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Seth Dilday

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May 15, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/15/95
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I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.

Please e-mail me a list of your favorite 5 characters (regular of recurring)
from all 4 series (1 list for all, not 1 for each series).

I will post the results of the survey in 1 week on these same newsgroups.

--
- J. Seth Dilday (Me) se...@aplus.com
"Who am I to argue with me?" - Dr. Julian Bashir


Max Exter

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Seth Dilday (se...@aplus.com) wrote:
: I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.

1. Odo
2. Quark
3. Data
4. Garak
5. Sulu

- ME -

David Goh

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May 16, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/16/95
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1. Major Kira
2. Judzeia Dax
3. Spock
4. Kirk
5. Gul Dukat

Later,

Thorfy

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peterw

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1. Tasha Yar
2. Kira Neris
3. Jadzia Dax
4. Worf
5. Ben Sisko

Pete Wood

GeorgeG

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pet...@pavilion.co.uk (peterw) wrote:
>In article <3pa4v0$d...@inferno.mpx.com.au>, thor...@jolt.mpx.com.au (David Goh) says:
>>
>>> 1. Odo
>>> 2. Quark
>>> 3. Data
>>> 4. Garak
>>> 5. Sulu
>>
>>1. Major Kira
>>2. Judzeia Dax
>>3. Spock
>>4. Kirk
>>5. Gul Dukat
>>
>1. Tasha Yar
>2. Kira Neris
>3. Jadzia Dax
>4. Worf
>5. Ben Sisko
>
1. Barclay
2. Worf
3. Q
4. Quark
5. Data

Balakrishnan G Nair

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May 16, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/16/95
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My Personal Ratings
-------------------
(Based on Garek=10, Troi=0)

THe ratings are more significant than the rankings as I might have
left some characters out.

1. Garek 10.0
2. Sisko 9.0+
3. Data 9.0
4. Spock 8.5++
5. Kira 8.0+
6. Q 8.0
7. Kirk 8.0-
8. Bashir 8.0--
9. Quark 7.5++
10.Picard 7.5+
11.Dax 7.5
12.Geordi 7.5-
13.Worf 7.0++
14.Odo 7.0+
15.Scotty 7.0
16.The Doctor(Voy) 6.0
17.O'Brien 5.5++
18.Chekov 5.5+
19.McCoy 5.5
20.Janeway 5.0++
21.Sulu 5.0+
22.Riker 5.0
23.Uhura 4.5++
24.Kes 4.5+
25.Tuvok 4.5-
26.Kieko 4.0+
27.Neelix 4.0
28.Traveller 4.0-
29.Chakotay 3.5+
30.Lwaxana Troi 3.5
31.Jake Sisko 3.5-
32.B'Ellena 3.0+
33.Kim 3.0
34.Dr.Crusher 0.5
35.Wesley Crusher 0.0++
36.Alexander 0.0+
37.Troi 0.0

Balky
(The Debo-Nair)

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The Honorable Mikael G. Haxby III

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Seth Dilday (se...@aplus.com) wrote:
: I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.

: Please e-mail me a list of your favorite 5 characters (regular of recurring)


: from all 4 series (1 list for all, not 1 for each series).
:
: I will post the results of the survey in 1 week on these same newsgroups.

: --
: - J. Seth Dilday (Me) se...@aplus.com
: "Who am I to argue with me?" - Dr. Julian Bashir

1. Q
2. Voyager doctor
3. Barclay
4. Data
5. Kirk

IMHO, you'd get more response from a _worst_ character survey.
Put me in for Wes Crusher. I hope that little idiot dies of gonorrhea
and rots in hell. As always, though, I'm open to suggestions for his
quite timely demise :)

-Haxby


G Yarter

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May 16, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/16/95
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In article <3pak2l$s...@fitzherbert.pavilion.co.uk> pet...@pavilion.co.uk (peterw) writes:
>From: pet...@pavilion.co.uk (peterw)
>Subject: Re: Best Character Survey
>Date: 16 May 1995 16:32:21 GMT

>In article <3pa4v0$d...@inferno.mpx.com.au>, thor...@jolt.mpx.com.au (David Goh) says:
>>

>>On 15 May 95 16:52:06 -0700 Max Exter (m...@caspian.coc.powell-river.bc.ca) wrote:

>>> Seth Dilday (se...@aplus.com) wrote:
>>> : I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.

1. Garak
2. Bashir
3. Quark
4. Kira
5. O'Brien

Akela

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May 16, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/16/95
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In article <3pap05$j...@dns.crocker.com>,

The Honorable Mikael G. Haxby III <poi...@crocker.com> wrote:
>IMHO, you'd get more response from a _worst_ character survey.
>Put me in for Wes Crusher. I hope that little idiot dies of gonorrhea
>and rots in hell. As always, though, I'm open to suggestions for his
>quite timely demise :)

Hmm... smells like a new thread inthe works! <grin!>

I'd say that the best thiing to happen to the guy is to have the Borg
assimilate him -- naaah, wouldn't work...

"I am Wesley of Borg. You will be... what's so funny?"

Okay, okay -- it's lame and it belongs in
alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg. Well, what would YOU do to ex-Ensign
Crusher???

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-- Akela

"Reality is Subjective"

ST3...@vm.cc.latech.edu

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May 17, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/17/95
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In article <3pan5k$3...@news.utdallas.edu>
GGA...@UTDALLAS.EDU (GeorgeG) writes:


>pet...@pavilion.co.uk (peterw) wrote:
>>In article <3pa4v0$d...@inferno.mpx.com.au>, thor...@jolt.mpx.com.au (David Goh) says:
>>>
>>>> 1. Odo
>>>> 2. Quark
>>>> 3. Data
>>>> 4. Garak
>>>> 5. Sulu
>>>
>>>1. Major Kira
>>>2. Judzeia Dax
>>>3. Spock
>>>4. Kirk
>>>5. Gul Dukat
>>>
>>1. Tasha Yar
>>2. Kira Neris
>>3. Jadzia Dax
>>4. Worf
>>5. Ben Sisko
>>
>1. Barclay
>2. Worf
>3. Q
>4. Quark
>5. Data

1. Worf
2. Bashir
3. The Holograohic Doctor
4. Spock
5. Sisko

michael carr

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May 17, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/17/95
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In article <3p66dp$k...@news0.cybernetics.net>, Seth Dilday
<se...@aplus.com> wrote:

> I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.
>

1. Data
2. Lor
3. The Doctor
4. Neelix
5. Spock

Who needs illogical, emotional humans?

Honorable mention to Major Kira (hubba).

Unknown

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May 17, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/17/95
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In article <carrgo-1705...@carrgo.pr.mcs.net> car...@mcs.com (michael carr) writes:
>In article <3p66dp$k...@news0.cybernetics.net>, Seth Dilday
><se...@aplus.com> wrote:
>
>> I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.


That's easy:

1. Counselor Troi
2. Wesley Crusher


Wait a minute! BEST characters... I was a little confused.


1. Picard - Patrick Stewart's portrayal of the captain is the
reason I started watching Star Trek. I can't really
list other characters in any particular order, as my
feelings about them changed with every episode.

Jason


Jonathan Stewart

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May 17, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/17/95
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Best 5 of all time? Hmm...

1. Q
2. Harry Mudd
3. Jim Kirk
4. Quark
5. Data

-- Jon

Stephen Redford (student)

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May 17, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/17/95
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In article <3pa4v0$d...@inferno.mpx.com.au> thor...@jolt.mpx.com.au (David Goh) writes:

>On 15 May 95 16:52:06 -0700 Max Exter (m...@caspian.coc.powell-river.bc.ca) wrote:

>> Seth Dilday (se...@aplus.com) wrote:
>> : I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.

>> 1. Odo


>> 2. Quark
>> 3. Data
>> 4. Garak
>> 5. Sulu

>1. Major Kira
>2. Judzeia Dax
>3. Spock
>4. Kirk
>5. Gul Dukat

1. Quark
2. Kirk
3. Spock
4. Chekov
5. Scotty

Stephen

MELANIE SAMANTHA JAYNE DENT

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May 18, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/18/95
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My favourite Trekkie characters are: 1. Captain Kirk
2. Lt Data
3. Lt Commander Riker

Pam & Rick Buickel

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May 18, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/18/95
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Did I email this directly to the poster? Think so. Anyway, mine
include:

1. Bashir
2. Garak
3. O'Brien
4. Sisko
5. Janeway

The top two always stay the same in any survey, for me. The others
come and go based on current feelings. I think in other surveys, I
haven't listed O'Brien and Sisko--and yet, I enjoy them always. So
here they are now!

As far as Janeway goes, as a woman--and ex-military--I just gotta love
her!

Pam
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"Who am I to argue with me?" -- Bashir ["Visionary"]


Regina Brown

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May 18, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/18/95
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ST:TOS Dr McCoy, Spock

ST: TNG Hmm.. Picard, definitely
Troi, Worf, Data

ST: DS9 Quark, Dr Bashir

ST: V Neelix, Kes, B'Elanna

Zines Infocafe

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May 18, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/18/95
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car...@mcs.com (michael carr) wrote:
>
> In article <3p66dp$k...@news0.cybernetics.net>, Seth Dilday
> <se...@aplus.com> wrote:
>
> > I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.
> >
>
> 1. Data
> 2. Lor
> 3. The Doctor
> 4. Neelix
> 5. Spock
>
> Who needs illogical, emotional humans?
>
> Honorable mention to Major Kira (hubba).

Kira makes my top three:

1. Odo
2. Spock
3. Kira
4. Lore
5. The Cardassian clerk in "Duet" (what *was* his name?)

But the Doctor receives an honorable mention (rrrrRRRRAAAARRRHHHH!
Pant, pant!)


Ville Lehtonen

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: >>>
: >>>> 1. Odo

: >>>> 2. Quark
: >>>> 3. Data
: >>>> 4. Garak
: >>>> 5. Sulu
: >>>
: >>>1. Major Kira
: >>>2. Judzeia Dax
: >>>3. Spock
: >>>4. Kirk
: >>>5. Gul Dukat
: >>>
: >>1. Tasha Yar

: >>2. Kira Neris
: >>3. Jadzia Dax
: >>4. Worf
: >>5. Ben Sisko
: >>
: >1. Barclay
: >2. Worf
: >3. Q
: >4. Quark
: >5. Data
:
: 1. Worf
: 2. Bashir
: 3. The Holograohic Doctor
: 4. Spock
: 5. Sisko

1. Data
2. Q
3. Spock
4. The Holo Doc
5. Worf

Jennifer Shipp

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May 18, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/18/95
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In <3pdg2d$m...@bigboote.WPI.EDU> jste...@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jonathan

Stewart) writes:
>
>
>Best 5 of all time? Hmm...
>
I know. It's a toughie. But I'll say..

1. Bashir
2. Bones
3. Garak
4. Data
5. Tasha Yar

Honorable mention for the Doctor on Voyager and for Kira. Five ain't
enough for all 4 series!!
--
Jenny - the Bashir Babe
(alter ego JSh...@ix.netcom.com)

- Wholehearted supporter of DS9, who knows just how good
this show can *really* be if TPTB set their minds to it


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Seth Dilday

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May 18, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/18/95
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There's still time to get in the Favorite character survey. Just e-mail me a
list of you favorite 5 characters (regular or recurring) from all 4 series. (1

list for all, not 1 for each series).

The results will be posted on these same newsgroups in a couple of days.

BTW, So far, Data, Picard, and Spock are in the lead...

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"Who am I to argue with me?" - Dr. Julian Bashir


Andrea

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1: Garak. So much ambiguity, so much depth. I love a mystery.
2: Bashir. A growing, maturing character! And he gives GREAT face.
3: Dukat. A multifaceted, complex villain. Style to die for.
4: Kira. A strong woman, courageous and scarred inside.
5: Marritza. Yes, I know, a one-shot, but the single most riveting
performance in all of Trek.

Honourable Mentions to Khan for elegant, literate, justified villainy,
and Odo for great byplay with Quark and making crustiness oddly touching.

Anthony Sarkis

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May 18, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/18/95
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Max Exter (m...@caspian.coc.powell-river.bc.ca) wrote:

> Seth Dilday (se...@aplus.com) wrote:
> : I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.

1. Tribles
2. Tribles
3. Tribles
4. Tribles
5. and Tribles

later...
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Andrea (and...@cm.deakin.OZ.AU) wrote:
> 5: Marritza. Yes, I know, a one-shot, but the single most riveting
> performance in all of Trek.

Who is Marritza?

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to all those who believe WESTLEY is the worst characte please remember
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steelnet

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May 19, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/19/95
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1.Picard
2.Spock
3.Kirk
4.Data
5.Torres
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Joe and Matt Hiess

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Sorry to tell all of you, but the best characters are Bones (Dr. McCoy),
Scottie and Captain James T. Kirk


David Verrelli

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May 19, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/19/95
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In article <akelaD8...@netcom.com> ak...@netcom.com (Akela) writes:
>From: ak...@netcom.com (Akela)

>Subject: Re: Best Character Survey
>Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 23:01:37 GMT

IMAO
I personally dislike Quark(why did he rate so high?!?!), Wesley, Troi, Jake,
and that one who I've forgotten.
Picard is great. Worf, Data, LaForge, Spock and O'Brian are also among my
favorites.

a

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May 19, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/19/95
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In article <3pghr5$j...@news0.cybernetics.net>, Seth Dilday
<se...@aplus.com> wrote:

> There's still time to get in the Favorite character survey. Just e-mail me a
> list of you favorite 5 characters (regular or recurring) from all

Well here goes:

1 Kira
2 vedek Bareil
3 picard
4 Bev. Crusher
5 Sisko

cdu...@csupomona.edu

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In article <3p66dp$k...@news0.cybernetics.net>, Seth Dilday <se...@aplus.com> writes:
.> I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.
.>
.> Please e-mail me a list of your favorite 5 characters (regular of recurring)
.> from all 4 series (1 list for all, not 1 for each series).
.>
.> I will post the results of the survey in 1 week on these same newsgroups.
.>
.> --
.> - J. Seth Dilday (Me) se...@aplus.com
.> "Who am I to argue with me?" - Dr. Julian Bashir

1. Lt. Barkley
2. Moriarty
3. Guinan
4. Spock
5. Q
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Jonathan Fishbein

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My 5 favorite characters are:

Data
Q
Worf
Cheif O'Brian
Tuvok

Andrea

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May 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/20/95
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In article <3ph16h$4...@amhux3.amherst.edu> cla...@unix.amherst.edu (Kester Allen) writes:
>
>Andrea (and...@cm.deakin.OZ.AU) wrote:
>> 5: Marritza. Yes, I know, a one-shot, but the single most riveting
>> performance in all of Trek.
>
>Who is Marritza?

Aamin Marritza was the Cardassian from the DS9 episode "Duet"

Richard A. Brewin (1W0S)

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May 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/20/95
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Joe and Matt Hiess (joe...@cam.org) wrote:
: Sorry to tell all of you, but the best characters are Bones (Dr. McCoy),
: Scottie and Captain James T. Kirk

Of course they are :-)

I guess there must be lots of people trapped in a causality loop
causing them to live in the past....!

Oh sorry ... that was a TNG story wasn't it?

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jackson todd kirby

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May 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/20/95
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1. Picard
2. Kirk
3. Q
4. Data
5. Troi


Sarah Cherlin

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May 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/20/95
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1. Garak
2. Garak
3. Garak
4. Garak
5. Garak

:)

-Sarah Cherlin

Laura T Varney

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May 21, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/21/95
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MELANIE SAMANTHA JAYNE DENT (md...@coventry.ac.uk) wrote:
: My favourite Trekkie characters are: 1. Captain Kirk

: 2. Lt Data
: 3. Lt Commander Riker

Here's my $.02:

1. Data
2. Darmok (from the race that only speaks in metaphors--we need to have
more characters like him!)
3. Deanna (and no, I'm not only choosing characters whose names begin
with D--Troi happens to be one of the finest Trek Babes there is--that
blue spandex body skirt thing is to die for!)
4. Spock (Sorry, he really should be tied with number 1)
5. Q-the omnipotent, the omnipresent, the ohmyGod could you just ravish
him where he stands!--Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.


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Larry Medwin

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May 21, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/21/95
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>> Seth Dilday (se...@aplus.com) wrote:
>> : I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.

1. Quark
2. Q
3. Kes/Neelix(tie)
4. The Doctor(on Voyager)
5 Moogie(Quark's mom, in "Family Buisness")

just my 0.02 credits

-Me

Petra de Jong

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May 22, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/22/95
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In article <aellison-190...@macbe04.tcd.ie> aell...@tcd.ie (a) writes:
>From: aell...@tcd.ie (a)

>Subject: Re: Best Character Survey
>Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 15:55:31 GMT

>Well here goes:

I agree with numbers 1 and 2.
3 Dax
4 Benjamin Sisko
5 Marritza
Yes, these are my favorites characters of all the series. But there seems to
be a pattern :D.

Petra
Member ENVY, The Flying Dutch, USS Matrix

Deni Johnson

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May 22, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/22/95
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In article <3pap05$j...@dns.crocker.com>, poi...@crocker.com (The Honorable

Mikael G. Haxby III) wrote:

> Seth Dilday (se...@aplus.com) wrote:
> : I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.
>


here's my 2 cents:

1. Bev Crusher
2. Spock
3. Picard
4. Kira
5. Yeoman Rand (hey--I liked her)

Jakob Aabel Oestergaard

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May 22, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/22/95
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On Fri, 19 May 1995, a wrote:

> In article <3pghr5$j...@news0.cybernetics.net>, Seth Dilday
> <se...@aplus.com> wrote:
>
> > There's still time to get in the Favorite character survey. Just e-mail me a
> > list of you favorite 5 characters (regular or recurring) from all
>

These are mine:

1) Data
2) Picard
3) Worf
4) Q
5) Bev. Chrusher

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May 23, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/23/95
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In a previous article, red...@egoli.min.wits.ac.za (Stephen Redford student)) says:

>In article <3pa4v0$d...@inferno.mpx.com.au> thor...@jolt.mpx.com.au (David Goh) writes:


>
>>On 15 May 95 16:52:06 -0700 Max Exter (m...@caspian.coc.powell-river.bc.ca) wrote:
>>> Seth Dilday (se...@aplus.com) wrote:
>>> : I am doing a survey on the ST newsgroups about the best characters in Trek.
>

>>> 1. Odo
>>> 2. Quark
>>> 3. Data
>>> 4. Garak
>>> 5. Sulu
>
>>1. Major Kira
>>2. Judzeia Dax
>>3. Spock
>>4. Kirk
>>5. Gul Dukat
>

>1. Quark
>2. Kirk
>3. Spock
>4. Chekov
>5. Scotty
>
>
1. Data
2. Dr. (Zimmerman,Schweitzer, or whatever)
3. Evil Sisco
4. Garak
5. Picard

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Todd Douglas Martin

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Okay, here they are:
1) Lt. Barkley, he is the best cause I like his holodeck programs.
2) Lt. Commander Data, he is the true captain/problem-solver of STNG
3) Counselor Troi, best cleavage.
4) Kirk, he gets the women and fights dirty.
5) Spock, makes cheesy plots palatable.

Arran Whitaker

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1.Odo.
2.Dax..
3. Picard
4. Kirk..
So there!!

David Ralphs

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Montey (Michael Lamont) (mrlamont@acacia) wrote:
: to all those who believe WESTLEY is the worst characte please remember

: he was based on how GENE RODDENBERRY would have liked his life to be at
: that age.

Well a book I have said that the character was originally going
to be a girl, so what does that say about the big bird!

DN
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This thread obviously started with my survey. Please e-mail me your favorites,
as I see some on this thread that have not been included in the results. They
must be e-mailed to be to be counted, and I would like as many responses as
possible.

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1 Picard
2 Riker
3 Odo
4 Sisko
5 Worf


Bryan E. Esquire

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1) Janeway
2) The Doctor
3) Picard
4) Crusher, Beverly
5) Odo
6) Sisko
7) Bashir


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Tod

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I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?

MR AUSTIN

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Montey (Michael Lamont) (mrlamont@acacia) wrote:
: to all those who believe WESTLEY is the worst characte please remember
: he was based on how GENE RODDENBERRY would have liked his life to be at
: that age.

That's kind of sweet, but no excuse for the gratuitously icky saving of
the ship that he kept getting to do... you have a ship with over a
thousand highly-trained crew, the creme de la creme of Starfleet academy,
on the flagship of the Star Fleet, and it still falls to an adolescent
ensign to haul the crew out of trouble time after time...

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Definetly the TRAVELLER!!

Great guy....(or whatever he was)


Steve Leahy

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gta...@nwu.edu (Tod) wrote:

> I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?

No. I always found Pulaski far more believable. It's a pity she plumeted
to her death down a turbo-lift shaft! [1]

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Iain G. Old

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In article <3q3pv3$s...@manuel.anu.edu.au>
Steve Leahy <Steve...@anu.edu.au> writes:

> > I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?

I agree. I thought she was a dreadful actress. IMHO she had a hard act
to follow after DeForest Kelly's "Bones" and just didn't make the
grade.


Pulaski was much more believable - and she brought back fond memories
of her roles in the original series.

Merceditas Castillo

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steelnet (stee...@coyote.rain.org) wrote:
: 1.Picard
: 2.Spock
: 3.Kirk
: 4.Data
: 5.Torres
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: ~~~
: CTS
: Ojai, California
:
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: ~~~~

Might as well put my two...no, make that FIVE...cents in:
1. Janeway (just because)
2. Lt. B'Elanna Torres (I understand her)
3. Thomas Eugene Paris (ooooohhh!)
4. Harry Kim (the little brother I never had)
5. Jean Luc Picarrd (the father I never had)
6. Troi's Mom

--MVC--

Darren Forrester

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Tod (gta...@nwu.edu) wrote:
: I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?

No and I also liked her in her two guest roles in TOS. lets see if anyone out there can name them.
THE CHARACTER - THE EPISODE

FOZ


Gianluca Callini

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Iain G. Old (ig...@pasteur.fr) wrote:
: In article <3q3pv3$s...@manuel.anu.edu.au>
: Steve Leahy <Steve...@anu.edu.au> writes:

: > > I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski
:better?

: I agree. I thought she was a dreadful actress. IMHO she had a hard act


: to follow after DeForest Kelly's "Bones" and just didn't make the
: grade.

Sorry, but we are talking about CHARACTERS not actors. Gates McFadden is
a good actress. Now, just because she was often given bad storylines as Dr.
Crusher to work with doesn't mean that she didn't make the grade.
In fact, if we have to compare actors, I'd say that Gates McFadden and
Marina Sirtis are a lot more talented than DeForest Kelley.

Luca
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Janeway?!?!?!? Well there is no accounting for tase.

sl...@cc.usu.edu

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In article <3q58qm$5...@grivel.une.edu.au>, dfor...@metz.une.edu.au (Darren Forrester) writes:

> Tod (gta...@nwu.edu) wrote:
> : I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?
>
> No and I also liked her in her two guest roles in TOS. lets see if anyone out there can name them.
> THE CHARACTER - THE EPISODE
>
> FOZ
>

Dr. Crusher was not the best, but she does have a great bod. There is not
question who the worst character is, it used to be Wussly, but now that we have
STV "JANEWAY" is by far the worst!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KAT

Scott Alter

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Or for taste, for that matter! :)

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San Antonio, Texas
I've beamed down......AND I CAN'T BEAM UP!!
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Pato

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at last i've got my own account soon i'll have a web page
(http://ftoomsh.socs.uts.edu.au/ )

PATO!

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"GENE rations the true meaning of trek"
- Ian Chambers

"people are no damn good"
- The Rev Dr Doug

"Society is to blame"
- Andrew denton

"... BUT wait theers still more!'
- Tim Shaw, the Demtel man


Robin

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May 26, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/26/95
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Best characters there have ever been :

Yeoman D. Ed. Meat. (You know, gets fried by the bad guy as an example
to Kirk, gets turned into a white crystal and crushed, gets dissolved
by the acid monster, gets stabbed, shot, frozen, crushed, vaporised,
transported into the nearest star, and never ever gets to say anything
about it.)
B. Imbo. (The wife/girlfriend/tasty bit that asks Kirk 'Please, I
do not understand this earth custom of pressing the lips together?!'/
'Do not understand this strange emotion?!'/'Kiss me, Jim!' and is always
rewarded by Kirk obliging.)
Kirk (For always obliging. And often shooting people)
Spock (I mean, for chrissakes, he practically *was* Star Trek.)
Scotty (For beaming people up so well, and having the least convincing
Scottish accent to ever grace a television screen.)

Robin.

'He's dead Jim.'
'Thanks Bones. The gaping hole in his chest rather gave it away for
me too.'

Dion

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May 27, 1995, 3:00:00 AM5/27/95
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In article <3q48m5$m...@ornews.intel.com> Cliff Merrill <Cmer...@intel9.intel.com> writes:
>Subject: Re: Best Character Survey
>From: Cliff Merrill <Cmer...@intel9.intel.com>
>Date: 26 May 1995 09:57:25 GMT


>Definetly the TRAVELLER!!

>Great guy....(or whatever he was)


Ya. He took Wesley far away. even out of our time. I will always have a
soft spot for the traveller because of that.

Malcolm Corney

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>No and I also liked her in her two guest roles in TOS. lets see if anyone out there can name them.
>THE CHARACTER - THE EPISODE

Dr Ann Mulhall in "Return To Tomorrow" (Ann was taken over by the
alien mind of Thalassa, wife of Sargon - "Never fear, Sargon is here",
spoken by Kirk in a blooper in that episode)

Dr Miranda Jones in "Is There In Truth No Beauty?"

Ciao

Mal, Di & Kay


Bryan Chesek

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In article <luca1701D...@netcom.com>, luca...@netcom.com (Gianluca Callini) says:
>
>Iain G. Old (ig...@pasteur.fr) wrote:
>: In article <3q3pv3$s...@manuel.anu.edu.au>
>: Steve Leahy <Steve...@anu.edu.au> writes:
>
>: > > I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski
>:better?
>
>: I agree. I thought she was a dreadful actress. IMHO she had a hard act
>: to follow after DeForest Kelly's "Bones" and just didn't make the
>: grade.
>
>Sorry, but we are talking about CHARACTERS not actors. Gates McFadden is
>a good actress. Now, just because she was often given bad storylines as Dr.
>Crusher to work with doesn't mean that she didn't make the grade.
>In fact, if we have to compare actors, I'd say that Gates McFadden and
>Marina Sirtis are a lot more talented than DeForest Kelley.
>
>Luca
>--
I have to agree with you, Luca...

If one of you were an actress or actor and you were thrown into something
like Star Trek, how good of a character would you be...I think Gates
McFadden (Crusher) and Marina Sirtis (Cnsl. Troi) did and exceptional
job...They certainly do make the grade in my book...A+, even...

Why don't you try it...see how good of a character you are....see if
you can make the grade...

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Bryan Chesek

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In article <1995May26.1...@cc.usu.edu>, sl...@cc.usu.edu says:
>
>In article <3q5960$b...@garuda.csulb.edu>, dita...@csulb.edu (Merceditas Castillo) writes:
>> steelnet (stee...@coyote.rain.org) wrote:
>> : 1.Picard
>> : 2.Spock
>> : 3.Kirk
>> : 4.Data
>> : 5.Torres
>> : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> : ~~~
>> : CTS
>> : Ojai, California
>> :
>> : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> : ~~~~
>>
>> Might as well put my two...no, make that FIVE...cents in:
>> 1. Janeway (just because)
>> 2. Lt. B'Elanna Torres (I understand her)
>> 3. Thomas Eugene Paris (ooooohhh!)
>> 4. Harry Kim (the little brother I never had)
>> 5. Jean Luc Picarrd (the father I never had)
>> 6. Troi's Mom
>>
>> --MVC--
>Janeway?!?!?!? Well there is no accounting for tase.
>
>
No accounting for spelling either, eh? Tase, I guess, is supposed to
be taste?? I happen to think that Janeway IS a great character. I must
agree with MVC...But I would add the character Geron in there some-
where...he is cool... (Geron, for those who don't know, is the young
Bajoran kid on Voyager, whom Dolby was being very protective of.)

--B.S.C.--

David Weinberg

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David Ralphs (d...@atn.atn7.oz.au) wrote:

: Montey (Michael Lamont) (mrlamont@acacia) wrote:
: : to all those who believe WESTLEY is the worst characte please remember
: : he was based on how GENE RODDENBERRY would have liked his life to be at
: : that age.

: Well a book I have said that the character was originally going


: to be a girl, so what does that say about the big bird!


--
About 'Leslie' Crusher - the reason for making the character a girl was
because "[E]veryone had teenage boys..." Roddenberry was a proponent
for making the character WESTLY.

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Tod (gta...@nwu.edu) wrote:
: I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?

Probably.

Obviously the producers didnt like her.
She was chopped and they chased Gates to get her back

D:DEMONSPOOLMAIL

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I can't stand Wesley or O'Brian. Why did they bring O'Brian into DS9 and
Wesley into this new one everyones talking about? O.K., it's just a
rumour, but who'd make up anything as frightening as that?

--
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Hunter

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gta...@nwu.edu (Tod) writes:

> I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski bette

I liked Pulaski, but I think that to the masses, the loss of Crusher
and the bland excuse of it just created a dark cloud for the character. I
was depressed to see her go as well. But I did feel mollified when both
she and Shelby made a simultaneous guest appearance in the TNG giant
novel "Vendetta".

Claudio Morales Trujillo

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This my list (esta es mi lista) :

1.- J. T. Kirk
2.- J. L. Picard
3.- Spock
4.- Odo
5.- Locutus

Trevor Foulstone

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dfor...@metz.une.edu.au (Darren Forrester) wrote:

>Tod (gta...@nwu.edu) wrote:
>: I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?

>No and I also liked her in her two guest roles in TOS. lets see if anyone out there can name them.
>THE CHARACTER - THE EPISODE

Lets see, she played Dr Miranda Jones in "Is There in Truth No Beauty" and Dr
Ann Mulhall in "Return to Tomorrow".


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Neelix. He's so incredibly annoying.

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Bonnie

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Iain G. Old (ig...@pasteur.fr) wrote:
: In article <3q3pv3$s...@manuel.anu.edu.au>
: Steve Leahy <Steve...@anu.edu.au> writes:

: > > I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?

: I agree. I thought she was a dreadful actress. IMHO she had a hard act


: to follow after DeForest Kelly's "Bones" and just didn't make the
: grade.


: Pulaski was much more believable - and she brought back fond memories


: of her roles in the original series.

Another vote for Pulaski! I thought her character very intriguing,
even if unlikeable at times, and thought she could add a lot to the
show. And the acress was great! McFadden's acting was fine, IMHO,
but the character had potential that was never developed by the
writers. Same could be said for most of the characters on TNG,
and probably would have happened to Pulaski had she stayed as well.
Somebody said she played Miranda in TOS as well? Loved her in
that part too! Anybody know anything else she's been in? For that
matter, what her name is? I don't remember. BTW I agree that
DForest's Bones was a hard act to follow. I think I placed him as
my third favorite Trek character.

Bonnie

Andrew Brett

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IMHO, being a TNG fan, top five must be:

1. La Forge Why has no one mentioned him, don'tcha love his
technobabble!
2. Picard
3. Data
4. Guinan
5. Quark

Wesley Crusher must die, and Riker should be demoted to Ensign for a
while, the smug, egotist. He's even worse than Kirk!

VivaKaco01

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My five favorite characters are;
Capt. Picard,
Dr. Crusher,
Lt. Dax,
Capt. Janeway,
Lt. Torres.

Katherine

Rolfe Bozier

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In article <gta-kfn-2505...@aragorn199.acns.nwu.edu>,

Tod <gta...@nwu.edu> wrote:
>I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?

I also liked Pulaski. Unfortunately that was probably because she was just
McCoy with a sex change. At least Beverly is a different character.
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gta...@nwu.edu (Tod) writes:

>I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?

No

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: Indeed...
: As an Ausie, I saw The Hunt For Red October (again) but for the first
: time since I've taken an interest in ST. From just one line I recognised
: her (it was the only line she had!). Maybe I'd better cut back on Trek.
: Did anyone else spot her?

Came across as rather bitchy to me, but maybe Caroline Ryan was supposed
to be bitchy.

: And on a similar thread, can anyone think of other (cameo) roles played
: by others of the Trek cast? I've seen Picard appear in Robin Hood:Men in
: Tights (funniest monie in a while) in the part played by Sean Connery in
: Prince of Thieves. Is this another dig like the line "Because, unlike
: some other Robin Hoods, *I* can speak with a *real* English accent!" (I
: thought that was one of the best lines in the movie).

Try "L.A. Story", Steve Martin's movie. Patrick Stewart has only a few
scenes but they are priceless.

Joan Fechter


q

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> >I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski
better?


I don't think it's right to slag off Gate's McFadden as an actress.
Just because she really hadn't got alot to do in comparison with other
characters and was often constricted in her role of the good doing doctor.
Beverly Crusher had an entirely different approch to either Bones or Kate
Pulaski but that was a production decesion and it not good for fans to be
condemning Gates as an actress just cos you may not have liked her
character.

Just for the record, I have seen Gates McFadden in other things and she
has done a fine job there as well.

Anthony Kyle Monday

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Distribution:

q (q) wrote:

: > >I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski
: better?

Well, I though Pulaski was a witch. And I wholeheartedly subscribe to the
Gates McFAdden Is My Goddess club, of which I am the only member, so that
only I can serve her.
I thought she was great. Hated Wes, yes, but I love her.
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Ubiquitous

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In article <gta-kfn-2505...@aragorn199.acns.nwu.edu>, gta...@nwu.edu (Tod) says:
>
>I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?

I liked both, actually, but I never understood why no one else
liked Polasky, to be honest.

Ubiquitous

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In article <3q58qm$5...@grivel.une.edu.au>, dfor...@metz.une.edu.au (Darren Forrester) says:
>Tod (gta...@nwu.edu) wrote:
>: I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski better?
>
>No and I also liked her in her two guest roles in TOS.
>lets see if anyone out there can name them.
>THE CHARACTER - THE EPISODE

Is there in Truth No Beauty? She was a blind girl who just happened
to be an ex-girlfriend or something with Kirk.

Farid I don't know the other one.

Ubiquitous

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In article <3q44li$9...@columbia.acc.brad.ac.uk>, M.R.A...@bradford.ac.uk (MR AUSTIN) says:
>: that age.
>
>That's kind of sweet, but no excuse for the gratuitously icky saving of
>the ship that he kept getting to do... you have a ship with over a
>thousand highly-trained crew, the creme de la creme of Starfleet academy,
>on the flagship of the Star Fleet, and it still falls to an adolescent
>ensign to haul the crew out of trouble time after time...

Or how about that New Age/PC shit they pulled with him and the
Travel Agent, er, Traveler?

"Yes Wesley, you are special. Care to go on a spiritual road trip
with me?"

Arrggghhhhh!

Bonnie Lee Miller

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IMHO, the (bottom) 5 Trek characters are:

5) Captain Kathryn Janeway

4) Commander Chakotay

3) Dr. Katherine Pulaski

2) Cadet Wesley Crusher

1) Neelix. By far.

Although I must say I object to this poll on philosophical
grounds, it is heartening to know that others find Mr. Neelix
as annoying as I find him. In general, however, I would like
to say that I find the vast, overwhelming majority of Trek
characters to be wonderful in their own right. (And to whomever
listed Riker..."Bleeeeeeeeee!" to you too, buddy.)

Bonnie

Scott "Buck Ryan" Davis

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On 29 May 1995, Anthony Kyle Monday wrote:

> @macps02.tcd.ie>


> q (q) wrote:
>
> : > >I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski
> : better?
>

> : I don't think it's right to slag off Gate's McFadden as an actress.
> : Just because she really hadn't got alot to do in comparison with other
> : characters and was often constricted in her role of the good doing doctor.
> : Beverly Crusher had an entirely different approch to either Bones or Kate
> : Pulaski but that was a production decesion and it not good for fans to be
> : condemning Gates as an actress just cos you may not have liked her
> : character.
>
> : Just for the record, I have seen Gates McFadden in other things and she
> : has done a fine job there as well.

Indeed...
As an Ausie, I saw The Hunt For Red October (again) but for the first
time since I've taken an interest in ST. From just one line I recognised
her (it was the only line she had!). Maybe I'd better cut back on Trek.
Did anyone else spot her?

And on a similar thread, can anyone think of other (cameo) roles played
by others of the Trek cast? I've seen Picard appear in Robin Hood:Men in
Tights (funniest monie in a while) in the part played by Sean Connery in
Prince of Thieves. Is this another dig like the line "Because, unlike
some other Robin Hoods, *I* can speak with a *real* English accent!" (I
thought that was one of the best lines in the movie).


>

> Well, I though Pulaski was a witch. And I wholeheartedly subscribe to the
> Gates McFAdden Is My Goddess club, of which I am the only member, so that
> only I can serve her.
> I thought she was great. Hated Wes, yes, but I love her.
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Joan Fechter (jfec...@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:

: : Indeed...


: : As an Ausie, I saw The Hunt For Red October (again) but for the first
: : time since I've taken an interest in ST. From just one line I recognised
: : her (it was the only line she had!). Maybe I'd better cut back on Trek.
: : Did anyone else spot her?

: Came across as rather bitchy to me, but maybe Caroline Ryan was supposed
: to be bitchy.

: : And on a similar thread, can anyone think of other (cameo) roles played

: : by others of the Trek cast? I've seen Picard appear in Robin Hood:Men in
: : Tights (funniest monie in a while) in the part played by Sean Connery in
: : Prince of Thieves. Is this another dig like the line "Because, unlike
: : some other Robin Hoods, *I* can speak with a *real* English accent!" (I
: : thought that was one of the best lines in the movie).

: Try "L.A. Story", Steve Martin's movie. Patrick Stewart has only a few


: scenes but they are priceless.

I am surprised no-one remembers....
Patrick Stewart was also in the movie 'Dune', with a very small part.
That was before TNG of course.

Jason Saunders

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In article <q-3005951...@macps02.tcd.ie>,
q (q) writes:
+
+> >I never like Dr. Crusher. Am I the only one out there who liked Pulaski
+better?
+

Probably

+
+I don't think it's right to slag off Gate's McFadden as an actress.
+Just because she really hadn't got alot to do in comparison with other
+characters and was often constricted in her role of the good doing doctor.
+Beverly Crusher had an entirely different approch to either Bones or Kate
+Pulaski but that was a production decesion and it not good for fans to be
+condemning Gates as an actress just cos you may not have liked her
+character.

Lets face it, being stuck with the role of unspeakably liberal doctor
with a pronounced chest is not the acting role of the century. IMO she was
not amongst the worst characters on ST:TNG but did feature in rather poor
'Sub Rosa'.


The worst character on any ST series for my money has to be Dax. Why ?

1. She doesn't or can't act
2. Given a character with endless possibilities (multiple lifetimes) Dax
is dull and lifeless
3. I don't find her attractive

Nuff said.

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Paul Walsh

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Best Characters -

1: Picard
2: Worf
3: Data
4: Odo
5: Quark
6: Dax
7: Holo-Dr from Voyager.
8: Tasha Yar

I could go on, but that's enough ! :) These are not in any particular order.

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> I am surprised no-one remembers....
> Patrick Stewart was also in the movie 'Dune', with a very small part.
> That was before TNG of course.

Patrick Stuart also in BBC production of "I, Claudius".
Armin Shimmerman (Quark) appeared as an alien in an episode of 'Alien Nation'.
George from 'Alien Nation' (Eric Pierpoint) also appearred in TNG. Which
episode?

Grant.

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James Beauregard Kennedy

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Jason Saunders (ma...@csv.warwick.ac.uk) wrote:

: The worst character on any ST series for my money has to be Dax. Why ?

: 1. She doesn't or can't act

She hasn't been given many opportunities.

She has the one character on the show that doesn't have an
antagonist/conflict/buddy...

For example,

Odo and Quark; Bashir and Garak (and sometimes O'Brien); Sisko and Kira;
Jake and Nog...

: 2. Given a character with endless possibilities (multiple lifetimes) Dax
: is dull and lifeless

I always thought of Dax being more detached than the others-- more of a
"been there, done that" kind of character. See under point 1 as well.

: 3. I don't find her attractive

I do.

Later,

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Matthew Jeremy Blevins

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> Reply to: James Beauregard Kennedy
>
> RE: WORST CHARACTER SURVEY - DAX
>
> 30 May 1995 12:34:17 GMT
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>Jason Saunders (ma...@csv.warwick.ac.uk) wrote:
>
>: The worst character on any ST series for my money has to be Dax. Why ?
>
>: 1. She doesn't or can't act
Uh... WRONG! She's just a bit more cool and in control than most, and
Terry Farrel plays her that way.

> She hasn't been given many opportunities.
How about "Blood Oath?"

> She has the one character on the show that doesn't have an
>antagonist/conflict/buddy...
What about her Dabo-playing with Quark? Her girl-talk friendship with
Kira? Her close friendship with Sisko (which I think should become more...)?

> For example,
>
> Odo and Quark; Bashir and Garak (and sometimes O'Brien); Sisko and Kira;
>Jake and Nog...
>
>: 2. Given a character with endless possibilities (multiple lifetimes) Dax
>: is dull and lifeless
I really disagree. They haven't done as much as they should have with
her, yes, but when they do I'm never dissappointed.

> I always thought of Dax being more detached than the others-- more of a
>"been there, done that" kind of character. See under point 1 as well.
>
>: 3. I don't find her attractive
>
> I do.
Ditto here. Why can't we have more intelligent, mature, strong,
beautiful women in the 20th century? Maybe she suffers from a little bit of TNG
disease- she's too perfect! And how could you NOT find her attractive?! Do you
like little boys or something?

Fornasiero Andrea

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Well, I think that the best character are:
(1) Spok... He's the simble of intelligence!
(2) Jean Luc Picard. He remember me the good old thing.
(3) Data. Hey, He's the substitute of Spok in TNG.
(4) Kirk. Is there something to say?
(5) Deanna Troi. She puts a scent of woman in TNG.
Here it is!


byrd...@clark.net

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SCOTTY ON DS9!!! SCOTTY ON DS9!!! SCOTTY ON DS9!!!

byrd...@clark.net

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Wesley....the annoying little twit....IMHO.

David Goh

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On 30 May 1995 12:50:32 +0100 Jason Saunders (ma...@csv.warwick.ac.uk) wrote:
[discussion about Dr Crusher deleted]

> The worst character on any ST series for my money has to be Dax. Why ?

> 1. She doesn't or can't act

Doesn't act? Ye gods. She does a *very* good job of being *old*.
Everything about her screams "I am old." It's all very very subtle,
and the result does make her appear unnaturally calm... this is
*exactly* the desired 'acting'.

> 2. Given a character with endless possibilities (multiple lifetimes) Dax
> is dull and lifeless

She isn't not at all dull... And she's not lifeless. Just
very very abnormally calm. The contrast between her and Kira
is very very brilliant.

Dax is calm, level headed at *all* times, including under fire.
Exactly what you'd expect of someone several hundred years
old, who's been in conditions ranging from utter luxury to
total war.

Kira, on the other hand, is youth at it's finest, fiery,
feisty, flashes of anger, and through it all, a certain
arrogance mixed with uncertainty that youth carries.

The contrast is pretty great. :)

> 3. I don't find her attractive

You don't? Oh well. :) Mm... personally, I find her
very attractive, mainly because of her projection of
age. Mind you, I find Kira just as attractive, 'cos
she's as feisty as all hell... :) and those nose
ridges... Mmm. :)

Later,

Thorfy

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1. Picard (Most Definatley!)
2. Data
3. Riker (I think Shisms Made Riker's Charater)
4. Dr. Crusher
5. Odo
6. Worf (just a bit Predictable)

Can't think of any more realy good charaters.

Cheers!

Captain Cellulite

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Worst Charaters:

1. Dr. Pulanski (She was a bitch and treated Data like shit!)
2. Weasly Cruncher (I hate Him so Much I misspelt his name!)
3. Ben Sisko (He makes Spock look like a comedian)
4. Dr. Bashir (The Wesley Chrusher of DS9)
5. Kira (Very Perdictable)

There you go

Cheers!

Tod

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In article <g.wray-3005...@mac15.anat.ucl.ac.uk>,
g.w...@ucl.ac.uk (Grant Wray) wrote:

> > I am surprised no-one remembers....
> > Patrick Stewart was also in the movie 'Dune', with a very small part.
> > That was before TNG of course.
>
> Patrick Stuart also in BBC production of "I, Claudius".
> Armin Shimmerman (Quark) appeared as an alien in an episode of 'Alien Nation'.
> George from 'Alien Nation' (Eric Pierpoint) also appearred in TNG. Which
> episode?

To continue the tangent... Stewart also appears in 'Excalibur.'

ch...@utdallas.edu

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byrd...@clark.net wrote:

> SCOTTY ON DS9!!! SCOTTY ON DS9!!! SCOTTY ON DS9!!!

HEAR HEAR! I second that one!!!

(But what would make the deckplates rattle for him? No warp drive...or,
at least, not at first. :-) I can picture it now...the Spherical
Station meets the Borg Cube.)

MR AUSTIN

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: >: And on a similar thread, can anyone think of other (cameo) roles played
: >: by others of the Trek cast? I've seen Picard appear in Robin Hood:Men in
: >: Tights (funniest monie in a while) in the part played by Sean Connery in
: >: Prince of Thieves. Is this another dig like the line "Because, unlike
: >: some other Robin Hoods, *I* can speak with a *real* English accent!" (I
: >: thought that was one of the best lines in the movie).

Me too. The obvious joke, but when it came out I was ROTFL. Go Cary Elwes!
Anyone remember his incredibly cool role a Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts in
The Princess Bride?

: >Try "L.A. Story", Steve Martin's movie. Patrick Stewart has only a few
: >scenes but they are priceless.

I'll say...

: Do not forget that Patrick Stewart was also in Excalibur...that great
: movie about King Arthur, The Lady in the Lake, and Excalibur itself...

AND... he, along with a whole cast of hold-on-a-minute-weren't-theys,
appears in the David Lynch Film Dune. Stewart plays Gurney Halleck. Dean
Stockwell (Al from Quantum Leap) is Doctor Yueh. Kyle Maclachlan is Paul
Atreides. Max Von Syndow is Liet Kynes. Sean Young is Chani. Sting is Feyd
Rautha Harkonnen. Freddie Jones is Thufir Hawat. The list goes on...

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Picard was 'in' the Simpsons. He was No.1 the leader of a group of
mason like people which Homer joined.

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