6. EMH (Voyager)
Like Dr. T’ana, the Emergency Medical Hologram aka the Doctor from Voyager divides the viewers and the crew. Because as a lot as we love watching Robert Picardo play the EMH, it’s arduous to not really feel dangerous for Voyager‘s crew. The EMH is endlessly boastful, simply distracted by anybody who praises his horrible singing or holonovels. Yes, he is aware of how one can deal with his sufferers effectively, even perhaps higher than organic physicians. But man, he appears exhausting.
“Seems” is the operative phrase there. Because Picardo is a delight, making EMH one of many persistently greatest characters from episode one, a rarity on Voyager. When paired with Kes, Seven of Nine, Tom Paris (and even Andy Dick, in a single episode), the EMH makes for a compelling foil. Furthermore, one want spend solely a few minutes watching a medical present to see that boastful, uncaring medical doctors could be nice TV.
5. Joseph M’Benga (Strange New Worlds)
Dr. Joseph M’Benga sits proper on the middle of this record as a result of he can go both path. M’Benga is a perfect character for Strange New Worlds, somebody who confirmed up a few instances in TOS, however by no means actually had a longtime identification, giving the present writers loads to work with. For probably the most half, writers have gotten it proper with M’Benga, taking full benefit of actor Babs Olusanmokun’s distinctive voice and distinctive options to craft an individual who exudes empathy and thriller.
M’Benga has been an MVP in a number of of SNW‘s best moments, whether he’s excitedly recommending Captain Pike’s breakfast choices or studying a fairy story to his daughter. Thus far, the present has dealt with his PTSD from the Klingon War effectively, making him an area age model of a Civil War doctor seen in reveals like Deadwood. However, the PTSD storyline additionally means that M’Benga is definitely a black ops tremendous warrior, and even featured him turning into house Hulk for a couple of minutes. SNW has been principally nice to this point, and M’Benga has been a spotlight. But if the supersoldier arc returns, it’s actually going to knock him down a couple of pegs on this record.
4. Julian Bashir (Deep Space Nine)
With his gentle options and delicate have an effect on, Dr. Bashir appears 1,000,000 miles away from the grizzled M’Benga or frontier medic Bones. Which is ironic, since Bashir turns into the one physician on this record who will get on-screen, in-canon expertise as a battle time doctor. Of course, that’s simply certainly one of a number of developments that happen throughout Deep Space Nine‘s seven seasons, wherein Bashir transforms from a cocky, womanizing wiz-kid to morally advanced however basically good-hearted skilled.
It’s a testomony to Alexander Siddig as an actor that he not solely excelled at enjoying all these facets of Bashir, however made them really feel constant. As Bashir discovered about his increase standing and developed a relationship with the secretive Garak, he additionally grew extra caring, his delight knocked down a couple of pegs and his empathy rising. By the time the Dominion War reached its boiling level, Bashir established himself as the proper physician for the instances.
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