Product Details

• Actors: LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden
• Directors: LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Gabrielle Beaumont, Robert Becker, Cliff Bole
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, French
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: May 31, 1995
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302316049
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,246 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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The starship Voyager wasn't the only vessel with a problem of finding itself too far from home. In "Where No One Has Gone Before," the Enterprise ends up at least a billion light years from Federation territory (compared to a measly 70,000 light years for Captain Janeway). The mystery of how it happened follows the arrival of an arrogant Starfleet consultant (Stanley Kamel) on the Enterprise. The insufferable guest claims he can increase engine efficiency, but the result plunges the ship into a dimension where the borders between time, space, and thought disappear. Meanwhile, Wesley (Wil Wheaton) realizes it isn't the consultant who is gifted but his subordinate, an advanced alien called "the Traveler" (Eric Menyuk). A somewhat wondrous episode, "Where No One" takes the Enterprise (and us) well beyond the usual black backdrop of space into extraordinary and beautiful territory. (Particularly haunting is a crystalline region that looks a bit like an ice cave.) The drama ratchets up when Picard and the others find their thoughts becoming reality; a tender moment between the captain and his late mother is quite special. --Tom Keogh

From the Back Cover

The Enterprise and her crew become lost in space when a test on the ship's propulsion system backfires and blasts the starship more than a billion light years from its own galaxy.

The arrogant Starfleet propulsion expert is held accountable for this disaster until Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) reveals a meek, humanoid alien called "The Traveler" to be the true catalyst...and the Enterprise'sonly hope for survival.

But the alien is weak and dying, and in this galaxy physical and mental worlds are integrated-what the crew thinks becomes real. Now the crew must fight to control thoughts and keep the alien alive...before time runs out.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars To the edge of the galaxy and back., June 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 6: Where No One Has Gone Before [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A great episode that introduces an interesting character that is called the traveler. The traveler has special ablilities, like the ablitiy to case a starship fly faster than warp 10. As a result the Enteprise finds its self at the galactic barrier, and with the traveler fallen ill it seems no way to get home, at least not in their lifetime. Watch and find out how they manage to get home without turning the enterprise into a colony ship.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fan of tng, January 24, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 6: Where No One Has Gone Before [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is avery good season one episode.It was made when star trek The Next Generation was only six episodes old so the special effects and the way the actors play the characters is still a little shaky. That is the reason why I did not give it a five. Despite the things that I have just mentioned above this is a very good episode! I reccomend it to anyone who likes science fiction and appreciates good story telling. The acting is good in this episode but not as good as in other first season episodes like Heart of Glory or The Big Goodbye.However, those episodes are outstanding for the entire 177 episode run of the series.All in all it is worth getting due to the exitment and interest that the script brings to the viewer. This is a good episode to buy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where Wesley goes from a boy to an Ensign, December 25, 2003

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This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 6: Where No One Has Gone Before [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Enterprise is to be the subject of an experiment. An arrogant Starfleet propulsion expert comes on board with his alien assistant, claiming to be able to boost the output of the ship's engines. Even though his formulas appear to be nonsense, Picard rather tartly consents to the test, over the objections of his crew. They certainly get more than they expected, being propelled millions of light years beyond their goal. Everyone puts it down to a malfunction, but only Wesley Crusher understands that it was somehow the result of the actions of the expert's assistant.
That assistant is the only one who can return them, but in the first attempt, they enter a nether region where thoughts can become reality and the assistant, who is actually a "Traveler", grows sick and is on the verge of dying. Nevertheless, by marshalling all their thoughts, the crew of the Enterprise provides enough assistance to the Traveler so that they are able to return to their own galaxy.
This is the episode where Wesley Crusher makes the transition from "the boy" to Ensign Crusher. At the start, Picard and Riker refer to him as the boy, to the point where he has to remind them that his name is Wesley. Picard is also much more rigid in this episode than in others, until the end when he "promotes" Wesley, he is unwilling to accept dissent, cutting off all who try to explain circumstances to him.
Like some of the other early episodes, the principals are rigid and overly authoritative in their behavior. In my opinion, one of the primary reasons why the quality improves in later episodes is that the main characters become much less rigid in their actions, no doubt due in part to the actors adjusting to their roles. This episode is not one of the best, I rank it right in the middle of the group. It is most memorable for the fact that Wesley becomes a full member of the crew, opening up many plot possibilities for future episodes.