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When [[Bernice Summerfield]] first saw it airing in [[1994]], she thought it was a [[documentary]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') | When [[Bernice Summerfield]] first saw it airing in [[1994]], she thought it was a [[documentary]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') | ||
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'''''Darmok''''''s basic description, of a hero trapped on a planet with an alien who can only speak in metaphors and references, inspired [[Russell T Davies]] to write [[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]].<ref> SFX (200) p. 140 </ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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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)
When Bernice Summerfield first saw it airing in 1994, she thought it was a documentary. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)
Behind the scenes
Darmok's basic description, of a hero trapped on a planet with an alien who can only speak in metaphors and references, inspired Russell T Davies to write Midnight.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ SFX (200) p. 140
