Time travel and Star Trek have gonehand in temporally conterminous handsince much the beginning of the franchise . Like time itself , the narrative fluidity time - change of location stories provide has allowedStar Trek in all of its iterationsto explore its themes and characters in unique and compelling direction over the years . Now thatPicard ’s second seasonis diving into that well too , io9 take a aspect back at some of the dealership ’s sound use of goods and services of it , and how time traveling lets Star Trek shine .
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Loops, portals, and branched realities—just three different ways Star Trek has used time travel as a conceit to tell its stories, time and time again.Image: CBS/Paramount















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