doctor greeting

sportguy301 · Ensign, Junior Grade Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 30

why does the doc sometimes give his please state the nature of the medical emergency greeting and sometimes not?

squiggy · **Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:55 pm Re: doctor greeting**

Zimmerman's Hollogram · **Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:48 pm**

I wish they'd have let Robert Picardo adlib.... You know like "Please...oh it's u. PARIS, I'm goin golfin so take over!"

Voyager2004 · **Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:31 pm Re: doctor greeting**

JupiterPrime · Lieutenant Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 208

Please state the na... HS, WTF happened to you?

Captain Digness · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 418

he had the chance to change his opening statement when he went to see his creator but refused because it would change the person he had become

Blancie · **Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:12 pm**

I think the obligation to say it was probably removed from his programming...and a lot of the time he just used it as a friendly greeting, outwith medical situations.

oh and btw...

antipodean-opaleye · **Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:07 pm**

lifeguide · **Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:17 pm**

I think it is just a case of him out growing it I mean he was the only true medical officer on the ship and I think he realises that when he is called he can now simply ask the patient or the person who brings them in what happened for a more detailed and quicker response.

MakeItSo · **Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:02 am**

I don't think there wasn't a time when he doesn't say it. I think he always says it when he's activated during the day since he said he doesn't always like to stay activated for too long. So I think when they say "Computer activate the Emergency Medical Hologram" and then when he appears is when he says it. I'm pretty sure he always says it then. But there were so many episodes it's hard to say.

Founder · **Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:34 am**

No, there are several times when he doesn't say it.

As to why, I think it was showing he was gaining control of his own program. When we see a person, we don't always say "Hi", but that is the norm usually. For him, the norm is saying that, but there are times when he just doesn't feel the need to.

MakeItSo · **Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:02 pm**

Hmm maybe I just don't remember or really payed attention then.

KateMulgrewfan1 · **Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:56 pm The doctors pathetic greeting**

i actually think its funny. Especally when there was some kind of disease and there were crewmen everywhere. He was activated. " Please state the nature.....( he saw the patients) don't bother."

Lord Borg · **Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:45 am**

It was done to show he was being "personalized" being the sole doctor on the ship, he was being activated when it wasn't an emergency. Finally, himself, and the rest of the crew pretty much agreed "Please state the nature of the medical emergency" was a waste to say.

KateMulgrewfan1 · **Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:29 pm**