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In DS9: It's Only a Paper Moon Nog asks the hologram character Vic Fontaine,

"Do you dream?"

Is this a reference to HAL from 2001: a Space Odyssey?

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    Curiosity, perhaps?
    – Harry Johnston
    Commented May 30, 2018 at 5:55
  • Would it be 2001 or 2010 that would be the reference? In the movie version of 2010, Dr. Chandra reveals to HAL that HAL and the Discovery might be destroyed when Discovery is left behind, and HAL asks Dr. Chandra, "Will I dream?"
    – Todd Wilcox
    Commented May 30, 2018 at 13:08
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    Do androids dream of electric sheep? In an alternate universe, Vic is an android, not a hologram.
    – user1197
    Commented May 30, 2018 at 18:58
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    @barrycarter In an alternate universe, Vic would be an enjoyable character. I really hate him. He just brings morbid songs and horrendous story lines. It would have been a novelty if Frank Sinatra Jr played him, but without that novelty, he's nothing!
    – n00dles
    Commented Jun 6, 2018 at 3:38

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It's in the same context a minute earlier that Nog asked Vic why he's tired, and suggested that he should go to bed. The larger context was that Nog had started living in the holodeck, and the holodeck program was running longer than ever before, unlocking new facets of Vic's program. The question about dreaming also alluded to Nog's own flashbacks earlier in the episode. Nog is referencing these circumstances.

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    Dreams and paper moons aren't real...unless life is a dream.
    – lucasbachmann
    Commented Apr 11 at 22:24
  • @lucasbachmann To get a little deeper, Nog admitted he didn't want to return to his life. He was engaging in fantasy to cope with trauma. I just wasn't sure if that would make sense as part of the answer.
    – Robert Chapin
    Commented Apr 11 at 22:50

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