# Star Treck-TNG and the list of credits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234 "2016-03-17T04:12:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234/21 "2016-03-18T08:23:06Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > Since the Trek spaceship spends so much time at very high speeds relative to light, for each year the crew sees themselves as aging, won’t the people of Earth have aged, say, 5 years? The starships exceed the speed of light, so they don’t run into the relativistic effects encountered when a crew travels at speeds approaching _c_. Although this did happen to the crew of the U.S.S. Columbia NX-02 when she lost her warp drive in a series of novels set during the time of _Enterprise_. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234/22 "2016-03-18T08:23:27Z")
I loved Bob and June Wheeler. I had a fantasy that somehow they’d appear on ST:TNG charged with something and be placed on trial with Troi defending them, Riker or Worf prosecuting them, and Picard as the judge. [Bob And June](https://youtu.be/qE6brM24yIA) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234/23 "2016-03-18T10:44:52Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I loved Bob and June Wheeler. I had a fantasy that somehow they’d appear on ST:TNG charged with something and be placed on trial with Troi defending them, Riker or Worf prosecuting them, and Picard as the judge. Close enough? 😉 > **[The Measure Of A Man (episode)](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Measure_Of_A_Man_(episode))** > > Picard must prove Data is legally a sentient being with rights and freedoms under Federation law when transfer orders demand Data's reassignment for study and disassembly. The USS Enterprise-D is visiting the newly-built Starbase 173 for a crew... ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234/24 "2016-03-18T10:46:20Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > So whether it was alphabetical or not, Spiner did wind up with the coveted last spot. \*\*After \*\*Wheaton left the show! ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234/25 "2016-03-18T12:25:18Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > \*\*After \*\*Wheaton left the show! Right. And Denise Crosby was sandwiched between Levar Burton and Michael Dorn while she was on the show. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234/26 "2016-03-18T13:00:22Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Denise Crosby was sandwiched between Levar Burton and Michael Dorn while she was on the show. An interesting way of putting it. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234/27 "2016-03-18T18:03:34Z")
And Diana Muldaur simply took Gates McFadden’s place in the credits for that one season that Dr. Pulaski replaced Beverly Crusher. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234/28 "2016-03-18T19:07:05Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > And Diana Muldaur simply took Gates McFadden’s place in the credits for that one season that Dr. Pulaski replaced Beverly Crusher. Did she? My recollection is that she was always credited along with the guest stars, once the opening titles were over and the first act started playing. I could be misremembering, though. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234/29 "2016-03-18T19:27:08Z")
Seems I’m right—no Muldaur in the [Season 2 opening credits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAi0oRYvpRA). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234/30 "2016-03-18T19:27:31Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > \*\*After \*\*Wheaton left the show! That’s why I said “did wind up with” instead of “did get.” 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234.md?page=1)