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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by someguy3@lemmy.world to c/startrek@startrek.website

I hoped for Barclay but it's Beverly Crusher.

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[-] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm watching the first season of TNG now with someone who's never seen it before. That's forced me to look at the series with fresh eyes. One thing that strikes me is that TNG took a lot of risks in the beginning to make a new kind of Star Trek. I see the Crushers as one. Some risks didn't work out as well as others, but Star Trek overall benefited. IMO, it would be edifying revisit Dr. Crusher and see more character growth like in Picard.

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[-] transwarp@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wesley's mom, a main character, was initially going to be the ship's teacher. They shifted her over to the empty doctor position without changing much about her. Then they made a new teacher who was also changed to be a bridge character, as the ship's pilot.

While Riker and Troi are adapted from Decker and Ilea, Beverly was more extrapolated from yeomen Colt, Smith, and Rand.

Edit: specifically, their bios were mostly about a potential relationship with the captain, how competent they were (making them reasonable mates for him), and having the "walk of a striptease queen."

[-] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

When people talk about "Roddenberrys vision", they just mean having the horn all the time right?

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

I think that’s fair. Star trek has always had a weird mix of ultra-professionalism and horn-dogging.

They have not only eliminated scarcity, they have eliminated sexual jealousy too. Don’t ask how. Now go talk to the nice green lady!

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