Talk:Basics, Part II (episode)

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Contents 1 Episode talk page 1.1 Maintenance links 2 Escape pods 3 Background item removal 4 Uncredited co-stars 5 Removed note 6 Suder 7 Background - removed nitpick / speculation

when the Doctor asks the computer about the crew complement, why does the computer fail to register Seska's lifesigns or that of the baby

Because they weren't part of the crew, so the computer didn't recognize them among the crew complement. --From Andoria with Love 04:06, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

The kazon weren't Voyager crew members either, yet the computer recognised them. Tiberius 04:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Why does it say that the combadge is normally worn on the right hand side? bajoran combadges are worn on the right, but Starfleet combadges are worn on the left, even though the background info suggests otherwise. Tiberius 04:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Escape pods

I don't think that the Voyager escape pods actually appeared in this episode. It was just Paris (or that Talaxian) that said they were being launched. --<unsigned>

[edit] Background item removal

I removed this from the Background Information:

*The title reflects the Voyager crew's need to return to simple, basic methods to survive in this episode but also to the episode itself. Indeed, this episode employs very little technobabble or complex plot devices but rather relies on character-driven drama and relatively simple dialogue, the "basics" of television drama.

It's subjective, and who's to say those are the "basics" of television drama? - Bridge 08:42, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Uncredited co-stars

Just a note that perhaps Seska's baby should be added as an "uncredited co star" in this episode and Part I? (I don't think, due to child acting guidelines, that the same baby played both Seska's son and Naomi Wildman) --24.78.58.42 22:33, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed note

This note was previously removed:

• Suder's character was killed in this episode much to the disapproval of several staff writers largely because producer Jeri Taylor didn't care for him. {{incite}}

– Tom 01:47, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

And another one:

• Piller's original script was much different than the episode that aired. In the early draft, Culluh and Seska's baby would have died while Seska and Suder would have lived. Also, the baby would have been Chakotay's son. It is believed that Piller and Taylor fought over this episode which prompted Piller to leave the show. Piller has publicly stated that Taylor and Berman gave up too soon on the concepts they had established early on and that like TNG, Voyager would have most likely taken off during its third season. {{incite}}

– Tom 01:53, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Suder

Wouldn't the fact that Suder is obviously bothered by what he did and what he is forced to do when the Kazon take over disqualify him as being a "sociopath" like The Doctor refers?

Degra dation 18:47, 25 July 2008 (UTC)Degra dation

[edit] Background - removed nitpick / speculation

Background - removed nitpick / speculation

* When The Doctor asks the computer for the ship's complement, it responds "89 Kazon... and 1 Betazoid", but forgets Seska and her baby, though the baby, as a hybrid, could have been counted as a Kazon. However, it may be that Seska, who is a spy and most likely a member of the Cardassian Obsidian Order, can mask her life signs in order to avoid detection.

Joeloveland 19:44, November 3, 2009 (UTC)