table, this time through, I couldn't help noticing that certain elements of it reminded me of War of the Worlds.)

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

"Spock's Brain" has never gotten one, has it? I'd be interested in seeing that story get a rehab and continuation.

 

[Christopher]

"Spock's Brain" has never gotten one, has it? I'd be interested in seeing that story get a rehab and continuation.

I think I may have pitched something like that to Margaret Clark once and got shot down. I'm fascinated by the Sigma Draconis system, which has three different sapient civilizations at different technological levels. There's so much potential there.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Not to mention

Spoiler: Story ideas - don't read if you're an author

the physical/psychological aftereffects of having your brain removed, used in a computer and put back (Spock), or downloading information from the Teacher for a task beyond your normal capabilities (McCoy and Kara).

Also, how this may relate to Spock's katra being inside McCoy years later.

And McCoy being encouraged to/needing to recall the knowledge gained in that experience for individuals who want body/brain transplants for medical/criminal/covert ops reasons. Also something about the Camus II protocol (Life-entity transfer) being re-explored along those same lines.

 

[STMSTS]

The real question would be, is there an episode of pre-CBSAA Trek that has never received a follow-up? I'm sure that's true of the later series, especially DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise, but is there an episode of the original to never receive a sequel somewhere?

I’ve never sat down and looked it over, but it certainly feels like every TOS episode has been followed up in one form or another at this point. I remember the thought jumping out in particular reading No Time Like the Past, which if I recall correctly, follows up on three TOS episodes.

With Picard season 3 now complete, there’s been a lot of discussion about it being too much fan service, etc. I think Star Trek on TV/film has been much more reserved when it comes to follow ups or overindulging in nostalgia versus Trek literature and comics. As a reader of the post Nemesis books, there’s initially a reaction of ‘oh really, the Borg, Picard and Seven again?’ but for the overwhelming majority of the audience these are concepts and characters that haven’t really been addressed in decades (Picard season two notwithstanding).