Timeline for In Star Trek, why does the phaser disappear when people commit suicide by phaser?
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| Jun 5, 2017 at 15:35 | comment | added | JAB | @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]). | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:43 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 9, 2017 at 12:34 | answer | added | AcePL | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 9, 2017 at 4:50 | history | edited | RichS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2017 at 4:47 | comment | added | RichS | @CanadianGirlScout Ah, thanks. That is a third example of suicide-by-phaser that destroys the phaser too. This is now a recurring theme. | |
| Jan 9, 2017 at 4:25 | comment | added | Canadian Girl Scout | '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. | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 13:07 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/818081665893470208 | ||
| Jan 8, 2017 at 7:04 | history | edited | RichS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 7, 2017 at 23:35 | comment | added | Paulie_D | Related - scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/12474/… | |
| Jan 7, 2017 at 23:27 | comment | added | Buzz | The 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. | |
| Jan 7, 2017 at 22:55 | history | asked | RichS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |