10 Dumbest Things In Star Trek: Picard

Alongside the flying space death flowers of Et in Arcadia Ego, there's a wonderous bit of technology that would astound even 32nd-century Starfleet. The Fundamental Field Replicator. While replicators themselves are nothing new to the franchise, existing on some form or another right back to the food terminals of The Original Series, this one tips the balance.

Doctor Who is renowned for the sonic screwdriver, which has helped get the show out of many a scrape due to its galactic Swiss Army Knife abilities and now Trek has its own version. Almost.

Frankly, it just "does". A sci-fi magic wand presented to Raffi by the android Saga, it relies on, wait for it, imagination. In order to fix his ship, Rios has to see the fix in his mind, and hey presto, La Sirena is back to full operational order.

It's an incredibly lazy plot device that exists purely because it needs to exist and jump the plot forward. In the same vein as 24th-century holocomms, it's immediately forgotten, although you have to wonder if this was in some way a nod towards the programmable matter of the Discovery 32nd Century. A great idea in principle, its use would change the nature of a great many aspects of Star Trek from this point on. A device that can effectively make your dreams come true with the true extent of its powers never explored or suggested. As we said, it just "does" and that's all fans needed to know. Necessary in the moment, but a fundamental flaw in the expansive web of Star Trek lore.