h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Doctor Who Enemies: Omega - A87848392
Author: Bluebottle - U43530

A Flea Market Rescue of:
A879915 Omega - The Founder of Time Travel by U186831 – Cyberhuman

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Looks good to me - but I shall have to hope that someone with better non-modern Dr Who knowledge that I can take a look!

ooh, first sentence: "Omega twice featured in the world's longest-running and most popular sci-fi series, Doctor Who (1963-1989)." I think that date needs updating?

Also, as a Star Trek fan, I disagree with "featured in the world's longest-running and most popular sci-fi series" so perhaps you should change that to "featured in British TV's longest-running and most popular sci-fi series, Doctor Who..."

I'll have a read of the rest later

GB

Hello GB

Thanks for reading . I've tweaked the opening sentence*. Sorry to hear that you disagree with 'the world's longest-running and most popular sci-fi series'. According to Guinness World Records it is the world's longest science fiction television series: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-running-science-fiction-tv-series

The Guinness world records website goes on to call Doctor Who 'the most successful sci-fi TV show of all time, based on longevity, DVD sales, views on BBC’s iPlayer and publishing spin-offs. This eclipses the original Star Trek series, which has had numerous spin-offs (such as The Next Generation and Voyager) that are not a genuine continuation of the same show.'
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/11/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-the-time-lord%E2%80%99s-world-records-53100/

The 50th Anniversary programme was also the most-watched drama of all time, broadcast in 94 countries (simulcast in 75) in 15 languages.

But naturally I do not wish to disparage 'Star Trek' – naturally I have all the series and films on DVD, spin-off novels and annuals that number in the hundreds, soundtrack and 'Conversational Klingon' audio cassettes, Fact Files etc. When my daughter was a baby, I used the 'Voyager' theme to send her to sleep. I also have two Enterprises (NCC1701 and NCC1701-D) on my desk at work, and only one TARDIS (also a dinosaur and a compass). 'Star Trek' has a fine and noble history, and beats 'Doctor Who' hands down when it comes to science-fiction films.

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*Eventually. See Captcha for details of delay.

I read it as your personal opinion, so I think you need to quote the Guinness World Records in the Entry to support the claim, it'll do as a footnote

I'll read the rest as soon as I've dried out

GB

Good idea, footnote added.

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Back to: >>But naturally I do not wish to disparage 'Star Trek' – naturally I have all the series and films on DVD, spin-off novels and annuals that number in the hundreds, soundtrack and 'Conversational Klingon' audio cassettes, Fact Files etc. When my daughter was a baby, I used the 'Voyager' theme to send her to sleep. I also have two Enterprises (NCC1701 and NCC1701-D) on my desk at work, and only one TARDIS (also a dinosaur and a compass).<<

I can raise you:

I have: Two Trek encyclopedias. A visual dictionary. A Trek diary from 1997 containing all the stars' birthdays. A signed photo of Chakotay signed by Robert Beltran (unfortunately it wasn't me who met him). 3 x Star Trek t-shirts - "Generations" (film), "TNG - crew" and "TNG - Enterprise D", most of DS9 on DVD, DVD box sets of Time Travel and Q. Multiple books. All of the films up to "Into Darkness" on DVD, (all of my Voyager VHS tapes had to go in the bin when my last VHS recorder went caput). An official plate (Enterprise E), a comm badge, a Data keyring, "Into Darkness" mobile phone case (it's rubber, and protects the phone if dropped, and it was free). Doctor Who - I have inherited 2 Tardis', completely full of Doctor Who cards which my son left behind when he moved out. A Doctor Who manual and the latest essential guide. I don't own any Doctor Who DVDs, there's only one I'd like to watch again, where they brought Vincent Van Gogh forward in time to see his exhibition in the present day, that really touched me and Van Gogh is Ian's favourite artist, I'd love him to see it (he's not a sci-fi fan but he's intrigued with that story)

I'm sure I've forgotten something

My Star Trek books are:

NOVELS

By Alan Dean Foster:
Star Trek 1
Star Trek 2
Star Trek 3
Star Trek 4
Star Trek 5
Star Trek 6
Star Trek 7
Star Trek 8
Star Trek 9
Star Trek 10
Star Trek 11
Star Trek 12
Fotonovel 2
Fotonovel 4
Fotonovel 11
Fotonovel 12

By James Blish:
Star Trek: Log 1
Star Trek: Log 3

Original Series Novels:
Star Trek: Short Stories II
Star Trek: The New Voyages
Star Trek: The New Voyages 2
Enterprise The First Mission
Spock Must Die!
Spock Messiah
2. The Price Of The Phoenix
4. Perry's Planet
6. Trek To Madworld
7. Planet Of Judgement
9. The Fate Of The Phoenix
10. Death's Angel
11. Vulcan!
Mission To Horatius

1. Chain Of Attack
2. Deep Domain
3. Dreams Of The Raven
4. The Romulan Way
5. How Much For Just The Planet?
6. Bloodthirst
7. The I.D.I.C. Epidemic
8. Yesterday's Son
9. Time For Yesterday
10. The Final Reflection
11. Timetrap
12. The Vulcan Academy Murders
16. Memory Prime
17. The Entropy Effect
18. The Final Nexus
19. The Wounded Sky
20. Vulcan's Glory
21. My Enemy, My Ally
22. Double, Double
23. The Covenant Of The Crown
24. Corona
25. The Abode Of Life
26. Ishmael
27. Web Of The Romulans
28. The Cry of The Onlies
29. Dreadnought!
30. The Kobayashi Maru
31. The Trellisane Confrontation
32. Rules of Engagement
35. The Prometheus Design
37. Black Fire
38. Killing Sarah Sprack Time
39. The Tears Of The Singers
41. Mindshadow
42. Home Is The Hunter
43. Demons
44. Ghost-Walker
45. Mutiny On The Enterprise
46. A Flag Full Of Stars
47. Crisis On Centaurus
48. Renegade
49. Triangle
50. Legacy
51. Battlestations!
52. The Rift
53. Faces Of Fire
54. The Disinherited
55. Ice Trap
56. Sanctuary
57. Death Count
58. Shell Game
62. The Great Starship Race
68. Firestorm
70. Traitor Winds
73. Recovery
75. First Frontier
76. The Captain’s Daughter
79. Invasion: First Strike
80. The Joy Machine
81. Mudd In Your Eye
82. Mind Meld
84. Assingment: Eternity
85. My Brother's Keeper: Republic
86. My Brother's Keeper: Constitution
87. My Brother’s Keeper: Enterprise
89. New Earth 1: Wagon Train To The Stars
90. New Earth 2: Belle Terre
92. New Earth 4: The Flaming Arrow
93. New Earth 5: Thin Air
95. Swordhunt
96. Honour Blade
97. In The Name of Honour

Uhura's Song
Dwellers In The Crucible
Shadow Lord
Garth Of Izar
Probe
Eugenics Wars 1: The Rise & Fall Of Khan Nonnien Singh
Best Destiny
The Lost Years
Federation
Sarek
Spock's World
Vulcan's Forge
Vulcan's Heart
Shadows On The Sun

The Ashes Of Eden
The Return
Star Trek: Avenger
Star Trek: Spectre
Star Trek: Dark Victory
Star Trek: Preserver
Captain's Peril
Crucible: Spock

The Films
Star Trek The Motion Picture
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek
Star Trek Into Darkness

THE NEXT GENERATION
1. Ghost Ship
2. The Peacekeepers
3. The Children Of Hamlin
4. Survivors
5. Strike Zone
6. Power Hungry
7. Masks
8. The Captain’s Honour
9. A Call To Darkness
10. A Rock And A Hard Place
11. Gulliver’s Fugitives
12. Doomsday World
13. The Eyes Of The Beholders
14. Exiles
15. Fortune’s Light
16. Contamination
17. Boogeymen
18. Q In Law
19. Perchance To Dream
20. Spartacus
21. Chains Of Command
22. Imbalance
23. War Drums
24. Nightshade
25. Grounded
26. The Romulan Prize
27. Guises Of The Mind
28. Here There Be Dragons
30. Debtors' Planet
31. Foreign Foes
32. Requiem
33. Balance Of Power
34. Blaze of Glory
35. The Romulan Stratagem
36. Into The Nebula
37. The Last Stand
40. Possession
41. Invasion: The Soldiers Of Fear
42. Infiltrator
43. A Fury Scorned
44. The Death Of Princes
45. Intellivore
46. To Storm Heaven
47. The Q Continuum 1: Q-Space
48. The Q Continuum 2: Q-Zone
50. Dyson Sphere
51. Double Helix 1: Infection
52. Double Helix 2: Vectors
53. Double Helix 3: Red Sector
54. Double Helix 4: Quarantine
55. Double Helix 5: Double Or Nothing
56. Double Helix 6: First Virtue
57. The Forgotten War
58. Gemworld: Book One
59. Gemworld: Book Two
60. Tooth And Claw
61. Diplomatic Implausibility
62. Maximum Warp: Dead Zone
63. Maximum Warp: Forever Dark
The Battle Of Betazed
Residence
Death In Winter
The Buried Age
Ship Of The Line
The Best And The Brightest
The Genesis Wave: Book Two
The Genesis Wave: Book Three
A Time To Be Born
A Time To Die
A Time To Sow
A Time To Harvest
A Time To Love
A Time To Kill
A Time For War, A Time For Peace
Planet X
A Hard Rain
Losing The Peace
Encounter At Farpoint
Unification
Descent
Relics
All Good Things
Metamorphosis
Vendetta
The Devil’s Heart
Imzadi
Triangle: Imzadi II
Reunion
Dark Mirror
Crossover
I, Q
Q-Squared
Kahless
Destiny II: Mere Mortals


Deep Space Nine
1. Emissary
2. The Siege
3. Bloodletter
4. The Big Game
5. Fallen Heroes
6. Betrayal
7. Warchild
8. Antimatter
9. Proud Helios
10. Valhalla
11. Devil In The Sky
12. The Laertian Gamble
13. Station Rage
14. The Long Night
15. Objective: Bajor
16. Invasion: Time's Enemy
18. Saratoga
20. Wrath Of The Prophets
21. Trial By Error
22. Vengeance
23. The 34th Rule
24. Rebels 1: The Conquered
25. Rebels 2: The Courageous
26. Rebels 3: The Liberated
27. A Stitch In Time
The Way Of The Warrior
Trials And Tribble-ations
What You Leave Behind
Avatar: Book 1
Avatar: Book 2
Warped
Hollow Men
Left Hand Of Destiny 2
Worlds Of DS9 1
Worlds Of DS9 2
Unity
Millennium 3: Inferno
Mission Gamma 2: This Gray Spirit
Mission Gamma 4: Lesser Evil


Voyager
1. Caretaker
2. The Escape
3. Ragnarok
4. Violations
5. Incident At Arbuk
6. The Murdered Sun
7. Ghost Of A Chance
8. Cybersong
9. Invasion 4: The Final Fury
10. Bless The Beasts
11. The Garden
12. Chrysalis
15. Echoes
16. Seven Of Nine
17. Death of a Neutron Star
18. Battle Lines
Mosaic
Homecoming 1
Pathways
The Nanotech War
Spirit Walk 1: Old Wounds

Assorted Series
Day Of Honour 1: Ancient Blood
Day Of Honour 2: Armageddon Sky
Day Of Honour 3: Her Klingon Soul
Day Of Honour 4: Treaty's Law
Day Of Honour: The Television Episode
Invasion 1: First Strike
Invasion 2: The Soldiers Of Fear
Invasion 3: Time's Enemy
Invasion 4: The Final Fury
Dominion War 1: Behind Enemy Lines
Dominion War 2: Call To Arms…
Dominion War 3: Tunnel Through The Stars
Dominion War 4: Sacrifice Of Angels
Strange New Worlds
Strange New Worlds II
Strange New Worlds IV
The Badlands: 2
Mirror Universe: Dark Passions 1
Mirror Universe: Dark Passions 2
Captain's Table 1: War Dragons
Captain's Table 2: Dujonian's Hoard
Captain's Table 4: Fire Ship
Captain's Table 6: Where Sea Meets Sky
Gateways 2: Chainmail
Gateways 4: Demons Of Air And Darkness
Section 31: TOS: Cloak
Section 31: TNG: Rogue
Section 31: DS9: Abyss
Section 31: Voyager: Shadow
New Frontier 1: House Of Cards
New Frontier 5: Martyr
New Frontier 6: Fire On Hihj
New Frontier 7: The Quiet Place
New Frontier 8: Dark Allies
New Frontier 9: Requiem
New Frontier 10: Renaissance
New Frontier 11: Restoration
New Frontier: Comic: Double Time
IKS Gorkon 1: A Good Day To Die
IKS Gorkon 2: Honour Bound
Vulcan's Soul III: Epiphany
The Lost Era: The Art Of The Impossible
The Lost Era: The Sundered

SCE 1: Have Tech, Will Travel
Titan: Over A Torrent Sea
Enterprise: Rosetta
Enterprise: Daedalus
Enterprise: Daedalus's Children
Enterprise: The Good That Men Do
Starfleet Academy 1: Worf's 1st Adventure
Starfleet Academy 2: Line Of Fire
Vanguard: Harbinger
Vanguard: Summon the Thunder


About:
The Star Trek Quiz Book
The Star Trek Puzzle Manual
The Best Of Trek 7
The Best Of Trek 12
The Best Of The Best Of Trek II
Magazine - October 1996
Magazine - November 1996
Annual 1972
Annual 1974
Annual 1975
Annual 1976
Annual 1978
Annual – The Motion Picture
The Nitpicker's Guide For Classic Trekkers
The Nitpicker's Guide For Next Generation Trekkers
The Nitpicker's Guide For Next Generation Trekkers: Volume II
The Nitpicker's Guide For Deep Space Nine Trekkers
The Star Trek Compendium
The Star Trek Chronology
The Star Trek Encyclopedia
The Star Trek Encyclopedia: Updated And Expanded Edition
The Star Trek Encyclopedia: Updated And Expanded II
The Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual
Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual
Radio Times Official Collectors Edition 30 Year Souvenir Book
Where No-One Has Gone Before: A History In Pictures
The Making Of The TV Series
Lost Voyages of Trek and The Next Generation
The Physics Of Star Trek
The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion
The Unauthorised Trek: Deep Space - The Voyage Continues
The Making of Star Trek: DS9
The Secrets Of Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Insurrection (Junior)
Star Trek: Celebrations
Voyager: A Vision Of The Future
A Place Among The Stars: The Women Of Voyager
The Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition
Legends Of The Ferengi
Star Trek: The Original Series Sketchbook
Star Trek: The Movies Sketchbook
Star Trek: The Continuing Missions
Star Wreck: The Generation Gap

Autobiographies
Where No Man... Official William Shatner's Biography
Star Trek Memories
I Am Spock
Warped Factors: The Life Of Star Trek & Babylon 5 Actor Walter Koenig

I won't mention other merchandise or Doctor Who stuff...

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I hope you already had that lot on a spreadsheet somewhere?
I'd hate to think you went to that much trouble typing it all out for me

AnywayI surrender.

I do indeed have a booklist of my books which I keep a copy of on a USB for charity shop visitation purposes – though it is now a word document, and has never been a spreadsheet (until 2004 I didn't have a computer with spreadsheets, and instead I used a 1980's DOS-based word processing programme called 'Leading Edge' or LEWP that came with my old Amstrad PC1512. I wrote my first hundred or so h2g2 articles on Leading Edge.)

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A good idea to keep a list for bookshop/charity shop visiting purposes. I don't have a printer or I'd do the same thing. I generally know when I see something whether I've read it or not, luckily.

GB

Most novels I can remember whether I've read or not, but fan fiction is less memorable, especially when different publications change the covers...

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Good Entry well rescued

I have a couple of questions:

"murdering them for a bit"

"The Doctor is forced to use Omega's antimatter converter on him, unsure whether Omega has been erased or expelled back to his antimatter prison"

Does this mean that after the antimatter converter has been used, the Doctor is unsure what happened next?

Superb last footnote

I retuned my TV the other day and have found the Horror Channel, which broadcasts almost nothing but Doctor Who during the day Unfortunately at night when I watch TV, they broadcast actual horror instead, but I might be able to record some Doctor Who episodes somewhen, which would be good

The Horror channel?

Meant to post a typo but forgot

"he never actually wears it and carries it every where" = everywhere

Thanks for popping by and for your comments.

'murdering them for a bit'
In Doctor Who, people are often horribly murdered by monsters. Usually this is to emphasise the monstrosity of the monster or villainy of the villain that the Doctor is facing. Recently a gruesome murder takes place before the opening credits to hook the audience in to watch the rest of the show.
'Arc of Infinity', however, has what is perhaps the most casual attitude to murder in the whole of Doctor Who. Omega turns up in Amsterdam, wanders around, kills a gardener in order to get his clothes (shades of 'Terminator' there) wanders off again and listens to a pipe organ for a bit while glaring at people and smiling at children. No shock horror yikes scary oh no, someone's been murdered. All very much a nonchalant, relaxed walk along the garden pausing to smell the roses, commit a crime, tie some shoelaces, listen to music. That sort of thing.

"The Doctor is forced to use Omega's antimatter converter on him, unsure whether Omega has been erased or expelled back to his antimatter prison" Does this mean that after the antimatter converter has been used, the Doctor is unsure what happened next?
Yep – I've tweaked that bit.

Thanks for mentioning Horror - I'll be retuning my Freeview when I get home!

every where – corrected.

Superb last footnote
Thanks! It is sneakily a bit y as in 'Earthshock' the Fifth Doctor tells the Cybermen that one of the major differences between humans and Cybermen is that Humans enjoy the pleasure of 'eating a well-prepared meal' but it works well for people who don't get the reference too.

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Ah, I now understand the paragraph. Just to clarify, perhaps better to tweak the sentence to, "Omega than wanders around Amsterdam for a bit, glaring at people and murdering them,"

Now I'm not sure I understand the last footnote. Is the quote from 'Earthshock' saying that Cybermen have never had a well-prepared meal?

Tweaked

The last footnote is not a direct quote from 'Earthshock' but fans might recognise it as being a reference to a quote from that episode. The original quote had the Doctor asking the Cyberleader, 'When did you last have the pleasure of smelling a flower, watching a sunset, eating a well-prepared meal?' which springs to mind scenes thus:

Cyberleader: Our Cybermen, being part organic, are hungry. You must feed them.
Cyberlieutenant: Affirmative, I shall ensure that none of the meals are well-prepared but instead are burnt on the outside and frozen in the middle.
Cyberleader: Excellent.

Mainly it is just intended as an amusing tweak on the expression 'I've had more ... than you've had hot dinners!'.

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"The Daleks have been completely destroyed more often than the Cybermen have had well-prepared dinners."

If the Cybermen have never had a well-prepared dinner, then although it sounds good, this doesn't really correspond to "more than you've had hot dinners", I don't think. Perhaps it would work to say Cybermen have had hot dinners, or badly prepared dinners, or something...

...But but but – but you liked the footnote earlier and said it was 'superb'...?

I think it corresponds to the common expression, all it does is replace the word 'hot' with 'well-prepared'

What do other people think?

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