Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

In the programme Children of Time, the crew of the Defiant become stranded on a planet populated by their own descendants. The series presents a science‑fiction adventure and includes Avery Brooks in the cast, portraying a central role throughout the story.

Children of Time is a programme presented as a single episode that falls squarely within the science‑fiction adventure genre. It is billed simply as an episode of the series, with no additional series‑level detail provided, and it centres on a futuristic narrative that pushes the boundaries of time and lineage. The core of the story follows the crew of the starship Defiant after they become marooned on an alien world. The twist is that the planet they are stranded on is already populated by people who turn out to be their own descendants. This unexpected encounter forces the crew to confront the reality that their actions have rippled forward, leaving a future generation already established on the very world they now occupy. The episode stars Avery Brooks, who leads the cast as one of the Defiant’s officers navigating this paradoxical situation. As a sci‑fi adventure, the programme leans into the tension of being isolated while simultaneously dealing with the profound implications of meeting one’s own lineage. The premise is straightforward yet intriguing: a stranded crew, a planet, and the startling revelation that they are not alone, but are facing the very offspring of their own expedition.