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Talk:Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Eco-Villains
There is literally no mention of them on this page. I think there should at least be a one-sentence summary of each of the main villains, in addition to naming the actor that played the respective character.

Deleting the trivia item
Deleting the trivia item: "A year after the show’s debut, New Line produced the Toxic Crusaders cartoon, based on the Toxic Avenger movies. Likely influenced by (or designed to be competitive with) Captain Planet, the cartoon carried an ecological theme and polluting villains not seen in the movies."

This is blatantly untrue. Toxxic Cruesaders is based on a film called "the Toxic Avenger." In the book "Everything I Need To Know About Filmmaking I Learned From The Toxic Avenger" Lloyd Kaufman explains that the basis for the animated series was pollution in new york city, not to compete with Captain Planet. In fact, the character of toxie was created five years before the captain planet series.

I changed Soviet Union back to Russia. It specifically says 'Russia' in the opening of the show. DryGrain 15:21, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

 * I support this change. Derrick Coetzee 17:41, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
 * After the fall of the Soviet Union, the opening says "Eastern Europe". THe term Russia was never used in the opening. -Sketchee 23:16, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)

Many of the things on "Captain Planet" are repeated twice in the article, in the Story section and the section after that. I suggest that be changed. 24.76.141.128 23:08, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Multiple Descriptions of Captain Planet
The two descriptions of the character Captain Planet are as follows. Rather than simply choosing one of them, I recomend that we combine the two, taking the positives of both descriptions.

1. In situations that the planeteers could not handle on their own, they could combine their powers to summon Captain Planet, who possesses all of their powers magnified, symbolizing that the combined efforts of a team are stronger than its individual parts. Captain Planet is humanoid in structure, his skin sky-blue and his hair grass-green. He wears red gloves, boots, trunks, and epaulets, with a sunshine yellow globe on his chest. (These are actually a composite of the materials that compose him and not actual clothes.)

Despite his vulnerability to pollution, Captain Planet is a formidable and valiant hero. Once his work is done, Captain Planet returns to the earth, restoring the planeteers' powers. When he does this, he always says "The power is yours", which has become his catchphrase.

2. As a final twist, if all of the Planeteers are present the powers of the rings can be combined to summon a flying humanoid creature of the earth called Captain Planet. Captain Planet has superhuman strength, the ability to fly, and a seemingly endless supply of puns and cliches. He resolves most conflicts, but is vulnerable to pollution and can only act within his jurisdiction, which ends in the stratosphere. The rings can not be used while he is active, and when he is done he returns to the earth to restore his quickly expended power. Whenever he is summoned, he always utters the catch phrase, "By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!" Conversely, before returning to the earth, his last words are always, "The power is yours!", echoing the message of the series.

 * Agreed. Deco 04:48, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Time Planeteer?
I seem to remember an episode in which a youth from the future playing a virtual reality game was somehow transported back to the time of the planeteers. After assisting them in a mission, he was returned to his time, and had found he acquired a ring possessing the power of Time, making him a sixth planeteer. Is it possible this could be mentioned in the section introducting the planeteers?

- No. While he is given a ring at the end, this ring is never stated to actually do anything. It may have been a symbolic piece rather than functional. There was no "Planeteer of Time" mentioned. Also, while many people in the series, especially kids, were given the status of "Planeteer" by the team, this was an honorary title- these people were never given rings.

 * I HAVE heard rumors that he was going to become a sixth Planeteer with the power of Time later on, but the show ended up going off the air before they made that script. Just a rumor, nothing verifiable enough to put in the article. Thanos6 07:18, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Speaking of a sixth planeteer with the power of time, did anyone see that episode summary on tv.com? "The Conquerer" or so it's called. I'm pretty sure it;s bogus because I've never seen or heard of the episode (or this planeteer) prior to seeing the tv.com page, and a google search doesn't bring anything up.--Claude 07:38, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok. I think you guys need some history lessons. "The Conquerer" is the first time Zarm shows up. As for "Gorillas Will Be Missed", I think that ring was the Earth Ring. Just my 2 cents. (Dr. Thinker) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.208.0.147 (talk) 21:57, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Merge needed?
There has been discussion that Batman: The Animated Series article should be merged with The New Batman Adventures one, since the latter show is considered truely an extention of the old series. Since those two series are being put up for merging -- and since The New Adventures of Captain Planet article is a stub -- I thought is time to merge this article along w/ The New Adventures of Captain Planet article. Do any of you agree on this, Yes or No? --Roadrunner3000 16:35, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I think The New Adventures of Captain Planet should definitely be merged into this article. Deco 01:02, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Toys
I've added a section for the Tiger toys action figure line. I do not have a complete list of what was made, however. Should the known toys be listed anyway? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.162.192.39 (talk • contribs) 06:31, December 12, 2005 (UTC).
 * Welcome! You should cite sources, so perhaps do a Google search with the ones you do know to try to find a page listing those you don't, too.  --AySz88 ^  -  ^  19:16, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I added a link to a heavily-incomplete toy photo gallery, for now. Though I do plan to photograph my own collection soon. Likely after I order another batch from a site that's provided me with a number of items in the past. Individual toys could be listed, either as a separate article covering them, or added to the separate character pages.

I posted soemthing about inetrnational variations... I own a second sculpt Duke Nukem in his Hawaiian shirt, all evidence I've found was that it was a European exclusive. Not that Kenner didn't have the resources to tool their own toys if they wanted.

I also added in a short paragraph on Commander Clash, which could probably stand to be spun off into a larger page with more info. I think a page needs to be done for the Planeteer's vehicles, too.

Conservative criticism
I tried to edit the criticism section so that it had a more NPOV. I notice that the "In defense" section also suffers from perhaps much worse POV problems, to the point where it seems like the section is carrying out a debate with the previous section instead of neutrally presenting opposing viewpoints. If someone has the time, could he or she try to improve this section? Thanks so much. -- Tim Dean 04:08, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree. I took a crack at this already but found it difficult – I think the real issue is that currently it's all hearsay with no specific sources. Some real quotes from notable people would do wonders for the section I think. I'm sure Turner himself must have defended the show against its critics in writing at some point. Deco 05:06, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

You know, half of this stuff IS on the official website... or just watch the show(which many of its detractors often fail to do before attacking it). The network censoring of Spider-Man is also common kowledge- no one on the show threw a punch and all guns were lasers which never injured the select few targets that did actually get hit. Nevermind that a lot of the criticism pages out there seem to be written from a white nationalist standpoint. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.162.192.39 (talk • contribs) 09:33, December 22, 2005 (UTC).
 * This page is for discussing the article, meaning that discussion about the subject of the article itself is usually offtopic. Please refrain from going offtopic; that sort of discussion can be conducted on websites specifically about Captain Planet.  Thanks! --AySz88 ^  -  ^  23:10, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I think you're right in this case, but note that it is reasonable to discuss the subject in order to reach a consensus about which content should be added and which is inaccurate or immaterial. Deco 01:53, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Overall, the POV of the criticism is a bit out of kilter with the rest of the article. I agree that a discussion of both sides of the political debate over the content of the show should be added, but the current "In Defense" section should be overhauled completely as it is rife with POV issues, though the general scope should probably be inserted into the "Conservative criticism" section in an NPOV fashion. - RPIRED 19:49, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Fine, YOU fix it, if you even want to take time out to do research or watch the show. Problem with you Wikipedia hardcore members, you try to mask your own opinions as "neutral" and blame everyone else. I've had enough arguments with those morons at the Gamecube page who wish to keep certain facts off their pages, I'm not playing this game. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.162.192.39 (talk • contribs).
 * Please read the NPOV policy - we describe both sides of the debate, and we don't say which side is right or wrong. This also means the debate has to be pre-existing from somewhere else, cited - don't insert your own views or try to argue against something yourself, as that's not the point of this project. --AySz88 ^  -  ^  17:51, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * For later reference, the section in this edit was removed because it seems to be original research. --AySz88 ^ -  ^  02:26, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ergh, sorry, I reversed the diffs. If there is a citable refutation of criticism, though, they still should be included in the article.  --AySz88 ^  -  ^  07:07, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

POV
The POV rant is remved. It's conceded it's not neutral and is POV, stop adding it. I was going to work on the Verminous Skumm and Sly Sludge pages, but now, no... you do it if you're not too lazy. from my POV captain planet is a tad gay looking but that doesn't matter just write anything! its the TALK page!--Myron Mumbles (talk) 07:40, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Villians and motives
The Captain Planet villians are commonly criticised for having extremely simplistic or nonexistent motives; they're either incredibly oversimplified [three of them only have 'greed' as a motive and often go far beyond anything that would actually make them money in order to damage the environment, another just gets 'insanity' in the motive box] or their motive is completely outside reality [they're evil spirits / radioactive mutants / etc]. This is comparable to the average bad guy who's the bad guy because it's his job [Dick Dastardly, Skeletor, Mumm-Ra, Cobra Commander et al] but doesn't help the show's value as education any; the real people who actually do damage the environment and pollute do so for far more complex reasons, and even staunch environmentalists have argued that Captain Planet's painting of polluters as evil psychopathic monsters instead of human beings was counter-productive. Compare them instead to a character like Cyril Sneer in The Raccoons.

One of the reviews on Jumptheshark says it best: "It paints the problem of environmental pollution into black and white. Seriously, do you think CEOs of major corporations sit around rubbing their hands and cackling as they press buttons that dump thousands of gallons of oil into the sea JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN? This glosses over the real cause of environmental damage: greed, ignorance and apathy. Vilifying corporations so cartoonishly teaches kids NOTHING." Hrimfaxi 06:37, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Personally, I always felt that most of the villains just polluted as a side-effect of their main goals (money, science, whatever) and didn't start actively polluting out of spite until the Planeteers kicked them around a bit...

 * Should we go into a villain-by-villain discussion about the motives of each of the seven? Thanos6 07:15, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * The general point here is that by presenting the villians of the show as 'supervillains' instead of regular people, Captain Planet skipped over the idea that anyone who polluted was a human being, instead presenting them as hugely exaggerated freaks and lunatics for the superhero to defeat. That makes sense for a superhero show, but it doesn't help to educate the viewers why real-life people who aren't supervillians pollute or destroy the environment.

 * This criticism appears commonly; it's repeated by numerous viewers on both Jumptheshark and the IMDB's user comments listing; either the villians are not human and their motives irrelevant to real-life situations, or their motive is so exaggerated and overly cartoonish they are impossible to relate to. Hrimfaxi 07:28, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, the E-Vs are certainly supervillains, no argument there; but I know there were also plenty of "one-shot" 'villains' who polluted mainly out of apathy or ignorance. Thanos6 07:40, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, but they're seldom memorable and often in the employ of the supervillians anyway. In the vast majority of episodes we get this naive message painted that environmental destruction happens because Someone Really Bad does it, and if you stop them it'll stop. The fact that everyone contributes to it, from CEO to the kid unwrapping his plastic Captain Planet Action Figure, never gets a look in. Just villians and good guys. Hrimfaxi 07:49, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * "Of important note is that the Eco-Villains were all depicted as intelligent, their plans typically solid and their defeat usually as a result of Captain Planet's powers. This is in a rather stark contrast to many cartoon villains, who are usually depicted as two-dimensionally evil and often stupid." explain delete here? I've read this thread.

 * The only comments I've ever heard on the subject lampoon the eco-villians as stupid, I've never heard a claim they were intelligent with clear and realistic motives. It's a difficult claim to make: Veminous Skumm wanted to make the world into a hive of Skaven, Duke Nukem was a radioactive mutant who wanted to make the world more radioactive for his radioactive mutant...ness and Zarm was an Evil Gaia.

 * More to the point, the official site claims the eco villians were 'buffoonish in character' [third paragraph] and that the series producers didn't want the villians to seem to have realistic motives; instead they were 'intentionally exaggerated' because 'Given the fact that we dealt not only with real-life issues, but also with children, our challenge lay in the concern that children might come to the conclusion that if their parents worked in a polluting industry, they were somehow villainous' . Hrimfaxi 04:10, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * It was compared to 'other cartoon villins'. Not an actual 'villin' with 'real motives' in 'todays society'. Oogles 04:18, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Again, address this proposed deletion: "Of important note is that the Eco-Villains were all depicted as intelligent, their plans typically solid and their defeat usually as a result of Captain Planet's powers. This is in a rather stark contrast to many cartoon villains, who are usually depicted as two-dimensionally evil and often stupid". I would be up for removing 'intelligent' from this, though compared to typical cartoon villins they absolutely are.  Oogles 04:30, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Addressed. They are described as buffoonish in the show's own official website, so describing them as intelligent with solid plans contradicts the official statement on the subject. The links above to imdb and jumptheshark, while not usable as sources in the article, also demonstrate the existence of criticism based on the villians being two-dimensional and having poor or unrealistic plans, directly contradicting the article. You cannot say it is 'of important note' when there is so much disagreement over whether it's true at all.

 * Also of note: the 'anti-American' criticism definately exists, as a search on google returns 44,000 hits with "Captain Planet" + Anti American Hrimfaxi 04:38, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I would also note that the term used for such villians is typically one-dimensional, because I'm really pedantic. >.< Hrimfaxi 04:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * "Captain Planet" + "Sex" returns 147,000 hits. What exactly does that demonstrate? Nothing. If you want to provide specific anti-american commentary from a group of people that's fine - source it. Let us revisit was actually removed.   First, you removed it was an American television program. What country program is it?  Are you suggesting austrialia made it? Oogles 04:45, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I see you changed that - So we're agreed it is an American television program. How about this: "Of important note is that the Eco-Villains were all depicted as intelligent, their plans typically solid and their defeat usually as a result of Captain Planet's powers. This is in a rather stark contrast to many cartoon villains, who are usually depicted as two-dimensionally evil and often stupid".   I would be willing to say "Of important note is that the Eco-Villains all had plans typically solid and their defeat usually as a result of Captain Planet's powers. This is in a rather stark contrast to many other cartoon villains, who are usually depicted as two-demensionally evil and often extremely stupid"  (And tell me what in EITHER QUOTE has to do with "Anti-American" or "Pro-American" concepts) Oogles 05:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Hee, got an edit cinflict from your adding that, reproducing what I had to say to your previous comment:

 * No, I would have suggested the combination of removing 'anti-american criticism' plus adding it was an 'American' animated series seemed to be attempting to rebut the idea the show could be anti-american because it was american. Having checked through a number of other animated series articles on the subject, they all seem to be structured like that, and I no longer contest the inclusion of that and have edited it back in.

 * Google searches can normally be used to demonstrate a point exists; you have probably just discovered that there's such a thing as Captain Planet slash fanfiction, and such a search would also include that Captain Planet included some issues of sex [such as contraception to prevent overpopulation] in its run. If you combine the google search result with the indisputable fact that a number of the eco-villians were Americans and the comments on Jumptheshark and Imdb, it's obvious that the comment that the show was criticised for being anti-American belongs here; it very clearly was. NPOV demands that common criticism be included even if we personally believe it to be unfair or incorrect, that's why the Holocaust article has a section on Holocaust-deniers. Though if you can find any official rebuttal to the claim CP was anti-American [I'm checking the official site] you're free to bring it up.

 * Regarding your suggestion, you'd have to clarify it as an opinion held by some rather than a fact; possibly adding it in after the first 'General' section that '...while some criticise the villians on this basis, others saw their plans as relatively solid compared to those of other cartoon villians such as Dick Dastardly, Megatron, Cobra Commander or Mumm-Ra.'

 * Also worth pointing out is that there was some criticism about villians being defeated by Captain Planet's powers, though it's a rare view; some environmentists were worried that while an adult would see Captain Planet represented the value of teamwork, a child may see it and believe that environmental problems are impossible to solve without the intervention of a higher power. Not sure that's common enough to be worthy of inclusion, though. Hrimfaxi 05:09, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * And you discovered there exists "Captain Planet" and "Anti" and "American" (based on what you said your google was on) - again, BOTH our positions are totally irrelevent as far as google searches. your anti american ones and my sex ones. (Hey, Dirty mind). I really don't know (or care) what bearing this has on anything. I'm talking about the captain planet cartoon.  And I'm talking about this removal you made: "Of important note is that the Eco-Villains were all depicted as intelligent, their plans typically solid and their defeat usually as a result of Captain Planet's powers. This is in a rather stark contrast to many cartoon villains, who are usually depicted as two-dimensionally evil and often stupid".Oogles 05:19, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok, let's look at the results' summary text, from just the first page, excluding this article itself:

 * Captain Planet and the Planeteers - Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, ... The show is clearly anti-American, as a good portion of the villains are American ...

 * Reference.com free online encyclopedia article for Captain Planet and the ... The show has been characterized as anti-American, as a good portion of the ...

 * Captain Planet and the Planeteers The logo showing Captain Planet and the ... and free market conservatives as being anti-American and promoting socialism. ...

 * Encyclopedia subject: 'Captain Planet and the Planeteers' ... The show has been characterized as anti-American, Exception Handler: No article summary ...

 * But those who paint all industry this way are a waste of time, forever trapped in a left-wing, anti-American "Captain Planet" episode. ...

 * It's just silly to claim that this only shows 'Captain Planet' and 'Anti-American' exist on the same pages.

 * And I addressed that above, fourth paragraph. Has to be noted to be an opinion, not shown as a fact. Hrimfaxi 05:28, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Again - My issue is not anti-american. Expand on that elsewhere if you like. My issue is on your deletion of the following: "Of important note is that the Eco-Villains were all depicted as intelligent, their plans typically solid and their defeat usually as a result of Captain Planet's powers. This is in a rather stark contrast to many cartoon villains, who are usually depicted as two-dimensionally evil and often stupid". Feel free to continue on your diatribe or agenda, but adress the factuality of that (or my proposed compromise) compared to other cartoons. Oogles 05:36, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * For the second time, I pointed that out two replies ago in the fouth paragraph:

 * Regarding your suggestion, you'd have to clarify it as an opinion held by some rather than a fact; possibly adding it in after the first 'General' section that '...while some criticise the villians on this basis, others saw their plans as relatively solid compared to those of other cartoon villians such as Dick Dastardly, Megatron, Cobra Commander or Mumm-Ra.'

 * As you continued your discussion about the google result, I assumed you were still contesting that section. If you're not, nevermind. As I said above regarding opinions on the villians, the view is equally common that the Captain Planet bad guys came up with silly plots and the official website calims they were 'buffoonish' rather than intelligent as this section claims. Therefore, the deleted section doesn't belong being stated as if it is factual in the 'villians' section, but rather as a counterpoint in the social criticism / general section to the first stated criticism. I suggested it be phrased as above. Hrimfaxi 05:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Regarding Google, No, I have no doubt you can google on lots of things. Regardless either way I fail to see it's relevance as to what was deleted as far as an "Captain Planet" + anti + american google (or my "Captain Planet" + "sex" google). If there is or is not anti american junk going on in the american cartoon, created by americans and broadcast by americans, well, that's neither here nor there. Most vllins in Captain planet involved doing something to the environment. Such as chopping down the rainforests. They weren't doing this to HURT captain planet, but he did come to the rescue.      Ok.  Lets compare that to megatron - as Mumm-Ra suggested. Megatron might capture some robot, infect him, and send him to sabotage optimus prime.  Maybe Megatron would simply just make Azrael pretend to be good.  See, Megatron is always after the bad guys (to him) and usually very 1 dimensional in that, all he wants is to see them dead.  However, Captain planet bad guys are usually unconcerned with captain planet - at least directly. Oogles 06:01, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Indeed. As I said, they compare relatively well to other cartoon villians [though not ones with complex motives like Cyril Sneer fron The Racoons or the first appearence of Ezekiel Rage in The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest], but it's often noted that they seemed to be out to destroy the environment for the sake of destroying the environment, particularly Zarm, Duke Nukem and Verminous Skumm, and are therefore regarded as somewhat one-dimensional. It's also often noted that their schemes either make no business sense or are so exaggerated they undermine the message they're attempting to show.

 * Again, saying they're 'intelligent' is highly POV since the official website says they weren't supposed to be, and the issue of whether their plans are 'solid' is contentious; some say yes, some say no, so NPOV demands we can't just have a section that says they were hovering around with no counterpoint. Also, their defeat due to Captain Planet being 'in contrast to other villians' simply isn't true; most villians are defeated by the good guys, so that section makes no sense. Hrimfaxi 06:15, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Misc.
ha ha, refering to the "Note: Heart in not an elelment", i didn't know any of the others were really elements either. except maybe to Aristotle Bantosh 12:02 May 24, 2006

This sentence is under one of the trivia facts: "The episode dealt with gang violence, guns, and the peace messages of Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Rosa Parks, and Mahatma Gandhi, as well as their assassinations." I don't know if this sentence is just poorly worded or if it should list someone other than Rosa Parks, since she wasn't assassinated. Vic Troy 04:11, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Movie
''Writer Michael Reaves penned a script for a direct-to-TV animated movie intended as a darker, re-imagined version of Captain Planet, titled Dark Planet. It was never produced. ''

Proof? Thanos6 03:35, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Micheal Reeves website Dr. R.K.Z
 * Is it Reaves or Reeves? And where is this site?Thanos6 23:52, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Michael Reaves wrote a live action script titled "Planet" I added the information, with a link to an interview with Reaves. The information is about 3/4 of the way down the page. PureSoldier 11:21, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

This is the passage that Michael Reaves said about the movie: "Last year I wrote the script (based on a story by Nick Boxer and Mario Pilusio) for a revisionist look at Captain Planet. It was going to be a theatrical feature, called simply Planet, and it was a good 180 degrees different from the TV series. It was quite dark, set in a post-apocalyptic future, and I think it was one of my better efforts. Everyone seemed to like it, but it got lost in the shuffle when Turner and Warner Bros. merged. A pity -- I think it would've turned some heads." Please do not add any other information about the movie, unless you can cite a source.PureSoldier 03:30, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Irrelevant paragraph
I removed this:
 * Commander Clash was also introduced in season one. A former military commander assigned to defend a small island on his own, his superiors failed to inform him that the war had ended, leaving him alone to fight a war that was long over. During the “Mission to Save Earth” story, the Eco-Villains stole the Planeteers’ rings and dumped the Planeteers on the island, where Commander Clash determined them to be enemies. After a lengthy fight, the Planeteers ultimately convinced him to call his superiors, who then informed him the war was over. Now free of his duties, he helped the Planeteers regain their rings. He would later show up to do battle with Zarm.

As it seems to have no relationship to anything in the article. This is not the place for episode capsules. 82.92.119.11 10:29, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

German Song?
Is the german version of the song relevant at all? Dkkicks 04:45, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Go Planet!
Amovie in 2009? What has become of the world... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iowaseven (talk • contribs) 00:53, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Missing Section
What happened to, "The Sequel"? AkvoD3 16:34, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

More DVD Info
I put in a Home Video section and in it mention the VHS tapes and DVD release. What I'd like to know is more about the DVD release. A moderator post at the Planeteer Foundation stated there were 5 episodes on the DVD, but later they said 4 episodes plus 2 bonus features. So which is it? Is the DVD long since discontinued or still obtainable? What were the episodes, and for that matter, what were the bonus features? I hate it when they have these super-limited DVD releases. God forbid they sell some discs to fans... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.254.113.187 (talk) 23:34, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Re-introducing Criticism
It looks like the entire criticism section, balanced from both left and right perspectives, was removed in the 12:06, 6 March 2007 edit without explanation. I felt this section added a lot to a TV show about a politically-charged topic. Can we re-introduce it? 24.251.40.89 (talk) 20:15, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

 * I've just looked at the criticism section as it existed prior to 3/6/07. It was unsourced and not well designed, though arguably better than nothing. The article should have some reference to the controversy surrounding the show, which is, as the above poster notes, "politically charged." Perhaps someone could write a new "controversy" section? 0x539 (talk) 20:47, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose the articles I nominate be merged rather than deletion because as it stands all the articles don't have any sources which are independent of the official website discuss the television show so I think a merge is the best solution. Dwanyewest (talk) 19:16, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

 * I support the mergers, and since there was no opposition nor improvement of the articles by adding reliable secondary sources or establishing impact in popular culture, I performed the mergers. Over detailed in-universe information violates Writing about fiction, there is no place for fan-cruft here. There are specialized Wikias for that purpose. -- LoЯd  ۞pεth  20:17, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Correction
The part that says that the Planeteers can't use their rings while Captain Planet is active is right. The conformation shows up first in the pilot episode. (Captain Planet: "Your rings are temporarily useless while I'm here, but I am your powers combined and magnified!") —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.228.42.46 (talk) 17:31, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Criticism Section is gone
As the headline says, the criticism section has been removed. Does anyone have any information on this? BookishOwl (talk) 08:28, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Eco-Theme-Less Episode
According to the article, the "A Formula for Hate" episode was the only episode not to deal with an environmental issue, but I remmeber another episode about the Planeters stoping a gang war that nothing to do with environmental issues. -11:22, 25 April 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golem866 (talk • contribs)

History of Captain Planet TV Series
Please try to find information about the development of the character. Who concieved of the show, original production and what not... was it the brain child of ted turner?59.8.206.217 (talk) 09:54, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Edited...
I deleted this portion, makes absolutely no sense:

Of the original Captain Planet line-up, Earth, Wind and Fire went on to have a successful career as a funk band, Heart became a mega-popular 80s girl rock group, and Water has killed more people than all major serial killers of the last century put together. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.55.229.145 (talk) 02:06, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Love
I really love this serie; a live action film version would must have an inedit scenario. IJKL (talk) 13:44, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Commander Clash
I have added a brief summery on this character to the page. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 06:11, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

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Abdullah Abdul Kadir

Abdullah bin Abdul al Kadir (1796–1854) (عبد الله بن عبد القادر Abd Allāh bin 'Abd al-Qādir) also known as Munshi Abdullah', was a Malayan writer. The term Munshi means "teacher" or "educator". He was a famous Malacca-born munshi of Singapore and died in Jeddah, a part of the Ottoman Empire.

Munshi Abdullah followed his father's career path as a translator and teacher of colonial officials in the Malay Archipelago, mainly the British and the Dutch. Munshi Abdullah has been popularly regarded as among the most cultured Malays who ever wrote, one of the greatest innovators in Malay letters and the father of modern Malay literature.

Life
Munshi Abdullah was born in Kampung Pali (now renamed as Kampung Ketek) in Malacca City, from parents of Tamil and Yemeni descent. He was the youngest of five sons. All of his brothers died in infancy. He was sick most of the time and his mother took great care of him. As per the customary practices of the Malay community of that period, he was taken care of by various individuals as it was held that a child with poor immunity to diseases should be cared for by caretakers other than his or her biological parents. Munshi Abdullah was critical of the practice, as described in Hikayat Abdullah. He became a teacher or munshi, first by teaching Malay to the Indian soldiers of the Malacca Garrison. He then taught the Malay language to British and American missionaries and businessmen. He became a functionary in the Straits Settlements next. He became a scribe and copyist for Sir Stamford Raffles, followed by, in 1815, becoming translator of the Gospels and other text for the London Missionary Society. He also worked with the American Board of Missions.

Abdullah set sail for Mecca from Singapore in 1854 with the intention of completing the Hajj pilgrimage. He died of cholera shortly after his arrival in Mecca and before he could complete his pilgrimage, some time between May 8 and 18, 1854. He was 59 years old at the time of his death. The Kisah pelayaran Abdullah dari Singapura sampai ke Mekah (The story of Abdullah's voyage from Singapore to Mecca), one of Abdullah's lesser-known works, records his experiences on the journey to Mecca. There is some controversy over the exact time and location of his death, with some scholars arguing that he died in Jeddah in October 1854 at the age of 58, before reaching Mecca.

Works
His writing career took off after a missionary, Alfred North, encouraged him to write an autobiography after reading Abdullah's account of a voyage along the east coast of Malaya. His most important works are the Hikayat Abdullah (an autobiography), Kisah Pelayaran Abdullah ke Kelantan (an account of his trip for the government to Kelantan), and Kisah Pelayaran Abdullah ke Mekah (a narrative of his pilgrimage to Mecca 1854). His work was an inspiration to future generations of writers and marks an early stage in the transition from classical Malay literature to modern Malay literature.

Hikayat Abdullah was the major literary work of Munshi Abdullah. It was completed in 1843 and first published in 1849, making it one of the first Malay literary texts to be published commercially. Abdullah's authorship was prominently displayed in this text and the contents were conveyed in simple, contemporary Malay. Unlike typical classical Malay literary works that contain fantasies and legendary stories, Abdullah's work was realistic. The book remains a reliable and accurate reference on early Malay history to this day.

Although the condemnation may be exaggerated, Munshi Abdullah's allegations were not without basis. He is regarded by many to be the first Malayan journalist, taking Malay literature out of its preoccupation with folk-stories and legends into accurate historical descriptions.

Kerajaan
Abdullah was known as an ardent critic of the Malay political system of Kerajaan ("kingship"). His work, Kisah Pelayaran Abdullah ke Kelantan contained his advice to Malay rulers and comparisons he made between the British system of governing and that of Malay rulers.

Abdullah argued that the system of Kerajaan was detrimental to the Malay individual, as it was an impediment to the social improvement of the Malays. The Malay Sultan was deemed to be someone who was selfish, with no concern toward his subjects, to the extent they were treated like animals rather than humans. The idea of modernity and striving for excellence within the Malay community stemmed from his ideas and stinging criticisms of the ancient Malay polity of the Kerajaan. Under the Kerajaan, the Malays were deprived of education and hence they were easily oppressed. Without education, they did not have the ability to question the injustice meted out to them and could not take the initiative to institute changes to improve their lives.

After meeting and then following Raffles from Malacca to the newly established Singapore, Abdullah witnessed and criticized the dealings of the ruler's men, mentioning the lack of safety, such as daylight robberies, house robberies, stabbings and burning of houses. The Temenggong's men went fully armed and started brawls with men from Malacca and only with the presence of resident William Farquhar was further bloodshed avoided.

Ethnicity
Munshi Abdullah was a great-grandson of a Hadhrami Arab trader, and also had Indian Tamil and to a smaller extent, Malay ancestry. Owing to his ethnic and religious background, the Malays would refer to him as a Jawi Peranakan or Jawi Pekan.

J.T. Thomson, a contemporary of Abdullah, described him thus: "In physiognomy he was a Tamilian of southern Hindustan: slightly bent forward, spare, energetic, bronze in complexion, oval-faced, high-nosed, one eye squinting outwards a little. He dressed in the usual style of Malacca Tamils. Acheen seluar, check sarong, printed baju, square skull cap and sandals. He had the vigour and pride of the Arab, the perseverance and subtlety of the Hindoo - in language and national sympathy only was he a Malay."

Legacy
A statue of him was erected alongside several local Singaporean figures in Raffles' Landing near the Singapore River to commemorate the bicentennial establishing of modern Singapore in 2019.

Places named after him

 * Jalan Munshi Abdullah in downtown Kuala Lumpur, in the Dang Wangi ward near Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Masjid Jamek. This road connects Jalan Ampang to Jalan Dang Wangi.
 * Jalan Munshi Abdullah (formerly Newcome Road) in the historical core of Melaka, part of Malaysia Federal Route 5.
 * Munshi Abdullah Avenue and Munshi Abdullah Walk in a residential area dubbed "Teachers' Estate" near Upper Thomson Road, Singapore.
 * Jalan Munshi Abdullah in the residential area of Taman Abidin, Jelutong district, George Town, Penang.

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The Game (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"The Game" is the 106th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the sixth episode of the fifth season.

Plot
William Riker visits Risa and is introduced to a video game by Etana Jol, a Ktarian woman with whom he has become romantically involved during his vacation on the pleasure planet. Riker, upon his return to the Enterprise, distributes replicated copies of the game to the crew.

Cadet Wesley Crusher, on vacation from Starfleet Academy, is visiting the Enterprise and notices everyone playing the game. Doctor Beverly Crusher, Wesley's mother, secretly switches off Lieutenant Commander Data and sabotages his circuits because he would be immune to the game's addictive properties. The game addicts people who play it by stimulating the pleasure centers of their brains when they complete each level.

Wesley reports to Captain Jean-Luc Picard his suspicions that the game is dangerous. However, Picard is already addicted. Eventually, Wesley and his new girlfriend, Ensign Robin Lefler, are the only people on the ship who have yet to become addicted to the game. Wesley and Robin discover that Data's injuries were sabotage and begin working on a plan to stop the spread of the game. Wesley meets Robin in engineering, where he learns that she has come under the influence of the game, presumably having been captured by the crew and forced to play. Riker and Worf pursue Wesley, as he is the last non-addicted person on the ship. They trap him in an access tunnel and take him to the bridge, where he is restrained and forced to play the game.

Data, having been examined and repaired by Wesley and Ensign Lefler before they were forced to submit to the game, frees the rest of the crew from their mind-controlled state by flashing pulses of light in their faces from a handheld lamp (a "palm beacon"). The crew then discerns the purpose of the game: It rendered them extremely susceptible to the power of suggestion, compelling them to aid the games' creators, the Ktarians, in an attempt to take control of the Enterprise and eventually the Federation. Picard captures the Ktarian vessel, captained by Etana Jol, responsible for distributing the games and has it towed to the nearest spacedock. Wesley and Lefler bid each other a reluctant farewell as he returns to Starfleet Academy.

Cultural references
The website Women at Warp compares the irresponsible adults theme with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Band Candy." "In space, a Ktarian woman introduces the Enterprise crew to a video game they can't stop playing. In Sunnydale, warlock Ethan Rayne distributes mind-altering candy, causing adults to act like teenagers. The vehicles for delivery are different, but the effect is the same: adults are rendered useless so villains can exploit the situation. In both cases, it's the younger generation (Wesley Crusher/Buffy and the Scoobies) that steps in to save the day."

Reception
In 2012, this episode was noted by Forbes as an alternative top ten Star Trek: The Next Generation episode selection. They note its themes about pleasure and addiction, as well as remarking on a scene in which Deanna eats a dessert.

In 2017, Io9 noted "The Game" for being one of the weirdest TNG adventures, with the crew being controlled by a highly addictive augmented reality video game.

TV Guide listed Ashley Judd's acting role as Ensign Robin Lefler as one of 28 surprising guest acting roles on Star Trek, noting that she appears in the episode "Darmok" (Season 5 Episode 2) in addition to this episode. The romance between the Robin and Wesley characters is also noted. The character of Robin Lefler was ranked as the 71st most important character of Starfleet within the Star Trek universe.

Star Trek novel author Peter David utilized the character Robin Lefler in his Star Trek: New Frontier books.

In 2019, Screen Rant included this episode on a list of bad one-off romances on the show, citing the relationship between Riker and Etana on the planet Risa.

In 2020, GameSpot noted this episode as having one of the most bizarre moments of the series, citing the moment when Wesley is forced to play the game.

Releases
The episode was released in the United States on November 5, 2002, as part of the Season 5 DVD box set. The first Blu-ray release was in the United States on November 18, 2013, followed by the United Kingdom the next day, November 19, 2013.


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Batangas City

Batangas City, officially the City of Batangas, is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 351,437 people.

Batangas City is classified as one of the fastest urbanizing cities of the Philippines, and is known as the "Industrial Port City of Calabarzon". It is home to the Batangas International Port, one of the busiest passenger and container terminals in the Philippines. It also hosts one of the largest oil refineries in the country, three natural gas power plants, and several other major industries. In addition, the city also serves as the educational, industrial and the transportation center of the province.

Batangas City is one of the proposed metropolitan area in the Philippines. Metro Batangas is proposed to include the component city of Batangas, as well as the towns of Alitagtag, Bauan, Ibaan, Lobo, Mabini, Rosario, San Juan, San Luis, San Pascual, Santa Teresita, Taal, Taysan and Tingloy.

Foreign rule

The first Spanish missionaries arrived in Batangas City in 1572 due to group migration. Finally, in 1581, Spanish authorities governing the Philippines created a pueblo in the area which included the hill (now Hilltop) where the present Provincial Capitol of Batangas stands after the formal end of the Coumintang Kingdom. The town was named "Batangan" because huge logs, locally called "batang", abounded in the place. The Spanish government appointed Don Agustin Casilao as Batangan's first gobernadorcillo. Said title of "little governor" as head of the pueblo or municipio was replaced in 1894 by "capital municipal". It is not clear who succeeded Casilao nor is it known whether there were subsequent appointments of capital municipal. Don Agustin Casilao is sometimes referred to as Agustino or Augustino in some sources. By 1870, its barangays were Balagtas, Bilogo, Bolbok, Bukal, Catandala, Konde, De La Paz, Kumintang Ibaba, Matuko, Mapagong, Paharang Kanluran, Pairang, Pinamucan, Patulo, Sampaga, San Agapito, San Isidro and Talahib.

At the coming of the Americans in the early 1900s, local civil government of Batangas was set up. It took effect on July 4, 1901, with Jose Villanueva elected as "Municipal President." His term expired in 1903.

Subsequent elections installed the following as municipal presidents: Juan Palacios, 1904–1905; Jose Arguelles, 1906; Marcelo Llana, 1907; Sisenando Ferriols, 1908–1909; Ventura Tolentino, 1910–1914; Julian Rosales, 1915; Juan Gutierrez, 1916–1919; Julian Rosales, 1920–1922; Juan Buenafe, 1923–1930; Perfecto Condez, 1931–1937; Juan Buenafe, 1938–1940. In 1941 the title "Municipal President" was changed to "Municipal Mayor." Pedro Berberabe was elected first municipal mayor.

Batangas City was severely damaged due to the Japanese A6M Zero bombardment and on December 12, 1941, the Batangas Airport which is located in Barangay Alangilan is totally destroyed. On October 14, 1943, municipal councilor Roman L. Perez was appointed Mayor by the Japanese after the inauguration of the Second Republic of the Philippines. Liberation begun when 158th Regimental Combat Team (or 158th RCT) under the command of the US 6th Army reached Poblacion, Batangas City by March 11 during the Philippines Liberation Campaign of 1944–45. By the end of April the same that year, some elements of the 188th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 11th Airborne Division was left to clear the barangays east and mountains south of the city as the main Allied Force continued their drive towards the Quezon Province. Some of local guerrillas and irregulars of the President Quezon's Own Guerrillas (PQOG) was entering and re-invaded in Batangas City. Throughout the battle, recognized guerrilla fighters played an important key role in the advancement of the combined American and Philippine troops, providing key roads and information for the Japanese location of defenses and movements. Hostilities ended as the war came closer to the end.

Independence and onwards
After the Liberation, President Manuel Roxas issued his reappointment. Mayor Perez ran and won in 1944, the first post-War elections in the country. In November 1949, he was killed by an unknown assassin. Vice Mayor Atilano Magadia succeeded Perez as Mayor, serving until 1951. Mayor Macario Chavez was elected in 1951; his four-year term ended in 1955.

People voted Pedro S. Tolentino overwhelmingly as mayor in 1956. He was reelected three times.

Cityhood
In 1965, Republic Act No. 4586 was signed by President Diosdado Macapagal, converting Batangas into a city. If successful, it would be renamed as Laurel, after former President Jose P. Laurel, a native of Tanauan. However, the voters rejected the cityhood and renaming of Batangas in a plebiscite.

On June 21, 1969, Republic Act No. 5495 was enacted to convert Batangas into a city, this time using its same name. Later on July 23, Batangas formally became a city by virtue of Proclamation No. 581 that was signed a week earlier. Pedro S. Tolentino became its first city mayor.

Contemporary history
The succeeding city mayors are Mayor Macario M. Mendoza, 1974–1979; Alfredo M. Borbon, 1979–1980, Conrado C. Berberabe, 1980–1986; Jose M. Atienza, 1986–1987; Mario M. Perez, 1987, Eduardo B. Dimacuha, 1988–1998, Angelito D. Dimacuha, 1998–2001 and again Eduardo B. Dimacuha, 2001–2010, Vilma A. Dimacuha, 2010–2013 and again Eduardo B. Dimacuha, 2013–2016, Beverley Rose A. Dimacuha, 2016–present.

Meanwhile, on January 19, 2008, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo opened Phase II project of the Batangas City International Container Port (with turn-over to the Philippine Ports Authority). She also inspected a major road project in Southern Tagalog. She then inspected the P1.5-billion Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), Stage II-Phase 1 connecting Lipa (19.74 kilometers and Batangas and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) road widening, expansion and the STAR toll way development projects in Batangas.

Geography
Batangas City lies in the southernmost part of Batangas, facing Batangas Bay. It is bordered by San Jose to the north, Verde Island Passage to the south, Ibaan, Taysan, and Lobo to the east, and San Pascual to the west. The Calumpang River crosses the city from northeast to southwest. The area west of Calumpang River is generally plains while the eastern area is mostly foothills and mountains.

Batangas City is 105 km from Manila.

Barangays
Batangas City is politically subdivided into 105 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Pagkilatan was formerly a sitio of Matoco. Malalim was formerly the "southern portion of the barrio of Sirang Lupa, the northern portion of the barrio Mahabang Dahilig, and the eastern portion of San Isidro" "together with the sitio of Malalim"; this territory became a barrio (barangay) in 1954. In the same year, sitio Malitam, formerly part of barrio Libjo, was elevated as a barrio. San Antonio was constituted from the sitios of Ilaya, Labac, Matalisay, Pajo and Cacawan, from the barrio of San Agapito. In 1957, the barrio of Talumpok was divided into two. Sitios Romano, Poyesan, Bondeo and Latag were constituted into Talumpok Silangan, while sitios Ginto, Duhatan, Kulingkang, Piit and Cuaba were constituted into Talumpok Kanluran.

Balagtas was formerly known as Patay, Kumintang Ilaya as Sambat Ilaya, and Kumintang Ibaba as Sambat Ibaba.

Climate
Batangas City has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification system type Aw/As), straddling on a bordering tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification system type Am) to the east. The city is dry from January to April, with temperatures reaching up to 33.3 °C in April, and rainy for the rest of the year, with July being the rainiest month, with up to 288 mm of rainfall. Humidity levels are high for most of the year.

Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Batangas City was 351,437 people, with a density of undefined PD/km2.

Economy

With the expansion of Batangas Port, the operation of different heavy industries and the construction of Phase II of the STAR Tollway project and diversion roads, Batangas City has seen a gradual shift from an agricultural economy to a commercial economy and eventually to an industrial economy.

The northwest of the city hosts different commercial establishments while the lowland areas surrounding Batangas Bay hosts the heavy industries of the city. However, despite its gradual shift in becoming a major commercial/industrial hub for Calabarzon, it still shares rural landscapes that is still preserved in the north part of the city. The Poblacion area is the major retail and commercial center of the city. It is filled with banks, restaurants, and local businesses.

Being a major port city, Batangas has seen an increase in migrants from nearby provinces, islands, and even nation states such as China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Agriculture
Agriculture remains an important source of food and income for residents of rural barangays. Residents in rural areas practice subsidence farming, with some of their harvest sold to the lowland public wet markets. Major crops include coconut, corn, vegetables, and mangoes.

Industries
Industries in Batangas City are concentrated around Batangas Port, Tabangao and Pinamucan areas, and Sorosoro Karsada. Shell, through its Philippine subsidiary, Pilipinas Shell, owns large refineries in Tabangao, and provides most of the fuel supply sold in Shell gas stations in southern Luzon and Metro Manila. JG Summit Holdings operates a petrochemical facility in Pinamucan Ibaba, with expansions to accommodate a coal power plant, which raised controversy to locals and environmentalists. Other companies also set up refineries for distribution to the province and nearby areas.

Commerce
Batangas City hosts shopping malls such as SM City Batangas, operated by SM Supermalls, and Bay City Mall and Nuciti Central, owned by local retail companies. There is a sizeable number of supermarkets in the urbanized areas, some being part of malls while others being stand-alone neighborhood markets, fiercely competing with local public markets.

The Poblacion area hosts numerous shops, restaurants, banks, pawnshops, and other establishments. Two major public markets in the city proper serves produce from the rural barangays of the city as well as nearby municipalities.

The Diversion Road, constructed to divert traffic going to Batangas Port and Bauan from the city proper, is seeing a rise in retail stores in addition to industrial space. Numerous car dealerships are built along the length of the road in barangays Alangilan and Balagtas. Fast food restaurants, like McDonald's and Shakey's Pizza are also rising near the Batangas City Grand Terminal.

Real estate
In response to population and economic growth, local or national real estate companies are developing subdivisions to accommodate the increasing populations. Large-scale developments are present, mostly of local developers, but major developers like Ayala Land and Vista Land (through Camella) also have presence in the city.

Cuisine
A specialty dish of the city is pancit na pula (also known as pancit tikyano or miki pula), a variation of pansit miki guisado of red miki noodles.

The city is also famous for its nilupak. The art of making the dish is indigenous to the area and has been cited as having a great potential for inclusion in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.

Festivals
Batangas City host three major religious festivals, such as the Feast of the Santo Niño at every third Sunday of January, as well as religious processions during Good Friday and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The Sublian Festival, held every July 23, revives the old Batangueño tradition of subli. The Batangas City Founding Day celebrations are done alongside the Sublian Festival on the same day.

Transportation
Batangas City's public transportation mainly include jeepneys and tricycles. Also, the city has transportation between barangays and other cities and municipalities. The city's central transportation hub is the Batangas City Grand Terminal, location along the Diversion Road in Alangilan.

Roads
Batangas City serves as a terminus for major highways like the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR Tollway), Jose P. Laurel Highway (N4) and Batangas-Quezon Road (N435), and Bauan-Batangas Road (N436). In the early 2000s, a diversion road is built to provide travellers a bypass to the existing highway through the urban centers. Despite the construction of the diversion, traffic bottlenecks remained inside the city. The city government is constructing a bypass road in the east to provide better access to the fast-growing industrial areas in the south of the city.

The poblacion of the city features a road network based on a rough grid, typical of Spanish-era cities and towns. Streets in the area are mostly named from historical figures, such as Apolinario Mabini, Diego Silang, Juan B. Alegre, the Gomburza (Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora) and the ilustrados (José Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, and Graciano López Jaena).

Railways
Batangas City, then a town, was served by a branch line of the Philippine National Railways until its closure. As part of President Rodrigo Duterte's infrastructure development program, DuterteNomics or "Build-Build-Build", a railway line from Calamba will be constructed to connect with the city. The railway line, the Calamba-Batangas Line, a part of the longer Manila-Matnog Railway, is approved by the National Economic Development Authority on September 12, 2017, and funding will be provided by the Chinese government. Start of construction of the railway, as part of the Manila-Matnog Railway, is not yet set.

Utilities
Electricity services in Batangas City is provided by Meralco for most of its barangays. Some barangays in the eastern rural area near the boundary with Taysan are served by the Batangas II Electric Cooperative (BATELEC-II). Power in off-grid Verde Island is provided by diesel generators and solar panels.

The water services in the urbanized areas are provided by the Batangas City Water District (BCWD). Rural areas are localized and provided by the Rural Waterworks and Sewage Authority.

The city is also locations of two major power plants that supply power to the Luzon grid:
 * Ilijan Power Plant – a natural gas power plant owned and operated by the Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO)
 * San Lorenzo – Santa Rita Power Plant – a combined cycle natural gas power plant owned and operated by Firstgen

Education
Among the higher education institutions in the city is the Batangas State University, Lyceum of the Philippines University–Batangas, University of Batangas, St. Bridget College,

The Department of Education also maintains a division in Batangas City. For of the academic year of 2013–2014, there are 82 public elementary schools and 18 public high schools. For the academic year of 2016–2017, 50 private schools offering various levels of education from pre-school to college level have legal permit to operate in the city.

Media
GMA Network serve Batangas City through local channels. ABS-CBN's regional channel, ABS-CBN Southern Tagalog (DZAD-TV, channel 10) have hosted its studios in Batangas City until they moved to Lipa in 2015. GMA serves Batangas City through channels 12 (D-12-ZB-TV) and GTV via channel 26 (DZDK-TV). Cable television is provided by Batangas MyCATV (formerly Batangas CATV).

Batangas City has local newspapers like the English-language Sun.Star People's Courier and the Tagalog-language Balikas. Newspapers marketed in Metro Manila, such as the major broadsheets Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and Manila Bulletin, and tabloids like Abante, Balita, People's Journal, Pilipino Mirror, and Pilipino Star Ngayon, are also sold in the city through local distributors.

The city is the center of the radio listening market in Batangas, and is served by local radio stations, as well as some radio stations from Lipa and other parts of the Mega Manila area. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa, through the Radyo Bayanihan System, hosts two local radio stations: ALFM 95.9 Radyo Totoo (DWAL), a religion, news, talk, and music-oriented station, and 99.1 Spirit FM (DWAM), a religion and music-oriented station. Other radio stations include 91.9 Air1 Radio Southern Tagalog (DWCH), an adult contemporary-oriented station, 99.9 GV FM (DZGV), a contemporary hit radio station, and 104.7 Brigada News FM (DWEY), an FM news radio station. Batangas State University hosts a college radio station, 107.3 BatStateU FM (DWPB-FM). Signals from other stations in Metro Manila are not clearly received because of the local topography.

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King's Hall, Cambridge

King's Hall was once one of the constituent colleges of Cambridge, founded in 1317, the second after Peterhouse. King's Hall was established by King Edward II to provide chancery clerks for his administration, and was very rich compared to Michaelhouse, which occupied the southern area of what is now Trinity Great Court.

History
Alan Cobban has identified John Hotham, Bishop of Ely, as the person who guided Edward II in this foundation. It received letters patent from Edward III in 1337. In 1412, the master or warden is recorded as Richard Derham. In 1433, Richard Pyghtesley was described as a clerk, in King's Hall, (Aula Regis).

King's Hall no longer exists, as it was combined with Michaelhouse in the mid 16th century by King Henry VIII, as one of his last acts. At the time, the King had been wiping out and seizing Church lands from abbeys and monasteries. It is thought that the King had great plans to create a college to rival Oxford's Christ Church with great new architecture, but he died a few weeks after the college was created. The layout of Great Court is mainly due to Thomas Nevile, a master of Trinity. The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, being both religious institutions and quite rich, expected to be the next target, and, indeed, the King duly passed an Act of Parliament that allowed him to suppress (and confiscate the property of) any college he wished.

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge remained dominated by Anglican clergy until well into the 19th century - this was one of the driving aspects for the setting up of secular institutions, e.g. University College, London to cater for dissenters.

The universities used their contacts to plead with Henry VIII's 6th wife, Catherine Parr. The Queen persuaded her husband not to close them down, but to create a new college. The King did not want to use royal funds, so he instead combined the two colleges of King's Hall and Michaelhouse and seven hostels of Catherine's, Garratt, Gregory's, Margaret's, Ovyng's, Physwick (formerly part of Gonville and Caius) and Tyler's to form Trinity in 1546. This, combined with lands confiscated from the Church, caused Trinity to be the richest and biggest college, a position it has retained.

Location
King's Hall was located in what is now the northern section of the Great Court of Trinity College, and there still stands an original building from that time. It is found off Great Court next to the Chapel, and contains some of the most coveted rooms in the College, generally held only by long-standing fellows of great academic merit, staircases C and D Great Court. The Clock Tower was from King's Hall but was moved from where the sundial now is, and the Great Gate of Trinity was built just before the amalgamation and thus still bears the King's Hall name, in Latin. Unfortunately, the last buildings of Michaelhouse were recorded as being knocked down with the completion of the southern section of Great Court.

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11001001

"11001001" is the fifteenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was first broadcast on February 1, 1988, in the United States in broadcast syndication. It was written by Maurice Hurley and Robert Lewin, and directed by Paul Lynch.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, members of an alien race called the Bynars hijack a nearly evacuated Enterprise while retrofitting the computer in space dock.

Make-up supervisor Michael Westmore created the look of the Bynars, who were four women in extensive make-up. The musical score was scored by Ron Jones. Reviewers praised the Bynars themselves, and the response to the episode was generally positive, with one critic calling it the best of the season. It was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series.

Plot
The Federation starship Enterprise arrives at Starbase 74 for a routine maintenance check. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) greet Starbase Commander Quinteros (Gene Dynarski) and two pairs of small humanoid aliens known as Bynars; the Bynars heavily rely on their computer technology and work in pairs for best efficiency. Much of the crew take shore leave while Picard, Riker and a skeleton crew remain aboard. Riker is intrigued by the Bynars' claimed upgrades to the holodeck and starts a program in a jazz bar. The program includes a woman named Minuet (Carolyn McCormick), by whom Riker is fascinated, both as a beautiful and charming woman, but also by the level of sophistication in her responses. Riker shortly returns, and Picard walks in on him kissing Minuet, and he too is amazed by the simulation.

Meanwhile, the Bynars discreetly create a catastrophic failure in the ship's warp core. Lt. Cmdr. Data (Brent Spiner) and Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) are unable to locate Picard or Riker and, assuming them to already be on the Starbase, order an emergency evacuation. They set the ship to leave the Starbase and warp to a safe location before it would explode. However, once they are clear of the dock, the failure disappears and the ship sets course for the Bynar system, the planet Bynaus orbiting Beta Magellan. Data, La Forge, and Quinteros realize that the Bynars are still aboard the ship, but there are currently no other working vessels to follow them. Back on the Enterprise, Riker and Picard leave the simulation to find the ship empty and at warp to the Bynar system, with the ship's controls locked to the bridge. Fearing that the Bynars have taken over the ship for nefarious purposes, they set the ship to self-destruct in 5 minutes and then take the bridge by intra-ship transporter beam and find the Bynars there unconscious.

After canceling the self-destruct, they find the Bynars have uploaded massive amounts of information to the Enterprise computers, but they are unable to decode it. Realizing that Minuet was purposely created by the Bynars as a distraction, Picard and Riker ask the simulation about what is going on as the ship nears the orbit of Bynaus. Minuet explains that a star near the Bynar homeworld had gone supernova and the EMP it emitted would knock out their computer systems, killing the Bynars. They had used the Enterprise to upload their computer information for safekeeping and then planned to download it back to the Bynar computers after the threat of the EMP had passed. With Data's help, Picard and Riker download the data, and the Bynars recover. They apologize for their actions, having feared that Starfleet would refuse to help, though Picard notes they only had to ask. As the Enterprise returns to Starbase, Riker returns to the holodeck to thank Minuet but finds that without the Bynar data, the simulation has regressed to the expected norm for the holodeck, and while Minuet still exists, she is not the same as before. Riker reports to Picard that Minuet is gone.

Production
The name "11001001" is a binary number, a concatenation of the names of the Bynars (One One, Zero Zero, One Zero, and Zero One). The episode at one point was called "10101001". It was originally intended that this episode would take place prior to "The Big Goodbye", with the Bynars' modifications causing the problems with the holodeck seen in that episode. Instead it was changed to the Bynars aiming to fix the holodeck to prevent those problems from recurring. The Bynars themselves were played by young women. Children were considered for the parts, but the production team thought that it would be too troublesome because of the limited time they could work each day and the need to hire teachers. Each actress was required to wear extensive make-up, which was created by make-up supervisor Michael Westmore. A large single-piece bald cap was made from the same mold for each actress, which required some customised trimming to get it to fit properly. To cover up problems with the seams of the cap, some fake hair was added on the Bynars' necks. Each actress also controlled the flashing light inside the apparatus on the side of the headpiece through a battery pack attached to the waistband of their costumes. To disguise their voices, the pitch was lowered in post production. It was originally planned to add subtitles over the Bynars' conversations between themselves.

The image of the Starbase orbiting a planet was re-used from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The score was created by Ron Jones, who incorporated jazz themes composed by John Beasley. The episode was written by Maurice Hurley and Robert Lewin. Hurley was pleased with the outcome of the episode, praising the work of Westmore on the Bynars' makeup and the performance of Jonathan Frakes. Frakes enjoyed the episode too, saying, "A fabulous show. Those were the kind of chances we took first season that when they worked, they worked great. It was a very chancy show and I loved it." Director Paul Lynch also thought that the Bynars were "great". Carolyn McCormick appeared as Minuet and subsequently became a regular cast member in Law and Order. She returned to the role of Minuet in the season four episode "Future Imperfect". Gene Dynarski had previously appeared as Ben Childress in Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Mudd's Women" and Krodak in "The Mark of Gideon".

Reception
"11001001" aired in broadcast syndication during the week commencing February 7, 1988. It received Nielsen ratings of 10.7, reflecting the percentage of all households watching the episode during its timeslot. These ratings were lower than both the episodes broadcast both before and afterwards. For their work in this episode, Bill Wistrom, Wilson Dyer, Mace Matiosian, James Wolvington, Gerry Sackman and Keith Bilderbeck were awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series. TV Guide ranked it No. 6 on its list of the top 10 Star Trek episodes for the magazine's celebration of the franchise's 30th anniversary in 1996.

Several reviewers re-watched the episode after the end of the series. James Hunt reviewed the episode for the website "Den of Geek" in January 2013. He was surprised by the episode as he "went in expecting something that was typically season one awful, and got something that was actually a lot of fun". He thought that the theme of symbiosis between man and machine was "interesting", stating it was the best episode up until that point in season one and one of the best of the season overall. Zack Handlen watched the episode for The A.V. Club in May 2010. He too was surprised by what he found. Handlen said that "last time I saw it, I thought Riker and Minuet's interactions were cheesy as hell. They didn't bother me so much now, because they don't go on very long, and there's something hilarious about a man trying to seduce a computer simulation designed to respond to his seductions". But he said, "I had fun with this, which I wasn't expecting", and "thought this was solid". He gave the episode a B grade.

Keith DeCandido reviewed the episode for Tor.com in June 2011. He described it as "one of the strongest first-season episodes", and the Bynars as "one of the finest alien species Trek has provided". He also thought that turning off the auto-destruct with two minutes to go instead of mere seconds neatly avoided a cliché, and gave it a score of seven out of ten. Michelle Erica Green for TrekNation watched the episode in June 2007. She thought that it came "very close to being a really good episode". She also thought that Picard and Riker's actions were the "most boneheaded joint behavior by the top two officers", in that they got distracted by a female character on the holodeck and didn't notice the ship being evacuated. Jamahl Epsicokhan at his website "Jammer's Reviews" described "11001001" as "easily season one's best and most memorable episode". He thought that it was the "season's most solid sci-fi concept" and that the series was "firing on all cylinders, with everything coming together, from plot to character, to sensible use of technology and action". He gave it a score of four out of four.

In 2011, this episode was noted by Forbes as one that explores the implications of advanced technology, especially the connection between people and technology. They compare this to the later episode "The Nth Degree". Also of note, they point out the modifications to the Enterprise-D holodeck, allows it to pass an impromptu turing test by the character Commander Riker. In 2012, Wired magazine said this was one of the best episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In 2020, Screen Rant ranked Minuet, the holographic lady featured in the show, as the seventh best holodeck character of the Star Trek franchise.

Home media release
The first home media release of "11001001" was on VHS cassette, appearing on August 26, 1992, in the United States and Canada. The episode was later included on the Star Trek: The Next Generation season one DVD box set, released in March 2002, and then released as part of the season one Blu-ray set on July 24, 2012.

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The Host (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"The Host" is the 23rd episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the 97th episode overall. It was originally released on May 11, 1991, in broadcast syndication.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Doctor Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) falls in love with Odan (Franc Luz), a Trill mediator. But after he is mortally injured, she discovers that "Odan" is actually a symbiotic creature that lives inside a humanoid host body. Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) volunteers to act as a temporary host, complicating the relationship between Crusher and Odan. The mediation proves successful, but after Odan is transferred to a new, female Trill host (Nicole Orth-Pallavicini), Crusher chooses not to continue the relationship.

At the time of filming, McFadden was seven months pregnant, resulting in filming techniques used to conceal her abdomen. A two part makeup appliance was designed for the Trill host, as well as the symbiont itself, which was based on a caterpillar and an octopus. The Trill would subsequently return in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, although the makeup was redesigned. "The Host" received a Nielsen rating of 11.3 percent during the first week of release in syndication. The ending of the episode has received a mixed reception, with Zack Handlen for The A.V. Club saying that the reaction by Crusher made "perfect sense", while others suggested that the statement regarding Crusher's views on homosexuality should have been confined as a character trait rather than a general statement on the opinions of the species.

It was the first episode to be directed by Marvin V. Rush, the director of photography, and was written by Michel Horvat.

Plot
Odan (Franc Luz), a mediator, boards the Enterprise to negotiate a peace treaty between two hostile groups. Doctor Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) is charmed by the man, and the two share a love affair during the trip. Odan refuses to use the transporter and requests that a shuttle and pilot be provided for him; Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) honors this request. During the mission, the shuttle is attacked by a dissident faction and Odan is mortally injured. While trying to save the alien in sickbay, Dr. Crusher comes to learn that Odan is a Trill, a species which symbiotically lives within its host's body. It is further revealed by Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) that the transporter would have harmed the symbiotic lifeform. Following the death of Odan's host body, Commander Riker volunteers to allow Odan to use him as a host to conduct the necessary negotiations until a new host arrives.

Odan's presence becomes dominating over Riker, and Dr. Crusher finds herself initially confused when Odan continues to try to engage with her to continue their relationship. Dr. Crusher is puzzled and full of emotion as she later confides to Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) and wonders about the true depth of her feelings for Odan. With some effort, Odan in Riker's body manages to convince the delegates from the warring planets to work with him. However, Riker's body begins to deteriorate due to the incompatibility of different biologies. The ship transporting the new host has encountered engine malfunctions. Dr. Crusher does everything she can to extend Riker's and Odan's chances while the Enterprise races to meet the Trill ship, and has a deeply emotional moment with Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart).

The Enterprise successfully rendezvous in time to bring aboard the new host, a female (Nicole Orth-Pallavicini), much to Dr. Crusher's surprise. She helps with the other Trill to transplant Odan into the new host, and both Riker and Odan fully recover. When Odan attempts to continue their relationship, Dr. Crusher is uncomfortable, knowing both that the Trill appear to have no preferences on gender orientation, and that Odan will continue to live on in any number of hosts' bodies. Odan admits she still loves Dr. Crusher, but understands her confusion and discomfort, and promises to never forget her or their short time together. And Dr. Crusher replies that she loves Odan too; in Odan's new, female host body, Odan then kisses the inner wrist of her hand.

Direction and writing
"The Host" was written by Michael Horvat and directed by Marvin V. Rush. Rush had been the director of photography for the series since the start of the third season and was the first of three members of the series' staff to direct an episode. The filming of Gates McFadden's scenes was complicated by the fact that she was seven months pregnant at the time, requiring different camera angles than would normally be used. Jonathan Frakes, who played Commander Riker, explained later that "they would not address the fact that the actress was pregnant", requiring the cast and crew to hide McFadden's stomach from the camera with furniture or by using camera angles which only showed her from her breasts upwards. Rush was not told which episode he was going to direct beforehand, other than that it was going to be a ship-based episode. He later directed two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and two of Star Trek: Enterprise.

Story editor Brannon Braga was pleased with the episode, calling it "one of the most outstanding stories we've ever done" as it was originally suggested as a "squirmy worm" story, which was "unique" as it went on to become "the most touching love story". Ronald D. Moore stated that it had become a Star Trek story by focusing the episode on the relationship rather than on the negotiations. Rush suggested that some viewers were disappointed with the ending, due to Crusher not accepting her lover in his new female body. He said that it was a valid point of view, and that McFadden's lines in the final scene made it clear that it put forward a hope that homosexuality would be better accepted in the future. The subject matter was revisited in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Rejoined", which featured one of the earliest televised lesbian kisses.

The character of Odan would return in non-canon Star Trek publications, including in the short story "First Steps" within The Lives of Dax anthology. It also made two appearances in licensed comics, first in DC Comics Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual issue four and then in Divided we Fall, a crossover between The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine published under the WildStorm imprint.

Makeup and set design
The makeup for the Trill host featured a separate nose and forehead pieces, as the intention was to retain the general look of a human. Air bladders were placed inside a fake abdomen to create the shot in which the symbiont appeared to move under the host's skin. A second fake abdomen was created for the surgery scene in which the symbiont is moved into Riker, which worked by having a crew member lie under the surgery table, pulling the symbiont into the opening using a concealed string. The design of the symbiont was based on a caterpillar with an octopus for a head, which featured a further air bladder in order to give the appearance that it was pulsating and painted in fluorescent paint to glow when a black light was shone on it during that scene.

The Trill later recurred in Deep Space Nine, with multiple hosts of the Dax symbiont appearing on screen. The same makeup was initially used as in their originally appearance in The Next Generation, however after two days of filming with Terry Farrell in the prosthetics, she was sent back to the makeup department to change it. The shuttle set was the same one which had been used previously, with parts created for different episodes since work began in the first season episode "Coming of Age". In "The Host", it was named Hawking for the theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking. He would later guest star in the first part of the episode "Descent" at his request.

Reception and home media release
"The Host" aired in broadcast syndication during the week commencing May 12, 1991. It received Nielsen ratings of 11.3, reflecting the percentage of all households watching the episode during its timeslot. This placed it as the highest viewed syndicated show of the week, despite the ratings being near the average for the season.

James Van Hise, in his book The Unauthorized Trek: The Complete Next Generation, called the introduction of the Trill an "element crucial" to Deep Space Nine, but was critical of the decision to have Crusher not be interested in Odan once he had transferred to his new female host. This "apparent homophobia" was said to have resulted in the episode being "widely criticized" by David Greven in his book Gender and Sexuality in Star Trek. Keith DeCandido, in his article for Tor.com, said it was difficult to give a fair review of the episode due to the Trill being explored in greater depth in Deep Space Nine, and the subsequent alterations made for that series compared to "The Host". He said more generally of the episode that the romance felt rushed, and he would have liked to see the exploration of Riker's feelings about his body being used to have sex with a friend. A further criticism was levelled at the ending, as Crusher stated that it was humans who have a problem with homosexuality rather than limiting it to be her own problem. He gave it a rating of four out of ten.

Nick Keppler, writing for Nerve.com, listed "The Host" as one of the "gayest" episodes of the franchise and described the twist at the end of the episode with the gender of Odan's new host as "sapphic". He criticised the reaction of Crusher at the end of the episode, saying that she would "get into bed with shifty aliens with weird ridged foreheads but for some reason draws the line at space ladies". Zack Handlen gave the episode a rating of B+ in his review for The A.V. Club, saying that the idea at the core of the episode was better than the execution. But he said that the ending made "perfect sense" as he said that love wasn't solely spiritual but that "we fall in love with features, with shapes, with bodies, as well as with minds." He added that Odan's reaction was also right, as "everyone has a line, and if you love them, you won't ask them to cross it."

The first home media release of "The Host" was on VHS cassette, appearing on July 23, 1996, in the United States and Canada. The episode was later included on the Star Trek: The Next Generation season four DVD box set, released in the United States on September 3, 2002. The fourth season was subsequently released on blu-ray in the UK on July 29, 2013, and July 30 in the United States.


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Time Squared (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"Time Squared" is the thirteenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 39th episode overall. It originally aired on April 3, 1989, in broadcast syndication. The episode was written by Maurice Hurley from a story by Kurt Michael Bensmiller and directed by Joseph L. Scanlan.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, the crew of the Enterprise encounter a double of Captain Picard, apparently from the future.

Plot
While the Federation starship Enterprise is en route to their planned destination, ship's sensors detect a lone shuttlepod drifting through empty space with no power or fuel reserves. When Lt. Worf and Commander Riker use the tractor beam to bring it into the shuttlebay, they find it has the same name and registry as an Enterprise shuttle. Inside is a double of Captain Picard, barely clinging to life.

After the double is brought to sickbay for treatment, Lt. Commander Data and Chief Engineer La Forge power up the shuttle, after lengthy delays due to unexpected technical incompatibility. It is then discovered that the shuttle's internal clock is about six hours ahead of the ship's chronometer which means that the shuttle, and therefore Picard's double, is from six hours into the future. They recover a very poor quality sensor log video that shows the Enterprise falling into an energy vortex and being destroyed after the shuttle is launched.

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pulaski determines that the incoherent double's biological functions are out of sync, but are improving as the future Picard draws nearer to his own time. Picard orders that his future self be revived, but is unsuccessful in extracting any information from him. Picard is disquieted at the idea that he would abandon his ship and its crew.

As the crew members debate their options, they decide to continue on their current course. They are suddenly stopped by the vortex seen in the shuttle log and are unable to escape, even with the engines at maximum output, and become drawn further in. They send a probe into the vortex which is immediately destroyed. Scans emanating from the vortex appear to focus on Picard and an energy beam strikes him leading him to theorize that there is an intelligence controlling the vortex which seems to be interested in him personally, and that his double left the ship to draw its attention.

Picard's double, now almost completely aware and coherent, sets out to leave the Enterprise as he did before. Picard follows him, asserting that there must have been another option, though the double only mumbles about it being impossible, as moving forward would have presumably destroyed the Enterprise. As the double is boarding the shuttlepod, Picard proclaims that the cycle will be broken and kills him with a phaser. Dr. Pulaski wordlessly examines Picard's double with a tricorder as Chief O'Brien stares in shock.

Picard returns to the bridge and orders that the Enterprise fly straight into the center of the vortex. The Enterprise comes through the other side into normal space, and the doubles of Picard and the shuttlepod disappear. The Enterprise resumes its course.

Production
Maurice Hurley, who wrote the teleplay, wanted to write a time travel story that took place over only six hours, instead of the longer periods usually found. The story was originally meant to feature Q as the ultimate antagonist, but Gene Roddenberry disallowed it. The name of the shuttlepod, a lower budget alternative to the shuttlecraft, was named for Farouk El-Baz, a NASA scientist.

Reception
Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club rated the episode A− and wrote that the episode has "a few dull pockets", but "the final scenes between the two Picards rank among my favorites of anything we've yet seen on the show", further explaining that "this is the first time we've really seen how far [Picard will] go to do what's necessary." Tor.com rated it 2 out of 10.

In 1989, Vegetarian Times stretched one minor plot item to suggest that the episode "hints at veganism", because of a scene where Riker makes scrambled eggs with real eggs, but most of his guests find the food unappetizing.