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| LoriCiani | Mar 7 2004, 11:02 AM Post #16 |
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Hello gdog, I don't get it but maybe you can enlighten? One minute you say councillors just talk psycobabble the next you're putting poor Captain Janeway in the role saying she calms everyone down. I thought that since the TNG ship held families and officers were either being held up, captured, possesed, mauled, murdered or reconfigured on an almost regular basis that a ships councillor would be needed to help pick up the pieces in the aftermath. Whereas a straight military vessel might not need such tender care. Anyway, my husband calls me his Deanna.
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| gdog243 | Mar 7 2004, 07:12 PM Post #17 |
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Ok, I did contradict myself. Sorry. What I ment was that position of councelor seemed like it was a waste of space on a starship. I mean with Troi, she didn't really do anything other than kind of be annoying. If there was going to be a ships councelor on board, it should have been someone who had an important position. Janeway, who was captain, made kind of a great guide for people in need especially Kes and 7. Guinan, who has the important role as Bartender made a better councelor than Troi. My point is that an extra position of ships councelors are not necessary when a role like that could fall to someone else. Heck, Quark was even a good counselor at times, even though he wasn't really. |
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| doctortobe | Mar 7 2004, 08:47 PM Post #18 |
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That's a good point. Whenever the TNG crew needed guidance, they got it from the person who served the drinks, not the person who specialized in guidance. Kind of how McCoy was the counselor and the keeper of Saurian Brandy? |
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| Minuet | Mar 7 2004, 09:40 PM Post #19 |
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^^^TOS did have a psychiatrist (or was it psychologist) on board. Remember the episode Dagger of The Mind. Helen Noel was a regular member of the crew. They didn't call her a Counselor, but she definitely was in that field and available to be called on when needed. TNG may have made the role one of the regular characters, but they were certainly not the first ship to have a mental health expert. |
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| spacedog | Mar 7 2004, 10:49 PM Post #20 |
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I believe it was in "The Cloud" Janeway says they didn't have a counsellor because their original mission ( to find the Maquis) did not require one. |
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