Talk:Blood Fever (episode)

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Contents 1 Episode talk page 1.1 Maintenance links 2 Possible summary 3 Holographic Romulan?!?

[edit] Possible summary

I've been working on a possible summary for "Blood Fever", but I don't know if it's too long or not. Somebody help please? --Kitch 20:14, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't worry about length or any other issues very much... be bold and add the summary to the page. It doesn't need to be in a final form at all. Even if it's just a draft form you or others can come along and edit it later; that's the whole point of a wiki. It's hard to do that if the text is hiding on the talk page. :) I don't think length is an issue for any of our episode summaries. If you check some of the featured articles concerning episodes, some can be rather long. -- SmokeDetector47^{( TALK )} 02:42, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay... I will take that as if it were Janeway saying, "Do it." ("Make it so" is out of place for a Voyager episode. ^_^) --Kitch 22:48, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Holographic Romulan?!?

I just noticed an edit go by that changed the following passage to say "Romulan" rather than "Vulcan": The Doctor takes Vorik to a holodeck, where he suggests he use a holographic Romulan female to deal with his "urges". What the heck? When I watched the episode it seemed quite obvious that it was a Vulcan. The hologram didn't have the characteristic Romulan forehead ridge (yes, I know some Romulans don't have it, but that doesn't seem likely in this case), and was named "T'Pera" according to the transcript; that sounds definitely like a Vulcan name to me. Where'd the idea that it was a Romulan come from? -Mdettweiler 23:24, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I see the edit has been undone. Never mind. :-) -Mdettweiler 23:25, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, highly unlikely... — Morder (talk) 23:27, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Her skin is a more Romulan hue, her ears are less hooked and more elliptical, like Romulans, and she sports the Romulan sideburns. As for the ridges, her hair covers most of her forehead. Her name does seem Vulcan, and it seems that The Doctor would not make such biological errors, but there they are? I do not believe either one of them ever says that she is representative of either species.– The preceding unsigned comment was added by I Love Doctors (talk • contribs) .

Unless it was stated that she was something else, we should assume she's Vulcan, since she was created to be a Vulcan's companion.--31dot 00:29, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Differently colored Vulcans exist as well, doesn't mean they're romulans. The simplest explanation is that she is Vulcan, assuming otherwise goes against the fact that Vorik is also Vulcan and that the doctor would be stupid enough to program a romulan instead of a vulcan to assist Vorik with his Pon-farr... — Morder (talk) 00:30, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Even though he did pick a half-klingon initially? I Love Doctors 00:32, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Probably because he was interested in Torres...we can't assume she isn't Vulcan based on skin color - especially when the primary evidence points directly to Vulcan — Morder (talk) 00:36, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Also, it was never stated at all that the Doctor made a half-Klingon hologram; he only made a reference to "hmm, now I need to get to work on the half-Klingon version of the program for Torres". Of course, Torres's pon farr was resolved without needing it anyway, so that was somewhat of a moot point and presumably never got developed. As for Vulcan vs. Romulan: remember how the Doctor said that the pon farr was mostly a psychological thing for Vulcans? That's probably what a lot of the "telepathic mating bond" thing was also about. Romulans have never demonstrated nearly the same mental abilities as Vulcans (either due to lack of emotional control, or simply having lost the abilities over time), and that would add even more evidence to the idea that a Romulan would just not work nearly as well for Vorik. And as Morder said...why would the Doctor bother to do a Romulan when he can just as easily (heck, probably easier since they had less data available on Romulans) do a Vulcan? -Mdettweiler 03:33, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Where is it established that Romulan ears take different shapes? Where is it established that Romulans have different skin tones? Where is it established that certain hairstyles may only be worn by members of certain races? I only remember an occasional forehead difference being widespread among Romulans, but not completely present. -- Captain MKB 03:54, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Though obviously hairstyles are not, in actuality, species-specific, when was the last time you saw a Talaxian without the Talaxian neckbeard things? A Ferengi with them? It has been my observation that, ever since TNG, Romulans have had more elliptical ears, and Vulcans more hooked ears. Same goes for the darker Romulan skin tone. As for the telepathic bond, how could he form a telepathic bond with a hologram?? – The preceding unsigned comment was added by I Love Doctors (talk • contribs) .

When was the last time you saw a cardassian with a beard. That's right, the first episode that aired them. But you never saw it before. When was the last time you saw a black vulcan in TOS? That's right, you didn't. Just because aliens happen to carry a common trait does not mean that they're exclusive to that species. There is plenty more evidence against your idea - especially this: the doctor would not create a romulan mate for vorik. End of discussion. — Morder (talk) 04:15, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Wow, look at the pictures that disprove everything you're talking about. Light skinned, curvy eared Romulans, Dark skinned, elliptical eared Vulcans. Your "observations" are fundamentally flawed, and have no place here. Sorry. Turns out Romulans and Vulcans come in all colors and ear shapes. -- Captain MKB 04:38, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, this has been a enlightening debate. I think it's safe to say at this point that the hologram was a Vulcan, based on points made by both sides. And remember, we're all here "to write an encyclopedia". - Archduk3:talk 05:10, 7 August 2009 (UTC)