Boothby

[Indy 8]

Boothby, the Starfleet Academy groundskeeper. I loved this character. He was portrayed by Ray Walston, a wonderful actor, who was around in the late 50s but really came to fame in the 60s with "My Favorite Martian."

 

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Sadly, Mr. Walston died on January 1, 2001.

 

Now to my question. Boothby was actually in only three episodes of Star Trek, although he was mentioned in several others. Of those three, which is your favorite Boothby episode? Do you like or dislike the character and why?

 

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Edited April 4, 2004 by Indy

[Captain Jean-Luc Picard 1]

I voted for The First Duty (TNG). In the other two episodes, he was a hologram or a Species 8472 pretending to be Boothby. I have to go with the real Boothby planting flowers with Picard!

[Stelfan 0]

The scenes with Boothby and Picard were great, so I voted for The First Duty.

[Mr.Picard 12]

The First Duty, I loved Jean-Luc and Boothby walking around!

(Boothby to Jean-Luc: "What happened to your hair?" ).

I really like Boothby. He is probably the most intelligent man at the whole academy

[Mike 5]

The First Duty (TNG). I liked the interaction between Picard and Boothby..

[Star Trek Fan 0]

In The First Duty (TNG), he was the real person!!!

[fenriz275 0]

I liked him in The First Duty best, it was a change to see someone that Picard seemed a little intimidated by, other than children anyway.

[Syperphobia 0]

I like the episode of 'In the Flesh' cause it made me appreciate the sport of boxing. I thought it was just a bunch of man meat spackin the 'good for nothings :P ' out of each other, but the way he described it made me understand the sport as a skill and also made me appreciate the character of Chakotay a lot more :(

[Valeris 2]

I have only seen the First Duty out of those three and so I had to vote for that.

[JGG 0]

I HAVE TO CHOSE "FIRST DUTY" BECAUSE 'BOOTHBY' HELPED SHOW "PICARDS' MORE MEEKER SIDE & SHOW THAT "WESLEY" MIGHT HAVE FOLLOWED PICARD'S FOOTSTEPS.

Edited April 6, 2004 by Alterego

[mj 7]

I prefer "The Fight." Chakotay was one of my favorite Voyager characters, and I thought the idea of the show was so excellent -- the struggle to communicate. I am glad that the universal translater does not work all the time. So in particular it was hard to know, through Chakotay's babbling, whether the aliens were trying to hurt them or destroy them. Of course in turned out that they were trying to help, and did!

 

And the episode was still a measure of Boothby's influence that in Chakotay's fantasies and imaginations, he should be his "trainer." So in his mind Boothby represented someone who had taught him a great deal.

Edited April 6, 2004 by mjham

[v_seven 0]

I liked In the Flesh where he was species 8472....that was a great ep and

even thou he wasn't the real Boothby I enjoyed him in it....

[shadowfigment 0]

The first episode in which Boothby is introduced is my favorite.

[hangon 3]

I have only seen him in THE FLESH so i voted for it :wacko: i enjoyed that episode alot

[Captain Holland 0]

"In The Flesh" I think that was the one where they discover the Species 8472 training site.

[fenriz275 0]

I like boothby, I can't wait til I get to be a crockety old man, yelling at those darn kids, GET OFF MY LAWN, DAGNABBIT!. it'll be sweet. :(

[Sheikhengku 0]

:( In the First duty.

[captdru 0]

First Duty is a great episode, gives a different side to the academy and let's you inside. Great show!!

[WEAREBORG4102 0]

First duty or in the flesh....

[qlotti 0]

the actor that played boothby was also in David E. Kelley's Picket Fences.

[Turak 0]

of course I voted for "In The Flesh" such a good episode...can't believe so few ppl voted for it

[startrektrekkie2003 0]

I loved that episode!

and I miss the guy!