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Did the Q React to V'ger's Evolution?
In Star Trek: The Motion Picture, we see that:
Do we know if/how the Q Continuum reacted to this? Is there any record as to how they reacted?
As Picard once theorizes (in TNG) to Q, he believes they ...
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Did Guinan accidentally give Q the idea to send the Enterprise to meet the Borg?
In the episode “Q who?” Picard, Riker, Guinan and Q are in 10-forward having the discussion about Starfleet pushing out into space too fast and not being prepared for what awaits them. Q says the ...
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Does Q ever actually lie?
In the episode Deja-Q, Picard openly accuses Q of being dishonest:
Q: I have no powers. Q the ordinary.
PICARD: Q the liar. Q the misanthrope.
And in the DS9 episode Q-Less, Vash claims that Q was ...
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Why does Commander Riker assume that the simulation isn't real?
In "True Q," Commander Riker is whisked away to a planet of some kind, created (presumably) by the Q, Amanda Rogers. Amanda wishes to be romantic, but Riker rejects her, saying that "none of this is ...
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Why do the Q have genders?
It seems, at least from "Qpid," that the Qs' humanoid appearance is just for show. The "main" Q is not really a male, for example. After all, Q tells Picard in the episode that given different ...
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"They roam the galaxy looking for something, they know not what. "
In the third season TNG episode "Deja Q", Q has his powers stripped by the Q Continuum and is exiled to the Enterprise in human form. Q has a discussion with Data about humans and comes out with ...
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Were the other Alpha-Beta quadrant powers aware of the Q?
We know that the Federation, at least the high ranking officials and Starfleet, were aware of the Q as a species but also "De-Lancie-Q" in particular. The thing is, while Q was quite fascinated with ...
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Could a Calamarain Cloud house a human?
In "Deja Q," Commander Riker suggests that the human Q be turned over to the Calamarain, presumably for interrogation/torture/killing purposes. I don't suspect that Riker is an expert on the ionized-...
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How does Q know his IQ?
In "Deja Q," the now-human Q talks to Guinan in Ten Forward, when he states that he is "just one of the boys with an IQ of 2005."
Where did Q get this information? Did Beverly give him an IQ test? ...
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Do the Q exist in and use Subspace technology?
Early on in TNG, it's easy to see Q as a supremely evolved being of godlike power who can simply will things to happen. However, as the various series progress - particularly Voyager - the "magic" ...
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Are Riker's Q powers brought up in any episodes after the one where he acquired them?
In "Hide and Q", Q grants Riker the powers of a member of the continuum, only to have Riker vow to never use those powers again.
Presumably Riker keeps those powers, he just never uses them.
Is ...
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Physical Appearance of the Q
What do the Q look like? Do the Q actually have any sort of physical form that humans can perceive, or are they incorporeal?
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Does Q ever appear when an admiral is onboard?
Q generally always appears with a captain's rank. Does he ever appear when an admiral is aboard?
The one time I am certain of is in "All Good Things," with Riker as Admiral, but that was another ...
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Why does Amanda Rogers have human physiology?
Amanda Rogers eats (presumably due to being hungry), has a heart rate, blood pressure, and other vital signs, and even cries. Why? Her parents were both Q. Wouldn't she be fully Q, too? Is it because ...
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Do the Q know about and take heed of the Prophets? [duplicate]
I just looked online to see if I could find a theory that I just had.
I was just watching TNG for the umpteenth time (thanks to Netflix), after watching DS9 through to the end first (as my personal ...
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