SquireJames
17-03-2008, 22:18
You'll probably think I'm mad but i've chewed over this a fair bit now, and I wondered if anyone thought it was a good idea. I got the idea while making KA2 listening to David Bowie
Basically, premise is this.
Starfleet Captain, either male or female, probably Human just to keep things fairly simple (you'll see what I mean later) on duty on a starship in the mid 23rd Century, kind of First Contact type era.
Pilot episode starts with normal goings on, introducing a few characters and so forth, and then the main character enters the holodeck. At some point during their little recreational activity, the ship is ambushed by the Borg.
Due to critical damage to ship systems, the character is stuck in the holodeck, panicking and trying to disengage it. Another few shots to the hull, and the character is jolted around, and is knocked unconcious.
They awake in a sickbay, but something is wrong. Something is different. It soon becomes aparent that they have somehow ended up onboard a 22nd Century Starship, probably Constitution Refit (again you'll see why later).
Now, the character has to struggle to adapt to this new environment, and work out whether they are stuck in a holodeck program, whether this is part of a Borg assimilation procedure (to keep the victim compliant and calm while the transformation takes place) or whether they really are somehow back in time.
Basically yes, its "Life on Mars meets Star Trek" but, I thought it would allow some interesting comparisons. I wanted the main character to be human so that cultural references to today (what Roddenberry used as the plotlines for almost all TOS episodes) would be easier, and I thought a conny would be a good ship since the main character would be unlikely to have served on one before (unlike the Miranda or Excelsior, since they are still in common use in the 23rd Century). All helps the feeling of being "a fish out of water".
Remember "Trials and Tribulations" how they kind of had in-jokes for Star Trek fans (O'Brien and Siskos discussion about uniform colours, Bashir going ookie over Jadzia in a dress) but did it in a fun, immersive in-universe kind of way. I would want this series to be more gritty than that, dealing with the clashes between a peace-loving, reasonable Captain of a 23rd Century starship being thrown back as a First Officer to the "shoot first ask questions later" environment of the 22nd Century Klingo-Federation Cold War. You could have Captain Styles of Star Trek III fame as the Captain, as he was a sort of uptight "do it my way or else" kind of Captain, not the "lets all hug and talk about it" style of Janeway or Picard.
From what I've heard online, Trials and Tribulations, and the Excelsior flashback episode on Voyager were very popular, and I certainly enjoyed them, especially seeing the 22nd Century again.
So, inspiration from Life on Mars aside, would it be a truely different and original series? and would you watch it?
Basically, premise is this.
Starfleet Captain, either male or female, probably Human just to keep things fairly simple (you'll see what I mean later) on duty on a starship in the mid 23rd Century, kind of First Contact type era.
Pilot episode starts with normal goings on, introducing a few characters and so forth, and then the main character enters the holodeck. At some point during their little recreational activity, the ship is ambushed by the Borg.
Due to critical damage to ship systems, the character is stuck in the holodeck, panicking and trying to disengage it. Another few shots to the hull, and the character is jolted around, and is knocked unconcious.
They awake in a sickbay, but something is wrong. Something is different. It soon becomes aparent that they have somehow ended up onboard a 22nd Century Starship, probably Constitution Refit (again you'll see why later).
Now, the character has to struggle to adapt to this new environment, and work out whether they are stuck in a holodeck program, whether this is part of a Borg assimilation procedure (to keep the victim compliant and calm while the transformation takes place) or whether they really are somehow back in time.
Basically yes, its "Life on Mars meets Star Trek" but, I thought it would allow some interesting comparisons. I wanted the main character to be human so that cultural references to today (what Roddenberry used as the plotlines for almost all TOS episodes) would be easier, and I thought a conny would be a good ship since the main character would be unlikely to have served on one before (unlike the Miranda or Excelsior, since they are still in common use in the 23rd Century). All helps the feeling of being "a fish out of water".
Remember "Trials and Tribulations" how they kind of had in-jokes for Star Trek fans (O'Brien and Siskos discussion about uniform colours, Bashir going ookie over Jadzia in a dress) but did it in a fun, immersive in-universe kind of way. I would want this series to be more gritty than that, dealing with the clashes between a peace-loving, reasonable Captain of a 23rd Century starship being thrown back as a First Officer to the "shoot first ask questions later" environment of the 22nd Century Klingo-Federation Cold War. You could have Captain Styles of Star Trek III fame as the Captain, as he was a sort of uptight "do it my way or else" kind of Captain, not the "lets all hug and talk about it" style of Janeway or Picard.
From what I've heard online, Trials and Tribulations, and the Excelsior flashback episode on Voyager were very popular, and I certainly enjoyed them, especially seeing the 22nd Century again.
So, inspiration from Life on Mars aside, would it be a truely different and original series? and would you watch it?