*September 6th, not 7th. My birthday (not the year, though).
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*September 6th, not 7th. My birthday (not the year, though).
It will be continuity error if the Enterprise has a lot of rubber face regulars in Pike era. When the Enterprise had more humans than rubber faces in Kirk era (TOS). Also, it is also a canon violation too, as even McCoy still didn't understand too much about Vulcan and Klingon health, years after the event of this series.
So either McCoy was a stupid doctor in TOS, because he was surprised about Spock's blood color, confused on how to help a Klingon in Star Trek VI, or humans - Aliens interaction should be more limited in SNW era. Or you ask a reboot that change everything. If that what happen, a reboot, then the series should continue to TOS era again, and erase the old TOS canon.
I don't mind a reboot, but what about the other?
The show shouldn't be beholden to the limits of budgets and technology from 50 years ago
Nor dumb plot points.
Then it is a reboot? We should ignore TOS detail and only get the general plot point then?
Nah it's a show with access to better technology made 50 years later.
If you need an in continuity reason, all the "rubber foreheads" were off-screen. There were over four hundred people on the ship. We never saw them all.
but you still can't erase McCoy's incapability to understand Vulcan and Klingon physiology. And I think the 50 years old plot is more realistic than any TNG plots. Because Human, Vulcan, and Klingon should have very different anatomy. And McCoy respond was more realistic than super capable dr. Bashir in DS9. How can a doctor understand all species health problem and fix them. It's impossible. Even in real world today, we have specialist who care only on heart, lung, kidney, skin, bone, etc. And in order to study one of them, they need years. maybe almost 10 years of their life. So it is impossible to fully understand and master multiple species anatomy and health problem, and fix them. Not to mention, their chronic disease like heart problem, lung disease, etc. No human can do it, even in 24th century.
So unless a Starship like USS Enterprise has the same level of equipment, doctors, and everything like... maybe a universe hospital, it is impossible for a starship to watch the health of multi species in their journey. The more species aboard you ship, the harder your doctors will able to take of care their health problem. Unless you have multiple doctors who know about each species onboard.That's why TOS Enterprise was more realistic. It is better to have a single species Starship, because it is easier to maintain.
You should also aware, than some Alien anatomy may spread virus like Covid 19 naturally that can endanger human crews health. or human breath can endanger another species health. So for me, a single species like TOS Enterprise is the most realistic show.
There are more than two choices than McCoy is dumb or limit interactions.
Sure you can. Just never mention it again. Both were there to heighten the Drama because it is a TV show built around DRAMA!!!! Dr. M'Benga managed to understand Vulcan physiology just fine.
Veterinarians manage to treat multiple species and have been for centuries.
The way people treat throwaway dialog as gospel is perplexing.
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Because Star Trek is historical and never written to entertain.
Because there was/is multiple doctors on the ship? With McCoy being the head doc. Just like you have specialist mbenga could have been the alien anatomy specialist where McCoy was human. With others specializing in whatever species was on board.
Like with any doc, you have your speciality, but knowledge of others. Even then McCoy done surgery on Spock plenty of times.
So not a cannon violation to have some more alien crewmembers. Honestly discovery has Way to many humans and not enough aliens.
Like with any doc, you have your speciality, but knowledge of others. Even then McCoy done surgery on Spock plenty of times.
So not a cannon violation to have some more alien crewmembers. Honestly discovery has Way to many humans and not enough aliens.
Then don't put him a position where he has to deal with either of those.
With all the things that the TNG Era of Trek changed or ignored from TOS, why all of a sudden is it a problem that some things are also being adjusted or overlooked in the Kurtzman era?
Seems more than a bit hypocritical to me.
It happens with every. single. new. production. from 1979 on. I'd like to say one gets used to seeing variations of the same complaints endlessly repeated over the decades, but . . .
Whaaaaaaaaat I loved Hospital Station when I read it as a teenager. I didn't know there was a whole series!!
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TAS has already shows there were plenty of other aliens on the Enterprise besides Spock in the TOS TV series era. As for McCoy's ignorance of Vulcan anatomy, meh, no one writing those early episodes knew that someone would be dissecting the scene in context to other episodes, other TV shows and movies fifty years later. Early days weirdness and all. As for him knowing nothing about Klingon anatomy in TUC, that was already problematic when the movie was released since he clearly knew enough about Klingon anatomy in Trouble with Tribbles that Darvin was a Klingon based only on his heartbeat and body temperature. Although TUC does offer a possible explanation that he was debilitated from alcohol consumption.
Well, there's knowing Klingon life readings and knowing how to treat a fatally shot Klingon...
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