From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
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   Subject: Re: Crusher vs, Pulaski Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   In article    
   <36a59991-b3bb-43fd-b227-60674280884d@h2g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>,   
    "David E. Powell"  wrote:   
      
   > It is wierd for me because I liked both. Pulaski was a bit more like   
   > Bones, ascerbic at times but when you got to know her she was cool,   
   > and she embodied professionalism. I guess the wierd thing was   
   > replacing a character a season in, but Babylon 5 did in and did OK,   
   > and with them one character they "replaced" became a recurring guest.   
   >    
   > Since Wesley became such a big part of the show maybe they wanted Dr.   
   > Crusher around more, so maybe that could have been another reason.   
   > Though the idea of Picard as the surrogate father he'd lost would have   
   > been reinforced if he were on board as an acting Ensign and Beverly   
   > were assigned elsewhere and occasionally dropped by, like she was the   
   > doctor on their local starbase etc.   
   >    
   > Or for a reason we don't know everything about they regretted letting   
   > her go, a circumstance that doesn't get talked about publically, so we   
   > may never know.   
   >    
   > Either way good on Diana Muldaur for going to L.A. Law soon after and   
   > having a hellacious run there as a heavy.   
      
   Yes   
   >    
   > I thought Crusher grew as a character and McFadden found a groove.   
   > Then again Muldaur probably would have gotten in a deep groove too,   
   > and she had ties to the original series so it wasn't her first Trek   
   > bike ride either.   
   >    
   > Much like the B-5 "replacement" arguments, the vs. thing is tough   
   > because I don't have a beef on either.   
      
   The big problem they had with Pulaski was making her nasty towards Data.     
   They were trying to recapture the McCoy/Spock feud, but Spock was more    
   than able to defend himself, and Data wasn't.  The result was it seemed    
   like she was picking on an innocent child.   
      
   If Pulaski had stuck around, we might have been spared crap like Sub    
   Rosa, or Barclay Devolves Into A Spider, Or Crusher is Being Sucked Into    
   Another Universe, or Crusher is too Stupid to Know Klingons Have 2    
   Spines, or Crusher is too Stupid to Read the Manual on Trills, or    
   Crusher is Too Stupid to do the Memory Wipe, or Crusher Doesn't Care    
   that O'Brien Has a Dislocated Shoulder, or Crusher Runs Around On a    
   Planet Reading Picard's Mind etc. etc. etc.   
      
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