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From: joemu@nsc-pdc.UUCP (Joe Mueller)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Re: Where Were They?
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 14:07:56 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  8 14:07:56 1985
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> > 
> > I seem to remember there was one episode in which the Enterprise attempted
> > to leave the galaxy and got in big trouble--some kind of force field
> > grabbed the ship, I believe. "The  Web"? Does anybody remember?
> >
> It was THE THOLIAN WEB.
> 
> 				AMBAR
> "You shouldn't let people drive you crazy when you know it's within
> 	walking distance." 

NO NO NO NO NO!

There was an episode where there was a Tholian web. It was not designed to
prevent people from leaving the galaxy but to intrap it's victims during
combat. In one episode, Kirk is exploring the innards of another starship
that all of it's inhabitants went crazy and killed each other. The ship
dissappeared into another parallel universe with Kirk. The Enterprise was
hanging around for Kirk to reappear when the Tholians showed up and ordered
the Enterprise to leave. They eventually exchanged fire and the web was
spun. The energy barrier that the original author talked about was used in
at least two episodes, one dealt with a creature called a Medusan (sp?) whose
sight would make people insane, someone saw it and sent the ship headlong into
the barrier. The other episode that I remember is that there were two creatures
from Andromida? and they took over the ship and took it through the barrier. I
don't think the barrier really had a name.