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The story is reminiscent of
Jacques Sternberg’s novel "La sortie est au fond de l’espace" (The Exit Lies At The End Of Space), where mankind, fleeing a vermin-infested earth, and nearly escaping obliteration from various hazards seen on different planets finally meets its ultimate fate on a planet where nobody is able to sleep which leads to everyone dying from sleep deprivation.
In 1997, British musician Alan Davey (bass guitarist with the band Hawkwind) released an album, Bedouin, containing tracks named "One Moon Circles" and "Eyes In The Dark".
The name on the model for the USS Brattain was misspelled "Brittain."
The Brattain may be named for U.S. electronics pioneer
Walter Brattain, co-inventor of the
transistor and co-recipient of the 1956
Nobel Prize in Physics.
Ensign Sariel Rager (
Lanei Chapman) also made an appearance in the episode "
Schisms", a similar horror-based episode also dealing with nightmares and lack of sleep.
See also
It is not entirely clear why all of the episodes listed under see also are there. Some have thematic similarities to this episode, but so do several other TNG episodes.
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