1st episode

[STEPhon IT]

I'd take Beverly over the egomaniac any day of the week!

But that EMH was not the EMH we know on Voyager. It seemed the "First Contact" version had its own persona. Before Beverly could be replaced by an EMH there are other medical Doctors on board the Enterprise who would replace her. Which comes to mind how ridiculous for Voyager to have just one Head Medical person on board; one doctor could not treat an entire crew. I guess in the bizarro world of narrative on VOY an entire medical staff could be killed, maybe Janeway never worked out a shift rotation and the entire staff was assigned to ONE shift.

 

[at Quark's]

That's the kind of skill he'll need to de-salamanderize people down the line...

Or re-integrate the DNA of a fully Klingon and a human B'elanna. Or re-integrate Chakotay's consciousness into his body or separate Denara's out of hers. But not replicate a set of lungs for Neelix, even though he can be transported just as others can.

 

[jackoverfull]

But that EMH was not the EMH we know on Voyager. It seemed the "First Contact" version had its own persona. Before Beverly could be replaced by an EMH there are other medical Doctors on board the Enterprise who would replace her. Which comes to mind how ridiculous for Voyager to have just one Head Medical person on board; one doctor could not treat an entire crew. I guess in the bizarro world of narrative on VOY an entire medical staff could be killed, maybe Janeway never worked out a shift rotation and the entire staff was assigned to ONE shift.

i think there were more than one medic originally but they all were killed during the caretaker incident.

What has always been appalling is that in a number of episodes additional medical personnel (nurses? Paramedics? Not clear) are shown, while in others especially in later seasons, it seems it’s just the doctor and kes (or, worse, Paris!!!).

 

[jackoverfull]

I had no problem with Kes being trained as a nurse, I definitely had problems with the crew totally ignoring what should have been one of their top priorities: training replacement medical personnel as soon as possible and definitely not only one person.

 

[STEPhon IT]

Or re-integrate the DNA of a fully Klingon and a human B'elanna. Or re-integrate Chakotay's consciousness into his body or separate Denara's out of hers. But not replicate a set of lungs for Neelix, even though he can be transported just as others can.

Science can be complicated for the EMH.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

But that EMH was not the EMH we know on Voyager. It seemed the "First Contact" version had its own persona. Before Beverly could be replaced by an EMH there are other medical Doctors on board the Enterprise who would replace her. Which comes to mind how ridiculous for Voyager to have just one Head Medical person on board; one doctor could not treat an entire crew. I guess in the bizarro world of narrative on VOY an entire medical staff could be killed, maybe Janeway never worked out a shift rotation and the entire staff was assigned to ONE shift.

I could understand one doctor, though there would be at least a nurse and one or two medtechs per shift for a standard crew of 141.

Rather than the hull breach being on deck fourteen following their transit to the DQ it should've been on deck five or six, with a line about multiple crew being MIA (this could then account for the rest of the medical staff).

 

[STEPhon IT]

I could understand one doctor, though there would be at least a nurse and one or two medtechs per shift for a standard crew of 141.

Rather than the hull breach being on deck fourteen following their transit to the DQ it should've been on deck five or six, with a line about multiple crew being MIA (this could then account for the rest of the medical staff).

I guess the Maquis wouldn't have some form of a medic when going on missions or at least a person who have some medical knowledge in case things go wrong. Maybe the medic was killed off as well during the abduction, what a coincidence?

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I guess the Maquis wouldn't have some form of a medic when going on missions or at least a person who have some medical knowledge in case things go wrong. Maybe the medic was killed off as well during the abduction, what a coincidence?

Maybe Seven was right about the Voyager Conspiracy, but rather that Starfleet or the Cardassians being behind it, it was actually the EMH! Even before being activated his swelled sense of self importance couldn't take not being near the centre of the attention

 

[STEPhon IT]

Maybe Seven was right about the Voyager Conspiracy, but rather that Starfleet or the Cardassians being behind it, it was actually the EMH! Even before being activated his swelled sense of self importance couldn't take not being near the centre of the attention

Thank you for the like. One of the things I found was a huge disappointment was after having Kes part of the medical team, the showrunners didn't explore the limits of her life span. So many stories to tell, Kes could've research other species who only live for 9 years and discover some humans live less than that! I thought it would be a nice way of exploration for the character and learning and sharing the diseases, genetic make up which advances and limits existence such as nonagenarians, centenarians, semi-supercentenarians and supercentenarians and the flipside Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva where children's muscle & connective tissues and organs turn into bone.

A story of existence is an important part of the journey, and it should effect everyone of the crew, especially Kes, thoughts?

 

[Xhiandra]

Or re-integrate the DNA of a fully Klingon and a human B'elanna. Or re-integrate Chakotay's consciousness into his body or separate Denara's out of hers. But not replicate a set of lungs for Neelix, even though he can be transported just as others can.

And even though he can create perfect holographic duplicates of those lungs.

 

[Bornin1980something]

I just recently saw the pilot on Netflix and I don't recall what the disease was that Harry and B'lana had, or seeing a scene on how it was cured. It just seemed to not be a plot point once the away team beamed into the underground city. Does anyone know of a canon answer, not speculation?

From the whole-episode summary in The Official Star Trek Fact Files, the disease was a result of the Caretaker's attempt to reproduce. But he never found a compatible species, and all his subjects died.

 

[Farscape One]

It should also be noted that it's a virtual certainty Kim and Torres were the only ones in such a situation that got treated by their own people.

One thing I always wondered... did the Caretaker take any of the Equinox crew? Also, were they originally in the Badlands like Voyager, or somewhere else?

 

[dupersuper]

From the whole-episode summary in The Official Star Trek Fact Files, the disease was a result of the Caretaker's attempt to reproduce. But he never found a compatible species, and all his subjects died.

So...an STD?

 

[Guy Gardener]

So...an STD?

A semen allergy.

 

[jackoverfull]

What a discovery!

 

[plynch]

What a discovery!

I'm tearing up.