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  1. SFRabid

    SFRabid Commodore Commodore

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    I've been watching all the series on DVD and am half way through Voyager. I've noticed something about Voyager that had me thinking, "This has to be the most of any ST series."

    Has anyone else noticed little things that seem to come in abundance in a series? Here's mine, unoffcial, and on average without really checking. In other words, I think ...

    Voyager - Most 1 word episode titles. (This one got me thinking.)
    TOS - Most captain/alien romances.
    DS9 - Longest openings before the opening credits. (Some of these were REALLY long.)
     
  2. Sector 7

    Sector 7 Vice Admiral Admiral

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    TOS- most scantily clad women
    TNG- most long-winded, preachy monologues
     
  3. sbk1234

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    VOY - most episodes with a female captain.
     
  4. Ziz

    Ziz Commodore Commodore

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    :rolleyes:

    Hell, by that logic...

    TNG - most eps with an android
    DS9 - most eps with a shapeshifter
    ENT - most eps with a female vulcan

    All of Trek collectively - most eps with opening credits
     
  5. Admiral Shran

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    TNG - Most times the Federation's flagship is saved by a untrained teenager.
     
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    Also the shortest: Scorpion, Part 1
     
  7. Alidar Jarok

    Alidar Jarok Everything in moderation but moderation Moderator

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    I think Enterprise gives Voyager a run for its money with shortest openings.
     
  8. Flying Spaghetti Monster

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    The teaser for "Impulse" was shorter than "Scorpion, Part One."

    Some long teasers include:
    "Darmok"
    "Ship in a Bottle"
    "Seige of AR-558"
     
  9. The Wormhole

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    I think Enterprise eventually beats Voyager with most one word titles. Especially if you count "The _______" as a one word title.

    And the pre-credit teasers really got shorter in Voyager, and even shorter in Enterprise. At times I wondered why they even bothered, since their teasers never contributed anything to the episodes.

    And this isn't the result of "changing times." The Stargates usually have 3-5 minute teasers. Sometimes BSG had 10 minute teasers, which were even longer than DS9's.
     
  10. Forbin

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    Most technobabble- Probably a tie between DS9 and Voyager.
     
  11. mythme

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    "Cause and Effect" was very short too. The Enterprise blows up - go to commercial.
     
  12. barnaclelapse

    barnaclelapse Commodore Commodore

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    Especially in seasons one and two.
     
  13. Finn

    Finn Bad Batch of TrekBBS Admiral

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    The most distance travelled (in a sense)- DS9
     
  14. DevilEyes

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    :wtf: Did you actually watch DS9? It had easily the least technobabble of all the Treks.

    Technobabble crown can only be disputed between TNG and VOY.

    Conversely, I haven't counted, but I think that DS9 had most episodes with long titles.
     
  15. Forbin

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    ^Admittedly, it's been a while, but I've recently rewatched the first disk or two of DS9 season one, and everyone is certainly spouting the stuff! But I'm sure Voyager would take the prize - did an episode ever go by without it?
     
  16. SFRabid

    SFRabid Commodore Commodore

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    One that I am not sure of. Which series made most frequent use of the transporter as a medical fix?
     
  17. DevilEyes

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    Season 1 of DS9 probably had a lot more of it than the rest of the show, since it was very TNG-like with a lot of 'space disease of the week' episodes.
     
  18. I am not Spock

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    TOS- Most duplicate Earths
    TNG- Most technobabble
    DS9- Longest pre-titles teasers
    VOY- Most forehead of the week aliens
    ENT- Most T & A (maybe TOS actually)
     
  19. SFRabid

    SFRabid Commodore Commodore

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    Good one. :bolian: :techman:
     
  20. sbk1234

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    I like the way you think! :techman: