Episode 44 is up, “The Link Bait Syndrome”
Michael Gaines | May 22, 2012 | Comments 2
News:
Some people think a real Enterprise can be built in 20 years and take us to Mars.
Casey McKinnon creates a DS9 pre-season 3 primer http://www.caseymckinnon.com/blog/personal/2012/05/21/ds9-episodes-to-watch-before-season-3/
James Doohan’s ashes on board the SpaceX flight last night.
Ten Forward:
New Star Trek in the Enterprise B-C era? Good idea or no?
Star Trek in pop culture: the Beastie Boys
Episode Insight: Silicon Avatar from Season 5
Character Insight: Data
Subspace communications
Collectables: DVD box sets and Star Trek soap
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The listener email stating that Trek has never had an Indian main character is not entirely correct, Ron Moore had the following to say regarding DS9′s Doctor Bashir:
“In my mind, Julian was of Sudanese (like Sid), Indian, or Pakistani extraction, but that the family’s roots were probably in England, hence the accents.”
Not only that, but consider the parents: Bashir’s mother was played by an Arab actress, but his father was played by Brian George, who was born in Jerusalem of Iraqi-Jewish parents from India. (He plays Raj’s father on Big Bang Theory.)
Also, presumably Troi’s father was Greek; Sirtis’s parents were from Greece, though she was born in London, and Ian Troi was supposed to be from London.
B’Elanna’s father was played by actor Juan Garcia.
So, Greeks, Latinos and Indians have been represented, although only in fractions.