Dr. Crusher is theUSS Enterprise’s Chief Medical Officerfor six ofTNG’s seven seasons.
But Crusher was not the Enterprise’s only physician.
Dr. Pulaski was a wholly different sort of doctor for the Enterprise.
Whereas Dr. Crusher had a relationship with Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) that skirted romance,Dr.
Indeed, I think she was a much better doctor and character than she is sometimes given credit for.
With constant turmoil in the writers' room causing creative chaos, it’s hardly surprising thatDr.
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Crusher inTNGseason 1 was not quite as polished as her later appearances.
When Dr. Pulaski took over in TNG season 2, she was like a breath of fresh air.
When Dr. Pulaski took over inTNGseason 2, she was like a breath of fresh air.
Her clashes with the otherStar Trek: The Next Generationcharactersmake Dr. Pulaski immediately engaging to me.
Thethemes of “The Measure of a Man” were first raised by Dr. Pulaski, who doubted Lt.
Commander Data’s (Brent Spiner) personhood in “Elementary, Dear Data.”
“Unnatural Selection” forced an ill Dr. Pulaski to rely on Lt.
Commander Data for comfort and confront her own biases.
Dr. Pulaski’s departure went unremarked inTNG.
In other words, Diana Muldaur never intended to stay on as Dr. Pulaski in the long run.
There was also a letter-writing campaign to bring back Dr. Crusher for season 3 ofTNG.
The older, more argumentative Dr. Pulaski was simply not as popular with fans.
I have to admit that Pulaski’s early antipathy towards a beloved character can be hard to watch.
Dr. Pulaski was a reminder of the past, whereas Dr. Crusher represented a new generation of Starfleet medicine.
Pulaski was a lot like Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (DeForest Kelley) fromTOS.
Law,a role for which she received multiple Emmy nominations.
I left the show because the year was up, simple as that, under my own power.
And if anything else happened, I would still be leaving under my own power.
I would not have stayed, lets put it that way.
When it comes to thetimeline ofStar Trek, it is a lot less clear what became of Dr. Pulaski.
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