3rd September 2003, 1:42 PM
You know, for the longest time I was under the impression that the series took place before the invention of the transporter, but then I saw an episode where they showed them off and I realized they just hadn't bothered using the transporter very much in the series. Maybe I'll actually watch some more of it. You're right, some of it is pretty nice.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)