Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Tholians were introduced as a one-off alien for Star Trek the Original Series in the Tholian Web. Their spinner ships left an impression for their gossamer nets that they spun like spiders with Enterprise later adding the crystalline structure and class Y environments making them even more strange. Let's look at the lore of their ships and infamous tractor beam technology as well as the unusual designs drawn from canon and beta apocrypha.
STAR TREK® Adventures developed and published by Modiphius Games.
STAR TREK® Online developed by Cryptic Studios and Perfect World.
STAR TREK® and its trademarks (including Picard/Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks/Enterprise/Voyager/Deep Space Nine/Discovery and The Next Generation) are all owned by © Paramount Global Pictures/CBS Studios Inc. and distributed by CBS and Paramount Plus.
This Video is for critical purposes with commentary.
Outro Animation made by @icarogabriel17
The Tholians were introduced as a one-off alien for Star Trek the Original Series in the Tholian Web. Their spinner ships left an impression for their gossamer nets that they spun like spiders with Enterprise later adding the crystalline structure and class Y environments making them even more strange. Let's look at the lore of their ships and infamous tractor beam technology as well as the unusual designs drawn from canon and beta apocrypha.
STAR TREK® Adventures developed and published by Modiphius Games.
STAR TREK® Online developed by Cryptic Studios and Perfect World.
STAR TREK® and its trademarks (including Picard/Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks/Enterprise/Voyager/Deep Space Nine/Discovery and The Next Generation) are all owned by © Paramount Global Pictures/CBS Studios Inc. and distributed by CBS and Paramount Plus.
This Video is for critical purposes with commentary.
Outro Animation made by @icarogabriel17
