Anyone? Anyone at all?

So, are you going to have a best/worst animated series beefcakes? Hmmmm?

I'm sorry, but this is too much like the "who is hotter--Betty or Wilma" discussion from "Red Dwarf."

Mmmm, that brown guy with the arm growing out of his chest is a hotty...and I like Betty better...

If this is an animated sink, then can the water go down clockwise and counter-clockwise no matter what side of the planet we're on?

No, in the Northern Hemisphere of a normal Class-M planet it goes counter-clockwise; and Southern Hemisphere it would go clockwise. Assuming the clocks on the planet go the same direction as on Earth. (I refer you to the case of Austrailia vs. Simpson, Bartholmew J.)

It wouldn't rotate on a starship under artifical gravity.

Sorry guys, that whole thing's a myth. The Coriolis force only shows in really big bodies of water, like oceans. The water swirls in whichever direction because of residual motion left over from pouring it out of the taps.

Actually, I saw this effect demonstrated on Michael Palin's excellent travelog, "Pole to Pole." He visited a spot in Africa that was directly over the equator. The guide had a basin with a drain that he would move to points north and south of this point. There was a difference in the direction of the spin at different points, and, over the equator, there was no spin at all.

BOT - What about that Orion babe in the bikini who ruled the "Time Trap?"

Considering that Orion males seem to regard their women as mindless sex toys, I found her presence and her position in the Delta Triangle remarkable.

Although probably no more remarkable than a placid Gorn . . .

re: water swirling. The debunker is right! see the straight dope ( WWW.STRAIGHTDOPE.COM ) for more. if they ever get the index of back columns up, it'll be there. otherwise check the books.

Getting off topic there, people. But I think the obvious votes have to go to all of those platinum blonde babes from 'The Lorelei Signal'. Can you imagine this episode done in live action listed in the TV GUide?
8:00 pm Star Trek: Kirk and his landing party are trapped on a planet rulled by beautiful women that need their life force energy to survive.
Guest starring; Pamela Anderson; Porsche (blonde girl from Ally McBeal); Christina Applegate; Heather Locklear; Vendela; Niki Taylor; Sable of the WWF; Debra McMicheal of the WWF; and 20 Playboy Playmates.
Oh, yeah! That's an episode I'd watch, no matter how bad the acting would get!

Down, boy!

It's spelled Portia, actually.

That's the one. Of course, she'd have to have her hair down, and get rid of the business suit. Not that I watch Ally McBeal, of course.

I thought the Cat-like crewmember that purred
while talking was interesting.

I think she was the "substitute" communications
officer.

Anyone remember her name?

John,

Her name was M'ress -- a Caitian.

And I agree with you, she gets my vote as well.

Additionally, for any who care, the Alan Dean Foster novelizations of the series really flesh the crew and episodes out a LOT. There's even one where M'ress and a fellow female Caitian run amok on the Enterprise due to, of all things, a nutritional imbalance!

Take it and run.

That was in the novelization of The Slaver Weapon.

To Earl:

May you find a woman like M'ress
so she can sit on your lap and purr
while you stroke her behind the ears.

(Don't forget the Purina Caitan Chow)

I hope she wears a cat suit too.

Thanx, Earl.

Meow meow.

I thought that Uhura was very well drawn too.

How about the eye candy Harry Mudd used to sell
his love potion to the honest (if somewhat
hormanally-challenged) miners on Motherlode--the
gal who turned out to be a Regillian
something-or-other?

Re: Steve McKinnon on Tuesday, September 7, 1999 - 04:49 pm

You forgot StarTrek's very own blonde eyecandy... Jeri Ryan!