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 SHIP IN A BOTTLE  (#238)
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A MIRACLE TURNS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER INTO REAL LIVE FLESH AND BLOOD.

   [ Moriarty materializes in a (blank) holodeck ]

   [ Picard, Data, Barclay, and Moriarty in a Holmesian setting ]

   [ Moriarty walks out of the Holodeck ]

   [ Bev examining Moriarty in Sickbay ]

  Bev:  As far as I can tell, he's real.

   [ Picard talking, in Ten-Forward ]

  Picard:  According to the laws of physics, this is impossible.

BUT THIS NEW LIFE FORM POSSESS A CRIMINAL MIND...

   [ on the bridge ]

  Moriarty:  I'm afraid I have no choice but to take control of your vessel.

   [ two stellar objects begin impacting with each other ]

...AND HIS RUTHLESS POWER PUTS THE ENTIRE SHIP IN JEOPARDY.

   [ <red alert>  Data examines readings at a bridge console ]

  Picard:  Unless we move to a safe distance, this vessel will be destroyed.

   [ Nova-type explosion, shock waves heading for the Enterprise ]

ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.

   [ new ST:TNG logo sequence ]


Short version:

   [ Barclay working on a console in the Holodeck, Moriarty materializes ]

 A FICTIONAL CHARACTER COMES TO LIFE AND ENDANGERS THE 
 ENTERPRISE, ON STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.