Meh, I wont comment on your attempt to to compare TNG and DS9 to Dr. Who, Blakes 7, Babylon 5, but as this is simply an opinion thread I say IMHO that the 'encounter' mission is where the writers began the new series that was so free with TIME- they travelled in time frequently, changed things, created alternate timelines, etc. It's gotten so out of hand an ENTIRELY new timeline had to be created just to straighten out the messes created by the series' that followed TOS. It's such a pity that the writers NEED to bounce around in time to create stories, sounds to me like a lack of imagination on the writers part. They've time travelled so routinely it completely bores me now, and I've learned from TNG till now that the prime directive means nothing unless it serves the interest of the federation.
Technically speaking, Kirk violated the Prime Directive so many times it could've sued him for child support and won, so I suppose they were just following the very finest traditions of Starfleet.
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Technically speaking, Kirk violated the Prime Directive so many times it could've sued him for child support and won, so I suppose they were just following the very finest traditions of Starfleet.