Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 50: Evolution

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Dr. Paul Stubbs (Ken Jenkins), an eminent scientist, has beamed aboard the Enterprise to study the rare explosion of a star in the Kavis Alpha Sector. As the crew readies Stubbs' equipment, the Enterprise is suddenly drawn into the path of the stellar matter. The ship is restored to normal, but the computer system, which reports no malfunction, fails to stabilize. As Picard (Patrick Stewart) warns Stubbs that his study may have to be aborted, Wesley (Will Wheaton) concludes that a genetics experiment he was conducting engendered the computer breakdown. Wesley's experiment allowed several nanites-tiny robots small enough to enter living cells-to interact and escape to the main computer. Unless the nanites are stopped, they will shut down the Enterprise and destroy the crew's life-support system.