28 Nov
2001
28 Nov
'01
11:09 a.m.
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Dana Shilling wrote:
Leia asked:
What common accident's could mum's worry about? Teleport seems an obvious one but they're not common enough in the B7 world for that to be a cliche.
In TWB, Dev Tarrant suggests "transporter accident" as an explanation for the demise of Tel and Maja, in a weary tone that suggests that it's a cliche.
I always interpreted "transporter" in that line as "skiffy car-analogue vehicle". Certainly teleportation is exotic technology to Federation citizens, and the less said about TV series in which teleport devices are called "transporters" the better.
Iain