# Incredible powers discovered/revealed on Star Trek that are used once and dismissed forever

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**Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/17 "2024-04-07T11:32:13Z")

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Also in Voyager, it’s referred to, when the Doctor is fantasizing about being a paragon: he treats Tuvok for pon farr, while singing

> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNIxW\_2l4E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNIxW_2l4E)

a little number called “ponfaria” by the fans.

In “Plato’s Stepchildren” a simple injection can give humanoids telekinesis. Handy, don’t you think?

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