# Bring Back Dr. Pulaski. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235 "2003-01-08T02:33:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/41 "2003-01-09T13:20:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShadowKatmandu \* > \*\* Beverly was nicer and better looking, too. > > \*\* So you pick your Physicians by how attractive they are? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/42 "2003-01-09T13:34:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > \*\*Mmm… Kes… > > Mmm… Ezri… > > What can I say? I have a thing for wholesome cuteness. \*\* I always had a thing for Leeta, the dabo girl from DS9. Mmm…Chase Masterson. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/43 "2003-01-09T13:56:59Z")
While we’re at it: Mmmmmm…Jadzia Dax ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/44 "2003-01-09T14:43:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShadowKatmandu \* > **… the security officer-girl that was Data’s would-be girlfriend…** So, so sad that Denise Crosby’s career went completely into the tank once she left the series, particularly since she left because she felt her career was stagnating… p.s. a one-night stand does not a would-be girlfriend make. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/45 "2003-01-09T15:12:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*I think **TelconstarStorm** (WTF does _that_ mean?) \*\* Not hyjacking or anything but…:smack: Telcontar comes from JRR Tolkien. Telcontar being the Name of Aragorn’s house once he returned to Minas Tirith. Storm from my favorite Fleetwood Mac tune. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/46 "2003-01-09T15:38:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > > I dunno what planet you live on, but I’d be pretty happy to be stuck in the Delta Quadrant with Capt. Janeway, if you get my drift. \*\* Now I am not saying she looks like the wrong end of a horse or anything- but I find it hard to believe anyone thinks she is a “total babe”. Now Seven of Nine, and the fetching Klingon engineer would be free to visit my cabin at any time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/47 "2003-01-09T15:43:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*Mmmmmm…Jadzia Dax \*\* What Trek Fan wouldn’t want to play connect the dots with her? 😉 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > **p.s. a one-night stand does not a would-be girlfriend make.** How about keeping a holo of her, for several years after her death? I think there was a lot more to the Data/Tasha thing that went on off-camera. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/48 "2003-01-09T15:45:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\*I suppose having a major character who was racist against some different race would also have been refreshing? \*\* Absolutely. That character, and how the other characters react to him/her, has the potential to be a very good source of drama and conflict. I love ST, but the entire cast was always entirely too idealistic, it’s like a crew of alter boys in space. People who don’t fit this traditional mold are _interesting_, and that makes the show, and stories, more interesting. I liked Pulaski because of her “flaws”, they made her more realistic that the cookie cutter boy scouts that made up the rest of the crew. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/49 "2003-01-09T15:58:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SC\_Wolf \* > \*\* I think there was a lot more to the Data/Tasha thing that went on off-camera. \*\* “Remember Data, _Nothing happened_.” ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/50 "2003-01-09T20:20:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weirddave \* > I love ST, but the entire cast was always entirely too idealistic, it’s like a crew of alter boys in space. People who don’t fit this traditional mold are _interesting_, and that makes the show, and stories, more interesting. I agree with you that characters with flaws make a story more interesting, but _Star Trek_ had no lack of those; the show did not have only seven cast members. Nearly every episode involved some flawed protagonist or antagonist. Unless you’re eventually going to depict their downfall or at least point out the error of their ways, though, I think the main characters should be free of the major flaws that you’re trying to speak out against, like racism. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/51 "2003-01-09T20:32:15Z")
We are all one big happy fleet! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/52 "2003-01-09T20:39:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\*I agree with you that characters with flaws make a story more interesting, but _Star Trek_ had no lack of those; the show did not have only seven cast members. Nearly every episode involved some flawed protagonist or antagonist. Unless you’re eventually going to depict their downfall or at least point out the error of their ways, though, I think the main characters should be free of the major flaws that you’re trying to speak out against, like racism. \*\* Oh, I have to disagree with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns. The NextGen characters (with the exception of Picard and Worf) were so bloodless and bland that the show often slid into irritating sanctimony. It got to the point where the only time we ever saw the chracters argue or get angry was when they were under the influence of some alien telepath. _Voyager_ promised some serious interpersonal drama with the Starfleet/Maquis thing, but within one season, it too had been watered down. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/53 "2003-01-09T21:02:47Z")
Well, I never said you shouldn’t have characters who were passionate. I said they shouldn’t have the _major_ flaws that you were severely opposed to. Like in _Insurrection_, Admiral Dougherty’s character could not be played by one of the regular cast members, because he wanted to do something evil. And a 1000 L[sub]SUN[/sub] star would be blue, not white. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/54 "2003-01-09T21:14:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > [BI said they shouldn’t have the _major_ flaws that you were severely opposed to. \*\* I rather imagine that you can find someone severely opposed to anything. I’m opposed to robots, children and telepathy in Science Fiction. Oh, and babes. I think it was stupid to have Troi, 7 of 9 and Tpol not wearing uniforms. But I watched. Different strokes for different folks. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/55 "2003-01-09T21:49:10Z")
Well of course I meant the writers of the story. When you, **carnivorousplant** , are writing a story, you should avoid making your main characters robots if you hate them. Sorry, I thought that would be… really obvious. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/56 "2003-01-09T22:13:01Z")
Maybe the writers weren’t opposed to her “character flaws.” ^:)^ Anyway. I remember one episode where she and Data went at it. In how many episodes did she dis him? She called him DAH ta instead of DAY ta. So would I, given the way I pronounce data. BTW, Patrick Stewart often said “Dater”, the British pronunciation, and Data never complained. Maybe because Picard ranked him. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/57 "2003-01-09T22:15:16Z")
I hate predjudiced robot babe children. It just makes me feel weird. […i taste metal…] ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235/58 "2003-01-10T02:13:13Z")
I’m with you, NoClue. I think… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-dr-pulaski/147235.md?page=2)