TV Canon
Q har visat förmågan att överskrida flera tidsströmmar i avsnittet TNG: Alla Bra saker var
Picard inadvertently destroys the human race through the creation of a temporal paradox.
Det framgår också att Q-kontinuumet själv existerar utanför den normala "multiverse" som ses i Star Trek-universet med Quinn och noterar att "dammvägen" (ses i VOY: Death Wish) leder till universum.
Comic kanon
Problemet diskuterades av Trek-författaren Mike Johnson efter utseendet av Q i den nya Star Trek-tidslinjen (i den pågående serien " Q Gambit "):
He's definitely the Q we know from The Next Generation, correct?
MJ: Indeed. The Q Continuum exists outside of the alternate timelines that our tiny flesh-brains occupy. Every Q is the same Q across all parallel realities, and this Q maintains both his fascination with and his contempt for the human species in particular.
Is this technically set before Q has met Picard and the others in TNG?
MJ: After. In this new story, Q has already had all of the adventures we've seen in the television series over the years, and he's aware that Spock Prime (Leonard Nimoy) traveled from the old timeline to the new one.
So does this mean there['s] a Q in the new-Trek universe, or is there only the one?
MJ: Maaaaaaybe.
In-Universe Referenstexter
Star Trek Encyclopedia hänvisar direkt till Q som extradimensionell snarare än existerande inom en viss dimension eller universum:
Q, (John DeLancie) : An immensely powerful extradimensional entity. While possessing near-godlike powers. Q also exhibits a childlike petulance and sense of playfulness