I'd want to take over the ship, hoist the Jolly Roger, and go create amusing havoc in the cosmos
Typhon Pact..Do tell?
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I'd want to take over the ship, hoist the Jolly Roger, and go create amusing havoc in the cosmos
Personally, I'd love to get into contact with an alien species--that prospect is incredibly exciting. Realistically, however, it would be better to withold contact until our species has matured further, particularly if it would involve technology transfers. Imagine the equivalent of 24th-century technology in the hands of our belligerent governments, warlords and terrorist networks.
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The state our civilization is in, I'm not sure a Federation contact would be the best thing for us. People would probably panic.
Forget that -- imagine 24th century technology in the hands of our friends in Washington...
I considered that included in "belligerent governments" (even if currently less belligerent than the immediate antecedant).
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
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Well, the replicators would certainly make printing money a bit easier.
I believe it was stated that the military was evenly split in two, but the Imperial Romulan State contains the major agricultural worlds (the Romulan "breadbasket").
Sorry to go off topic but, this reminds me of something that I've been wondering about for while. I've noticed lately that British shows like Doctor Who, Torchwood, and MI-6 seem to switch cast members alot more often then most American shows. Is there a specific reason for that, or is it just the way things have worked out?No, I meant I'd love to see something like MI-5/Spooks in Trek Lit.
Considering the "They Killed Janeway?" threads here and the frequency with which Spooks/MI5 kills its main characters, a Trek-lit version of Spooks would very rapidly cause the Trekbbs server to explode...
yeah it could! The closest we've got to that kind of main character carnage is KRADs Myriad Universe story from last year.
Oh and that's one of the better things about Spooks, the turn over of the main characters is impressive esp last year what with (I'm not to good with spoilers so I'll leave saying) three main characters dying and a forth returning from the "dead" was pretty cool, I just hope Jo is disposed of soon and bring back Zoe
Sorry to go off topic but, this reminds me of something that I've been wondering about for while. I've noticed lately that British shows like Doctor Who, Torchwood, and MI-6 seem to switch cast members alot more often then most American shows. Is there a specific reason for that, or is it just the way things have worked out?
yeah it could! The closest we've got to that kind of main character carnage is KRADs Myriad Universe story from last year.
Oh and that's one of the better things about Spooks, the turn over of the main characters is impressive esp last year what with (I'm not to good with spoilers so I'll leave saying) three main characters dying and a forth returning from the "dead" was pretty cool, I just hope Jo is disposed of soon and bring back Zoe
Doctor Who pretty much had a large cast turn over due to the differing companions and I'd guess Torchwood has inherited that. As for Spooks, it's just the nature of the beast, people can and will die in that job, it would be unrealistic for people to survive so long. But saying that, Harry and Malcolm have been around since the beginning.
There have been other British shows with heavy cast turnover. Blake's 7 had a lot of cast changes, including the loss of its title character halfway through the series. Robin of Sherwood lost its original Robin Hood after one season and did a second season with a different Robin (Robert of Huntingdon replacing Robin of Locksley). On the other hand, some have kept their casts basically intact, such as Red Dwarf and Blackadder. The Granada Sherlock Holmes lost its original Watson after one season but then kept the second Watson until the end.
I'd imagine there might be more turnaround because British shows are often contracted only one year at a time. Also, British TV actors do a lot more crossover work in film, theater, and radio than American ones do, so there may be more restrictions on their availability. (The reason there will only be several intermittent Doctor Who specials this year instead of a whole season is because David Tennant wanted to take a break to do some stage acting.)
I'd imagine there might be more turnaround because British shows are often contracted only one year at a time. Also, British TV actors do a lot more crossover work in film, theater, and radio than American ones do, so there may be more restrictions on their availability. (The reason there will only be several intermittent Doctor Who specials this year instead of a whole season is because David Tennant wanted to take a break to do some stage acting.)
No, David Tennant is taking a break to do some stage acting because there will be several intermittent Doctor Who specials this year. 
No, it isn't specific to those shows; it's pretty rare for anyone to last more than three or four years in a single series on British TV. Mind you, it's pretty rare for a series to run more than three or four years in the UK - though it's far from unknown, and a series which gets past that point might well run for 10 or 20 years.
(A few examples: Dixon of Dock Green ran from 1955 to 1976; Z Cars ran from 1962 to 1978, with three spin-off running alongside it during that time; Casualty started in 1986 and is still running; its spin-off Holby City started in 1998 and is also on-going; Midsommer Murders started in 1998 and is commissioned through to 2011; and Heartbeat started in 1993. Plus there's the three 'primetime soaps': Coronation Street, which started in 1961, Emmerdale, dating from 1971, and EastEnders, which began in 1985).
But these all tend to have the same degree of cast turnover, with occasional exceptions when one actor decides to stick with the show (Derek thompson has been in Casualty since 1986; Jack Warner was in the entire run of Dixon; Stratford Johns and Frank Windsor left Z Cars after three years, but only so their characters could go off into the spin-off series).
Christopher Bennett put his finger on part of why it happens in another post, and it is probably down to 'how it came about'. I suspect it's that, with US filmed TV series usually made by the TV divisions of Hollywood movie studios, the old 'Hollywood star contract' of the 1940s mutated into the standard seven year option which actors sign for US TV series.
Whereas in Britain, with the British film industry dying as TV took off, actors got signed the same way they would be for a stage tour; you sign for the run, with an option for any extension, and then it's your choice whether to do more beyond that. Hence one season, then maybe a second, and then you can stay or go.
Sorry: a bit of a long post given this is a bit O/T.
No, David Tennant is taking a break to do some stage acting because there will be several intermittent Doctor Who specials this year.
No.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080503487.html
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I'd suspect, though, that British TV actors seek out crossover work because they don't get the same multi-year contracts their American counterparts do. (Generally speaking, of course.)
No, David Tennant is taking a break to do some stage acting because there will be several intermittent Doctor Who specials this year.
No.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080503487.html
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well, the Post is wrong. RTD HIMSELF said it was HIS plan from S2 to have this break and informed Tennant of such.
No, David Tennant is taking a break to do some stage acting because there will be several intermittent Doctor Who specials this year.
No.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080503487.html
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well, the Post is wrong. RTD HIMSELF said it was HIS plan from S2 to have this break and informed Tennant of such.
I've read that somewhere as well, having a quick scan of both the BBC's News site and the Guardian and not actually finding it - God for bid it might be in the Mail
I'll just work from memory: RTD felt that after four series that it would need a break, so he decided on a reduced schedule of four/five specials in 2009 before he handed the rains over to Steve Moffat for a full 13 episode series for to be broadcast in 2010. The fact that Dave Tennant played Hamlet for the RSC was a happy coinsidance.
Rusty said it on Doctor Who Confidential during S4. possibly the ones from Journey's End or The Stolen Earth.
I also think he said it in a Q&A session for BBC News when he was publicising his book at the Cheltenham book festival.
But anyway, the Post was wrong.
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