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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lee: [QB] TNG started on BBC2 in 1990. I watched a couple of episodes but wasn't that impressed. Plus it clashed with the weekly scuba-diving club meet at Uni. The fact that there was Star Trek on telly seemed irrelevant to my life at the time; if I happened to be free at 6pm on a Wednesday I'd watch but it was a rare occurence. Until I happened to wander into a crowded TV room in 1992, and found them showing BoBW2. By ignoring the summer hiatuses (hiati?) the Beeb had managed to almost catch up. They showed the standard "Previously on. . ." recap (even though BoBW1 had only been on the week before); I think I'd even managed to see "Q Who?" so knew who the Borg were. But what I saw that evening blew me away. Many people claim that part 1 is better than part 2, but I don't agree. You had Wolf 359, the rescue mission, and best of all Riker's smug expression when said mission worked. And then - diaster! "That was the last we'll be seeing of Star Trek: The Next Generation for the time being. But tune in next week and see how it all started as we begin a complete run of the classic Star Trek series." "WHAT?!" I roared. It was true. TNG didn't come back on until 1994, after they'd shown all 70+ eps of TOS. Their one concession was showing BoBW2 to round off the cliffhanger, rather then leaving the British audience hanging (unless they had Sky, or bought the videos) for a year and a half. But it's because of BoBW2 I'm here today. Things would be a lot different if I'd not popped down to a University Hall of Residence TV room just to see what was on. Which is quite a profound thought which will probably haunt me for the rest of the day! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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