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'''''Darmok''''' was an episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' that aired in [[1991]]. It featured Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] meeting an alien whose language consisted of metaphors and references. [[Joel Mintz]] considered it to be a "total classic". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'') | '''''Darmok''''' was an episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' that aired in [[1991]]. It featured Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] meeting an alien whose language consisted of metaphors and references. [[Joel Mintz]] considered it to be a "total classic". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'') | ||
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The basic synopsis of a hero trapped on a planet with an alien who can only speak in metaphors and references was an inspiration for [[Russell T Davies]]' episode ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'': | |||
{{Quote|"In 2008, I wrote a Doctor Who episode called 'Midnight.' Is it like 'Darmok'? I don't know. But stripped down to its essentials, it's a story about a hero, an alien, and words. That's practically the same billing. Maybe the two shows are profoundly different, but I know for a fact that all those years of wondering about 'Darmok' led me to that script."|Russell T Davies<ref> SFX (200) p. 140 </ref>}} | {{Quote|"I've seen lots of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', I think it's a lovely show – but there's one episode, the billing for which is so fascinating I've actively avoided ever seeing it. I love the idea so much, I'd rather think about it. Forever. The episode is called 'Darmok,' and the synopsis simply says that Captain Picard is trapped on a planet with an alien who can only talk in metaphors. Wow. That sounds brilliant. How does that work? What happens? How does it end? I've got no idea – not seen it! But it keeps resonating with me.<br>In 2008, I wrote a Doctor Who episode called 'Midnight.' Is it like 'Darmok'? I don't know. But stripped down to its essentials, it's a story about a hero, an alien, and words. That's practically the same billing. Maybe the two shows are profoundly different, but I know for a fact that all those years of wondering about 'Darmok' led me to that script."|Russell T Davies<ref>SFX (200) p. 140</ref>}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:22, 10 December 2023
Darmok was an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that aired in 1991. It featured Captain Jean-Luc Picard meeting an alien whose language consisted of metaphors and references. Joel Mintz considered it to be a "total classic". (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad)
When Bernice Summerfield first saw it airing in 1994, she thought it was a documentary. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
The basic synopsis of a hero trapped on a planet with an alien who can only speak in metaphors and references was an inspiration for Russell T Davies' episode Midnight:
"I've seen lots of Star Trek: The Next Generation, I think it's a lovely show – but there's one episode, the billing for which is so fascinating I've actively avoided ever seeing it. I love the idea so much, I'd rather think about it. Forever. The episode is called 'Darmok,' and the synopsis simply says that Captain Picard is trapped on a planet with an alien who can only talk in metaphors. Wow. That sounds brilliant. How does that work? What happens? How does it end? I've got no idea – not seen it! But it keeps resonating with me.
In 2008, I wrote a Doctor Who episode called 'Midnight.' Is it like 'Darmok'? I don't know. But stripped down to its essentials, it's a story about a hero, an alien, and words. That's practically the same billing. Maybe the two shows are profoundly different, but I know for a fact that all those years of wondering about 'Darmok' led me to that script."
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ SFX (200) p. 140
