an Eye" among the top 50 Star Trek episodes. The episode was also ranked as one of the top 10 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager in 2018 by ThoughtCo. Gizmodo ranked "Blink of an Eye" as the 46th out of 100 of the best of all Star Trek television episodes as of 2014. SyFy ranked "Blink of an Eye" among the top ten Star Trek: Voyager episodes. In 2017, it was ranked by Medium, as the 11th best time travel plot in Star Trek. In 2016, the episode was highlighted for being a Star Trek episode that did not have a villain in the traditional sense; rather, it explored the impact of technological influence between two cultures. This episode is believed to have been inspired by the 1980 novel Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward. In 2011, Tor.com included this as one of six episodes of Star Trek: Voyager that are worth re-watching. In 2013, The Guardian recommended this episode as one of six Star Trek episodes, out of all episodes of the franchise up to that time. In 2015, Den of Geek suggested "Blink of an Eye" for a binge-watching guide that focused on Star Trek: Voyager episodes featuring time travel. In 2016, Vox rated this one of the top 25 essential episodes of all Star Trek. In 2018, CBR ranked this one of the top-twenty time travel themed episodes of all Star Trek series. In 2020, SyFy Wire ranked this episode the 10th best episode of Star Trek: Voyager, a ranking it shared with the episode "Relativity" in their review. They praise "Blink of an Eye" for being a "surprisingly poignant episode" with an emotional and nuanced story. In 2020, The Digital Fix said this was by far the best episode in season 6, with innovative story telling of bold science fiction concept, and concluded it was one of the greatest episodes in the whole series. In 2020, ScreenRant said this was the number one best episode of Star Trek: Voyager, based on an IMDB rating of 9.1 out of 10. In 2021, ScreenRant said that "Blink of an Eye" was the third best time travel story of the entire Star Trek television franchise. Expanded universe The 2005 Star Trek novel Star Trek: Voyager: Distant Shores Anthology includes a short story 'Eighteen Minutes' that is set during Blink of an Eye. Star Trek novels are based on Star