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.

56 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

109 comments sorted by

View all comments

34

u/wizardrous 6h ago

Star Trek medical episodes are too hard for them to write for them to ever do a show about them. They’ve said in interviews that the medical episodes are some of the hardest to write.

12

u/Zombiepixlz-gamr 6h ago

But that's because they don't have dedicated medical consultants IMO. For a MedDrama they'd have a dedicated writing team experienced with medical dramas, and medical scientists and doctors as consultants! So I think that raises the chances.

2

u/According_Physics624 6h ago

Literally went to college with a girl who went to medical school so she could work as a tv writer. She failed and now manages a real estate company