In the TNG episode "The Big Goodbye" the Hologram Cyrus Redblock is able to step outside the Holodeck doors and exist for a few seconds. Is there an in canon explanation for how this is possible? In other episodes, we see holodeck items instantly vanish as they leave the doors.
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In this same episode, Picard leaves the holodeck with holographic lipstick on his face that Dr. Crusher wipes off. Wesley also says that if he does something wrong, they could all vanish, including the four crew members. If everything else vanished, the other four would have remained, so I simply don't think the writers were quite well versed in the parameters of this fictional devise yet. Other than a few other instances (the woodland in "Encounter at Farpoint" and Tasha's Akido 1 training program in "Code of Honor"), this was the first major use of the Holodeck.
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