Aliens in Civil War Outfits?

[gaud123]

Hi,

Does anyone know the name of a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode that involves aliens wearing either Civil War or Revolutionary War outfits?

Thanks,

 

[sbk1234]

I think you're referring to Hide and Q. It was a first season episode which marked the first time Q returned to TNG. This was the episode where Q gives Riker Q powers.

 

[Timo]

Those uniforms look rather Napoleonic to me - too early for the Civil War, slightly too late for the Revolutionary War.

http://tng.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/s1/1x11/hideq087.jpg

(The Voyager episode "The Q and the Grey" featured aliens in Civil War uniforms, and in human disguise to boot, if that's what you're looking for; not TNG, I'm afraid.)

http://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/3x11/q_thegray_191.jpg

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Mojochi]

Yes, they were Napoleonic, In fact, I think Riker remarks about Q's French Field Marshal costume

 

[Holdfast]

Concur. Hide & Q featured Napoleonic era uniforms.

Time's Arrow featured some late 19th century costumes; the OP might be thinking of those.

Otherwise, I'd go with Timo's suggestion of Voyager's Q & the Grey.

 

[Admiral Shran]

The only episode I can think of is VOY: The Q and the Grey.

 

[Holdfast]

Quick random question: why does the VOY episode use Grey rather than Gray? I never noticed before, since I'm British so the former spelling is unremarkable to me. But now I think about it, how come the American spelling isn't used? Did the Confederacy deliberately use British spelling? Or did the Americanisation of the English language come at a later date, so the pre-Americanisation English spelling of Grey stuck?

 

[gaud123]

Don't anwser Holdfast's question. He's trying to hijack the thread and make it about something entirely off topic.

 

[od0_ital]

^

Tough talk from a n00b.

 

[Holdfast]

I like this guy.

 

[Finn]

I'm guessing either a dual, old poster who lost his/her account or a long time lurker....OR all of the above.

 

[gaud123]

Actually, none of the above. I wanted to know the name of a particular episode, and thought that a natural place to go to would be a star trek forum. So I went to google, typed in "star trek forum" and guess what? THIS WEBSITE IS THE FIRST RESULT!

 

[Timo]

Hooray us!

Really, I never noticed that weird spelling, and being from a foe-reign regime myself is no excuse. Good catch, and an interesting issue. But Civil War outfits really only seem to appear in that one episode of Star Trek: VOY. Unless one counts the Squire of Gothos and thinks of him as a traditionalist of sorts.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[od0_ital]

The Squire didn't wear Civil War garb, either.

 

[Finn]

Actually, none of the above. I wanted to know the name of a particular episode, and thought that a natural place to go to would be a star trek forum. So I went to google, typed in "star trek forum" and guess what? THIS WEBSITE IS THE FIRST RESULT!

Oh. I got the impression you were familiar with Holdfast's antics here.

 

[Admiral Shran]

Quick random question: why does the VOY episode use Grey rather than Gray? I never noticed before, since I'm British so the former spelling is unremarkable to me. But now I think about it, how come the American spelling isn't used? Did the Confederacy deliberately use British spelling? Or did the Americanisation of the English language come at a later date, so the pre-Americanisation English spelling of Grey stuck?

According to Wikipedia - Americans tend to use "gray" in reference to the color and "grey" as the adjective.

 

[Timo]

Hmm. So the Blue wore blue uniforms, but the Grey wore gray ones?

If the Blue wore the Blues, did the Grey wear the Grays - or the Greys?

The Squire didn't wear Civil War garb, either.

Yeah, I know. He did wear something one would still expect to find on a Southern gentleman of dandyish leanings in the early 19th century, though. At least as per Hollywood.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[B.J.]

According to Wikipedia - Americans tend to use "gray" in reference to the color and "grey" as the adjective.

I wouldn't put any stock in that. Per person, it's usually one way or the other, not both.

Best explanation I've seen:
gray is a color
grey is a colour

As for the episode title, maybe whoever put together the titles was Canadian?

 

[od0_ital]

Blame Canada!!!

[/South Park]

 

[Anticitizen]

I'm American, and I've always spelled it 'grey', but then, I was raised on JRR Tolkien, Ian Fleming, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the like.