Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 2x05 - "Fly Me to the Moon"

[Commander Richard]

"Picard discovers an important person from his past may be integral to the divergence in the timeline. Q continues his manipulation of the timeline, taking an interest in Dr. Adam Soong. Seven and Raffi attempt a daring rescue of Rios, while Jurati faces the consequences of her deal with the Borg Queen." - TrekMovie.com

- This episode was directed by Jonathan Frakes.
- Brent Spiner returns to play a member of the Soong family.
- Lea Thompson, who directed the previous two episodes, will play Dr. Diane Werner.

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[DaveyNY]

Creepy spying eyes .... Nice.

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[Reanok]

This show looks really good. I'm glad to see Leah Thompson is acting in it. And we see more of Q and Adam Soong causing trouble for the Europa Mission.And the Borg Queen is getting more sinister and dangerous.

 

[DaveyNY]

And the Borg Queen is getting more sinister and dangerous.

So the norm.

 

[gweeps]

I'm gonna bet Q still has his powers, just not when it comes to Renee. If not, then where does he get that vial?

 

[DaveyNY]

I'm starting to think it's going to be either the Clinic Doctor or Picard's relative that ends up as the Cocooned Borg Queen.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

I'm starting to think it's going to be either the Clinic Doctor or Picard's relative that ends up as the Cocooned Borg Queen.

No, it's Jurati. Why would anyone care if it were the doctor or Renee?

 

[JoaquinSlowly]

Of all the episodes this season so far, ‪‪I think ‪‪I’m most excited for this.

The overall story, Agnes and the Borg Queen, Raffi and Seven’s rescue of Rios, whatever’s going on with Q and whatever he has planned for Renée Picard and Adam Soong, and Isa Briones as Soong’s probable daughter Kore, all these elements have me eager to see what comes next.

But most of all, Tallinn the Watcher/Advisor/Laris lookalike has me very intrigued. ‪‪I rewatched Assignment: Earth with a big grin on my face in anticipation. ‪‪I love how Gary Seven’s a pretty blatant attempt at an “American Doctor Who” vibe (down to his servo being a clear sonic screwdriver substitute), but through the Star Trek/Gene’s lens.

Looking forward to seeing Orla Brady’s new character, and the explanation for his Laris-ness.

 

[koresoong]

Per IMDB, Dale (Brian Quinn) returns in this episode - in the last episode, Guinan gave Dale her dog.

 

[BillJ]

‪‪I love how Gary Seven’s a pretty blatant attempt at an “American Doctor Who” vibe (down to his servo being a clear sonic screwdriver substitute), but through the Star Trek/Gene’s lens.

Probably more coincidence than anything. Doctor Who aired 26 episodes in Canada in 1965 then disappeared for a long while, it didn't make its US debut until 1972.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_in_Canada_and_the_United_States

 

[NCC-73515]

'Laris' is probably another cat
Why do they fly to Europa before Mars? Or is that the messed up timeline and they went to Mars earlier than the prime Ares missions? Or perhaps Ares I-III were much earlier than IV...?

 

[Timofnine]

Probably more coincidence than anything. Doctor Who aired 26 episodes in Canada in 1965 then disappeared for a long while, it didn't make its US debut until 1972.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_in_Canada_and_the_United_States

There is a Doctor Who Easter egg I think in the opening credits of Picard. It’s when the graphics turn a red colour and kind of have a kaleidoscope effect like the doctor who opening credits…

Does anyone else see this or is it just me?

 

[BillJ]

Does anyone else see this or is it just me?

I wouldn't know, I've seen very little of Doctor Who.

 

[Timofnine]

I wouldn't know, I've seen very little of Doctor Who.

So you can’t look at my posted picture, watch the opening credits of Picard and see if you can spot anything that resembles it in the graphics sequences?

I’m not saying that you have to, btw… just stating that you don’t need to have seen Doctor Who to be able to investigate my theory/coincidental television occurrence when I have provided a visual Q.

 

[BillJ]

So you can’t look at my posted picture, watch the opening credits of Picard and see if you can spot anything that resembles it in the graphics sequences?

I’m not saying that you have to, btw… just stating that you don’t need to have seen Doctor Who to be able to investigate my theory/coincidental television occurrence when I have provided a visual Q.

I'm sure a Doctor Who fan will come in at some point and give you a very long and detailed explanation of why you are wrong...

 

[fireproof78]

There is a Doctor Who Easter egg I think in the opening credits of Picard. It’s when the graphics turn a red colour and kind of have a kaleidoscope effect like the doctor who opening credits…

View attachment 26968 Does anyone else see this or is it just me?

I see a butterfly.

 

[Timofnine]

I'm sure a Doctor Who fan will come in at some point and give you a very long and detailed explanation of why you are wrong...

Well my argument would be that this season is based on time travel, and then I would continue to prove that I am correct by posting an animated video of the said sequence which is even more convincing as evidence than the screenshot:

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I would then deliver the final blow by saying that the red animation in the Doctor Who theme turns Borg green like it has been assimilated.

This proves my theory in my mind.

Therefore I would win the debate!

Come on Doctor Who fans! Come at me!

 

[Kevman7987]

A few threads ago I mentioned that this season's issues could be easily resolved by the Doctor. Now if this Assignment Earth type storyline pans out it's the next closest thing.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Probably more coincidence than anything. Doctor Who aired 26 episodes in Canada in 1965 then disappeared for a long while, it didn't make its US debut until 1972.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_in_Canada_and_the_United_States

I'm not a Whovian either, but it's come up before in these parts...in addition to DW not having aired in the States yet, apparently the sonic screwdriver was just being introduced in a UK storyline that was airing around the same time in 1968 that "Assignment: Earth" aired. It's extremely unlikely that the people behind the Trek episode would have known about it when they were filming the episode.

More likely, both were inspired by spy-fi genre gadgetry. Our Man Flint had a multipurpose gadget disguised as a pen in 1966.

 

[JoaquinSlowly]

Probably more coincidence than anything. Doctor Who aired 26 episodes in Canada in 1965 then disappeared for a long while, it didn't make its US debut until 1972.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_in_Canada_and_the_United_States

I'm not a Whovian either, but it's come up before in these parts...in addition to DW not having aired in the States yet, apparently the sonic screwdriver was just being introduced in a UK storyline that was airing around the same time in 1968 that "Assignment: Earth" aired. It's extremely unlikely that the people behind the Trek episode would have known about it when they were filming the episode.

More likely, both were inspired by spy-fi genre gadgetry. Our Man Flint had a multipurpose gadget disguised as a pen in 1966.

That makes sense! So it was a “shared idea space” situation, like the original Doom Patrol and X-Men comics coming out so close together and having a large number of coincidental similarities.