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[Solok]

A revised version of an old favorite, the Who's the Best CMO? poll. Don't forget--after you vote, tell us all why you think your favorite is the best of the canon CMOs!

[Solok]

For me, it has to be Bones McCoy. He set the standard to which all the other ST doctors are held, and probably should be held.

Of course, I still think he wasn't the best choice for a starship CMO, since he only seemed to know anything about human medicine -- and seemed fairly incapable of learning anything new as the years went on (he never seemed comfortable with Spock's Vulcan physiology, for example, and was still incapable of treating Klingons in ST:VI). But he was the only consistent voice for peace and humanitarianism on the Enterprise (until the very gentle TNG crew came around), and so especially today, of all days, I proudly vote McCoy.

[Solok]

I see we've got a Pulaski fan--the main reason for the revision of the poll. Care to share your reasons? I'm willing to be convinced, although to be honest, I don't really remember Dr. Pulaski. When I think Enterprise-D or -E, I think Beverly Crusher.

[Sakorra Jefferson Reed]

Well, I thought someone should actually, like, answer you. I voted for Bashir. I'm a very big DS9 fan, even though Spock is my favorite character. I like Bashir cause he is charming, nice, goofy, ethical, and quirky. And very cute. And those eyes! And I do think he's a really good doctor. I think the part I liked best was his calling into question the ethics of replacing Bareil's brain with artificial implants. He had to point out that it wouldn't really be Bareil. Parts of his brain had already been replaced so that he could continue peace talks with the Cardassians, but he had lost his emotions and feelings. When the rest of his brain begins to fail, Bashir refused to replace it completely, not wanting to reduce Bareil to a "machine."

Edited by Jefferson Reed, 30 December 2008 - 05:24 PM.

[Nimue]

As promised... why Pulaski!

She's strongheaded, annoying traditionalist. Why then I like her the most. She's a character with weaknesses as much as strengths. There's also great performance, where a character shows diversity in her dealing with different members of crew. Instead of being classic good or bad doctor she treat every person in specific way, where goes to the extent of complete inability to accept Data as anything beside machine. And only the lack in writing for those two didn't rise that clashes of theirs to the level which in TOS reached debates on the nature of humanity between Spock and McCoy.

Edited by Doc Satscher, 01 January 2009 - 07:18 PM.

[Solok]

I'm happy to see Bones is still winning. Not by much, but still winning.

I think a lot of the appeal of Pulaski is that she comes the closest of any post-TOS doctor to playing the role for the Enterprise that McCoy played. She's gruff, and opinionated, and outspoken--and very, very capable.

[Flt. Capt. Sidney Riley]

Had to vote Mc Coy. He's my favorite "Star Trek" character.

[koloth]

Looks like I'm a Bashir man myself. As to the why...

Well DS9 is my favorite series, so there's a little bias there. Though for me Bashir and his relationship with O'Brien was one of those great enduring friendships which I think we all wish we had more of. His character development was one of the more interesting in my view, coming to DS9 as fresh faced from the Academy full of youth, naivety and a healthy dose of arrogance. While there was plenty of adversity that he witnessed that shaped him, in the end his relationship with the O'Brien's, especially Miles, got him to open up and really share some very fine moments.

Plus his hair style in Trials and Tribblelations was just hilarious.

[Sasak]

It's a hard choice for me between Dr. Bashir and the Doctor. To me they are the best doctors we have seen so far: possessing broad knowledge within their field, able to apply that knowledge, and able to adapt to new situations/learn new things. I also enjoyed how Julian ran his own experiments, etc, instead of just treating s[...]es and bruises.

Edited by Sasak, 13 July 2009 - 03:11 PM.

[KNicholotti]

I joined the McCoy group...

He is my favorite, so I had to vote for him. I also love all his 'Im a doctor, not a <insert occupation here>' lines.

[Solok]

Good choices, all. I still find myself caught between McCoy and Phlox. But I'm also a fan of Pulaski and Crusher - and I find it hard to believe nobody has voted for Crusher yet. That Crusher is tied with the Mirror Universe Phlox and McCoy is pretty sad.

Not that a Vulcan's supposed to be sad.

[JordanAviro]

Bashir was my favourite. I think we saw more of him as a human being than the others. He arrived a fresh-faced Lieutenant, optimistic, brilliant academically and actually quite annoying. As the series progressed he grew up, matured into a seasoned Starfleet Officer. My favourite moment of his was in series 6 where he mentioned his ‘boyish smile’ and Garak replied, ‘Not so boyish anymore doctor.’ We saw some wonderfully light-hearted moments from him: playing James Bond, lunching with Garak, dressing up with Miles for the holodeck, constantly chasing Jadzia in the early episodes. This was contrasted with some series acting where he dealt with the real and immediate challenges posed by terminal diseases and war.

[FltAdml. Wolf]

Bashir was my favourite. I think we saw more of him as a human being than the others. He arrived a fresh-faced Lieutenant, optimistic, brilliant academically and actually quite annoying. As the series progressed he grew up, matured into a seasoned Starfleet Officer. My favourite moment of his was in series 6 where he mentioned his ‘boyish smile’ and Garak replied, ‘Not so boyish anymore doctor.’ We saw some wonderfully light-hearted moments from him: playing James Bond, lunching with Garak, dressing up with Miles for the holodeck, constantly chasing Jadzia in the early episodes. This was contrasted with some series acting where he dealt with the real and immediate challenges posed by terminal diseases and war.

Watched some episodes from the first season in the past week, and I find the acting with him to be really distracting. But I do remember enjoying the sub-plot with him and Garak. They were an interesting pair

[Julia Agrippina]

I voted McCoy. Legend.

[Julia Agrippina]

Bashir was my favourite. I think we saw more of him as a human being than the others. He arrived a fresh-faced Lieutenant, optimistic, brilliant academically and actually quite annoying. As the series progressed he grew up, matured into a seasoned Starfleet Officer. My favourite moment of his was in series 6 where he mentioned his ‘boyish smile’ and Garak replied, ‘Not so boyish anymore doctor.’ We saw some wonderfully light-hearted moments from him: playing James Bond, lunching with Garak, dressing up with Miles for the holodeck, constantly chasing Jadzia in the early episodes. This was contrasted with some series acting where he dealt with the real and immediate challenges posed by terminal diseases and war.

Alexander Siddig is a very watchable actor, many great and laugh out loud moments with him as Bashir - I also loved his chasing of Jadzia. It was very boyish, but incredibly touching.

[Juno Khayne]

Bones McCoy is my favorite. I loved his down to earth demeanor, and his fearless manner in telling it like it is. A close second would be Dr. Phlox. I loved his unorthodox ways of using animals and such in his treatments. I just hope no Denobulan Bats were harmed in the filming of the episodes. .

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[Kotir Arith]

I have to say I love Crusher! She is my favourite all time character! She is just amazing and the reason why I chose the medical field ;D

[Johanna MacLaren]

I have to stay with McCoy. He established the role of a star ship doctor walking an interesting balance between futuristic man of science and down home doctor. He was flawed and often unreasonable but always a humane doctor who cared about his patients, even the "green blooded hobgoblins."

[T'Mihn Ah'mygahn]

I liked Bones and Phlox. Both cared about their patients.

[Telice Shagan]

I have to stay with McCoy. He established the role of a star ship doctor walking an interesting balance between futuristic man of science and down home doctor. He was flawed and often unreasonable but always a humane doctor who cared about his patients, even the "green blooded hobgoblins."

Same here