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Official description: "Crew members become infected with hallucenogenics on ENTERPRISE airing WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 (8:00-9:00 P.M., ET/PT) on UPN. 'Strange New World' -- Trip, Mayweather and T'Pol go on a research mission to a seemingly uninhabited Earth-like planet where they become infected with hallucinogenic flower pollen that sends their imaginations into a state of paranoid overdrive. When a violent storm strands them on the planet, Archer must find a way to save them before they turn dangerously on one another, on the episode airing WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on UPN."
Kellie Waymire played B'Elanna Torres and Seven of Nine in the play, in VOY "Muse".
According to sci-fi site "The Universe", this episode shows the drawbacks of transporter technology at this point, while the crew explored a supposedly uninhabited planet.
TrekToday's sources suggest that the crew will begin experiencing paranoia and hallucinations after being transported. This story is thematically linked to the TOS episode "The Naked Time" and the TNG sequel, "The Naked Now", as well as DS9's "Dramatis Personae".