The battle of wits and logic is joined again! — Spock vs. Q: The Sequel is the second of two audio stories in which a time traveling Spock encounters Q on Earth in 1999. Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie recorded their performances live on stage. The story was released by Simon & Schuster Audio in December 2000.
Description[]
- Following their debate over the fate of mankind, Spock and Q continue their discussions over a meal. After dining, the two return to the stage to recount their repast, which included encounters with several of Spock's former shipmates.
- However, at the moment the two verbal sparring partners shake hands, a power surge places them in total darkness. Suddenly, Spock and Q are no longer on stage, but somewhere in deep space.
- As they struggle to determine what has happened, a curious personality change takes hold. Spock is overcome with giddy delight. Q is much more serious, even...logical.
- Masterfully performed by Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie, Star Trek: Spock vs. Q: The Sequel is a fascinating and often hilarious role reversal that reveals previously unknown sides of Spock and Q. It is a program so original it could only come from Alien Voices.
Summary[]
The story begins shortly after an earlier dialogue as Q and Spock have just come back from dinner. They engage in a humorous conversation between themselves as well as the audience, before quite suddenly, they find themselves (as they describe it) standing in a barren place filled with rock and dirt, hurtling through space at accelerating speeds. Their personalities also exhibit somewhat perplexing changes as Spock begins to joke around and even laughs, while Q becomes more and more analytical and logical.
Their situation becomes worse as Q discovers that his powers are no longer available to him. The land on which they are standing on is identified as the comet that is hurtling towards Earth. As the personality exchange continues to become more obvious, Spock is discovered to have Q's powers, and is instructed by Q to call the Q Continuum's version of 911 — which is 777. An operator — Betty — answers and refuses to speak to Q, but instead accepts Spock as Q and has a conversation with him. Due to Spock's personality change, he only has small talk and does nothing to help their situation which eventually leads to Betty hanging up.
As they continue to discuss their fate, they receive a call from someone new. This time Q takes the phone, and after some explanation, his powers are returned and he transports both himself and Spock back to the podium in front of the audience. Q attempts to explain that the call came not from the Q continuum, but from a higher power – the person calling was named Petunia. He refers to burning bush and uses limericks such as "I am Personally Pleased to have Peaked your interest" and "how many Pecks of Pickled Peppers did Peter Piper Pick?", and explains that "L, M, N, O, P..." and Spock finishes as he begins to understand "... comes before Q". The audience also understands, as implied, that Petuna is a member of a more powerful race named P, which watch over the universe as well (and perhaps more), and is implied that higher beings may also exist. Spock and Q finish up, and bid farewell to the audience.
References[]
Characters[]
- Betty • Petunia • Q (Voiced by John de Lancie) • Spock (Voiced by Leonard Nimoy)
- Referenced only
- Aeschylus • Alexander Graham Bell • Pavel Chekov • Sean Connery • Nicolaus Copernicus • Thomas Edison • Euripides • Cary Grant • James T. Kirk • Peter the Great • Francis Queeg • Louis Renault • Babe Ruth • Montgomery Scott • Nyota Uhura • Orville Wright • Wilbur Wright
Starships and vehicles[]
- Referenced only
- boat • car • cruiser • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)
Locations[]
- asteroid • Earth • Sol • universe
- Referenced only
- Crab Nebula • Greece • Inverness, Scotland • Maldives • Tanzania (Serengeti) • St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church • Sweden • Venice
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Club Med • Q Continuum
Science and classification[]
- architecture • cloaking device • prozac • science • light bulb • telephone • powered flight • solar sail • watch
Materials and substances[]
- aluminum • aluminum hydroxide • blood • calcium • iron • kryptonite • LSD • magnesium • magnesium carbonate • regolith • rock • silicon • simethicone • sobitol alginate • sodium alginate • Tums • Venetian glass • water
Foods and beverages[]
- appetizer • aspic • autograph • Boston cream pie • chicken • food • garlic • kholodets • latte • pickled pepper • rib • seaweed • shellfish • strawberry • wine
Ranks and titles[]
- ambassador • captain • emperor • lawyer • lieutenant • pirate • playwright • science officer • switchboard operator • zoologist
Other references[]
- 777 • 911 • archery • arm wrestling • bank • baseball • bee • Bingo • bird • cat • cosmos • day • death • depression • dinosaur • eternity • extinction • French language (fermez les bouches • n'est pas) • gravity • Hamlet • handshake • hour • I'm OK – You're OK • infinity • It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood • life • lightning • little green men • logic • love • massage • mile • miniskirt • minute • mirror • mosquito • Olympic Games • Prime Directive • restaurant • singing • skiing • snorkeling • solar flare • solar system • SOS • spa • space • sport • star • The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond • The Caine Mutiny • The Twilight Zone • theme park • Zeno's Paradox
Appendices[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous audiobook: Spock vs. Q |
Audiobooks (Alien Voices) | Next audiobook: final Alien Voices story |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Spock vs. Q |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: Assignment: One |
| Previous adventure: Second Contact |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: 11:59 |
External Links[]
- Spock vs. Q: The Sequel article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.