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7The more fundamental question is: Why do phasered objected disintegrate as a coherent whole (a whole rock disappearing at once, or an entire person and all their equipment), rather than the disintegration effect moving outward from the point of the beam's impact? Presumably, there is not reason except 1960s special effect exigencies.– BuzzCommented Jan 7, 2017 at 23:27
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Related - scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/12474/…– Paulie_DCommented Jan 7, 2017 at 23:35
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'What are little girls made of?' episode in the original series also has Dr. Korby firing a phaser between himself and Andrea with the phaser disappearing along with them. It happens around minute 3:26.– Canadian Girl ScoutCommented Jan 9, 2017 at 4:25
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@CanadianGirlScout Ah, thanks. That is a third example of suicide-by-phaser that destroys the phaser too. This is now a recurring theme.– RichSCommented Jan 9, 2017 at 4:47
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@Buzz One could ask the same thing about disruptors, though those do tend to spread from the point of impact (but still only affect the desired object[s]).– JABCommented Jun 5, 2017 at 15:35
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