Memory Beta articles sourced from short stories, Memory Beta articles sourced from novelizations, Memory Beta articles sourced from episodes and movies, Memory Beta articles sourced from video games, Memory Beta articles sourced from Star Trek Online, All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook, Federation Department of Temporal Investigations, Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever, Issue 1, https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Guardian_of_Forever?oldid=733484, In one alternate timeline, in which Kirk and Spock fail in their mission to prevent McCoy from saving Keeler's life, Chief Engineer, In another, Admiral William T. Riker used the Guardian of Forever in, In another, the Guardian was believed destroyed in, In another, the Guardian was destroyed during the, In one timeline, there was not a singular Guardian but multiple. (TOS novel: Time for Yesterday). (AOL chat, 1997), During production on the film Star Trek, it was briefly rumored that the Guardian would be used by the Romulans to go back in time. hide. This Kirk, returned to the Nexus by these events, then recruits another version of himself from within the Nexus, who then rescues yet another Kirk from the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) by employing the Guardian of Forever to travel through time. Since its exile from its original location, the Guardian took a more human personality, using its avatar "Carl". Q describes it as "that lop-sided donut thing" before Spock corrects him, and asks him if he knows it. 17, No. In 2293, Kirk visited the Ellison Research Outpost, where he questioned the Guardian. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1995 CD release of The Guardian Of Forever on Discogs. The Guardian of Forever gave Georgiou the choice to be sent to a time when the Prime and Mirror Universes were still aligned, which would save her life, although she can never return to the 32nd century. The Federation's first contact with the Guardian of Forever was made in 2267 by Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise. In that story, the team accidentally caused the death of Surak, the father of modern Vulcan philosophy – as a result, the Time of Awakening never occurred, and the Vulcan race had essentially evolved as the Romulans. Put succinctly, The Guardian of Forever is an archive for prose fan fiction, encompassing Star Trek in all its forms. save. Guardian of Forever is a FOnline 2 version of a Fallout 2 special encounter. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q Continuum, 50 Years of "City's" Star, The Guardian of Forever. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever"), Spock, however, was protected from the change while he was in Orion's past, and the change to the timeline went unnoticed until he and Kirk returned through the Guardian. Thus, the reference to the Guardian Of Forever fits in perfectly with 'Star Trek' Canon. After having broken the water chip, a notice reads "the … The episode was directed by Joseph Pevney and first aired on NBC on April 6, 1967. The episode had several writers contribute to the finished product including Harlan Ellison, Steven W. Carabatsos, D. C. Fontana and Gene L. Coon. One million years ago, 0 used the Guardian to bring other entities like itself into the Universe. In the alternate future seen in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine book trilogy Millennium the Guardian of Forever was key to Admiral Kathryn Janeway's Project Forever. Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. One million years ago, 0 used the Guardian to bring other entities like itself into the Universe. In the alternate future presented in Imzadi, set in 2406, Admiral Riker used the Guardian to travel back in time to save Deanna Troi's life from an attempt to kill her and prevent her participation in a conference in 2366. Whether that was an accidental omission or a deliberate choice, as a means to protect their own history, was unknown. City on the Edge of Never can be resolved without being asked to leave the planet/system, allowing players to acquire “Past Imperfect” and continue directly through the Guardian of Forever. The original Guardian was designed by Desilu Supervising Art Director Rolland M. Brooks, because his colleague, regular Set Designer Matt Jefferies, was sick with the flu that week. When the Enterprise crew inadvertently changes history through the Guardian of Forever, Michael Burnham's journey is abruptly cut short. It was constructed at least six billion years ago by an unknown race on a planet in the Beta Quadrant, within Federation space. The planet was littered with the ruins of a massive, forgotten city that stretched beyond the horizon in all directions around the Guardian. (TOS novel: Preserver), By the year 2409, a mysterious unmentioned quarantine was lifted on the Gateway planet to allow a Starfleet crew to rescue Miral Paris from B'Vat. In 3189, the Guardian of Forever location was located by Zora, who directed Philippa Georgiou and Michael Burnham to Dannus V. The Guardian assumed the identity as "Carl" and disguised the portal as a simple standalone doorway when two arrived. (TOS novel: First Frontier), In 2285, Kirk, Spock and McCoy were sent by Starfleet Command to repair the malfunctioning Guardian. In the 30th century, during the Temporal Wars, many factions tried to use the Guardian of Forever to destroy their enemies. The Guardian of Forever was a mysterious construct of an unknown, ancient alien race, which functioned as a time portal; a gateway to the time vortex that allowed access to other times, locations and dimensions. By the 32nd century, it was located on the planet Dannus V. In the original teleplay for "The City on the Edge of Forever", the Guardians of the Time Vortex were 9-foot (2.7 meter) tall, humanoid statue-like beings. During that assignment, Spock found that history had been altered so that he had died as a child. The Guardian is a giant, ancient-looking time portal which allows the Chosen One to travel back in time before the start of Fallout to break the water chip in Vault 13. It was roughly ring-shaped, approximately three metres in diameter. This third Kirk then travels to Veridian III and dies helping Picard save the Solar System, while the second Kirk ends up contemplating using the Guardian to travel back in time and save Edith Keeler's life without damaging history. In the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q Continuum series, during a flashback to several thousand years ago, the Guardian is used by a younger Q when attempting to find something new, allowing him to make contact with the being known as 0 (although the Guardian briefly tries to deny 0 access to this universe), who subsequently contacts (*), Gorgan and The One via the Guardian. Apparently sentient, it was capable of speech and interacted with anyone it encountered, responding to external stimuli such as questions and actions. A very, very famous image from 'Star Trek: The Original Series' is back, 900 years later. Based on initial observations, the ruins appeared to be at least one million years old. The Guardian is also featured in the novel The Star to Every Wandering, in which it plays a sizeable role. This also marks the point of divergence between the cast of the show and their first captain. About The Guardian of Forever. Here's how the 'Discovery' writers brought back the Guardian of Forever. Guardian of Forever; Crossover; Missing Scene; Episode: s01e28 The City on the Edge of Forever; Episode: s02e13-14 Such Sweet Sorrow Parts 1-2; Time Travel; Summary. The Guardian is both an entity in and of itself, as well as functioning portal in time and space. During the Temporal Wars, many attempted to use the Guardian as a means of traveling through time for the conflict. The Andorians had their own name for it: the T'Sh'Iar, which meant "God's Window." (DS9 - Strange New Worlds 9 short story: "Orphans"), When built, the timeline of the Guardian's builders was left inaccessible through the portal. In the novel The Devil's Heart, the titular object, an ancient stone rumored to have vast powers, is revealed to be a "seed" created by the same civilization who created the Guardian, and meant to create another Guardian on the world it was sent to, before it went astray. Whether that was an accidental omission or a deliberate choice, as a means to protect their own history, was unknown. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Also, if you question the Guardi… Last week, I mistakenly thought this episode would be the season finale. Once Philippa crossed through its threshold, she and the portal disappeared. The timeline was later reset by Benjamin Sisko and the crew of Deep Space 9. The Guardian of Forever is a construct of an unknown, ancient alien race, that functions as a time portal. The landing party soon discovered that they had lost all contact with the Enterprise, and the Guardian informed them that McCoy had effected a change in history, wiping out their civilization. (TAS - Log One novelization: Yesteryear), Two million years ago, a young Q encountered the Guardian, which resulted in his meeting the malevolent extra-dimensional entity known as 0. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. It appeared to be ambivalent to changes in the timestream, neither being able to prevent individuals from going back in time using it, or interfering with those who attempted to use it to set the timeline right. Zar uses his telepathic powers to return the consciousness of the Guardian to the gateway and banish the Creators to a universe where they cannot harm our space-time. More Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki. (TOS comic: "No Time Like the Past"), In 2269, Spock assisted a team of historians at Oyya, the original name for the ruins on planet Gateway. Centuries into the future, by the 32nd century, the Guardian seemed to have shifted its neutral stance on interfering with beings manipulating time for selfish benefits. As the crew evacuates the bridge, Kirk sets the phasers on overload, and sacrifices himself to kill the Klingons, but his now-alternate timeline counterpart survives. ""I am both… and neither. 29% Upvoted. Doctor Leonard McCoy, suffering from cordrazine-induced madness, fled through the Guardian to 1930. It sent her to a time when her Michael Burnham betrayed her. As a last resort, the Klingons crash their ship into the Guardian, apparently destroying it. A clip from Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever, of Kirk and Spock talking with the Guardian of Forever. The timeline would be reset by Kirk, with the assent of the Clan Ru, when they discovered that in this altered history, their species destroyed itself in a series of nuclear wars before it could reach the stars. Let me be your gateway." The Guardian of Forever is a powerful entity that described itself as both and neither machine or being. In this novel, the events of the film Star Trek Generations play out differently, with Kirk's emergence from the Nexus resulting in a temporal loop with catastrophic effects. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Joan Collins, DeForest Kelley. I actually liked its depiction better than TOS. 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