I'm amazed (and a little disturbed) that the hologram gets so many votes. It's a hologram. Knowledge isn't worth a damn without human instinct and judgment.
^Though it is simulated.
Leah Brahms' hologram wasn't the same as her counterpart, Barclay's recreation of Voyager's crew (though the Maquis' outfits were accurate) was inaccurate, and the last episode of Enterprise (though it may be just me) the hair and makeup was off. Who's to say the EMH didn't have a flaw or two. If he was perfect, they wouldn't have made a Mark II (though moving from Robert Picardo to Andy Dick is a step down if you ask me).
^In the first season (or two) he had trouble becoming the new chief officer. Didn't he say on multiple occasions how he wasn't designed to do the things they charged him with? He did adapt and by the end he was as good as the rest of them, but he wasn't always like that.
Leah Brahms' hologram wasn't the same as her counterpart, Barclay's recreation of Voyager's crew (though the Maquis' outfits were accurate) was inaccurate, and the last episode of Enterprise (though it may be just me) the hair and makeup was off. Who's to say the EMH didn't have a flaw or two. If he was perfect, they wouldn't have made a Mark II (though moving from Robert Picardo to Andy Dick is a step down if you ask me).
Leah Brahms was a diagnostic program but true, The Doctor's level is far superior. To our standards he is flawless and he can learn and adapt. My only vice against him in this thread is he's overkill choosing him to make sure you don't miss anything. If you like his personality, that's one thing, but Bones can do whatever The Doctor can do on a patient from our world.^In the first season (or two) he had trouble becoming the new chief officer. Didn't he say on multiple occasions how he wasn't designed to do the things they charged him with? He did adapt and by the end he was as good as the rest of them, but he wasn't always like that.
The EMH was never designed for long-term use. I think he's said that at least a couple of times.
Leah Brahms' hologram wasn't the same as her counterpart, Barclay's recreation of Voyager's crew (though the Maquis' outfits were accurate) was inaccurate, and the last episode of Enterprise (though it may be just me) the hair and makeup was off. Who's to say the EMH didn't have a flaw or two. If he was perfect, they wouldn't have made a Mark II (though moving from Robert Picardo to Andy Dick is a step down if you ask me).
But those were only matters of looks and/or personality. The EMH's medical knowledge itself is unquestionable. Now, true, it's important to have a doctor that can interact with patients personally and do it well, but strictly in terms of medical expertise, the EMH is flawless - such things are not subject to interpretation. Either the EMH knows how to treat you or it doesn't. Either he can cure a disease or he can't. It's one or the other.
Bones can do whatever The Doctor can do on a patient from our world.
LOL. The glossiest lips and softest focus.Helena Russell hands down. She had the glossiest lips on Moonbase Alpha and she handed out sedatives like candy.
LOL. The glossiest lips and softest focus.Helena Russell hands down. She had the glossiest lips on Moonbase Alpha and she handed out sedatives like candy.
And who can forget Doc Cottle's low-visibility operating table?
No, as BBJEG pointed out, Starfleet replaced the mark one with the mark two, it's unlikely that they would have done that simply because the mark one was "crabby."In general, trek depicted high-end holograms as far more capable than mere biologicals.
The Doctor was able to go beyond his programming, he was intuitive. His abilities were more than a matter of knowledge.Either the EMH knows how to treat you or it doesn't. Either he can cure a disease or he can't. It's one or the other.
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