Dentro da televisão e do cinema não há mais nenhuma menção, de acordo com uma linha descartável no romance " Star Trek: Departamento de Investigações Temporais: Observando o Relógio ", os portais foram levados aos cuidados do Departamento de Investigações Temporais e colocados em um grande cofre, impregnável, para impedir seu uso posterior, exceto em circunstâncias excepcionais:
Lucsly turned to see Director Andos standing in the door of the AD’s office that had formerly been hers. “Agent Lucsly. Agent Dulmur. Would you join me, please?” she asked. Her manner was reserved, contained, but overpowering in its authority. Kreinns nodded at her and moved away, and Lucsly and Dulmur silently filed into the office.
Only it wasn’t the office. Lucsly whirled around, recognizing the cavernous space surrounding him from his multiple visits here, most recently to secure the last of the ancient time portals excavated on the Bajoran colony world Golana over the past three years. He, Dulmur, and Andos were in the Eridian Vault.