Where No One Has Gone Before

A warp experiment by the arrogant Kosinski, secretly driven by his assistant the Traveler, throws the ship beyond the galaxy to a place where thought becomes reality; the Traveler sees Wesley's potential and Picard makes him an acting ensign.

• Leads to Remember Me (S04E05): The Traveler returns and helps Wesley open a gateway so his mother can leave the warp bubble.
• Leads to Journey's End (S07E20): The Traveler returns as Lakanta and offers to guide Wesley, who stays on Dorvan V to study.

Captain's log, Stardate 41263.1. We have rendezvoused with the USS Fearless, from which a Starfleet propulsion expert and his assistant are beaming over to conduct tests on the Enterprise's warp drive engines. They have completed similar adjustments on two other Starfleet vessels.

Captain's log, stardate 41263.2. This will be a rather unusual log entry, assuming Starfleet ever receives it. As I have already informed my crew, a phenomenal surge of power during a warp speed experiment has sent our starship hurtling out of our own galaxy, past another, taking us over two million seven hundred thousand light years in a few minutes.

Captain's log, stardate 41263.3. Instead of returning to our own galaxy, the Enterprise has gone forward to a place in the universe which is uncharted and unknown. Our present position puts us at over a billion light years from our galaxy.

Captain's log, supplemental. Our position is unknown, and our only chance of returning to the known universe is a dying alien who is generally humanoid but with a physiology sufficiently different from our own to create medical problems in caring for him.

Captain's log. Any time entry is meaningless. We have no choice but to repeat the same warp experiment. but wish one variation. A principal part of this warp formula will be the thoughts of everyone aboard the Enterprise. We have no idea exactly how this works. We understand only that the Traveller makes use of this somehow. It will be most important that those aboard avoid random thoughts that might change the reality of what we're attempting to do.

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Starring

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Captain Jean-Luc Picard)
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker (Commander William T. Riker)

Also starring

• LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge (Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge)
• Denise Crosby as Lt. Tasha Yar (Lieutenant Natasha 'Tasha' Yar)
• Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf (Lieutenant Worf)
• Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher (Dr Beverly Crusher)
• Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi (Counselor Deanna Troi)
• Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data (Lieutenant Commander Data)
• Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher (Wesley Crusher)

Guest stars

• Stanley Kamel as Kosinski (Kosinski)
• Eric Menyuk as The Traveler (The Traveler)
• Herta Ware as Yvette Picard

Guest star

• Biff Yeager as Argyle (Lieutenant Commander Argyle)

Uncredited co-stars

• James G. Becker as Youngblood
• Byron Berline as command division officer
• Darrell Burris as operations division officer
• Dexter Clay as security officer
• Jeffrey Deacon as command division officer
• Emmy-Lou as Klingon Targ
• Nora Leonhardt as science division ensign
• Dennis Madalone as science division crewman
• Tim McCormack as Bennett
• Lorine Mendell as Diana Giddings
• Natalia Silverwood as civilian