Wish you appeared

Discussion in 'General Trek Discussion' started by Laura Cynthia Chambers, Apr 8, 2017.

  1. Greg Cox

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    That's a tricky issue for which there is no clear-cut answer. The ex-wife, painful divorce, and estranged daughter were always meant to be part of McCoy's backstory from Day One, per Gene Roddenberry and D.C. Fontana, but, yes, they never actually made it onscreen in the Prime Universe. So the new movies picked up on a "fact" that had been floating around for decades before making it "official."

    Same with Uhura's first name being "Nyota," which had been used for decades in the books and comics and such, but didn't become "canon" until the 2009 movie.

    Nowadays, even photos and merchandise based on Nichelle Nichols are labeled "Nyota Uhura," which amuses me.
     
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  2. Timewalker

    Timewalker Cat-lovin', Star Trekkin' Time Lady Premium Member

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    There's no need for snark.

    If he had a daughter, it's logical to assume he had a wife. You should know that both characters have been featured in several TOS novels, and that Dorothy Fontana wanted Joanna to appear in "The Way to Eden". You can't get much more confirmation that a character existed than the word of someone who was a story editor on the Original Series.

    I make no claims about nuTrek, since I loathe that series of movies.
     
  3. KyleRaynous

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    If I'm not mistaken, it was never mentioned. Only in novels and reference books that expand the content of the series.
     
  4. Laura Cynthia Chambers

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    To someone who had never read about him having a wife in the books (I have though), they might think McCoy could have had a girlfriend instead.

    My comment earlier was not meant to be mean. Sorry if it came off that way. :o I've been told the same thing before and assumed the best.
     
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    My head canon just made Ruth Kirk's love instructor. Formerly she was Kirk's Mrs. Robinson. Not that she can't be both.
     
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  6. Laura Cynthia Chambers

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    Picard's "initials" love interest, A.F.
     
  7. Mr. Laser Beam

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    I'd just as soon the phrase "love instructor" never appears in canon Trek. Are humans so "evolved" that they actually need people to teach them things like this? :lol:
     
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    Judith Sisko.
     
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    I agree. It's a shame we never met Anthony Frederickson face-to-face.
     
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    Riker's Mother.
     
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  11. Timewalker

    Timewalker Cat-lovin', Star Trekkin' Time Lady Premium Member

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    Well, they may have had them in Kirk's time, but judging by the ineptness of most of the Voyager crew, they were gone by the 24th century.
     
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  12. Greg Cox

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    Wait. Are you saying PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW isn't canon? :)
     
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  13. Timewalker

    Timewalker Cat-lovin', Star Trekkin' Time Lady Premium Member

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    Only in Roddenberry's mind, I suspect.
     
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    Joanna McCoy was the character I was most intrigued with as a kid. I do believe she appeared in some Star Trek comic books shortly after TMP. I'm not sure where else. Although she was never mentioned on screen, it's interesting that she has become such a well-known "non"-character.
     
  15. Timewalker

    Timewalker Cat-lovin', Star Trekkin' Time Lady Premium Member

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    She's a major character in the novel Crisis on Centaurus.
     
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    Dukat's father.

    I think an episode going flashback to that whole situation with him, Dukat, and Garak would have been awesome. Who knows... that may have been the event that made Dukat the way he was for most of the series.
     
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    Demora Sulu's mother - How did Sulu find the time?
     
  19. Farscape One

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    This may sound like an odd one, but how about Jal Sankur, the Kazon who was actually smart enough to unite all the Kazon sects in overthrowing their enslavement by the Trabe?

    He might have actually gotten the Kazon to be allies with Janeway than being enemies.
     
  20. Greg Cox

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    More recently, she showed up in Best Defense by Dave Mack.