Where No Fan Has Gone Before story

futurama4x11 · 2002-04-21

"Where No Fan Has Gone Before" is the eleventh episode in the fourth season of the American animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 21, 2002. Set in a retro-futuristic 31st century, the series follows the adventures of the employees of Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company. In this episode, the Planet Express team and most of the main cast of Star Trek: The Original Series face a court-martial after visiting the forbidden planet Omega 3. Directed by: Patty Shinagawa. Story by: David A. Goodman.

14 total · 5 major · 9 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
coping with an obsessive fan major The Star Trek actors had to put up with annoying fans.
coping with being famous major The Star Trek actors had to put up with annoying fans.
cultural history major The episode was centered around the Star Trek franchise. [the Star Trek franchise]
human vs. captivity major Melllvar held the Planet Express crew and Star Trek actors captive on his planet.
incorporeal being major The incorporeal alien Melllvar held the Planet Express crew and Star Trek actors captive on his planet.
disembodied head minor The Star Trek actor heads were featured.
historical revisionism minor The powers that be forbade any mention of Star Trek and people pretended it never was.
infatuation minor Leela had an abortive tryst with William Shatner.
interstellar space travel minor The Planet Express crew traveled to the Omega system in search of banned Star Trek tapes.
legal occupation minor Brannigan court-martialed the Planet Express crew.