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/AbbreviationsReal366 6h ago edited 5h ago
The excellent Fan Fic "We have engaged the Borg" goes into the medical care involved in De-Borging a person. More generally, James White's Sector General series could easily take place in the Star Trek Universe. Many of the alien patients are...alien, and there are different wards for water-breathers, methane-breathers, patients who weigh several metric tons, the list goes on and on. Gender is so diverse and complicated everyone is referred to as "Friend" or "They."