Teleporters and Transporters: Difference between revisions

* John Stone of ''[[Planetary]]'' has his [[Sharp-Dressed Man|Blitzen Suit]] which enables [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/Wonderfullabs/junque/blitz1.jpg short-range teleportation].

* Tempest of ''[[Atari Force]]'' has the powers of Nightcrawler, but in a lighter flavor. (Transfer dimension is a pleasant, sunny place.)

* [[Doctor Strange]] has at least one teleportation spell, though it's implied to be a considerable magical effort and also very noticeable -- he's happy to take ordinary transportation if he's not certain the destination is safe, or in non-emergency situations.

 

* A throwaway line on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' is the only examination of the social effects of the transporter that ''[[Star Trek]]'' ever had: Sisko says that when he first started going to Starfleet Academy in [[San Francisco]], he got so homesick that he went back home to [[New Orleans]] every night to have dinner with his father. He used up an entire month's worth of transporter credits in a week. For comparison, today this would be a four-hour plane trip costing around $500.

* In ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek Enterprise]]'' the transporter was a new technology "approved for bio-transport", but with the crew reluctant to use it for anything but inanimate objects. Sheer necessity forces them to do otherwise during the Season 3 Xindi conflict, and after that 'beaming' becomes a standard tactic. However, there was an episode ("Vanishing Point") where Hoshi Sato uses the transporter and begins to fade out of existence. {{spoiler|It turns out to be [[All Just a Dream]] experienced in mere seconds as Hoshi was rematerialising. A recommendation is made to Starfleet to compress the transport beam.}}

** Interestingly, the effect on the transporter pad was different than the effect on the planet (or other remote location.) The planet had the white outline, while the transporter pad had a sine-wave distortion effect.

** When the special effects improved in Series 4, the ''Scorpio'' teleportation effect was more similar to a ''[[Star Trek]]''-style beaming.