The DoctorEdit

The Doctor (yay!) was in Ishmael?

If he was that is absolutely brilliant and I shall have to read that novel. If we do a page on Doctor Who then I definitely want dibs on it. :-) --The Doctor ;-), 11:42, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

IIRC, there were two different Doctors, as well as Apollo and Starbuck, the Cartwrights from the Ponderosa, and the entire cast of the 60's series "Here Comes The Brides". There is a character in the book that is supposedly related to Spock who was played in HCtB by Mark Lenard. --Turtletrekker 04:34, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Duh! Maybe I shoulda read the article before posting here...--Turtletrekker 07:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

As for a page for the Doctor, that starts a slipperly slope in what to include and what not to. Same goes for the X-Men, who have crossed into the Trek universe three different times.--Turtletrekker 04:35, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Exactly. I come across as very gung-ho in writing away, but I'd read your article on The X-Men several times and was highly reluctant to describe 'Ishmael' as I did. I thought maybe TPTB would prefer I just elaborate on the back-cover blurb [User: Stripey1].

The Doctor, Part IIEdit

Its been years since I read this story, and I remember Spock meeting Emperor Norton, the cast of Here Comes the Brides, and I think even Maverick. When did he meet the Battlestar Galatica characters and the Doctor?

He didn't. The other NCC-1701 crew did, whilst looking for Spock in the twenty-third century. --User:Stripey.

In what chapters did the NCC-1701 crew meet the Doctor and the Galatica characters? --<unsigned>

I dunno. My copy is buried in my wardrobe along with every other one. I don't note down events by chapter, only by the fact they've come along in the first place. --User:Stripey

To echo Capt. Mike, this was just another throw away reference. In the background, there are two guys picking up on a chick, who are part of a migrant fleet. Somehow, this is Starbuck and Apollo from the original Battlestar. Eh, I don't care enought to complain. – AT2Howell 15:06, January 19, 2011 (UTC)

I just remembered where the Doctor showed up. Uhura or Scotty was tinkerin with a piece of entertainment equipment in one of rec lounges, and a clip from an 'Doctor Who' episode came on the screen; it was the 4th Doctor. --<unsigned>

No no no no no. That was the fictional Doctor, from the twentieth-century television series. That was in My Enemy, My Ally. Ishmael has the real Doctor. --User:Stripey

Having now read the book, I didn't notice the Doctor but Kirk does mention a civilisation in the "galaxy" of Kasterborous that discovered time travel and then stagnated for fear of doing the wrong thing...– Skteosk 18:47, January 17, 2011 (UTC)

The problem here is that someone saw a supposed inference to the Doctor and wanted to list it as an appearance -- even though that's all it was, an inference. Just because there is a planet Alderaan in the Star Trek universe, there's no reason to automatically assume that Darth Vaer will destroy it. -- Captain MKB 01:01, January 19, 2011 (UTC)