Is T'Shanik the first Vulcan in TNG...?

[drt]

Though you really gotta wonder why there's an evacuation at all...what were all those civilians doing in the star drive section?

Sternbach's deck plans show crew quarters located in the dorsal and upper decks of the stardrive section.

 

[Vger23]

Whatever, those scenes I mentioned literally happen after the Saucer has been separated, blasted by the explosion of the star drive section, and while it is nose-diving towards the planet.
Plus them having safe rooms would account how they got away with the "light" causalities.

I get what you're saying that it wasn't mentioned in the movie, but from an in-universe perspective it fits.

It's a little ridiculous that they'd leave sickbay and go hang out in a crew quarters room, on the outside hull of the ship, near a window that could shatter all over them.

 

[DonIago]

Perhaps Beverly was in a sickbay but not the main sickbay at the time of the attack? The E-D did have more than one, and obviously the stardrive section would need its own. In that event it would still be weird that they'd go into crew quarters in the saucer section unless that was just all they could reach in time (I haven't watched the sequence in a very long time).

 

[McCoy's Disco Collar]

I never got the aversion myself. Sure, you've explored the daylights out of the species on TOS, & therefore there's little else to mine for new unexplained aspects, especially without tripping all over Spock's established stuff, but regardless, they live in your universe, in a very dominant way. They'd be around, even if you didn't want to spotlight them

Roddenberry was really determined to tread some new ground. I presume that he was trying to avoid comparisons with the old show.

It wasn't just Vulcans, either. He scrapped three of the most prominent roles for main characters (Science Officer, Chief Engineer, and Communications) and reassigned their narrative functions to brand-new roles (Security Chief/Tactical, Ops, and Counselor).

I feel the Andorians got it even worse. They just up & damn near disappear. It wasn't just Vulcans, it was everything TOS. Even seeing an Orion or Tellerite would've been neat.

The Andorians were an incredibly minor race at the time, though. Essentially a one-off; they had speaking roles in a single TOS episode and then non-speaking appearances in a couple others. Then crowd-scene extras in two films. Hard to disappear when you weren't really there much at all to begin with.

 

[Mojochi]

The Andorians were an incredibly minor race at the time, though. Essentially a one-off; they had speaking roles in a single TOS episode and then non-speaking appearances in a couple others. Then crowd-scene extras in two films. Hard to disappear when you weren't really there much at all to begin with.

Ok, but they were incredibly recognizable, one of the most recognizable on the whole show up to that point. You see that guy, you know you're watching Star Trek... & that's a good thing imho.

 

[WAMTNG]

Ok, but they were incredibly recognizable, one of the most recognizable on the whole show up to that point. You see that guy, you know you're watching Star Trek... & that's a good thing imho.

Aye, but Roddenberry's production crew had nightmares about the antenna, as the hot studio lightning broke down the adhesive so they fell off all the time, leading to more repeat takes than anything else in classic Trek. The writers guide for TNG expressly instructed writers to come up with new races, but regardless of that Roddenberry flatly refused to feature Andorians after the disaster they had been on set in the original show.

 

[DonIago]

Studio lightning is a leading cause of death amongst cast and crew... :/

 

[diankra]

Aye, the most excellent Carolyn Seymour! Two Romulan roles, but she is effectively the starring role in "First Contact" (the episode not the movie!) which is probably her biggest Trek moment. But she'll always be a Romulan in my heart.

Also the lead in the first season of Survivors.

 

[diankra]

Also the lead in the first season of Survivors.

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[Vale]

Wouldn't sickbay be a safe room? In an emergency it's one of the most important places on the ship and should be one of the most secure but they drag everyone out and shove them into crew quarters or whatever away from all medical equipment ... makes no sense.

Under most circumstances yes, but the saucer crash-landing isn't most circumstances. We know from official blueprints that the Enterprise-D's sickbay complex is towards the front of deck 12, and therefore one of the places that is likely to have the most severe impact damage when the saucer touches down. To borrow a line from Doctor Who, "the front crashes first, think it through". And in the case of the saucer, the bottom crashes first as well...

 

[WAMTNG]

Also the lead in the first season of Survivors.

Oh my goodness! I had no idea she was in a Terry Nation show... That's been on my watch list for a while now, but it just got a bump up in viewing desire! Thanks for the intel!

 

[diankra]

Oh my goodness! I had no idea she was in a Terry Nation show... That's been on my watch list for a while now, but it just got a bump up in viewing desire! Thanks for the intel!

The casting was down to her and Wanda Ventham (mother of Benedict Cumberbatch). Ultimately the producer reckoned Ventham would look too well fed for later episodes.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Spock was referred to in "Encounter at Farpoint."

 

[dupersuper]

Spock was referred to in "Encounter at Farpoint."

Not directly.

 

[JesterFace]

About Spock in TNG,
he did make an appearance but also....
Picard mentions Sarek's son in episode 'Sarek' but not by name.
After the events of 'Unification' Spock's underground movement is mentioned at least in 'Face of the Enemy'.