From: domalley@unix1.tcd.ie (Slartibartfast            (alias Daniel O'Malley))
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Mystery of Guinan revealed!!!!!
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:22:24 GMT
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin

In <1992Apr13.213337.12375@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> crow@coos.dartmouth.edu (Preston F. Crow) writes:

>In <1992Apr8.221020.5921@bsu-ucs.uucp> 00ajpayne@bsu-ucs.uucp writes:

>>Can Time Lords switch sex during regenerations?????

>Yes, a Time Lord can change gender during regeneration, but why
>would one want to. 

Now, wait a minute....
It has NEVER been stated that Time Lords can change their sex during
regeneration. The source of all this seems to be Tom Baker's remark
after he left the series, wishing the new doctor luck, "whoever he or
she might be". This has started all sorts of speculation as to whether
a future Doctor could be female.
I personally think that this is not possible. After all, we have seen
that females are referred to as Time Ladies, showing that there is a
definite line drawn between males and females on Gallifrey, and that it
should not should be possible to change your gender when you regenerate.
(Barring the possibility that the Doctor could get a sex-change
operation ;-)

>Still, I don't believe that Guinan could be
>a regenneration of the Doctor--she's not what I would call
>absent minded.  While personallity is altered during regeneration,
>some aspects seem to remain constant.

This 'theory', although fun, is just plain shite.

>Still, the parallels between Dr. Who and ST are interesting, as
>someone pointed out in another post.  The Borg could be the result
>of an attempt to create Daleks out of Cybermen.

Not really, they basically _are_ the equivalents of the Cybermen.
The Borg do not contain any similar traits to the Daleks, i.e.,
ruthlessness, cunning, etc, whereas they are very similar to the
Cybermen (or at least the original conception of the Cybermen), i.e.,
totally emotionless cyborgs.

As has been pointed out before, attempts to reconcile the universes
of ST and DW, while interesting, are ultimately pointless.
The problem is that both series take radically different views of the
universe. (Including the possibility of time travel, interfering with
alien cultures, the ratio of hostile species to non-hostile species,
among other things.)
(Not to mention the fact that if anyone tried to unite DW and ST on
screen, it would have Gene Roddenberry spinning in his grave :-)

So give it up, OK?
Daniel.
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