New Bashir stories?

[Defcon]

They can appear in any TOS novel right up to ST V and beyond. That very few novelists choose to use them is another matter altogether. Not PAD's fault.

Well, Dayton posted the following about That Which Divides recently, so maybe they'll make an appearance:

Also, and since I'm here, I can drop a small hint about the story. As some folks already know, it's a tale set during the five-year mission as depicted during the original Star Trek series. It's worth noting that this also is the period of the animated Star Trek series. Just sayin'.

 

[DrBashir]

But he's not a Mugatu. Why would they release him on a planet that he's not native to? And when they see that he retains some memory (the judo throw) they still just leave him? What if his memory comes back? All for a "Born Free" moment?

Ask Peter David. The scenes on Neural brought tears to my eyes so it worked for me.

Different strokes. I felt it was absurd.

 

[Rush Limborg]

I personally found it a bit of a disappointment--the way his arc ended.

They went through all that trouble to help Janos--and then, just when they have the answer--just when they're about to get the info they need from the "gribble"--Janos eats it, and they therefore fail completely, with no hope left.

And so, they drop him off to join the beasts.

All that trouble--all that work--for nothing.

As Hitchcock would say, the bomb went off.

 

[Therin of Andor]

All that trouble--all that work--for nothing.

Happens to me often. But... we keep going.

And I reckon writers and actors facing rejection slips and/or failed auditions every week would agree.

 

[DrBashir]

It wasn't so much that it all for nothing it was the stupid way that it happened. Peter David played a tragic situation for laughs and, for me, it didn't work. That's a large part of why I've given up on PAD's Trek work. His drama falls far short to his humor. Everything reads like it's either a set-up or a punchline.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Peter David played a tragic situation for laughs and, for me, it didn't work.

Well, I wasn't laughing.

 

[DrBashir]

Janos eats the thing that could cure him and you don't think it was played for laughs?

I was reminded of the Blackadder episode with the first dictionary. They think that Baldrick's burned it but then.....

Spoiler: Playing it for laughs

It ends up that he actually burned Blackadders novel and THEN Baldrick burns the Dictionary

 

[JD]

I personally found it a bit of a disappointment--the way his arc ended.

They went through all that trouble to help Janos--and then, just when they have the answer--just when they're about to get the info they need from the "gribble"--Janos eats it, and they therefore fail completely, with no hope left.

And so, they drop him off to join the beasts.

All that trouble--all that work--for nothing.

As Hitchcock would say, the bomb went off.

It almost felt to me like an episode of a show where one of the actors suddenly decided to leave, and they had to write an episode to get rid of them as quickly and cleanly as possible.