Translated: Vnútorné svetlo
Label: S05E25
Category: TNG - The Next Generation
Premiere: 01.06.1992
Dubbing: Yes
Year: 2368
Stardate: 45944.1
in TNG 124 of 176
in Star Trek 232 of 918
Description:
Stardate 45944.1: A seemingly harmless space probe taps into Picard's mind and renders him unconscious for several minutes. While the crew are worried about him, Picard finds himself in the role of the iron weaver Kamin, who lives in the town of Ressik on the planet of Kataan. He is married to a woman called Eline and has a friend, Batai. After years have passed, Picard has finally accepted his new life that gave him two children, but a continuing drought is threatening the planet. Many years later Picard/Kamin is an old man, his children are grown up, and Eline and Batai have died, while the planet keeps drying up. The sun is going nova, and the limited technology of Kataan allows nothing more than to launch a space probe to preserve the memory of its inhabitants. Kamin's life was selected to be told to a future historian, who happens to be Picard. When Picard awakens on the bridge, only some 25 minutes have passed, during which he lived half a life on the planet of Kataan. Inside the probe the flute that Kamin/Picard used to play is found.