The Child (Phase II episode)

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Trivia
"The Child" is based on the original Star Trek: Phase II script. Jon Povill, who was the Phase II story editor before the series idea was scrubbed and wrote the original episode, will take the director's chair for "The Child". The episode will go into production in October 2008.

The original concept for "The Child" was that Lieutenant Ilia, a Deltan and the ship's navigator for its new voyage, is impregnated by a non-corporeal being seeking to experience what it is like to be a humanoid, with potentially disastrous consequences for the Enterprise. Few details are known for how they will adapt "The Child" to the TOS timeframe. However, it has been confirmed that there will be a Deltan involved.

The episode was adapted for the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation in the midst of a writer's strike, and the character that was impregnated was Counselor Deanna Troi.