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   From: bothecat3@hotmail.com   
      
   Darmok wrote:   
      
   > On 20 Apr 2005 14:52:25 -0700, "Richard Fangnail"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Why did Crusher leave the series for a while and was replaced by   
   > >Pulaski?   
   >   
   > My understanding was that TPTB didn't like the direction of the   
   > relationship between Beverly and the Captain .. started seeming to   
   > them like the Yeoman/Kirk thing.  So they wanted to try for a more   
   > acerbic Doctor, to emulate Dr. McCoy. Pulaski lacked the chemistry   
   > that Dee Kelley had with Spock and the rest of the cast, and was   
   > actually much hated by Trek fans for her constant, unwarranted attacks   
   > on Spiner's character, Data.  So, TPTB decided to bring Gates back,   
   > much to the delight of the fans, as Pulaski was a bust .. never fit   
   > into the ensemble cast of TNG.   
   >   
   > "Mirab, with sails unfurled .."   
      
   Some say that the real reason she left was because one of the producers   
   sexually harrassed her. When he left she was asked to come back. Just a   
   rumor though.   
      
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