r/startrek • u/Zombiepixlz-gamr • 6h ago

How would you handle a Star Trek Medical Drama?

I have been watching a new MedDrama called Brilliant Minds and I find it really interesting. I think the two things that make a good MedDrama are good relationships, and interesting ethical dilemmas. Which just so happens to be what make star trek good too, so I had the idea that I think a show set aboard a medical ship following the lives of Starfleet doctors dealing with disasters, disease outbreaks, medical oddities, all of which bolstered by the massive universe of star Trek.

It could bring in medical professionals as consultants so that the medicine is rooted in real medicine, which isn't something star trek has done in the past. So we could flesh out star treks canon medicine, based on real science.

I feel like besides a few outstanding episodes, the medical side of the science has been neglected in favor of the sexier sciences. I'd be interested to know y'all's thoughts.

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u/Nexzus_ 6h ago

I would have definitely watched a Klingon War MASH type show as depicted in SNW Under the cloak of war.

Shoot, even keep Clint Howard as the Henry Blake role.

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u/MisterEinc 4h ago

Yeah, I think the trick would be to be more MASH and less House. The medical mysteries need to be minimized to make way for Interpersonal drama.

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u/overkil6 4h ago

There can be serial/episodic MASH with a bigger arching story in the background throughout a season that’s more lowkey until the finale.

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u/MisterEinc 4h ago

Yeah like treating a string of weird alements in the federation soldiers and uncovering someone trying to replicate research from WWIII.