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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 12/31/2024 1:44 AM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > Ubiquitous wrote on 31/12/24 4:59 am:   
   >> no_email@invalid.invalid wrote:   
   >>> Ubiquitous  wrote:   
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   >>>> Plus, he told Troi to "dress more like a professional while on   
   >>>> duty".   
   >>>   
   >>> And ironically, Troi looked hotter in her uniform than she ever did   
   >>> in that leotard she used to lounge around in.   
   >>>   
   >>> Also, why do Federation ships like the Enterprise with a thousand+   
   >>> people on board only have one doctor? Even the original Enterprise   
   >>> with 500 crew members should have more than just McCoy aboard to   
   >>> deal with all their medical needs.   
   >>>   
   >>> Same with DS9. One doctor for an entire space station dealing with   
   >>> an itinerant population of constantly changing alien species? Seems   
   >>> unlikely.   
   >>   
   >> I thought they were the head doctor in the medical department. We   
   >> never saw the others because who cares about those NPCs?   
   >   
   > I'm sure I've seen a TOS Episode/Film where there IS another Doctor ....   
   > I think McCoy even talks to him. have an image of an Asian guy in my   
   > minds eye!!   
      
   TOS also had the African-American doctor who was a specialist in Vulcans   
   in one episode.  I'm pretty sure there were mentions of others.   
      
   There were other doctors in TNG, sometimes plot required specialists,   
   sometimes just background players.   
      
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