From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: dtravel@sonic.net   
   Subject: Re: Crusher vs, Pulaski Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >    
   But probably not.  Blaming writer stupidity on the actor is going a bit    
   far in your crusade, Anim.   
      
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