The idea that death is a result of “cellular ennui” that can be combated through “the cellular regeneration and entertainment chamber” is delightful, as is Doctor Giger’s wonderfully socially awkward (mostly “harmless”) mad scientist routine. Doctor Elias Giger is one of the franchise’s great one-shot guest characters, essentially a Douglas Adams character who seems to have wandered over from a lost episode of Doctor Who starring Tom Baker. In the Cards features any number of delightful jokes, delivered at a frantic pace. It is a comedy episode that integrates quite smoothly with the parent show while featuring a cavalcade of hilarious lines and scenarios. In the Cards is a very broad comedy that remains rooted in its characters and true to its world. In the Cards is another example of Moore’s wonderful comedic pieces. Looking for Par’Mach in All the Wrong Places might just be the only successful sex comedy in the franchise’s fifty-year history. Moore has a great sense of humour, in spite of his reputation for his more sombre pieces. “This is the best idea we’ve had, bar none.” His second script for the series was the highly underrated House of Quark. Ira Steven Behr was the driving force behind the recurring Ferengi and mirror universe episodes, the most high-profile (and divisive) comedy episodes produced during the show’s seven seasons. Moore was never Deep Space Nine‘s most prolific comedy writer. However, Moore’s success as a dramatic writer (coupled with the lofty seriousness and political ambition of Battlestar Galactica) tends to overshow his more comedic sensibilities. Moore is the writer who shook that Star Trek universe to its core by pushing The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine in provocative directions with Sins of the Father, Family, In the Pale Moonlight, and many others. However, Moore is generally seen as a dramatic writer. Ironically, Bryan Fuller might be the only other Star Trek veteran who comes close in terms of recognition. His work on Battlestar Galactica has ensured him a higher pop culture profile than most of his contemporaries. Moore is quite well-regarded as Star Trek writers go.
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