Woah Nellie, you totally have the code for those 'caps on permenant standby lest PS's studliness or horndoggery be called into question, right?
Sure do and they have proven quite useful. 
Warmest Wishes,
Whoa Nellie
Beverly vs. Katherine
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Sure do and they have proven quite useful. Warmest Wishes,
Whoa Nellie
I went with Dr. Crusher. As far as doctors are concerned, she had a better bedside manner. As a person, she interacted a little more easily with the rest of the crew.
Pulaski is one of those characters that I did eventually come to like. I just can't imagine Dr. Crusher not being on the series at all now (and still being able to enjoy it as much).
Pulaski is one of those characters that I did eventually come to like. I just can't imagine Dr. Crusher not being on the series at all now (and still being able to enjoy it as much).
I agree with Falcor. The change over to Pulaski disapointed me in S2. However I must admit by the end of S2 i had grown to like Pulaski. I was still pleased when Beverly returned. =]
I had to go with Crusher, though I'm hardly a huge fan.. Pulaski definitely had more personality, but she came off like a Bones clone. Lines that McCoy could have pulled off well just made Pulaski seem...bitchy. It isn't because she is a woman. Bones just seemed much more human and likeable somehow, even with his grump-itude. Pulaski just seemed mean.
Dr. Crusher didn't have much personality and never really added much to the show. She never seemed particularly passionate about being a Dr. I blame the writers for that, not the actress. Still, I never felt that she made the show any worse, and I feel that Pulaski was just out of place and DID make the show worse.
It is actually kind of sad that TNG never had a really strong and well done Doctor character. TOS, DS9 and Voyager all did such amazing jobs with the CMO position. On TNG, the Doctor is always kind of just...there.
Dr. Crusher didn't have much personality and never really added much to the show. She never seemed particularly passionate about being a Dr. I blame the writers for that, not the actress. Still, I never felt that she made the show any worse, and I feel that Pulaski was just out of place and DID make the show worse.
It is actually kind of sad that TNG never had a really strong and well done Doctor character. TOS, DS9 and Voyager all did such amazing jobs with the CMO position. On TNG, the Doctor is always kind of just...there.
I voted for Crusher mostly because of the potential Crusher/Picard relationship and their past. I also liked Pulaski.
john titor
Captain
Pulaski had the neck to try and relieve Picard, The Man, from duty. And she was a racist, no matter how many times something was spelled out to her she would not accept that data was sentient, in fact she always held onto her own world views despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. In conclusion I disliked her.
That woman was so annoying, I don't know all the episodes by heart, but when I see her, I immediately fast forward to the next episode.
Diana Muldur was a beautiful woman back in the day. I saw her on an episode of TOS and was a bit shocked. The Pulaski character was
Gates McFadden should have been thrown out the airlock. The character was just so wooden and devoid of personality. Also, any episode that she is the central character, I generally fast forward.
Gul Dukat from DS9 was a racist murderer. Khan Noonien Singh was a tyrannic megalomaniac. They are also two of my favorite characters in all of Trek. Go figure.
Here is another angle on the question:
Which would you rather have as your Doctor?
I think I'd rather have Pulaski. Though they seem about equally intelligent, Pulaski's got more experience and a more classic "doctor" vibe.
Which would you rather have as your Doctor?
I think I'd rather have Pulaski. Though they seem about equally intelligent, Pulaski's got more experience and a more classic "doctor" vibe.
Dr. Julian Bashir.
john titor
Captain
yes but they were cool, she wasn't. Kind of like megalomaniac lunatic power mongers vs closet racist bible bashers, one group is full on, the other is lame.
I think it might be going a bit far to call Pulaski racist. I think they were trying to pull off a Bones-esque "she is suspicious of technology" kind of thing with the Pulaski/Data relationship and set up a McCoy/Spock dynamic. As i said earlier though, it just didn't come off well.
When Bones and Spock would spar you still got the sense that behind all of that they liked and respected each other. Bones cared about what Spock had to say even if he wildly disagreed with it. Also Spock was great at defending himself and took the piss out of Bones a number of times.
Data on the other hand never really defended himself well against Pulaski because he wasn't capable of taking offense. She also treated him in a very dismissive and arrogant manner.. Which made it look like Pulaski was kicking a puppy or something. It just didn't work.
When Bones and Spock would spar you still got the sense that behind all of that they liked and respected each other. Bones cared about what Spock had to say even if he wildly disagreed with it. Also Spock was great at defending himself and took the piss out of Bones a number of times.
Data on the other hand never really defended himself well against Pulaski because he wasn't capable of taking offense. She also treated him in a very dismissive and arrogant manner.. Which made it look like Pulaski was kicking a puppy or something. It just didn't work.
Undecided here. I am loyal and dislike change, and I loved the possibility of a relationship between Crusher & Picard. I was prepared to dislike Pulaski, but I couldn't since it was clear that she was a close relative of Dr. McCoy, though.
I do have a sense that the writers made a bigger deal of establishing Pulaski's competence as a doctor and a crew member. Her interactions with the crew alternately irritated and delighted me...
I was glad when Bev came back, but I wish there had been a way for an occasional guest spot for Pulaski.
I do have a sense that the writers made a bigger deal of establishing Pulaski's competence as a doctor and a crew member. Her interactions with the crew alternately irritated and delighted me...
I was glad when Bev came back, but I wish there had been a way for an occasional guest spot for Pulaski.
Pulaski wasnt bad, in the begining I thought she came off as quite rude and abrupt but as the season went on I grew to like her. Crusher's character didnt have much depth/personality but what she did have was a hsitory i.e being the wife of Jack Crusher and then the attraction to Picard and Picard's on-going feelings for her. Also she was Wesley's mother. So when I take these things into account I think Crusher was better.
Holodeck Addict
Ensign
I hated Pulaski and do to this day. She was arrogant and it showed. I find her episodes tough to sit through, its not the actresses fault, its the character in general. Crusher was a much better character.
Crusher all day everyday. Nuff said.
Yet that antagonistic relationship with Data was eventually dropped and Pulaski at the end of the season was one of Data's strongest supporters ("Peak Performance").
^ Perhaps because they realized that the hostility towards Data just wasn't working and made her character look bad? Or was it planned out in advance that way? I have no idea. perhaps someone here does.
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