Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 12 - "The Royale"

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Royale," investigating the wreckage of a 300-year-old spaceship from Earth, the Enterprise finds a building capable of supporting life in a very unlikely place. But what they find inside is even more unlikely: a staffed and operating, mid-1990s hotel, complete with a front desk, room service and a casino. How did it get there? And how do Riker, Data, and Worf get out?

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