That's just so they can stay on the show
In reality, both of them would have been reassigned and almost certainly promoted.
Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x06 - "Off-Hour"
In reality, both of them would have been reassigned and almost certainly promoted.
UHF was 'cable' in the 60s and 70s. As a kid, found Speed Racer, Kimba the White Lion, Johnny Sokko And His Flying Robot and Ultraman ALL on various UHF stations growing up
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Actually, from everyone involved in the Pitch to Stewart, he said at the start - No I really am DONE with Star Trek, but as it's Michael Chabon I'll at least listen to the Pitch before I say No.I'm pretty sure Sir Patrick is atheist, but I have zero proof for this but I think it's an age thing. His best days are behind him, and I think he wanted one last chomp at Star Trek. And one where he was clearly involved in decision making process for better or for worse (and I think arguably worse - whenever Stewart got his way it seems it was generally not a good thing.)...
In the end, yes, Chabon hit him with an idea he liked that wasn't 'TNG Redux' and told him he (Chabon) wanted to get his input to further tailor the show to something he wanted to do.
I'm sure the millions per episode he probably raked in helped in his enthusiasm for doing another round of Picard.
Chabon said he was was going to be a writer on PIC Season 2, but I think Covid squashed that, though he does have a story co-writer credit for Episode 2.
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So in TOS we never saw where the Ion Pod was, but TOS-R did give us a location, and SNW appears to use roughly the same spot in this episode.
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actually maybe not, because both La'An and Spock are heading towards the front of the ship in their hull scenes.
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We never saw the ion pod in the original version of #StarTrekTOS' "Court Martial". In the remastered episode from 2008, we finally got a brief look at it and its location ⬇️. Now, in #StarTrekSNW's "Off-Hour"⬆️➡️, we finally get a good look at the ion pod and find out more about its purpose. 😊
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So in TOS we never saw where the Ion Pod was, but TOS-R did give us a location, and SNW appears to use roughly the same spot in this episode.
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actually maybe not, because both La'An and Spock are heading towards the front of the ship in their hull scenes.
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Yeah, smoking, drinking and not a better emphasis on physical fitness back in the day.
I find it another bizarre and unneeded retcon to say that Boyce was only "interim chief medical officer" in The Cage when he was clearly the regular CMO. Kind of like how Spock is clearly the second officer in the pilot but somehow is now behind La'an as third officer. They already set a prescient by having M'Benga return to serve under McCoy.
I suspect McCoy will start off Kirk's five-year mission as CMO but leave for a few months for the Capella IV mission, with Piper taking over until he returns.
I don't think much of these "writers" and their solutions to everything. And what's with Boyce being rewritten as an ornery asshole?
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We never saw him in an emergency situation like this in The Cage.
They added to him, they didn't rewrite him.
We saw him in once. Hardly an in depth character study. Based on "the Cage" Spock is prone to shouting and Pike is morose and depressed. Though "ornery" is kind of a default for TOS CMOs.
This probably adds more confusion to the timeline too. Just how long was Boyce interim CMO? He was on the ship in 2254. Discovery made a big deal that the Enterprise wasn't in the Klingon war, while SNW made a big deal that M'Benga very much was in the Klingon war, meaning that M'Benga wasn't on the Enterprise for that time (2256-2257) either. And I could be misremembering but I got the impression in the SNW premiere (2259) that M'Benga was greeting Pike after some time away, meaning he might not have been around for 2257-2259 either.
Which means that Boyce could've been "interim" CMO from 2254-2259, and with that length why bother calling it an "interim" position anymore?
Vast amounts of TOS and The Cage lack any kind of context. Characters with 10 minutes worth of screentime can't really retconned any which way. And you can't really say anything is clearly meant to be anything when the show gives you no evidence at all.
One could argue Una was clearly meant to be human in The Cage by the same metric as anything else.
One could argue Una was clearly meant to be human in The Cage by the same metric as anything else.
The Cage itself doesn't make much sense even on its own. The question of how Vina is supposed to give birth with Pike if she's in such bad physical condition is never really explained. If anything, Una being Illyrian doesn't really make the Talosians' plans any more nonsensical than they already were.
TAD is as long as needed.
Chapel has been on the Enterprise for 4 years on a temporary assignment.
Boyce's position as interim meaning "while M'Benga was unavailable with xyz" with the understanding that the position would be handed over afterwards. Then the Klingon war complicated matters and the Enterprise was under extended repairs and the whole crew reassigned. The Enterprise was basically out of action for like a year and a half. The Klingon war for another year and a half ish. Suddenly Boyce's actual time as CMO is 2 years maybe a chunk less depending on the month. That's not massively different from Pulaski's interim position.
Boyce's position as interim meaning "while M'Benga was unavailable with xyz" with the understanding that the position would be handed over afterwards. Then the Klingon war complicated matters and the Enterprise was under extended repairs and the whole crew reassigned. The Enterprise was basically out of action for like a year and a half. The Klingon war for another year and a half ish. Suddenly Boyce's actual time as CMO is 2 years maybe a chunk less depending on the month. That's not massively different from Pulaski's interim position.
"Why change April and make him a black man?"
The dude was in one animated episode produced in 1974. We knew little about him then, we knew little about him when SNW premiered. That's why. And he's better now than he was in that animated episode.
The dude was in one animated episode produced in 1974. We knew little about him then, we knew little about him when SNW premiered. That's why. And he's better now than he was in that animated episode.
I would simply presume that her reproductive system was not one that was damaged. Or if it was, they fixed it enough to work properly. The fact that Vina isn't dead implies that they made some good guesses, even though they didn't think she should be symmetrical like they are.
Enterprise didn't see any action in the Klingon War while M'Benga was in the middle of the action both as a doctor and as a super spy / assassin.
That suggests to me that Starfleet temporarily reassigned M'Benga due to the special skills that he possessed being required in the war effort, with Boyce temporarily filling the spot.
As we saw neither hide nor hair nor martini of an Enterprise CMO in Discovery season 2, it's possible that Boyce was the CMO then as well.
That suggests to me that Starfleet temporarily reassigned M'Benga due to the special skills that he possessed being required in the war effort, with Boyce temporarily filling the spot.
As we saw neither hide nor hair nor martini of an Enterprise CMO in Discovery season 2, it's possible that Boyce was the CMO then as well.
The controversy over his recasting was silly, especially since his only appearance/reference was in a relatively little-scene animated episode.
Though I would hardly say the character of April himself is better. He's written on SNW as the stuffy Admiral who's only purpose is to give orders that Pike will defy every single time. The "writers" have done the character no favors.
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Really? He went from being a compassionate and well-liked doctor to being an asshole who can't get along with anybody and who contributes nothing to a situation. Why bother bringing him back at all?
I can't believe people changed!?!?!?
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