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Narrative Obtrusion and Difference in the Deep Space Nine episode “In the Pale Moonlight” and Enterprise’s “Damage”

June 17, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

There is a highly reasonable, shared pattern of reluctant leadership for Captain Sisko and Captain Archer between the Deep Space Nine episode “In the Pale Moonlight” (1998) and Enterprise’s “Damage” (2004). As Archer tells Dr. Phlox, amid almost complete destruction of the Enterprise, “I’m about to step over a line. A line I thought I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek Tagged: Archer, Captain Archer, Casey Biggs, Damar, Deep Space Nine, Degra, DS9, Elim Garak, Enterprise, Garak, Grathon Tolar, Illyian, Phlox, Quark, Senator Vreenak, Sisko, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Enterprise, TPol, Trauma, Vulcans

Holo-Morals

June 16, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

The holodeck, or holosuites, offer a grand rejection of reality. However, it is through that dismissal of the restraints of reality that we see the crews of Voyager and Deep Space Nine inject themselves into a cascade of criminal conduct. In the Voyager episode “Worst Case Scenario” (1997) and the Deep Space Nine episode “Badda-Bing, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek Tagged: BElanna, Captain Janeway, Dax, Deep Space Nine, Doctor Bashir, DS9, Enterprise, Ezri Dax, Ferengi, Gul Dukat, holodeck, holosuite, Kasidy Yates, Kira, Kira Nerys, Maquis, Miles OBrien, Odo, Sisko, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Voyager, Tom Paris, Tuvok, Vic Fontaine, Voyager

Star Trek Enterprise’s “Dear Doctor” and Voyager’s “Nothing Human”

June 5, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

In Star Trek Enterprise’s “Dear Doctor” (2002), Dr. Phlox hopes and aspires to not cure a global population suffering from a spreading disease that is killing them by the millions. Dr. Phlox would prefer not to find a cure. Such a harsh dialectic tone coming from the doctor invades our sense of ethics while turning … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek Tagged: Archer, Bajoran, BElanna, Captain Janeway, Crell Moset, Declaration of Helsinki, Enterprise, Ferengi, James Marion Sims, Janeway, Menk, Phlox, Prime Directive, Star Trek, Star Trek Enterprise, Star Trek Voyager, Tabor, The Doctor, The Nuremberg Code, TPol, Valakians, Voyager, Vulcans

Star Trek, Ecology, and Green SciFi

April 19, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

Imagine a Star Trek future where the Xindi-Avian species did not become extinct. The Xindi still went on to become Starfleet allies thanks to Captain Archer, and as seen in the future through crewman Daniels’s; a future where some Avians – presumably with other Xindi – migrated to Earth, flying above San Francisco liberated in … [Read more…]

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