Who Watches The Watchers story
Deanna and Riker must rectify the damage done when two primitives from Mintaka III catch glimpse of a Federation observation team and eventually conclude that Captain Picard is a god.
17 total · 3 choice · 5 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| faith vs. science | choice | The Mintakans were divided over what to do about the strangers because some interpreted the enigmatic happenings from a materialist perspective, and others through the lens of mythology and religion. |
| science as magic to the primitive | choice | Mintakans feigned Picard a god |
| the ethics of interfering in less advanced societies | choice | crew must undo harm done by violation of Prime Directive |
| coping with a crisis of faith | major | Nuria :: The Mintakan villagers were shaken by knowledge that they were not alone in the universe. |
| duty vs. compassion | major | Beverly :: Beverly openly violates the Prime directive to save injured people |
| having a preconception challenged | major | Mintakans |
| polytheism | major | Mintakans interpreted the strange happenings in terms of their mythology |
| primitive point of view | major | Mintakan :: Mintakans aboard Enterprise |
| appearance altering technology | minor | Riker, Troi :: Riker and Troi surgically altered to look like Mintakans |
| emotional overwhelm | minor | Nuria :: The Mintakan aboard the ship who thought Picard was God |