Ken wrote:
>What was the basic premise of the show ? Star Trek was to explore 
>new worlds, new civilazations, and to boldly go where no man had 
>gone before.

Wow, something I can actually answer. This opportunity might 
never present itself again <vbg>. Well, let's see, as I recall,
the first Doctor, member of an race calling themselves the Time 
Lords wanted his granddaughter to receive her preliminary 
education on Earth (the reason was never clear to me, but in 
later episodes it was hinted the Doctor had part Terran ancestry).
The Time Lords of course absolutely forbade it, and the Doctor 
wasn't much of one to give a damn what they did or didn't allow 
so he er, "borrowed" a TARDIS and took her to an old point in 
Earth history (which just happened to be the"modern" era when the 
story began, of course). Now a TARDIS, being the apex of Time 
Lord technology it presumably wasn't easy to swipe one, and the 
Doctor got around this by stealing an antiquated bucket of junk 
(but don't tell HIM that! He's fond of the "old girl") that could 
just about *barely* navigate timespace correctly.  For the first 
several seasons, it was pretty much about getting the balky TARDIS 
to take them where/when they wanted to be, but eventually the 
Doctor (who changed companions every couple seasons or so) turned 
into more or less a wandering exile/adventurer, facing off against 
numerous minor, and a couple major arch-enemies (The Master, 
the Daleks, etc). 

Let's see. On topic... on topic... er, Oh yes, and the business 
about several different Doctors was attributable to the fact that 
Time Lords (what was it? up to 12 times?) could "regenerate" when 
fatally injured. In essence, their own bodies (through a mechanism 
that was never fully explained) invoked a major overhaul of their 
DNA physically transforming them while repairing the damage. (which
was a handy plot device that meant a new actor could be selected to 
carry on the role<g>)...and, er... body parts being regenerated 
would be challenging to raytrace? Oh well, I tried.


Charles
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"...Then darkness took me, and I strayed out of thought and time,
 and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell..." 
                              -The Two Towers, JRR Tolkien

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