The Next Doctor!

[Red Ranger]

People,

If there is ever another series, what kind of person should the next doctor be?

Me, I always wanted to see an alien female doctor who was part physician, part witch doctor, a kind of interstellar doctors-without-borders type from an unknown species who wants to "help primitives." Someone who strongly believes in the mind-body-spirit approach.

It might sound a bit like a cross between Phlox and Zhaan from Farscape, but I'd also make this person more a spiritual type than a standard healer.

What say you all?

Red Ranger

 

[cardinal biggles]

Dammit, and here I was all ready to move this thread to the Doctor Who forum, thinking you were speculating on who'll replace David Tennant someday.

 

[Red Ranger]

Dammit, and here I was all ready to move this thread to the Doctor Who forum, thinking you were speculating on who'll replace David Tennant someday.

Psych! (Inadvertent, of course!) Mod false alarm, old chap! -- RR

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Whoever he is he should be played by Christopher Eccleston.

 

[Red Ranger]

Whoever he is he should be played by Christopher Eccleston.

No, Tom Baker! Or Anthony Edwards! -- RR

 

[ancient]

People,

So that's what Soylent Green is made of! Thanks for the heads up!

If there is ever another series, what kind of person should the next doctor be?

Me, I always wanted to see an alien female doctor who was part physician, part witch doctor, a kind of interstellar doctors-without-borders type from an unknown species who wants to "help primitives." Someone who strongly believes in the mind-body-spirit approach.

It might sound a bit like a cross between Phlox and Zhaan from Farscape, but I'd also make this person more a spiritual type than a standard healer.

Another woman could work. But I really like the human doctors, we did the alien doctor thing already. And I'm pretty sure Starfleet would quickly kick out anyone attempting anything too crazy as far as medical treatment goes. I really don't think a 'spiritual healer' would fly with SF.

 

[ChristopherPike]

The next step would appear to involve doing an impersonation of DeForest Kelley...

Not unlike Voyager's EMH, I suppose... or Trip, the NX's engineer.

Only this time being 100% upfront about it.

 

[Starhawk]

I personally want to see a Klingon doctor. Is there even such a thing?

 

[cardinal biggles]

One would assume so. Just because they're a warrior race doesn't mean they don't need someone to patch up the warriors after battle. And then there's that line in TUC where McCoy asks Chang where the surgeon is on Gorkon's ship, and we learn that he was killed during the attack.

A Klingon doctor's bedside manner on a Starfleet ship would certainly be fun to see... "Walk it off, you petaQ! It's just a sprain!"

 

[Lynx]

Transport Dr. Mallard of NCIS from the 21th century to the 24th century and make him the doctor of the ship where the action is. I would love to see him talking to the corpses in a Trek series too.

 

[Meredith]

I think they should have a Doctor that has some sorta healing type power, but it drains them considerable and they use it along with regular medical tech to brink back redshirts from the brink of dying a horrible death. But make the price of healing so many people come with a horrible price.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

It might sound a bit like a cross between Phlox and Zhaan from Farscape, but I'd also make this person more a spiritual type than a standard healer.

That would be an intriguing challenge to the Federation's staunchly scientific approach to everything.

Here's a weird suggestion in the same vein: what if one of the wormhole Prophets decided to interact with humans more directly. Basically Q, but not so much a clown, and maybe not even always comprehensible to humanoids/mortals. A being like that could fill any role on a starship, so why not doctor? Any Bajoran crewmember onboard would have to deal with working with a diety.

Or, I've wanted a Medusan character on Trek for a while. They must have joined the Federation by the 24th C. To interact with others, they could wear humanoid exoskeletons that would constrain their dangerous energy, but being made of energy would be useful to certain jobs. I was thinking navagation, engineering or epsionage (imagine a Medusan Section 31 agent!) but medicine would be another option.

 

[Red Ranger]

It might sound a bit like a cross between Phlox and Zhaan from Farscape, but I'd also make this person more a spiritual type than a standard healer.

That would be an intriguing challenge to the Federation's staunchly scientific approach to everything.

Here's a weird suggestion in the same vein: what if one of the wormhole Prophets decided to interact with humans more directly. Basically Q, but not so much a clown, and maybe not even always comprehensible to humanoids/mortals. A being like that could fill any role on a starship, so why not doctor? Any Bajoran crewmember onboard would have to deal with working with a diety.

Or, I've wanted a Medusan character on Trek for a while. They must have joined the Federation by the 24th C. To interact with others, they could wear humanoid exoskeletons that would constrain their dangerous energy, but being made of energy would be useful to certain jobs. I was thinking navagation, engineering or epsionage (imagine a Medusan Section 31 agent!) but medicine would be another option.

All interesting ideas. Your first thought was precisely what I was aiming for in my suggestions. A challenge to scientific dogma. This doctor could say, "Not everything can be solved with science!"

Red Ranger

 

[Wowbagger]

If I ran a Trek show, my Doctor would be Phlox, played by John Billingsley. My excuse? We never found out how old Denobulans can get.

It is the one massive fanboy conceit I have permitted into my Grand Unified Theory for Star Trek's Future.

 

[Red Ranger]

If I ran a Trek show, my Doctor would be Phlox, played by John Billingsley. My excuse? We never found out how old Denobulans can get.

It is the one massive fanboy conceit I have permitted into my Grand Unified Theory for Star Trek's Future.

A compelling idea. Why not? I always did like Phlox. -- RR

 

[Wonderlust King]

Should be somewhat insane. Seriously, my only beef with Star Trek is that most of the characters are a little too perfect.

 

[AlxxlA]

They should have a doctor who was stationed on a sciences ship, but ends up as the deputy chief medical officer on a major starship. It would be entertaining because he would be an academic doctor who hadn't practiced since his internship. He would make all sorts of great discoveries, but would constantly botch even the most minor surgeries.

 

[hellsgate]

I agree. A non-human physician with an unorthodox approach. A Denobulan, Arexian, Tellarite, Andorian, or other TOS/TAS "neglected" species that still has some room to work with, in terms of background.

 

[Jadzia]

Part of the doctors role on startrek was to run around with hyposprays of tricordrazine and whatnot, generally looking very specialist. A spiritual healer wouldn't be quite as 'active'.

I didn't like Phlox at all. Beverley was my favourite, then the EMH. It'd be nice for the next doctor be an NHS doctor who hates patients and hates his job.

After 3 weeks waiting for your appointment, you turn up at his office and he doesn't once raise his eyes from his papers, and just sits slumped awkwardly over his desk with his pen and prescription pad, and the conversation (or should I say grumbles) goes:

Doctor: "Yeah. What do you want?"
Patient: "I'm suffering with migraines. I'd like something for it."
Doctor: "Migraine. Hmmm. So what do you want for it?"
Patient: "Well my last doctor prescribed XyZ."
Doctor: "Ahh. XyZ, yes you can have some of that... err... how much do you want?"
Patient: "Well my last doctor prescribed 3mg. 30 tabs."
Doctor: "ok... 3mg... 30tabs... here's a prescription... and you name is?"
...

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

I wouldn't mind an alien doctor kinda like the one Tracy Torme pitched for the second season of TNG when TPTB knew that they were replacing Crusher. He suggested a doctor from a culture that had absolute honesty and frankness, which would make a bedside manner nearly non-existent. Can you imagine?

Dying gold jumpsuit (or as my dad called them front zippers): Am I going to die?
Alien Doctor: Yes. Quite painfully.