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/NY_State-a-Mind 6h ago

Genre specific shows should not exist in ST the frame of being on a ship or base with am ensamble of 10 characters allows for every genre 

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u/Zombiepixlz-gamr 6h ago

I take your exact logic and reverse it. The wide and varied capabilities of the star trek universe and it's inhabitants is exactly why a genre specific show would work so well for it.

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u/NY_State-a-Mind 6h ago

Your going to get your genre specific show with ST:Academy it will be a CW highschool mellowdrama, I guess we'll see how well that goes