The Star Trek franchise has nearly 1,000 episodes across its numerous shows, but they often fall back on similar stories. How many times have fans seen some bizarre antagonist slide out of a holodeck malfunction? How many times did a ship’s crew leap through time or get caught in a loop? It’s reasonable to find patterns that work when one is attempting to tell infinite stories in the same endless universe. One such archetype involves a powerful alien being that decides to test the heroes. Among the first notable examples of this concept is “The Corbomite Maneuver,” starring a young-looking being named Balok.
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