A Question I REALLY Want to Ask Patrick Stewart

[AdmiralBruno]

When he was talking about decisions in one episode, he said something like "Do I take my vacation on Risa, or Corsica?" Now I want to ask him if he was referring to the island of Corsica, or is there a planet named Corsica too?

I wonder if anyone has ever asked.

 

[Green Shirt]

I wonder if anyone has ever asked.

Not til now.

 

[Kor]

That's more of a question for the writer of the episode.

Kor

 

[Squiggy]

It's a single line he spoke (and was changed) from an episode he shot 20 years ago.

He wouldn't remember.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

No, he will not marry you.

 

[AdmiralBruno]

was changed? huh

 

[Squiggy]

The original line was "Tahiti". It implies it's the Earth location.

General rule of thumb, if they mention a place you've heard of and then an alien location, the place you've heard of isn't a coincidence.

 

[Triskelion]

They'd likely add a "New" or Roman numeral to it to hammer home any SFnal implication. In-universe people don't want to be confused, either.

 

[ihno]

The original line was "Tahiti". It implies it's the Earth location.

As Corsica does, does it not?

 

[Squiggy]

Exactly. If they changed an obvious Earth location for another obvious Earth location, then changes are it's still an Earth location.

 

[ihno]

Ah, of course. Sorry, I had a migrane today that makes me slow (even slower) if it comes to thinking.

Maybe they thought that "Corsica" was more appropriate for a french captain (with a strong british accent and a faible for Shakespeare).

 

[Squiggy]

Sounds better than "Stoke-on-Trent".

 

[Mytran]

Or "Grimsby"

 

[Jedi_Master]

Or "Myrtle Beach"

 

[Squiggy]

"Where should I go? The Erotic Salt Mines of Brestula XII or Swindon?"

 

[Mojochi]

General rule of thumb, if they mention a place you've heard of and then an alien location, the place you've heard of isn't a coincidence.

Same goes for historical figures & events too. They'll mention Hitler, Genghis Khan & some sci-fi dude no one knows, or like in "The Enemy, when Picard says

"Or history may remember Galorndon Core alongside Pearl Harbor, or Station Salem-One"

Which is this case are also places

 

[Squiggy]

Context. It's a hell of a thing.

 

[Amaris]

It's a way of saying "you'll recognize these two, but also... future place/person/event!"

For example:

"Yes! We, too, had men of evil! Leaders who oppressed and hated! Need I remind you of Hitler? Stalin? Kreezorp the Blighted?"

 

[WarpFactorZ]

Same goes for historical figures & events too. They'll mention Hitler, Genghis Khan & some sci-fi dude no one knows,

This is an age-old Trek trope. Just a few examples:

From TWOK:

David: Well, don't have kittens. Genesis is going to work. They'll remember you in a breath with Newton, Einstein, Surak...

and from "(TNG) A Matter of Time"

Picard: Yes Professor I know... What if one of those lives I save down there as a child who grows up to be the next Adolf Hitler or Khan Singh? Every first year philosophy student has been asked that question since the earliest wormholes were discovered...

 

[Stevil2001]

There's a great TV Tropes article on this topic: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FamousFamousFictional

Famous, Famous, Fictional; or, Newton, Einstein, Surak