OVEG: Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy Review

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OVEG: Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy Review

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Re: OVEG: Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy Review

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So is this Chuck meltdown one or ten? Overall, fine review for a doctor episode that was a bit more then fucked up, but good. :D

Though watching that Doctor/Janeway bit must've fried more then a few bits.
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Voyager would have been a much better show when they would have given Picardo a much larger role. He can pull off weak scripts.
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Re: OVEG: Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy Review

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They'd pretty much figured that out by the end of the run. It seemed like every other episode was either a Doctor episode or a Seven episode. To be fair they were probably the most interesting characters. Having the whole 'striving to be more human' shtick going on.
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Crazedwraith wrote:They'd pretty much figured that out by the end of the run. It seemed like every other episode was either a Doctor episode or a Seven episode. To be fair they were probably the most interesting characters. Having the whole 'striving to be more human' shtick going on.
Yeah, but Seven's arc got consistently stupider. Especially with that whole Chakotey thing coming out of left field....
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Re: OVEG: Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy Review

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I didn't really like the Hierarchy, but I suppose for their purpose in this episode, their bumbling looks and stupidity perfectly fit in with the rest of its silliness. (Though in all fairness, they may have just been a gigantic homage to Dr. Who anyway... Although I don't know how bumbling the Sontarans actually were in that series. :P)

The Doctor opera at the beginning is probably one of my most favorite moments of Voyager, and those translated lyrics were hilarious! :lol:
"I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers, consultin' with the rain.
And my head I'd be scratchin', while my thoughts were busy hatchin', if I only had a brain!
I would not be just a nothin', my head all full of stuffin', my heart all full of pain.
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Re: OVEG: Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy Review

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Dragon Angel wrote:(Though in all fairness, they may have just been a gigantic homage to Dr. Who anyway... Although I don't know how bumbling the Sontarans actually were in that series. :P)
And a bit of vogons thrown in.
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Re: OVEG: Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy Review

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Somehow missed this episode over the years, but that was good :mrgreen:

Dont think I've had a good laugh like that in long time, especially when it looked like someone cut off the oxygen or something during the Janeway/Doc scene :lol: Bravo!
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Re: OVEG: Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy Review

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This is easily my second favorite VGR episode (after "Latent Image"). Also possibly the funniest episode in all of Trek.
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