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* FreezeFrameBonus: Daniels' future database has schematics for a Klingon ''Raptor''-class ship, an ''Intrepid''-class starship (possibly the [[Series/StarTrekVoyager USS ''Voyager'']] itself), an ''Intrepid''-class aeroshuttle, the Mir space station, the US space shuttle, a Nygean ship, a Romulan ''D'deridex''-class warbird, a ''Nova''-class starship, the alien ship that attacked ''Enterprise'' in [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E03FightOrFlight "Fight or Flight"]], and a Vulcan ''Suurok''-class starship. Also in the database is an excerpt from President George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: Daniels' future database has schematics for a Klingon ''Raptor''-class ship, an ''Intrepid''-class starship (possibly the [[Series/StarTrekVoyager USS ''Voyager'']] Voyager]] itself), an ''Intrepid''-class aeroshuttle, the Mir space station, the US space shuttle, a Nygean ship, a Romulan ''D'deridex''-class warbird, a ''Nova''-class starship, the alien ship that attacked ''Enterprise'' in [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E03FightOrFlight "Fight or Flight"]], and a Vulcan ''Suurok''-class starship. Also in the database is an excerpt from President George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address.



* TheWorfEffect: A Vulcan combat cruiser and a small squadron of Suliban ships get CurbStomped by a trio of Tholian dart ships.

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* TheWorfEffect: A Vulcan combat cruiser and a small squadron of Suliban ships get CurbStomped [[CurbStompBattle Curb stomped]] by a trio of Tholian dart ships.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: Daniels' future database has schematics for a Klingon ''Raptor''-class ship, an ''Intrepid''-class starship (possibly the [[Series/StarTrekVoyager USS Voyager]] itself), an ''Intrepid''-class aeroshuttle, the Mir space station, the US space shuttle, a Nygean ship, a Romulan ''D'deridex''-class warbird, a ''Nova''-class starship, the alien ship that attacked ''Enterprise'' in [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E03FightOrFlight "Fight or Flight"]], and a Vulcan ''Suurok''-class starship. Also in the database is an excerpt from President George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: Daniels' future database has schematics for a Klingon ''Raptor''-class ship, an ''Intrepid''-class starship (possibly the [[Series/StarTrekVoyager USS Voyager]] ''Voyager'']] itself), an ''Intrepid''-class aeroshuttle, the Mir space station, the US space shuttle, a Nygean ship, a Romulan ''D'deridex''-class warbird, a ''Nova''-class starship, the alien ship that attacked ''Enterprise'' in [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E03FightOrFlight "Fight or Flight"]], and a Vulcan ''Suurok''-class starship. Also in the database is an excerpt from President George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address.



-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. ''[off Archer's look]'' Humans and Vulcan.

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-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. ''[off Archer's look]'' Humans and Vulcan.Vulcans.
* TheWorfEffect: A Vulcan combat cruiser and a small squadron of Suliban ships get CurbStomped by a trio of Tholian dart ships.
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In the launch bay, Trip and Malcolm get a box out of the ship's chamber and, realising the ''Enterprise'', is being attacked, leave the abandoned ship. Trip tries to contact the bridge, but two Suliban appear and attack him. Malcolm starts fighting them, and one of them leaves for the control room. Thankfully, the ''Enterprise'' manages to force the Suliban to withdraw, beaming out the two intruders.

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In the launch bay, Trip and Malcolm get a box out of the ship's chamber and, realising the ''Enterprise'', ''Enterprise'' is being attacked, leave the abandoned ship. Trip tries to contact the bridge, but two Suliban appear and attack him. Malcolm starts fighting them, and one of them leaves for the control room. Thankfully, the ''Enterprise'' manages to force the Suliban to withdraw, beaming out the two intruders.

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: InUniverse--Malcolm's clearly not up on his dino-studies.
--> '''Trip:''' Now if I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it. I always wanted to meet a ''Stegosaurus''.\\
'''Malcolm:''' He'd probably make a quick meal of you.\\
'''Trip:''' The ''Stegosaurus'' was an herbivore.


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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: Malcolm's clearly not up on his dino-studies.
--> '''Trip:''' Now if I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it. I always wanted to meet a ''Stegosaurus''.\\
'''Malcolm:''' He'd probably make a quick meal of you.\\
'''Trip:''' The ''Stegosaurus'' was an herbivore.

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-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcan.

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-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off ''[off Archer's look) look]'' Humans and Vulcan.Vulcan.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: While discussing time travel with Reed, Trip says he'd jump at the chance to travel to the past--saying he always wanted to see the dinosaurs.

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''Enterprise'' finds a pod from the future--and runs into those who want to get their hands on it.

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''Enterprise'' encounters a derelict ship. Scans indicate no life signs or weapon signatures, but its hull does seem to be interfering with the sensors including to T'Pol. Archer orders the ship be brought into Launch Bay 2, where they fail to make sense of its design, and upon opening a hatch, find a dead human body. In sickbay, Archer tells Phlox to do a DNA test on the dead man and check the Starfleet genetic database for any matches. T'Pol enters and says that there are no inhabited systems for several light years. Archer wonders if the dead man is Zefram Cochrane, who did disappear while apparently working on an experimental warp ship.

In the hangar, Travis and Trip are making an analysis and determine that the ship's hull absorbs EM radiation, meaning it would have gone unnoticed if not for the damage, suggesting it is a stealth ship. They also determine that it must have arrived in a cargo ship, and Trip
finds out that it lacks a pod propulsion system, engine, and power source. Archer contacts Admiral Forrest for info on the ship, and Forrest tells him that there haven't been any new missions, but he will ask around for more information.

Trip continues his analysis with Malcolm Reed, and they both find another hatch. Upon opening it, they find out that the ship is apparently bigger on the inside. They enter and find a large chamber. Meanwhile, a Suliban ship hails the ''Enterprise'' and its captain claims ownership of the mysterious ship. Archer replies that it's clearly an Earth ship since the corpse is human, and that it's too damaged to be of any use now anyway, but the Suliban still demand they get it "back" and open fire.

In the launch bay, Trip and Malcolm get a box out of the ship's chamber and, realising the ''Enterprise'', is being attacked, leave the abandoned ship. Trip tries to contact the bridge, but two Suliban appear and attack him. Malcolm starts fighting them, and one of them leaves for the control room. Thankfully, the ''Enterprise'' manages to force the Suliban to withdraw, beaming out the two intruders.

Trip shows the box to Archer and suggests that it's the black box. Phlox then calls Archer to sickbay, where he tells him that the dead man isn't anyone in Starfleet and is in fact a hybrid of a human, Vulcan, Terellian, and another, unknown species.

Archer wonders if the Temporal Cold War is involved and he and T'Pol go into Daniels's quarters to read the future database, all the while wondering if a human and a Vulcan could have a child. They find out that the ship is
from the future--and runs into those who 31st century and may be a time machine used by future historians. They also find out that it's powered by a "temporal displacement drive", which is probably why the Suliban are after it, and Archer fears they will use it to meddle with the Temporal Cold War.

He is then called to the bridge because another alien vessel has arrived, and it turns out to be a xenophobic species called the Tholians. They ''also''
want the vessel, claiming it's radioactive and therefore dangerous to the crew, and when Archer says no, they grab hold of ''Enterprise'' with a tractor beam. When he threatens to destroy the derelict ship, they let go.

In the mess hall, Phlox and T'Pol discuss their findings on the body and the ship respectively. He believes Archer's hypothesis that time travel is real, but T'Pol is still unsure. Meanwhile, in engineering, Trip and Malcolm try
to get the box device to work and they discuss whether it's good or bad to know the future. Trip gets the device working and they go to the ship to get some equipment. However, due to a temporal anomaly, they end up having the same conversation three times.

They go to sickbay, but Phlox finds nothing wrong with them. T'Pol points out that the ship is emitting particles, but Phlox reckons they're mostly harmless. Archer orders the launch bay sealed to prevent the radiation from spreading, and T'Pol talks to him in private, telling him that the ship is too dangerous due to its radiation and high demand and she wants it destroyed. Archer disagrees, wanting to actively participate in the Temporal Cold War, but she thinks that's a bad idea as well. Eventually, she lets him carry on, as long as he puts the ship on tactical alert.

In engineering, Archer asks Trip what he's found out about the object, and he replies that it isn't a black box, but rather a device that sent a subspace signature as an emergency signal. T'Pol then calls Archer to the bridge because more Suliban ships have arrived. The ''Enterprise'' tries running away, but the Suliban give chase, then Archer tries to contact the Vulcans but gets no reply. He warns them that they have the Vulcans on
their hands side, but the Suliban don't believe him, and open fire. They rendezvous with the ''Tal'Kir'', only to find it nearly destroyed by Tholians... who then notice the ''Enterprise''.

The Tholians, the ''Enterprise'', and the cell ships start a fight, during which the ''Enterprise'' gets severely beat up. Archer orders Trip to use the mysterious device to call the future ships over to help, and Trip orders Malcolm to bring him a torpedo.

Malcolm and Trip try to use a warhead from it to destroy the future ship, and their attempts cause time to loop again. Meanwhile, the Suliban are defeated, and the Tholians try to blast through the airlock. Trip gets the future device working and Malcolm puts the warhead
on it.
the ship and sends it out into space, but the Tholians neutralise it. Then, the future device, corpse, and ship vanish and the Tholians end the fight. With the fight over, Archer sets out to help the Vulcans on ''Tal'Kir''.

Later, Trip, T'Pol, and Archer are eating together, and they mention that there was no evidence for or against the idea that the stuff was sent back to the 31st century. They also mention that the reason it disappeared so quickly was probably because the future people went back in time. Archer then plans to contact the Vulcans to apologise for the trouble and thank them for the help.



* ArbitrarySkepticism: T'Pol's stubborn insistence that time travel is impossible, despite having a time machine sitting in the launch bay, a dead human pilot with several generations of alien DNA in his genome, and being shown Daniels' holographic database with information on ships that haven't been built yet.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: T'Pol's stubborn insistence that time travel is impossible, despite having a time machine sitting in the launch bay, bay[[note]]Technically, she and the others don't ''know'' it's a time machine, but it is confirmed to be from the future and it's the most likely possibility[[/note]], a dead human pilot with several generations of alien DNA in his genome, and being shown Daniels' holographic database with information on ships that haven't been built yet.



* BoldlyComing: Exaggerated-- the dead guy turns out to be a hybrid of a human, Vulcan, Terellian, Rigelian, and an unknown species, indicating that many different species got it on.



* TheGhost: No Tholians are shown in the episode.



* IDontThinkThatsSuchAGoodIdea: T'Pol is unsure about Archer keeping the time ship and participating in the Temporal Cold War; she thinks he's endangering the ship with his curiosity.



* OhCrap: Trip and Malcolm when they realize the ship is causing them to relive the same few minutes.

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Trip and Malcolm when they realize the ship is causing them to relive the same few minutes.



* ShoutOut: The design of the pod's lower level is [[Series/DoctorWho remarkably similar to a TARDIS control room]].
** Doubles as a hilarious GenreBlindness gag when resident Brit Malcolm Reed is quite nonplussed at the idea of a ship bigger on the inside. Someone never hid behind the couch from Daleks as a kid, apparently.

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* ShoutOut: The design of the pod's lower level is [[Series/DoctorWho remarkably similar to a TARDIS control room]].
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room]]. Doubles as a hilarious GenreBlindness gag when resident Brit Malcolm Reed is quite nonplussed at the idea of a ship bigger on the inside. Someone never hid behind the couch from Daleks as a kid, apparently.



-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcan.
* TheGhost: No Tholians are shown in the episode.

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-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcan.
* TheGhost: No Tholians are shown in the episode.
Vulcan.

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