Voyager Musings

[cosmic_llin]

 Watching Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy - yay for Star Trek all day on CBS Action! I'm always torn about this episode because there are so many fun bits, but I feel so embarrassed on the Doctor's behalf. While I was watching I was cringing at all the bits where the Doctor has elaborate fantasies about all the women on the ship being in love with him, and I was thinking - how immature. And then I thought - YES - why would the Doctor's fantasies be anything else? He might be programmed with vast medical knowledge, but in terms of his personal development he might as well be a teenager, and I think it's easy to forget that because he's played by a mature actor. 

That's why I think he and Seven are a good match - they're both massively intelligent but in terms of personal development and social skills they both still have a lot to learn, and they can do that together. (Incidentally this is why I think Seven and Sarina Douglas are also an excellent match.) I can see why some people find it sort of creepy, because from the outside it looks like an imbalanced older man/younger woman dynamic - but the Doctor's overzealousness is a consequence of youthful inexperience more than anything else.

Anyway, those are some ramblings from my brain. Also the other day I made this fantasy cast for an imaginary Trek series and now I'm bummed that it isn't real. ;)

Comments

[lark_ascends]

I agree with you about the Doctor and Seven.

That is a pretty awesome cast. Particularly onboard with Allison Janney as captain.

[cosmic_llin]

Haha, thanks! Yeah, she would be incredible!

[narrativian]

Heh, it's very something that I only recognised three of those actors! Should have been four, but I was totally thrown by the Krumholtz photo - dearie me, he looks almost hawt in it and hawtness is something I would never have associated with Serenity's Mr Universe :D

[thisbluespirit]

That is a very good point about the Doctor, and worth making. (I too find his fantasies a little embarrassing, heh!) It is easier to forget with him than with Seven, but he can't be any older than Voyager - and Voyager is a very new ship. In many ways, he's probably even younger than Seven.

[cosmic-llin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, agree - Seven at least had several years of human childhood before being assimilated, so she had somewhere to pick up from even if it was a long road. The Doctor basically has enough social skills to communicate in an emergency situation, and that's basically it. He's had to learn who he is entirely from scratch.