Q; If the Tin Man really hurled the Enterprise as far as 3.8 billion kilometres as young Wesley asserts, how come the light from the exploding star reached them as soon as it did?
A; My theory is that the star which they saw exploding was another star. It was physically impossible for light from the star Tin Man was orbiting to reach them in so short a time, (speed of light etc.), so it must have been, by sheer coincidence, another star that they saw. Consider further, when they stabilised after being repulsed by Tin Man, the nova appeared smack dab in the middle of the viewscreen. How likely is it that they would spin, mark you, spin all those millions of kilometres and end up facing in exactly the same direction as they started?
Q; How could Tam and Data beam an enormous distance to reach Tin Man, way over the established safe distance of 40,000 Kilometres?
A; My guess would be that they thought the risk was worth it. Picard clearly wasn't too happy about letting them go, perhaps not just because he was worried about letting Tam loose inside something with the awesome power of Tin Man. Perhaps he was even more concerned that they wouldn't even reach it, and that they'd just disperse in space.
Quibble time. Picard, from the Bridge, asks the computer whereabouts on the Enterprise Tam is. It cheerfully tells him exactly where he is, which I find a little difficult to understand as Tam does not wear a communicator. I always thought that without a communicator the computer didn't know where you were. Later on Picard, again on the Bridge, taps his communicator and asks Tam, who is not on the Bridge, a question. The shot remains on the Bridge, yet we hear Tam answer. How does he manage to reply? He still isn't wearing a communicator!
One other thing seems odd. If Tam is such a hotshot telepath, then why can't he read the Romulans when they're cloaked? Perhaps all the local thoughts from the Enterprise crew drowned them out.
Evolution The Ensigns of Command The Survivors Who Watches the
Watchers? The Bonding Booby
Trap The Enemy The Price The Vengeance Factor The Defector The Hunted
The High Ground Deja Q A
Matter of Perspective Yesterday's Enterprise
The Offspring
Sins of the Father Allegiance Captain's Holiday
Tin Man Hollow Pursuits The Most Toys Sarek
Menage á Troi
Transfigurations The Best of Both Worlds
Part One