Timeline for How old was Porthos when Scotty killed him?
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| Jul 28, 2015 at 10:26 | comment | added | Muzer | @StevenGregory True, but I was referring to the comment by Orci in the accepted answer, which I interpreted to mean that the dog is indeed the Porthos we knew from Enterprise. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 16:20 | comment | added | ThePopMachine | Heck, if you can transport lifeforms from light years away while at warp, maybe you can transport from the past. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 14:55 | comment | added | Steven Alexis Gregory | Robert Parker's Spenser owned a series of dogs, all named Pearl (the wonder dog). Why couldn't Archer do the same with Porthos? | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 10:30 | comment | added | Muzer | In the actual film (as opposed to the script which is what is quoted above), it's a grapefruit, not a bird. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 10:28 | comment | added | Mast | Now I'm wondering why a dead beagle would be a bigger feat than a bird. Your point about it being unbelievable veterinary medicine would keep him alive this long doesn't hold. Throughout all Star Trek series I've seen some amazing medical feats. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 8:59 | history | edited | Muzer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 27, 2015 at 8:52 | comment | added | Muzer | Just edited my last comment. I'll edit my answer though. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 8:52 | comment | added | Often Right | Fair point - I retract my point. You might want to add that section from the script to your answer to improve its quality though ;) | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 8:51 | comment | added | Muzer | But the dog dying isn't mentioned in the film. "Scotty: So, I tested it out on Admiral Archer's prized beagle. Kirk: Wait, I know that dog. What happened to it? Scotty: I'll tell you when it reappears. Ahem. I don't know, I do feel guilty about that." That seems consistent with this theory; the dog being alive is not mentioned! The main issue is him refering to Porthos in the previous sentence as a life form. I'm not sure if life forms canonically include dead things or not. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 8:43 | comment | added | Often Right | Apology accepted :D My last point still stands - Scotty couldn't get into trouble for killing a dog, or anything or anyone else for that matter, if they were already dead! | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 8:35 | comment | added | Muzer | Apologies, it was mostly a joke. My evidence would be that it's unbelievable that even with advanced vetinary science a dog can live that long... that combined with the way Archer acts in A Night in Sickbay (if you've forgotten let me remind you - looking after his sick dog is more important to him than not risking breaking his ship and stranding his crew with no reasonable chance to get home) does bring it to mind as a possibility. And as for your last point, if Archer is crazy enough to keep a dead dog for likely nearly 100 years, he's certainly crazy enough to get angry if someone loses it. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 8:34 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jul 27, 2015 at 8:27 | comment | added | Often Right | Welcome to SFFSE! Do you have any evidence to support this? I don't know why Scotty would get into trouble for killing a dog that was already dead.. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 8:20 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 27, 2015 at 8:16 | history | answered | Muzer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |