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

At the risk of throwing a spanner in the works and being a fly in the ointment and all the other cliches that I can't think of right now, and while bowing to the excellence of the Star Trek series how come something as good as Babylon 5 doesn't get a look in?

~something tells me I'll be answering my own question if I'm not careful~

I'm talking about those episodes that were connected to the Shadows War and not the "one offs".
Don't you think those series were well crafted, acted and had a semblance of "hmm, could be, could be" with regard to 'believability'?

~as if 'believability' is a pre-requiste for science fiction....doh!!~

Anyone care to enlighten me?

Any B5 fans out there?

I guess I'm a B5 fan, but Star trek and H2G2 are better. Responding to Dax, I think practically every voyager fan wants janeway and chakotay to get together. ALso, why would Seven and the Doctor need children? Do you see Seven as a mother? In any case the Doctor already programmed himself some holographic children, remember? They could also adopt. As for Harry Kim, who do you see him with? One of teh Delhaney sisters?

Thanks to everyone who made my page break teh twenty meesage mark. Thank you!

Actually I´ve never watched B5, so I can´t say if it´s good or not.
I plan to start watching it soon though, as a friend of mine is taping it for me... Let you know then...

Back to Star Trek. Yes, I do see Seven as a mother, eventually... She´s come a long way in a very short time. But actually I do kindda want her and the doctor to get together, I loved the episode "Someone to watch over me" and felt very sorry for the doc in the end.
At least Seven and the Doctor is better than Seven and Chakotay...

As long as everybody stays away from Tuvok I´m pretty much happy... He´s mine

Seven and Chakotay??????
What episode was that in?????
You can have Tuvok, Dax.
I'll have Babel in a Commander's uniform

Yea, it stink that I never saw the Seven-and Chakotay episode (my city was broadcasting the local womens basketball tournament that night). How did it turn out/ I don't think that it would work. I still can't imagine Seven ever being a mother. By the way, everyone stop by the Ultimate Fan page because I've added a few more of my favorite things. If you like any of the new stuff we can talk about it here.

>Seven and Chakotay??????
What episode was that in?????<
The one called "Human Error" You´ll get to that, be patient GB...
And actually I just saw the promoes for that episode which was more than enough... Since I´m from Denmark I don´t actually have access to any of the new Star Trek on TV, so a friend of mine downloads it from the internet. But there was an error in the Human Error episode (yes, I know...) so I have to wait until he fixes it and sends me the next tape... I can´t wait to see it though...

downloads it from the internet?????
Now you are talking astonishing revelations to me.....
How does one do this??
Please?

Oh please don´t aks me that, because I have absolutely no idea whatsoever... I´m just the stupid blond who get´s the tapes from a kindhearted friend...

Hey, was anyone else freaked out by the voyager yesterday? "author, author" was weird. Just a little star trek question here. in the 24th century starfleet can recrystallize their dilithium, right? So why do you need holograms to mine dilithium? Also, why this question of hologram rights? The federation established Data's rights years ago. Isnt the Doctor at least as sophisticated a Data?

Sorry, haven´t seen that particular episode yet... So I can´t really give you my opinion.

Hadn´t even heard about that one...

Where did everyone go? It's been two days! I tused to be that two hours couldn't go by without a message! Come on, guys, we need to defend the honor of h2g2/trekkies everywhere! This is an open forum. You can't tell me that you have nothing to discuss.

Sorry... I have guests for the weekend, so I´m only on sporadicly...

But when my guests are gone I will be fully back on again, just give me about 6 hours or so and I´ll be back...

In the mean time, give me something to discuss about...

I had a date Friday night, and I went to York for the day on Saturday.
Please don't stress that we don't visit for a few days.
I am still trying to get through my threads backlog
And I haven't even opened my email yet.
If I spend all day here, I will *still* have stuff to do, things I meant to look up, but didn't have time.
*sigh*
Anyway, I never get tired of talking about Star Trek.
I haven't seen "Author, author" either.
Last weeks new Voyager was the first of a two-parter involving the Hirogen.
Yes, in "Measure of a Man", Data was given the rights of an individual lifeform. But Data is an android...not a hologram.
If you were to give holograms rights as sentient beings, where would it all end?
Surely the Doctor is a unique case, like Data?

Yes, the Doctor is a unique case. But remember that the holographic Moriarty apparently had full rights. Picard obviously saw him as a life-form because if he didnt' he would have just deleted Moriarty. I suppose you could say that Minuet was a sentient hologram, too. Plus the EMH-mark 2 helped the Doctor save the Prometheous, which was definitely not in his programming. I just can't believe there are no holographic rights laws in the federations books. Think about it. "To seek out new life and new civilizations." To quote Picard, "Well, there he sits!" Sorry for ranting. WHy don't we move on to another topic?

I can see your point.
Don't worry about ranting!
I enjoy these conversations.
I'm getting "Galaxy Quest" on video for my birthday {next week} and I can't wait to see it again & share it with my kids!

Thank you. By the way, don't you think that the NSEA Protector would've had less damage if Scotty was on board? Wouldn't an Omega 13 be a cool idea. I'm sure the Enterprise/Defiant/Voyager would be glad to have it every now and then.

Now announcing the ltimate Star Trek trivia game! We are going to post questions here and see who can find the first question that no on else can answer. Here are the ground rules.
1. No references to episode titles.
2. If the question does not mention a familar name you must prefix the question with the series or movie prefix (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY)
3. Only qustions relating to series or movies allowed.
4. If noone can answer it in two days the asker wins.
5. The reward shall be purely congratulatory.
I'll start it off.
1. How old was Riker when his father abandoned him?
2. How many ex-husbands does Pulaski have?
3. TOS On what deck is Deflector Operations on an Excalibar-class starship?
4. What is the name of Kirk's nephew?
5. In the anti-time future, when did Troi die?
6. Which of K'helar's parents is Klingon?
7. How many brothers, real or adopted, does Worf have?
8. Which ship discovered Data?
9. TNG What does Lal mean?
10. What is the name of Sisko's father?
11. What is the name of the ship that Seven used to live on before she was assimilated?
12. How many ships were lost at the battle of Wolf 359?
13. TNG What color is Aldebaran Whiskey?
14. DS9 WHat is another alias for Barry Waddle?
15. WHat is Odo's full name?
16. What is the Cardassian equivalent of commander?
17. How many wives has Sarek had over the years?

18. What is the name of Neelix's old business partner?
19. What is the name of Troi's father?
20. DS9 Who was the first Grand Nagus?
21. How many times has Kirk been married?
22. In what year was the launch of the Enterprise-B?
23. How many total captains of any Enterprise have there been? (It doesn't matter which Enterprise or how short a time they served as captain.)
24. TOS Who was the High Priestess of Vulcan after T'Pau died?
25. VOY Where does Species 8472 live?
26. WHo was Sarek's father?
27. On what deck is main Engineering on the Enterprise-D?
28. How many decks are there on the Defiant?
29. How many Starfleet officers and Federation citizens have been replaced by their counterparts from other timeframes or other universes?
30. What is Seven's full name?
31. TNG Who is the captain of the Bozeman?
32. How many times has Kirk pulled the old confuse-a-computer-with-ethical-questions-until-it-burns-out trick?
33. Who is Worf's grandfather?

Okay, that was a lot of questions, and I will give it a go although I can not answer them all... Maybe GB can handle the rest?

1. How old was Riker when his father abandoned him? = 10 years ???

2. How many ex-husbands does Pulaski have? = 5 ???

3. TOS On what deck is Deflector Operations on an Excalibar-class starship? (pass)

4. What is the name of Kirk's nephew? (pass)

5. In the anti-time future, when did Troi die? (pass)

6. Which of K'helar's parents is Klingon? = Her father

7. How many brothers, real or adopted, does Worf have? = 2, one real, one adopted...

8. Which ship discovered Data? (pass)

9. TNG What does Lal mean? (pass)

10. What is the name of Sisko's father? = Joseph Sisko

11. What is the name of the ship that Seven used to live on before she was assimilated? = U.S.S. Raven

12. How many ships were lost at the battle of Wolf 359? = 39

13. TNG What color is Aldebaran Whiskey? = Green

14. DS9 WHat is another alias for Barry Waddle? = Arne David

15. WHat is Odo's full name? (pass)

16. What is the Cardassian equivalent of commander? = Gul

17. How many wives has Sarek had over the years? = 2

18. What is the name of Neelix's old business partner? (pass)

19. What is the name of Troi's father? = Ian Andrew Troi

20. DS9 Who was the first Grand Nagus? (pass)

21. How many times has Kirk been married? = none???

22. In what year was the launch of the Enterprise-B? (pass)

23. How many total captains of any Enterprise have there been? (It doesn't matter which Enterprise or how short a time they served as captain.) = 8 (Christhoper Pike, James Kirk, John Harrismann, Rachel Garrett, Richard Castillo, Jean-Luc Picard, Beverly Crusher, Edward Jellico) Did I miss anyone???

24. TOS Who was the High Priestess of Vulcan after T'Pau died? (pass)

25. VOY Where does Species 8472 live? = In fluedic space (err, spelling...)

26. WHo was Sarek's father? (pass)

27. On what deck is main Engineering on the Enterprise-D? = Deck 2???

28. How many decks are there on the Defiant? (pass)

29. How many Starfleet officers and Federation citizens have been replaced by their counterparts from other timeframes or other universes? (pass)

30. What is Seven's full name? = Annika Hansen (or Seven of Nine, terchiara adjunkt of unimatrix zero one)

31. TNG Who is the captain of the Bozeman? (pass)

32. How many times has Kirk pulled the old confuse-a-computer-with-ethical-questions-until-it-burns-out trick? (pass)

33. Who is Worf's grandfather? = the laywer that defended Kirk and McCoy at Kithomer.

Okay, now I have one. I know this one in my sleep, but it may be a tough one for others, here goes:

1: Name the names of all of the Dax hosts in chronological order...