Star Trek: Early Voyages

[JD]

That is a pretty good explanation for April, and similar thoughts had crossed my mind for M'Benga had crossed my mind. At first I had thought there was a bigger gape between between SNW and TOS, and it was his son, but now that I know it's only 10 years, I'm not sure if that would work.

 

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As far as M'Benga goes, if there really are two of them, then my theory would be that Joseph is the older brother of the M'Benga who worked under McCoy in TOS. While I very much like Joseph, the two characters seem very different, so I would have no problem accepting the fact there are two brothers, who both became doctors.

After all, we have the Kirk Bros who both went into Starfleet. It will be interesting to see if this is brought up at all in the final three seasons.

 

[Kor]

I wasn't a big fan of the use of the prefix code against the TOS-era Miranda type ship, in the ancient Vulcanian colony story. I mean, it was cool in TWOK, but to me that's the kind of thing that can only be pulled off one time in the entire franchise.

Kor

 

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^

Yeah, you'd think the Starflleet Corp of Computer Geeks would come up with system that was more hack-proof.

 

[David cgc]

As far as M'Benga goes, if there really are two of them, then my theory would be that Joseph is the older brother of the M'Benga who worked under McCoy in TOS. While I very much like Joseph, the two characters seem very different, so I would have no problem accepting the fact there are two brothers, who both became doctors.

After all, we have the Kirk Bros who both went into Starfleet. It will be interesting to see if this is brought up at all in the final three seasons.

Two M'Benga's seems a lot cleaner than trying to figure out some explanation for how he gets demoted and figuring out an artful way to incorporate it into the storyline that's, potentially, years before it would actually be pertinent.

"This McCoy kid is a real hot-shot! In exactly seven years, I bet I'll be the one working for him! Now, to apply my skin cream and drink ginger tea to help me return to a youthful appearance and tenor." *Turns towards camera meaningfully as TOS theme plays*

No, much simpler to have a guest spot, or even just dialog about a younger brother, cousin, or even a previously-unmentioned older son and let us put the pieces together ourselves. Even though, with M'Benga mentioning his experience on Vulcan on SNW, it gets a little "Caprica" where you can tell they didn't realize that there was a timeline problem worth solving until they were halfway through.

 

[JD]

As far as M'Benga goes, if there really are two of them, then my theory would be that Joseph is the older brother of the M'Benga who worked under McCoy in TOS. While I very much like Joseph, the two characters seem very different, so I would have no problem accepting the fact there are two brothers, who both became doctors.

That works for me.

Two M'Benga's seems a lot cleaner than trying to figure out some explanation for how he gets demoted and figuring out an artful way to incorporate it into the storyline that's, potentially, years before it would actually be pertinent.

"This McCoy kid is a real hot-shot! In exactly seven years, I bet I'll be the one working for him! Now, to apply my skin cream and drink ginger tea to help me return to a youthful appearance and tenor." *Turns towards camera meaningfully as TOS theme plays*

Yeah, I would love to know if they actually put any real thought into how we go from SNW M'Benga to TOS M'Benga, because it doesn't seem to really fit. Even April is a better fit, if you're willing to overlook the race change.

 

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And there's also the matter of Dr. Piper being in-between M'Benga and McCoy. I'm not expecting that to be addressed in the time remaining, but if they are serious about lining up with TOS, there should at least be a mention of it.