When Dr Who met Star Trek
QUESTION
Has any actor appeared in both Star Trek and Doctor Who? MANY actors have appeared in both Star Trek and Doctor Who. noel Clarke played companion Mickey Smith opposite Doctors Christopher Ecclestone and David Tennant, and was in the film Star Trek Into Darkness as Thomas Harewood.
Daphne Ashbrook starred opposite Paul McGann in the BBC’s Doctor Who, The Movie Special Edition, and was in Star Trek: Deep Space nine. John Franklyn-Robbins appeared as a Time lord in Genesis Of The Daleks and as Macias in Star Trek: The next Generation.
Barrie Ingham appeared opposite William Hartnell in the Doctor Who story The Myth Makers, and alongside Peter Cushing in the film Doctor Who And The Daleks. Much later he was seen in Star Trek: The next Generation as Daniel Odell.
Christopher neame appeared in Doctor Who as the alien Skagra in the Douglas Adams-scripted Shada, and also appeared in Star Trek: Voyager episode Heroes And Demons and Star Trek Enterprise episode Storm Front.
Simon Pegg was in the cast for Invaders From Mars, a Big Finish Doctor Who audio adventure with Paul McGann. He also appeared in the TV series in 2005, playing The Editor in The long Game. When his burgeoning film career took him to America, J. J. Abrams cast him as Montgomery Scott in Star Trek.
Maurice Roeves played Stoltz in Doctor Who adventure The Caves Of Androzani, and a few years later turned up in Star Trek: The next Generation as a Romulan Captain in the episode The Chase. Deep Roy played the role of Mr Sin in The Talons Of Weng-Chiang with Tom Baker, and also appeared as Posicarian with Colin Baker i n The Trial Of A Time lord. He played Keenser, Scotty’s companion in J.J. Abrams’s first Star Trek movie.
Mark Sheppard appeared with Matt Smith as Canton Delaware i n The Impossible Astronaut, and the Battlestar Galactica actor was also seen as leucon in the Star Trek: Voyager episodes Collective and Child’s Play.
Guy Siner, who is perhaps best known as lieutenant Hubert Gruber in ’Allo ’Allo, appeared as Ravon in the classic Tom Baker story Genesis Of The Daleks, and also played Stuart Reed in the Star Trek Enterprise episode Silent Enemy and was in Babylon 5 and several Star Wars video games.
David Warner appeared in two Star Trek feature films — Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country — as well as playing Gul Madred in the Star Trek: The next Generation episode Chain Of Command. He also stared with Matt Smith as Professor Grisenko in the Doctor Who story, Deimos.
Robert Wilson, Falmouth, Cornwall.
QUESTION
What is the origin of the word ‘bully’? THE word ‘bully’ is unusual in that it has, over time, completely changed meaning. When first found in English texts, around the middle of the 16th century, it meant ‘s ‘sweetheart’ or ‘darling’, originally applied t to either sex, but later only to men. In this c context it was used by Shakespeare. The Merry Wives Of Windsor has at least 15 examples, for instance: ‘ Thou’rt an emperor, Caesar, Keisar, and Pheezar. I will entertain Bardolph; he shall draw, he shall tap: said I well, bully Hector?’
And judging by phrases such as ‘I love t the lovely bully’ (Henry V) and ‘Whats saiest thou, bully, Bottom,’ it occupied a place comparable to that of today’s ‘pal’ or ‘mate’.
Bully is thought to be an adaptation of Middle Dutch boele — lover. Its modern Dutch continuation is boel — ‘mistress’ or ‘c ‘concubine’; compare the German Buhle — lover — and Nebenbuhler — rival.
By the later 17th century, the word had changed to mean ‘ruffian’, which was much closer to the current sense. The theory is that ‘sweetheart’ became ‘pimp’ and later ‘someone who tyrannises the weak’.
Such changes in meaning are not unusual in English: for instance fond once meant ‘stupid’ and awful meant ‘commanding awe’ rather than being dreadful.
Janet Beckitt, St Albans, Herts.
QUESTION
Is it possible to see the Isle of Man from Blackpool? THE earlier answer explained how an illusion call ed t he s uperior i mage might be responsible for an observer from Blackpool thinking they were able to see the Isle of Man.
One can see a similar optical illusion any day when the sky is clear. As light from the sun enters our atmosphere, it slows considerably. As a result, it bends toward the Earth.
When the sun is low in the sky, it appears to be higher than it actually is because of this refraction. When it looks like the sun is about to drop below the horizon, it already has. The atmosphere is bending the light around the curve of the globe.
Ian Richardson, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
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