The City on the Edge of Forever
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The City on the Edge of Forever is a celebrated and influential episode of the original Star Trek series, renowned for its time-travel plot, emotional depth, and complex moral themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The City on the Edge of Forever canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6227745 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The City on the Edge of Forever Context triple: [Harlan Ellison, notableWork, The City on the Edge of Forever]
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A.
Edge of Forever
Edge of Forever is a 1999 studio album by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that showcases their post-reunion sound with a mix of hard-driving rock and reflective ballads.
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B.
The Edge of Forever
"The Edge of Forever" is a widely acclaimed episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the origin, evolution, and ultimate fate of the universe.
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C.
Voyage in Time
Voyage in Time is a 1983 documentary film that follows director Andrei Tarkovsky and screenwriter Tonino Guerra as they travel through Italy discussing cinema, art, and Tarkovsky’s creative philosophy.
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D.
I Am Spock
I Am Spock is Leonard Nimoy’s autobiographical book reflecting on his life, career, and enduring connection to the character of Spock from Star Trek.
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E.
The Invasion of Time
The Invasion of Time is a 1978 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fourth Doctor returning to Gallifrey and seizing control of the Time Lords’ Citadel amid a complex alien invasion plot.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The City on the Edge of Forever Target entity description: The City on the Edge of Forever is a celebrated and influential episode of the original Star Trek series, renowned for its time-travel plot, emotional depth, and complex moral themes.
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A.
Edge of Forever
Edge of Forever is a 1999 studio album by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that showcases their post-reunion sound with a mix of hard-driving rock and reflective ballads.
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B.
The Edge of Forever
"The Edge of Forever" is a widely acclaimed episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the origin, evolution, and ultimate fate of the universe.
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C.
Voyage in Time
Voyage in Time is a 1983 documentary film that follows director Andrei Tarkovsky and screenwriter Tonino Guerra as they travel through Italy discussing cinema, art, and Tarkovsky’s creative philosophy.
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D.
I Am Spock
I Am Spock is Leonard Nimoy’s autobiographical book reflecting on his life, career, and enduring connection to the character of Spock from Star Trek.
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E.
The Invasion of Time
The Invasion of Time is a 1978 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fourth Doctor returning to Gallifrey and seizing control of the Time Lords’ Citadel amid a complex alien invasion plot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television episode ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Harlan Ellison ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrderInSeason | episode 28 of season 1 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jerry Finnerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| directedBy | Joseph Pevney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Fabian Tordella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Edith Keeler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James T. Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDevice | Guardian of Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresStarship | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOrder | 28th episode broadcast of Star Trek: The Original Series ⓘ |
| franchise | Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| guestStar | Joan Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
changing history
ⓘ
moral dilemma ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alexander Courage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex moral themes
ⓘ
emotional depth ⓘ time-travel plot ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 1967-04-06 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | time travel ⓘ |
| producedBy | Gene L. Coon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCode | 28 ⓘ |
| rankedAs | one of the greatest Star Trek episodes ⓘ |
| requiresOutcome | Edith Keeler must die to restore history ⓘ |
| screenTimeCharacter | James T. Kirk and Edith Keeler romance ⓘ |
| seriesSeason | Star Trek: The Original Series season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Guardian of Forever
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| subgenre | time travel fiction ⓘ |
| teleplayBy |
D. C. Fontana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlan Ellison NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven W. Carabatsos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Harlan Ellison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: The City on the Edge of Forever Description of subject: The City on the Edge of Forever is a celebrated and influential episode of the original Star Trek series, renowned for its time-travel plot, emotional depth, and complex moral themes.
Referenced by (2)
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